PB1XC& GEORU Information ta the Laiidfr a Popular Mope as Jo Qualifications' for\ Pre-emptors of' in th The European Vonfliff has had a ^great ^effect>tipo'ii the .riot of ........^.....- ¦inate-.speculation- in. Canada,, by' reducing the oppprtunities of' wildcat .oper-'-j ators hi. their'old uf swindling by mail.-an'd through-fraudulent advertise-; 'ments. -. ¦ ' . Li5$urVeyod land, having located the quai'-_. ter:section .so wishes to occupy, _t-he pre-emptor proceeds there "and-sttikes it, and then records it in the Land Recording lnvi.sion. in whrcli -it'is locateU. 1'lace a post 4 inches^or more square and 4 feet oF more high above'the ground—a tree-stuinp^ff^area and ox proper height will uo—at one angle or corner of the claiin^anu mark upon, it lus name the corner or angle, repre-, thus: "^..'iiilrijlana:, is'. E. corner post" (meaning northeast corner, or case rurty t>e),'and shall post a written or printed notice on the post Prince George ElectricalJ 4'AT YOUR SERVICE'',. ¦"C o"u tractors, < -Fixtures, Devices, ¦:'¦ >S, I'tc. .". - ¦ Made in Canada Goods National Mazda, "The Quality baiH|>.'-'. Show Rooms, Bain Block, *rince Georg-e, B. C. : NOTltE senieu as the -.., v...... in the i (.mowing form: *. "JS&- B., intend tojipply for a pre-emption record of acres ofjaiiu, bounded ait-follows: Commencing at this post; thence north ;. thence'east chains; the'ncC "soutn o . / chains; thence west' ^ chains (or as the case may be). ' "Date." X_ _ ^ " "ISTame'(in full). *' After .staking the land the applicant must make an application in duplicate on Form 2 (supply-of which can be plocurcd from tne Department of Lands' or any Government Agent) giving & full description of the land; make-a sketch-plan.thereof on the back of tne'iprm. lie will then have the same' executed before a J.ustice of the Peace, Notary ' Public," Coiiiniissioner, or Hi'ftish Colunibia"iiand Surveyor, and forward it to the Government'agent of the district in. which the laiid lies, accompanying iUV ith thelj'ecordi'ng feejif^ ijM. In the declaration he mu^t declare Unit the land staked by him ls^unoc-cupied and unreserved Crown land, and not in an Indian settlement;-tliat the applicatfon is made 'tm his own behalf and for his own use for settlement and occupation, for agricultural purposes, and that he' is duly qtiaiiiied to take up and record'the laud. ~\^ _>-' Pre-emptions cannot be sta-k^n by an agent. "¦" ^ If the land is surveyed,' the pre-emptor must make application ttf the I-Vgent exactly iis' in.the case of unsurveyed land, but it will- ifot be,jieo;ssary to stake df locate,, it being sufficient'to give the'-surveyed Aiesctiption of the land .i"et|inral.- liiragraphs -l, -3, ii and '/ in the application ¦form (Fbrni'2). will also rrcs^omilted. Every pre-emption shall bo of a Ksetangulur oi^^square shaj)e, and 160 acres shall ineasuri.vmeans continuous bona-fide perspnal residence of the pre-emptor or his family, but ho aijd'his family may be absent for any^one-period not exceeding two nionths iij/any one, year. 11 the pre-emptor canN$h'qw good reason for ¦ being absent/from his claim for more than two months, the government land agent niay^grant him ail additional leave of four monthsis.A fee of .$2 is charged for t.he permit." Absence without.leave foi* more thitTi.^two months will be lookeilI ujion .as• abandonment' of all'rights and the record max/be, cancelled. '.'.:.