SiUuit(lay-, i-uiU-jtjti,' III I5. PRINCE GElOKGE POST oil Heports xmi Sewerage^ Water and Lighting ,v - ¦. ' • jr sls cmufc-1! i'ronulaj?t. weelT) — • "3p9. We are satisfied that rivers generally, tKBsTtraversirfgagricultural well as those draining manufacturing or urban areas, are-necessarily ex ied to otheryollutionX besides sewage, and it appears to us, therefore, that lust yX sewage, and it appears to Us, therefore, that authority taking water from such rivers for the purpose of.wiiter sunnlv t.'ho held to 'Ijr aware of t.hp ' rislts'.tn wkir>h"4-lia ¦..,.,?„_ <_ _..;____i _ i \t r/ held to should ofoughly "310. Apart from the question of drinking Waters,/We find no evidence to jow that*the mere presence, of organisms of a noxious character in a river titutesa danger, to public-, health or destroys the amenities of the rivjerf Puildin8 at Birkenhead, England, -was merally speaking, therefore, we do not consider that in the present state of" the acene of this first gathering of owledge, we should be justified in recommending that it should b^^CnVdwfy the pioneers in a world movement fa local authority, to treat its sewage-so that it.should bebaptdriologickll^ and HS has d^ScSTS In their Eighth Report, presented to Parliament in-^1912 on>$age J#'i"1.ifice to comnrieinorate the historic Means of Training Boys This'Sqjiday-will mark the seventh birthday of the 'b61y sco^t^V'move- tftwhi which we arrived in our aragraph 48, they say: "We'thhik it right to repeat the conclusion th Report andbto which we adhere." ^^° "Then they quote in full,.para-grapns>wCto 310, as'above set out. 3Th>rqfore, from all the conditions which surround tHe townsite, I feel it the city^will be compelled-to^ftnally discharge its>:sewage, untreated^or tactically untreated, into tHp^Fiaser. BOY. SCOUT MOVEMENT ^organization, SPREAD TO COlfTINEWi4m^ atI}h0moe ^t---> '* u - /. '•. The Boy: Scou|s-^oi France^ ,where | All j.the movememynas found.'ofliciar favor, hayje-'qeen quite as useful ^and j gallarft^as their fellows in other lands. ?Russia and Austria have compara-r; tively few Scouts.-- '• - /*' .. Next February*'will1 mark the fifth birthday of the Boy Scouts of America, - which*, was incorporated'February 8,. 1910. The Scout movement gained its first foothold in the New_ World in Canada, where> it was immediately successful, but it soon spread to the United States.' President. Taft was the honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America, and was succeeded in that'capacity by President^WUson, while Mr. Taft and-Gol. Roosevelt, were made honorary vice-presidents. y ^^ ment, which was publicly-inaugurated by Gen. Sir RoljertJStephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, the'distinguished British militajy^eader and South African wurjiero, on January 24, 1908. The Xpu'ng Men's Christian Association Xp Menu's Christian, Association y Owing to b if date and circumstance. The^fact that the leader in the ^oyscouts' organization was a sol-fier, and that the proposed activities ted-^or | °f the boys ..were to be ' somewhat along military lines, immediately led ^ ;._/ ;, , „/. along military lines, immediately led 35 miles—and to the ^various intervenitie ranids U~ tiT u * « • •"*. • »• /-.-*• • could be found aSuesnelle vS* ifnow?t£ fe he chaige °f "nif*nsm.' Cnt.cs idoubt if ever a trnc,e-6f it could be found aUQuesnelle, barest point depjendlngvon the Fraser for its'water. • ifnow?t£ movement, both in England and irer? Inear SUB-AREA 1-A, mm bedis- ! ancl asserted .that the object of ^ the Boy "Scouts was to make^yoiithnnto AliKA NO. 2 includes the'southwestern portiorKof Prince^ George, and.'