firePrevention---~ Fall arid Winter. Ashes placed Against wood or in wooden boxes or barrels, de-~ fective-.chirtjneys, fire,-places, ~stoves) furnaces, or pipes, over-heated stpy^s, furnaces, or pipes figure prorainently in the list pf causes of fall and winter fires. .^ Such fires are, in the majority of cases, causecUin reality^ by someone's carelessness.-.Furnaces and stoves are put into use withoufT. inspection, or without proper protection. No provision is made for ashes or for the re:- . moval of. rubbish in which sparks 1; may alight and cause fires. , ; Ashesyshould; not be placed against/w^Qden.walls or in^wood- -^en rece'ptaeles-^rnetalreceptacles should b.eiclear of all^wood. Before the cold^. weather sets in See that chimneys, fire-places, stoves, furnaces and pipes are in /oocj, order;" and that the latter Returning .Raim Laborers. For the informatiqnj>f returning farmrlaborers, the Grand Trunk pacific Railway Company give hereunder particulars of train service, which is Grand Trunk Pacific; to,Winnipegi and Transcontinental;, all Canadian route, Winnipeg to -Toronto,, via Cochrane, Cobalt, North Bay, eter These trains leave .Winnipeg every Tuesday, Thurs^af, and Sundays at 5-15 p.m^and arrjive in Toronto the^stecond day'at 12-05 p.m. ajiowing'a few hours in Toron^ofor connection for all points^radiating out of Toronto. Connections are also made at :Scotia Junction for passengers Ottawa, Montreal, the Maritime Prov- are properly supported.. See that floors, walls and ceilings are properly protected s» that bver-lieatinp of stoves or pipes cannot start a fire. A sound stove prop- -'.-cr-ly placed and protected cannot liurn a house by being overheated. Boxes, crates, cartons, and papertare sometimes allowed to accumulate«in b a sem en t s of -Sloresjjdjuriivg summer and similar .inflammable matterisof tefTfound >ih basements of dwellings. The] furnace is started in a hurry without cleanihg-up. Cleaning-up sKbuJd lie done i'nigood tifne, before the furnace is started, so that sparks from' the furnace rt hot cinders accidently dropped may not start a fire. AH such inflammable/material assists fire to spread/rapidly. ^ ' '/\ ¦ Donot hang papTers or clothes on the wall behind the stove-pipe. :See that clothing which is being dried is solaced that -it* cannot be ignited. "Fires caused by papeV^ clothes, or firewood left too near stores are frequent. /Do not dry wood in the stovi /Keep the wood-box where sparks cannot fall into it. ; The tire loss in-pur ties during1"" last winter from causes vaboye referred to was' destined to Quebec and inces. If the farm laborers require any. in formation/in connection routes,- rates,yetc, the Grand Trunk Pacific'Ajfent will be very glad to assist them in every way possible.. s - ., The BluevFunnel Liner Ixibri is due in B. exports about the 19th of this month.. She^is- bringing 700 Chinese/most of returning to Canada a ing China. Too bad the portsxqf Canada cannot be* closed 10 a race which can never be assimilated, and whose immigration in;large nurnberajs boufia 'toj presenta problem Railway. Been Extended to 25 Miles Be- 'y ypnd Lillooet. RailS/have been laid. Great' Easternt I Patriotic Dance j At Alexandra. One of the most enjoyable dances ever held in this district wadxihat .gfven ThanksRivinK Eyening^inf the new Alexandra Hojel on third Ayenue., :jthe dance was held under the4us- pices of the Prijice/^eorge d / penters' Union and r the funds were Riven for patriotic purposes. Kerr's orchestra provided excellent music and the floor was in fine condition for dancing. .A tempting supper was served by the ladies of the Red Cross Society^ ' * . ; The thanks of those in charge of the affair are] extended ''especially to Mr! and Mrs. John* son, and to all. who had a share in making the event such cessf ul one. a,suc- THE SPICE OF LIFES Not in/Prince George! < The*/nad been^engaged for exactly seven months, and their lpve was still a new strange pleasure to