\ ' . ' .. !y\\ "• ' ¦. ,<. Mr. 11. (K lias, been appointed' my Agvnt, and is authorized., to collocK for me any money due the-'LaiiU'Dofl. partmi'iit of Hie Grand Trunlc Pacific Kaihvay^ Compaiiiy, and to is.sm>'l;e-ceipts in mx nainpfim -the forjn w'lif'cli Jiji-h-^Lccn supplied to JjInK ]>inee . U. RYI.E, Land Comnjissioner ¦- • ¦ > - " ' • '_ '/ Federal Life Assurance Co. ^Jiorne Office, Hamilton, Cahadq. A. PYNE, PRINCE.GEORGEi-Jgent for the Northern InJt£r-_ ior of B.C. Attractive territorv-'is now ogen to a few good producers. com fort ' pi(>c(\s" ot' i'lii'iiiture^viirhelp a;lot. •(> voii ii'(jl a'-rgooa :scloctio lnrijfost stp.ck l)cWo(!ii ~J0• Suite \yalt - f'()v. tIk Jifics nvr\\^i\\*x .'Dec. 1st. Tla-1^ arc solhi oak''Wl.runu'd/^nnil (lojden finislies, fmcj jffciudes Tallies, "Ohaii^, IiiiiR'ts • ;j.nd China Cabinets./ '^^ _ ^Reasonable Prices From $2.7^ to ' $41' -. - CHAIRS^ Ffdm 95c'to.$40 BED LOUNGES Froin $19.5.0 to Bifi^u|s;.#]'Coucbes _;J j'iT Sheds, ;, Pillow Casos, Blankets, Pillows, > ~s* A lin Dressers $12.50 to $85;00N collectidii: oi oak r ..Drirsiffers will ALL TABLES BLANKETS From $3.25 to $8 <¦ Pair ¦ MaterMLs, Ivitclien Chairs, Dining Chairs. Pictures, Library Table ' ar- J. of iJMiii i'6rt aridxlp.ts of worn". ^S: Easy Chairs AJ'trpon :the surve.y if improve-; ments to the value of-$.r> per acre haveb en^made, -a acres being brought un: der.*cultivation,. the ])re-einptqr may procure a Cei*tificate-'/or Improvement upon furnishing the Government Agent "of the tiand Recording, J4j\?ision in which" the land is situated with^wleclaration in duplicate on Form 5, giving a. . statement of the improvements made and valuation thereof, accompanying same with'a fee of i?2. JHien he can procure a Crown grant urtee-simpre^on payment of. a feeof<$10. The pre-emptor may secure"~tlie^Certi(icate of im^ provement and^fehwyn grant after residence of, three ^yearsi ¦ , Land lieb^orded or pre-empted cannot be transferred or conveyed until, after a^Crown grant has been issued. -. ' , %l, coal-and petroleum, and naturaKgas which may De^faund under d t pass irndergrants pf lad Tib ld t ^<%Iineral, coaland petroleum, a g y e^ pre-emption does not pass irnder-.grants pf lands. Timber lands are not open to pre-emption; that is, lands \vh"j civ con tain milling: timber to the average, extent of "8,000 feet per acre \Vest of the Cascades (Coast Ranged and 5,000 feet per acre east of the Cascades, to eact 100 acres. ¦ No Crown grant can he-issued to an alien who may ha%'e pre-empted or recorded by virtue of his--riaturalized. Heirs or devisees of-a settler are entitled to a Crown grant oil his decease, providing application^ niticie within a year and other requirements of the Ac,t have been complied with. Information, niaps,-and assistance can be secured by addressing, or'c.all-' 'ing'upon the local (Joverhment. Agent at South Fort George j Fort Kraser, or Quesnel. . - , • Localgrades gt market prices from stocks which ensure bu f customers a properly seasoned ' umber..N Also large stocks of kiln-dried coast clears, cedar siding, moldings and.shingles Our owrNmanufacture in any quantity X; THE ANSWER ,TO THE/y BURNING QUESTION 'Supplies Roofing/wall boards, pa>e.r^r^ash- and doors. Fort George Trading & Liimher €o.,Ltd. Phone 1, PRINCE GEORGE ¦ ^Rhone Jl, SOljfirijQRT CEORCE ABOUT OURSELVES. parfy can produce a seven-column pa-per, printing four puj^es,at;;uacfi im-i It will, perhaps, interest our read-i prossion.