! rnen anson of patriotism so impressed up-Much of this excluded area.is so low as to be his is^not he^prcviously described area fit for residential purposes if/the overflowxleveis given vs are anjrwhere fear correct. In. years; to "come, after careful records have been compiled so i to show where and to \vhat height-dykes should be built,'It may become |ible by dyking and-filling to redeem all of this ^scritory btit it swa t>s|ible by dyking and-filling, to , y all of this ^scritory, btit its sewage, to put to shame many of their elders^Although it originated in England, the^B^y Scouts' organiza- 3-?"j'c uj vi^nuij; aiiu-iiuiug, i,u j.uueum mi vi inis territory, dux us sewage, I ^ . ¦ ,¦ " . x, least during high wnter,'wi]l even then have to be rem'bv^d by pumping, else I we'l as t0 America, anoNm England, willoverflow through the various inlets and foul the entire^territory. j France, Belgium, and Germany the ^Special, precautions will have to be taken on the Third Avenue outfall, if, military authorities have founoNwell-jilt, to prevent its disruption between George Street and the ri^er bv reason : ^ ••/••.¦ . .• ' * . x ithe back pressure due to a> and water.during rising water. Klines of •tramed' brave< obedie»»t and resource.-, i|ch sewers us can be built are clearly shown on the print, but no dimensions ' fu* allies in these youthful patriots re given, as the meteerological records are so incomplete that we cannot enrolled under the Boy Scouts' ban-ly whether the separate or combined'system should be installed. X"Lner. «t, Even if the Separate system were to be installed,-in Area No. 3-, a pipe'~18 "J Iches in diameteXwouki be required from Broadway to the river, a distance Railway Development % :r^-in Province -During Yqar^ Firlaneial Stringency In Reply to Socialist Member, Sir Btfcfcard McBride Shows New Lines Built—Three I>ew Roads Soon to, Be Completed. Does Not Think Back-to-Land Schemes Can Be Un-n dertaken—Speculators Pay Heavy Taxes,' \ '%¦(. ^ Says Premier \ . ice-presiaents. v While Gen. Baden-^Powell was the founder of the movement and England its birthplace, the,-Boy xScouts' organization is to no'small extent.a "Yankee, notion." In 19Q3, five years, before Sir Richard'McBi-ide, in the legii.la- would repudiate these claims? the Kfrrst society organized at ture, in reply to the speech of. P:irker ¦Williams,. Socialist member ."for New-,ca'stle, spoke regarding the deve'op-raent of the province and th<; c-u-jstructioh of railroads. Since 1913, there certainly,had been a gradual declination, said the premier. Barry in 1913 the first-note of alarm was sounded and it camefrom Germany, which early in that year began to distribute securities which ^ WBaiI1«u -. h d dually been,gathered in the Biilvenhead,-Ernejtt-Thompson Seton, ,„„,.,^ „„,--,V G/4 ^.^ ,„„,. fV,« American aulhoAand naturalist visited England and while there founded several bands of boys who adopted the name of "Woodcraft Indians," Mr. Thompson Seto'ri met Gen. turned vfrom his. South African vic- Teuton capital. So marked was the movement it almost caused • a panic aiid New York. He^Jtriew of these things, he - said, because he had •X ^6^ nnancirig.-^Go- over the records for 1913, "said Sir hibout a mile the^ost of which, with its proper outfall, manholes and vents, gi ould'be not le.ss thaV S20,UOO .and the real expense of a sewerage system ; th iduld be just begun. /'' Cesspools and Dry Closets Bel-Boy Scouts' organization of sewerage system ¦ that country, although formed solely for peaceful purposes, proved that it was equal to the-xemergency of war. ,. . . 4. . \.~' ,"; ---' --------- . - ¦ . I was equal to the-^emergency Under existing.conditions, I .ran see no present relief for the townsite ! Al+,' >', .. b V ,„ ¦ fn r than the ust-of 'dry closets jtn'd cesspools, .pry closels will be used until I Although the ScoHt!5xW«re to° i id l TW ii did | t'g i ctiv fighting ci mull me uojj- ujl ui j LHJhtJK> imiu unsspuuiH. vry vluseis Will De USeu UIILU • y *¦* '. >^ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ re is a pipedwater supply. TrW excrementitions matters can be so disposed | to^ engage in. active lighting, large f as to cause mo nuisance and so" u^not to pollute the %ve}ls. When the piped [bodies of" them iramediately%enrolled pater shajl4iave been intrpduced, then and only then, will the cesspool be de- j ag volunteers to serve' their country y , p j Light and Power whatever capacity sired. As messengers, might for r h th..... VVu , HiC-hard, and yo^ll find I am right. It tones, and the author and the soldier I £ -, -_ • **L:?L-~1 ,...'!¦:'_ °_,-. \. discussed a plan for starting several more brigades-of "Indians." The plan appealed powerfully to the general, but it .was not until 1908 that he, completed tKe plans for the movement, which was christened Boy Scouts. It has been alleged thav the official. Scout book, .while published over Ba'den-Powell's name,, was in large dpart written by the American author. It has often been alleged that the movement in England was prompted to some extent by fear of a German then became almost impossible to bring money into the country for any purpose.,. -. , \ ".Despite adverse financial conditions we have been able to carry on successfully a programme of railway construction and development which, astounded those who had examined-- ip. Because we had had faith in, the province we have been enabled to carry out these undertakings." . Three Mew Enterprises ". - By the fall of 1915, .Sir Richard y Geman I invasion. It is true that at that time j Pi'eaicted, these great railway er^ter-the. press vyas mych given to ex- J Pr>ses will.be realized in three stan-pl.oiting the possibility of such an in- j dard gauge railways in operation. He -vasion, and'many papers urged the made the interesting announcement formation, pf boys' clubs devoted to | that in a week or ten days he hoped military training. . While, the -Boy | t0 be able to Present the opportunity Scouts liaWno distinctively military 1 to the members of a visit to the. Ca-features, the^healthful, outdoor life nadian Northern Pacific. Railway; The they ari urgecNto adopt and the chief engineer, Mr, T. H. White, when training they receive are assuredly 'ne>e a week ago, had informed him adapted to the productTon of a class 1that a very informal ceremony in the citizen soldiers. of men who would m'ake^firs>classIPature of driving, the last spike on i th titl l^ I Jthe new transcontinental, was' • The Scout law which animatesNhe ! ned to-take'place somewhere near youthful heroes, of. Europe is as fol^i^111^ Canyon, and he was anxious lows: ffchjit • every member of the'legislature I have made diligent enquiry as to facilities for public of private light, ca?e for the wounded in the power. The coals broughtjCrom the Y.ellowhead- Pass are lignite and: not tals, as guides for the flocks of in helping- to hospir I See Scout's honor is to befr rusted^ A., attend. The P. M. E. grade is loyal to the King, and to his ' was completed t&Prince George, ex- ell adapted to the making of illuminating gas arid no gas plant has yet been icted. It is prpb'ablet hat they will produce a very large amount of producer . The townsite not being incorporated, no contract could be entered into lighting^ but there is a small lighting plant operated in Fort George, >wn «ts tMe Northern Interior Power Company, wh'ichNhas furnished private its and has maintained some: street lights at privateexpense. There, is a }er .plant at South x^ort'George which also supplies Prince-George. This ut has extended its wiHjs o.vej'.much territory and also lights both houses South Fort George plant isxknown as the! cris's Sir Richard replied, with some heat, that personally he aid hot think it would ever come to a question of tak-ing over, or ;of repudiation. He w<5uld not insult the credit of the province by' discussing such' a contingency:' Referring to. action following the reports of the" labor and agriculture commissions, Sir Richard' said -. the> gbvernment h^d nieasyres it proposed" to "bring down' shortly, but did not propose to.ask for their'adoption this session.., " - • • . . . ¦. Back-to-Land Schemes Sir. Richard Was very vigorous and outspoken on the many "back-to-the-land" schemes, which had been urged 6nl the government, arid was very frank to say that they, coufd not; be undertaken, nor, in his opinion, would it be wise, for the best land clearing lie had« ever seen, and he'had lived his'whole life in the province, and watched its development, was that by the farmer himself on his own land, lie pointed out what had been done for giving settlers an opportunity ,to get on the land, and > enquired where would come from for the roads; .settlers required if.: the entire lan,d.were given to or kept for pre--emptors. xHe pointed out that those who invested in large blocks of land had to pay the\heavy,wild land taxes, and that the .outlying districts got the benefit of the expenditure of such revenues. •' ¦ _X Deferred Land Payments ; As to deferred payments\on these lands, the government was nofc, going to come down ruthlessly on the-man who was doing his best. There was. upwards of fourteen or fifteeH milr-lions owing on these lands, aiid-^tne government would not be at?le< \_ He concluded by a-graceful. reference to^the record of the retiring lieutenant-governor, and the new incumbent's high qualifications for the duties, of the- office. „...,_..„_........._. __________fright-| oitlce"rs>to his country,-and to his j ce.Dt for Nhe^very difficult sectiop ened refugees who had been driven .emp!oyers>The Scout's duty is/to be ¦ fro7n West-Vancouver to Howe Sotind . from their homes, and in many other" useful, and to>lp others. The Scout Ufa h< had the\'Qrd of the^ntrac- Hon. Price Ellison Presented Uie ways, these youthful Belgian heroes 'is a friend to an>and a brother¦ to : ^rs tmit thej^ expec^d/to^be --..... reDort «f th« au.litor-^n^l. Sir proved that the training in citizenship every other Scout, no ma,tter to what they had received was capable of be- '¦ social class he belongs. A\Scout is y p g ing turned to. good account in the , courteous. A Scout is a friend to^ani- which faced their country, j.mals.- A Scout obeys orders of pp^^ ern Telephone & Powejk(;pmpany. Up to.date all their customers have j Many Belgian Boy Scouts have been patrol leader or Scout master.without d f h td b J2% K V. A. generator, driven by 1 Eiven medals of honor for their brav- question. A Scout smiles and whis^- \lanager Sperty^ of the ^P- G. wished".to h4f\;e the members^ the legislature go -over, the line of^the in a" very few weeks,' as I rwuuuiu muvtu, seconded by they the provincial secretary, the ment of the1 member for Cowjcfian, Mr. Hay ward, as. deputy speaker, and Mr. far aV. A- ^* B. ^Macgowan as/aeputy chair- p (ppy p . :served from the power generated by a (J2% K. V l2 Ideal engine. This company furnishes the following statement of its ments to date: ' C —, ^ Real Estate.........";-I':.....".;,....... ~z~rr. $16,000.00 Plant and machinery Building . .. •..' ... . . Distribution system .*. Transformers....... Meters............. .Fdrniture and fixtures 11,664.37 2,391.74 9,093.01 1,221.14 807.65 549.48 V-^ Total •••;••• -----• -••••••.......•..-•. ?41i707.39^ , S';.-And the approximate cost of our.-new-plant will be in the neighborhood ^140,000.00." • . v . , Js The ne\V plant spoken of is the installation of a 250 H«rmtallation of the town--!Wte pumping plant, it \you.ld be advisable to haveth€ shaft of the pump fitted 9Othat the pump could :ilso be ojn'rated by an olectrac motor, to be connected .^disconnected by n friction clutch, in addition_to^.its own engine, Qy this ¦ifltians it may prove to be possible to use^electric current much of.the time ¦''- " ' ' tefl whetherthis-steam turbine is to be^ st-eam generated in the ordinary boiler.. ing to .the size of the steam unit, while generating power, if under'cjkfeful jnagement, they ought to^We able to do the greater portion of^he-city's nriping cheaper than bj>-ttuy other means. This is a matter to>e seriously isidered, but in anyxSase/the city should-be provided with its' independent ery and devotion to. duty. News .dispatches have described scores of thrilling exploits in which the Scout heroes^have figured, and, while many of these tales doubtless deserve to fbe^discounted, it is evident that the Belgian boys enrolled under .the banner \if Baden-Powell's society have-"delivered the goods/' - • In England the Boy Snouts^hnve risen to the emergency .and have won high praisexfr6m^-raany military leaders. When the English coast was] i ooet, to which point rails were ties' under all circumstances'.^A Jk^Jut! l*id frohi^tidewateiv at Squamish.' is thrifty." This law of the adopted everywheje/'^although, of course, the UnitedJStates, France and other, republics have eliminated loyalty to^the King. Scouts, lias, ¦^y<. Kettle Valley Line been.L Then - there wasl^ Che /Kettle. Valley Railway, now dose- to completion and chairman'pi the ways and' mea-qs' committeei/^lr. Williams sug-gesteoNthat front motives of economy the depulyNspe/akership should be left b_uj/»ir Richard said he was from Hope to. Midway. This was no I guarantee, but the road had been i / x x i,n,.L.^ i™ ?»,„ n^i,ir.o'c enw >v.r« ^GRICITLTURE WAR BOOK WATER NOTICE 1 " Use and Storage Take notice, that Hfenry Bbursin, whose'address is South Fort George, B. C, will apply for a licence t| take raided the Scouts piayed an important jand use 500 miners' inthes and t'6 backed by the province's gold, a very large portipn of which¦-grants had l ready been paid 6ver. At one time the-Hope Mountain Railway was given great prominence. It was. heard everywhere on public platforms in the province as a project of vital importance to the development of Brit- fentageously.. •Of course, 1 cannot tell lyen by producer gas, or oil, or^by ste scuirig the injured. Every | Jgon Creekv wh^ows ! store 50 acre feet of water out of I ish Columbia. In the stupendous raiL- English hospital, and every camp for g^fgi&n refugees and German prison- J me*nt CreeTT iS abo£"t™e^nouth of Govern- k way developments of recent years it i was iliniost lost sight"of' so llttle Was now-heard of.it, yet it was on the eve er as hereinbefprv proposed. The site of the new planj appears to be so .that the plajtvut Hn'bie to lie put out of-commission,by either ice or high __er, or by JiOth such cause's; This may not prove to^.be the case, but the city-ould rup-iio risks. Its puin])ing plant should bt^saiely above such dangers. , fdet, if built on Block 20,-it may be good insurance to enclose the-eirgines idrpumps-in a concrete-wtllrs.ix---oi!..eight feet'above-ground, that is^feaching : elevation 187(i-1878. ^ •Wai or J'oweri'oKsibililios ^^ So far as, known, Wnipw'Tlipef is regarded as the ^prfly probable source ower to^be generated' by wfitor. Attached heretp^o ircnerate the-5,000^17 P. spokeit of in this report, •........... - 1. -.-•¦ ? iakes, and St. plying .sufficient wateKto generate the-o.UM^-n. v. spoKe.h oi in uus : parties inte-rested have; implied for stojia^e rights on the following rit: Stony, Round',"SteVens, NaLJ-o\v,/l'atonie, Francis, Si. Clary's a pph's. . I'attach'-hereto, in addition t and Warden's report, a schedule ng locaxioifi, size ami estin-riUed value of the various houses found in the isite area in Septembei*fu91'i, together with copies of topographic map. Respectfully, >^v . .>< R. H. THOMSON. Victoria, V.JS., December-16th, 1914. AN ADI AN-. RAILWAYS ' Prince Rupert,..'5,552 miles, have been ..........., Feb. 5.—Dealing with tho-^completed'and the only big trunk line Tahroad construction during the year construction in. progress was the C. fl014 the Labor Gazette' says that so N. R., which is also now completed far as'"can be ascertained, the total across the continent. new single track laid during the year The construction of branch.lines by ^amounted to 4t08S miles. the C. P. R.,,the a.N/.R. and the G. This is less-by 1,180 miles than tlie T. P. maintained the average of re-final corrected mileage of track laid cent, years. Outside of these lines, in 1913, and less by 141..'J8 miles than the largest construction in progress the corrected figures of track laid in. were the litres in construction largely 1912. The difference, it is" said, is en- on the initiative of the British Co-tirely-to be'accounted for by the fact lumbia: d Albt t that the N. T: RT^aiid the G. T. P. which ar " mail line from Moncton, N. it and Alberta governments are'to be operated under agree- ith th G T P p to ;i"fients with the G. T. P. g g p ers, has its Scout detachment, and' The storage^dam will be.located at of completion. President J. J. War- I f^^^J"^ above Quesnl Q M hP^l d h ih the In in their power they are as have been invaluable. of any ^^m p above Qu,e,snel, Q. M. ren hacPrece^tly expressed the wish 'it will flood about five acres of land. attend the opening of the Hopp rid expeditious as men, yet they do i The water wilp be diverted from the Jn-idge, the superstructure of which ot ask nor receive.a- cent, for their] ^am.^ ^"l^out one^mile e^fwill be ready in, two or three weeks' The premier said not services. -The German vBoy1 Scouts have not j pose_upon the Boursin lease qn-Hixon lagged behind the procession. When the Boy Scoiit movement reached the Kaiser's country it was received with such great enthusiasm that the rolls swelled in a fe dreds of thousands^ The Emperor "2fater-^?* - f^ office of th This notice' was posted on the ground on the :31st day of January, 1915. . . A copy of this notice and an application pursuant thereto and to the ^ p f . .. - T-rf*^. i j office o gave the movement his.jipproval, and George. th Pi d Bi the Prussian and Bavarian governments granted it financial aid. The little Teutons have repaid the debt with interest, for in Germany the work of tens of thousands of soldiers is now performed satisfactorily by Boy Scouts. In ev«ry part of the empire Scouts armed with rifles patrol bridges, guard public, buildings, act as messengers, and perform a multitude of other duties. Except for this, aid given by the Boy Scouts, the number of soldiers sent to thef ront would have been appreciably less.^It is quite withia_the range ofp ossibil-ity that more than one German victory in the field has been "achieved by soldiers who, except for the Scouts' office of the Water Recorder at Fort Objections to the application may be filed with the said Water Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C., within thirty days after the first appearance of this notice in a local newspaper.- -•• .'" ¦' HENRY BOURSIN, Applicant. The-date of the first publication of this notiqe is February 6th, ,49' 5. Regal Shoes at BAIRD'S, tion of these things now, as. they had gone on despite the gloomy view the member for Newcastle, had tried i'o impress oh this parliament and on the country. Presently these great enterprises "will be of wonderful use to the people, who have passed on them—they had been before the great jury of the people and had been found proper for support. 1 know my friend says they will bankrupt the revenue of the province, but we have a first mortgage on the undertaking (Cana-diau- Northern-Pacific)".' Regarding ..Bond Liability - Mr. Parker Williams—Is there not a question, ¦ in'ciasft the government has to take over the road,- of- liability for the tens of thousands of dollars other people- have advanced ? - Sir Richard—The province has a first" mbrtgage.- Parker Williams—But what abput the tens of thousands of dollars of other people's money ? Wciuld .you lbe prepared to^say—that the- province ^Ottawa, Feb. 5.-^The department of Agriculture has "issued^and distributed an"-"Agriculture war^book," published by thedjrection of Hon. M tin Burrell. TheSntention of the p lication is ¦ to encourage patriotism and production above tnVmsual. The minister of agriculture in Introducing the volume, says: ___ .. "Approximately 20,000,000 have been mobilized; in Europe. A large proportion of these have been witht-drawn from. the farms of the countries at war. Even in neutral counT tries large numbers of food producers have been, called-from the land to be ready for emergencies; It is difficult for us to realize what would be the .effect on food supplies.11^:__—'.i It also gives extracts from speeches by the British Columbia deputy minister of agriculture. It contains many articles by agricultural experts and a mass of general information relating to agriculture in Canada and practically all other countries. f SUNDAY SERVICES IN THE VARIOUS CHURCHES Church of England—The following services are held every Sunday in the store on Third Avenue: 11 a.m., morning prayer and sermon; 12 noon, Sunday'school '# .#»...,.. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church-f- Services held on Third Avenue, near bridge. Sunday school at 2.30j serv"- -ices 3.30. Rev. A. C. Justice, pastor in charge. All are welcome.. ¦ Methodist 'Church — -'Store on the bridge," Third Avenue. Sunday evening 7.30. Everyone welcome. Joint Presbyterian and Methodist Sunday. School, Sunday, 2.30 p.m. Rev. N. L. Morrison, B.A., pastor. , THURSDAY and FRIDAY THE TQI* FI^OOR One of the conspirators endeavors to impersonate the father of Florence Gray. See the exciting scenes in this, the greatest photo-drania of the age. > - Usual KEVSTONE! CQMEDY - ,1 -