them. - - , "Dick, deadest," sighed the girl one.evening as they support-eikthe ga;te; "you send me roses, or sbrriej other, flowers, every morning,'jdpn't you?" "Flowers tOxthe fairest som of all," sighed Dick, s > -'I send you a token/oif love i eveiy day, rib costj." (They chafige of kisses mattej/what the for an.ex^ V'Sweetie^man," cooed the girl presentlyo^neri she had recovered, '-would it be possible now and tjhen, to send along a couple pqytfids of sugar, or a loaf or two, ^ihsteiad of the flowers ? It would WalterXGreggr > CIVIL ENGINEER, British Columbia : Surveyors Land Post Building, Prince George, if NEW YORK -LAUNDRY. x Goods called for arid delivered. Lowest prices, work guaranteed CLEANING AND PRESSING., Fourth Avenue, Prince George. ••it in i • 1111 • • 11 • 11 • • 1111 Nightingale & Bustin, The Qualjjby Barber iShop.. w* ¦ . . / We carry the/finest line of highrgrade cigars, cigarettes and tobaccos in/the city. • .GEORGE STREET," PRINCE GEORGE* •¦• : ¦ ¦ ? ¦ ¦¦%. \:t objective p^oint, before jthje^end of next month, viously the operate a regular train service through to Clinton jwhen the tracks have "reached that point. Clinton is 167 miles fromJBq.uamr ish, the Howe Sound terminaj/ Lillooet is 120 miles As announced pre-.G.^J. intends to while food is so dear.' ' Many a man gets up steam without spouting hot air. Lord is a God ofl j&iath and hag The/importance of/the fishing in B. C. is again empha in the shipping" recently on the .Blue Funnel Liner Calchasof 4,000 tons of salmon. ;-: "¦- r* I- The ^unch Bowl, X" Jasper Part Each section of British Columbia has something unusual in the way>f scenery to offer the tourist. Along "the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railr . way areto be see^n ponders of valley and mountain seen; £ryv|o be met' with in tto" other, place; The trip.through the! Roc.ky Mountains^ from Tete,Jaune j;o to; the easfern boundary of Jasper Park, is one of unending delfght.^. The opening up of the park Prince Sooth Fort George, High!-Cla& Barber ¦ * /_ .....-¦ •>- /Work. Ra^or-Honing a Specialty Ruggles^BIoc . George Street^ Barrister and^J. Solicitor, ^ ¦¦.:¦ ¦ **;) v- • ¦-¦.\ Arinstrong! Bbck, ^Prince George. E. WALTER ANDERSON ~| EXPERT , SHOEMAKER, Corner George St., and 4th Avenue. SYNOPSIS OrPreOAL MINING i. REGULATIONS Coal mining rights of the Dominion; in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al-btrta, th« Yukon 1 Tferrttory, the North-W«st Territories and in a portion of the Province of British Col lumbia, may be .leased for a term of twenty-one years at an, annual rental of $1 an acre. /Not more than 2,600 acres will be leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must be made by the applicant in person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of the district in which the rights applied-for are situated. , , In surveyed territory the' land must be described by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, and in unsur-veyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. Each application must be accompanied by a fee of $5 which will be refunded if the rights applied for are hot available, but not. otherwise.' A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton. / . . v ' ¦ The person operating the mine shall furnish. the Agent with sworn returns accounting for/the full quantity, of merchantable .coal mined' and pay the royalty theneon. If the coal mining .'rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least once a year. / • ,-- :' The lease w\Jl include the coal mining rights only, but^tKe lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface' rights may be considered necessary for the- working of the mine at the rate of $10.00 an acre. For full information application should be made to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to. any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands.' W. W. COR - Deputy Minister of>Ke Interior. N.B.-r-Unauthorized/miblication of this ¦ advertisement .'Will not be paid for.—58782.J CARIBOO LAND DISTRICT. ^ Notice that James' R. McLennan, miner, of Mile^, B.C., inr (ends to apply for permission to lease the following described lands for, quarrying purpose?: Commencing at a post planted on the northeast corner of Lut 7940, Cariboo, thence south 20. chains,,, thence west 40 chains, thence north •bout 4.286 chains to shore of .Eaglet Lake, thence following shorr of said lake e«it to point of commencement, befog,Lot 7940^ Cariboo.X > JAMES R/McLE^NAN." /' ' D. F.-HA. Perkins, Agent. Dated Augustalh, 1915. '^v- NeeftSco Feed Sale'St?i 2 doors Nor(h of Post Office^ BURJ^RDnAVENUE, y^ Mail Stage to Fort St. James, _-.-*¦ every Tuesday,: 7 a.rri. ','¦".¦ Saddle and Pack Horses for hire.' - */. D. H. HOY, Prop. CHURCH SERVICED. Repairing Neatly and Promptly Done. HAND-SEWED WORK-SPECIALTY Shoes for deformed feet ' -"-' • - made to order. , ¦.'.. ¦ Real Estate. " M. C. WIGGINS, Specialist in Prince George Lots, Farm Lands and Acreage; j OFFICE ; THIRD AVENUE, PRINCE GEORGE playground, x of for the s]eeker after new—fiejds pf interest.. -\ ¦•;¦•. I ." / '•:" Panama News Stand. i The' Panama News Stand canies your, home paper. A full lin^of' fictioh is always on hand, as well a* ail current periodicals. |;|U^ tju'allk ty stationery, cigarflvctgarettes and snuffs; We are up^io-daleri^i everything:. ; syi ¦ \"---¦¦¦'-?? ; -2 eet - Prince George. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. St. Stephen's, SouTH.FoRt George. Sunday, 8 'av. m., Holy Communion (second and fourth Sundays); 2-30) p.m., Sunday school ;. 7-30 p.m.,, evening prayer and sermon.. ' "¦'' - - JVedhesday, 7-30 p^m , :,evenint| prayer with intercessions forxthoaeTengaged. in thjb war. '¦:" . |^. St. (Jeobge's, Central Fort George.. Sunday, 8* a.m., Holy communion (third Sunday); 11 a. m.,. morning prayer; Htany and sermon; 2-30 p.m., Sunday school; 7-30 p. m., evenirtg prayer and sermon. . .'j • •~Friday77Ti7-3O p».ni.,. evening - prayer with intercessions for, those engaged in the,v»ar. • .j: ",• - V- • '¦¦ ' PRINCE GEORGE-Temporary church, on Seventh Afrenue. Sunday, 8 a.m., Holy Commnhion. (First Surday)'; 11 a.j m'. Morning Prayee. Litany and Sermon; 2.30 prnr, S'Uriday School. 'HulyrComtnunion a fall ^hese cburches on holy days and week days,, according tornotice. • ' iri ';'. , ~ir- First Methodist Church. Prince George, near Princess Theatre, Third Avenue wfest. Rev;. H. L. Morrison. a.A.,-pa"«tor. Servicesxat/ll a.m., and 7-30 p;m.; vSunday school^ 12 p. rn,* _.'..: , v.-. - ;PRE§)3YTJBRIA^f First Church, Fort GE C.' M. Wright, B.A.:minist at- fl a.m. and 7-30 j*(; school .at^ 12-.15.p.vd~JP%-\' ''¦'¦¦'-, Knox^Church^South Fort G eorge, Rev. 'A. C.-^ustice,'" B.A.; 'minisier.'-Service e^ry^Sunaay morning in. ;the churchatl 1 a.m.\; Sabbath School:at 2#~~J :' ^ J/wnt XncKew's Church. Prince George,-Rev. A. C. Justice, b.a., minister. Service_js held in the Rex Theatre, Geortre'Street, eyery Sunday evening1 at^7-30 p.m.;— Sabbath-school in the Hex Theatre, at 2-30 p.ra._,Il^ GOSPEL TABERNACLE. ^ Third Avenue, neajr George StreefT A^ospel Meeting ^f^Be^po oin~Sundayr:af8-15 p.m. J^here-ia collection. All are-welcome. - ~ - . ¦ | QOOD merchandiise /, behind careful advertising /will a|- j^ays bring satisfaction. The HeraUT is the best advertising me(dium in this district^ An aflyer-tisement in ourtcol- jimns will brirfg your goods f ~ ds to the notice of "rea% buyers—, -with profithKis all. Phone 25. PpiVate Lessons by Appointment. Dancing Scho( In connection with j George Dancinjrpmb. Moose HaH, 5t^ve.s, West! TUKDAY mHHURSDAY NIGHTS Barry Grant__s Phone 98 REAMLAND THEATRE. • ~r /Only High Glass Pictures" Shown. Photo - Play Piand (Seven in- -r^.nents in:one) '; Shows Every Evening. A_kind heart is the joy of everyone who comes in contact with: it, i ; EAT AT THE.; OPEN ¦ ¦ Ge< pure FpoiS Popularrrices and First-Class Service. OPEN DAY UNDrNIGHT. PRINCE •f ¦-