- Tiie latest typesetting ma-| Wi large business Prince earn a George. Thev't'ompany found its inception in the determination long held by its general manager, J. B. Ditniell, -to publish the first paper in the new town which would come into" e,xist- ers to-know sSmethitig of the-Prince ! Winery is installed, this department, George J'ublishinK Company, the I being handled by a Mergenthuler Lin- ; ] printers and publishers of this jour-;' °W* of the llew Model "K two-mag- j.... nal, and we feel that we may refer i «««e type: On'-this? wonderful'toa--,, ;. with some pride to the plant and ,cmne four different face's of type are ;. the equipment with which, we hope to ;5lt thc cdmmand-.pf the linotype opera-J tor. The linotype rates as one of the i fiv'e greatest inventions' of the world. I '•• The latest binding and perforating >x-machinery is also i> feature of—the . •.-plant",- and the job. printing depart-: ment, is equippt^l to handle every class ' of work. The company establishes 11% ¦ , , , ,. precedent in tH.e newspaper field-of "¦ ence with the .transfer of the Indian Clirih bei I only electrically, -Keserve to the ,G. T. P. for towns.te ^ p)ant jn ^ ^.^ TOCIi\lMI V : founded his first paper ^ ^ in the Canboo district at Quesnel in Teleph 1K08, and has since followed the news-paper business in this district, found-ing in 1910 the Fort George Herald, in South ^For-t'1 George. -: ....., This is McKenzie, jiorti-iit an'd'.'gen- \ In the venture which reaches its eral'"photograpjier, talking at Prince realization inrthis initial issue of The George. 1 have opened a "studio on ' Post, Mr. Daniell has worked stead- Fifth Avenue, opposite the King' ily during the past ten months'. The George- Hotel.;- Once upoTi a time, H Prince George' Publishing Company thought I,.was too prosperous to both-' was incorporated in January; of the ur making ¦ portraits-for the public, present year. ... but times have "changed; necessity The company occupy a modern of- forces me to look" for portrait'work-fice building on George Street, and its Onoe more. I am, here in Prince' press room and offices.are the equal George and solicit portrait and pho-in appearance to those of any news- togl-aplric work of all kinds. Although paper in the province./Phe company's i claim to be able to/ make portraits '¦-plant is the best that the market af- equal to tKe best' msi'd'e in the "large • fords, and the equipment was laid out cities, I will make~ .photos to ^suit!' with,-a\view to all future- require- every purse"' amfguarantee good valueL jTienls. There is no class of printing for the price in every case. which...the company ~will-not-be-abl«-----If-y^u-ivuijit^ photos of ' iUiy kind to handle with the mofst sattslactory call* at,"the stud'K^hnd we will talk results/-- ,,' . "; _ .: j. .,, ¦ ' it over. : --^ ¦; TRe press installed is. a "Whitlpck ¦ | \<- ' - Premier," one' of the latest ancl;b'est ; "McKenzie, portrait,-"photographer, ! flat-bed -presses. Printing a Mhcet has opened his- studio 07)' Fifth Ave- \J three foot long by four feet wide"'at.; nue, opposite the King George JJotel,' the rate of three thousand impressions vyhe're he is equipped for photography ' ^hour. With {Ris press the com- iii all its "branches. . , J ..... | A large tract of the choicest Farna Land in Nechaco.and Stuart Valleys will be put on the market in the spring. Close to Railway and adjoining beautiful Rivers and, X Settlers and families price of about $8.00 per a{ specialty will be made forl A few^ready-made fai Imjprdvemetits will be proi ing them. V~ FIRE INSURANCE ! - (ilons Ifalls Tnsuranco Gp;, ;' ¦ ' •National Firo IiisuranCc" Co. of Paris, Franc onger G6QTee *nd SoUtl1 Fort George, B. C. .^gj fhone 26—S. Ft. George —¦----------- PRINCE GE( Co©kson Plumbing & Heating Co. F. BRYNOLSON , Fifth Avenue East , , • P 0: Box 32 v PLUMBING, STEAM AND \ HOT WATER-HEATING7: >> OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT