—•Sniiirday,- May 29, PRINCE' GEORGE POST PROFESSIONAL SI Thr»>e Thousand Men Now Employed on Road Into Peace River '•By the end of the year -trains will l,e steaming- into Peace River Ciws-ing after a fourteen-hour run iErom Edmonton," was the statement to an Edmonton paper of J. D. McArthar, who returned to the Alberta capital way become more equal, for as soon as tin; war is over 1 look for an Outlook. London j J)iscovt*ry~d'f Fay-Hirt on'Goat River, Attracting Interest of McBrideV i ^ ^i settlers £o the I Sir Ricnard McBride recently cabled vast stretehes of avuilable homestead j tKe Hon. W; J.' Bowser from London land in th I' K X>E. RICHARDSOK, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON; Office, and Residence, Dominion and Second Avenue Thut gold exists throughout this country is well known, and to be able land in the Peace River district. The j to the effect that he was proceeding t6strike it in paying quantities has iJunvegan. -ro«d,; niremiy has made, a to. Paris, where he would consult with | always been the desire of men experi-great differenceito Edmonton,->in re-j officials of the French governnteiit on'enced in gold mining. At las< how-gard to the meneased traffic that has-the question of British Columbia! ever, afew prospectors, sevefi or eight have found/a spot-where every indication of a rich menjiave filed mineral recently alter atrip to the end of.j been, brought to the capital city, --fait.I tinned salm<,n being-placed on the list' in number, he . steel in his private ear fLac-. La | the difference will be of untold mea«- of army, rations of that country. The I there is ever », Biche. lie lelt via the i,. I. ]. Jorurc in a few yours' time when grain : expectation is lield. that .there is: an : strike. . These VVnirupcR- • by the. thousands of bushels arid pro- excellent chance.; of an arrangement -cleums on lantlaVa point a few miles Mr. McArthur who .is pres.dentof duee of .all descriptions Hows in Vn-jl)ei»lg made to this end. Sir Richard up the,. Goat ^river, twenty-four miles the E., 1>. JK »•<•¦., and A. & G. m>ceAsmg streams to the. city's gates.":'. intimated that Im intended remaining,Uvest of McBride, and on Monday and the Central Canada Railway com- N«. i Hard From North. ; in France for a few days, and ii press" morning' commenced operations on v.j,anies, made the further important; Mr. McArthur pointed to the num- cable, stated that he might seize^thej thei/claims. Ytatement that at the. present time her of settlers who have gone north opportunity "of proceeding to the'. /We. understand that some mining thK-e thousand men .are employed on already this year-many of them front a;.d renew acquaintance with work was done at Goat river some * tht• 1\.¦ !>• & R- c- wrid A. & G. W.: Americans, with sufficient capital to the Canadian troops:.. years ago, but ^at the/point then ri,Mls, and within the next few days!enable them to go in.'for mixed farm- *l'he London Standard of April 29 worked the miners only averaged $2. al least .another thousand -will beting on a large scale. That grain can,had"the following:. "Sir'Richard Me, i a day for ttieir work. It is expected',' i, on for the purpose of complet- j be grown in abundance and of good Rridc, premier of British' Columbia,: however, that the men now operat-ihc Central Canada road to the: quality is proved by the car of wheat who- is now visiting ^London, told- a Ting will be able to do considerably In the,-'meantime D1R. C. EWART, B.A. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Port George, B. C. Phone 30 DR. R. W. ALWA&D, DENTIST. Hotel Russell Prince Georg British Columbia PHONE 22^2 Rings P..E. WILSON, ~ BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR g and Ellis Blockj* "Prince George. W. P. OGILVIE, BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, Prince George PoHt Building George St.--------Prince George, B.C Crossing; In employing; the.se men, shipped from._^Vanreria, north of the Standard, of Empire representative hotter than this. preference will be\i ven-to actual.Al-. Peace River, by 11. L. .Propst, and that his province in common with the j many are looking with,.interest to the |,,->i!i residents.- . -. ; that graded No. 1 hard when it ar- rest of the Dominion, was "concentrat-i Goat river ias n. corn j rig mining point.! Sow that the government has.sold rived at Winnipeg a short time ago; ing ils attention very largely on the ;--------~-—-------.;, honds in the (New'Yorkxjnarket for and thai settlers already there - have war and was directing its efforts ' OLD GRAND .'PRUNK PACIFIC . . „ , th« sum of tjwo, million aoUars, the¦¦ great faith in the district is shown tow.afds assisting the federal author-1 >/ AGENT DIES IN MONTANA ! Bntish Columbia Land Purveyor and •wsj isclear for the. lendingvof part by the'.large threshing outfit shipped jtfes in the enlistment of desirable' Engineer. ALLEYNE WRIGHT, ms sum to the. Central Canada Railway company, as authorized! by iht- lf>:islature at its recent. session, ir,t- money to be paid out by/the gov\ tir'nment on progress estimates as the pg work jiroceeds. Mr, MiArthilr has ac- granaries (\.:-dinply made arrangements for the facilities. this' yesfr from Edmonton hy W. G. and efficient men. for the Canadian 'Advices received at the Grand Chalmers of the Vanrena district, contingents. . In jirnportion to popula-! Trunk headquarters recently........an.-. When the railway reaches the/Cross- tion, the Pacific coast province had Lriounc.es,; the death at White Sulphur ing there Will be an outlet for the responded admirably-to the. call. The'Springs, Montana, on Sunday night, thousands of bushels of, grain now in. general, response -from Canada /hadfMayvO, of Mr. O. S. Cockey, general awaiting transportation been splendid, added Sir Ricfc$fd. agent "bf-the Grand Trunk -Railway "Speaking of focal conditions, the i System in New York city. ' mmediate-opening up of the work, TheXfarmers in the High Prairie premier said that"~i.twas/rieeessary to . Mr. Gockey ""was in his sixty-first.j pos^ Building tnd.has let the. contract to John Tim- district, south of McLennan, have rea- remember that the fuxi western prov- year and had been in ¦ the. service' of P. 0. Box 118 - - Prince George Representing Morkill & Boulton, Vancouver. WALTER F. GREGG, British Columbia Land Surveyor, CIVIL ENGINEER Prince George advantage'* should, however, be re-railway, which was taken over-by the p, moved in, great measure by recent Grand Trunk System1. Mr. Cockey i"^ ert and had opened a through ser- n" g done on Bur- railway develbprhents. Railwav Development. ..... "Within the past year the Grand'New York since 1S83> with " had completed of Keneral agent from 1891.' He was ¦ idely known to shippers and railroad Rupert>r»d'had opened, a'through s«r- nion and was a recognjzed authority System'. has been' the freight representative'] ofjst-Ke Grand Trunk in *-he •city'of he" title Fort George, B.C. Hammond Street F. P,.Burden. M«r. N«lsonfB. C. .166 Ward Street A. H. Green, Mgr. Victoria. B. C. 114 Pernbcrton Bids F. C. Green, Mgr. . New Hazelton. B. C. B. C. Affleck. Mcr, GREEN BROS., BURDEN & CO. ~^-^ Civil En«ine*», Dominioh-and B. G. Land Surveyor*. Surveys of L»nd». Mines, Towniftes, Timber Limit*, etc. miles will be made at an average rate street leading from tW railway to the ' p ^ of about twenty-two miles per hour— ferrv across the Isjechaco river:-Sev--^j! ^ viccKfietween thaWpoint and peg..' The regioti traversed by the G. traffic. matters relating to freight as.so'me 600 miles to the north that section of the province, NOTM/K a splendid, feat considering the com- If™1 rnerchantvyho had built or. ^^ h ¦ wWch lhc Canadian i>acifip paratively short time the E., D. &' leased (m the,^rsj./built-over portlojU^^ pa*sed. u o mu/i Vioo >,.».„ iirri/.1.- ,.r,,,ctvnr. -of the town'sf»ath of the railway, arc . ., ,,,,,, ,. ... ,: 15. L. road hn> t>een unaei .coi.stiuc- y^* ¦ •" «in the south the' Canadian North- On'the first of next month the following^the general move^to Bur- JF CANCELLATION OF RESERVE J. W. SANDIFORD, UNDERTAKER AND FlJNBRAL DIRECTOR. Caskets and all Funeral Supplies always on hand. Prince \*eonre. Fort George Nmice is hereby given that the re-; >,.u.................Department of. Lands, them travel.. >>^ \, Matthews, dry goods merchant The cutting down of time'is pos-j The Hoter Vanderhoof, which re- ...... sible because of the puwba.se of new; ceived its hotel license a couple ofjtjmbcr am] fish prod,ieed hv lhe ortast; equipment, two ne' lumbia 'in close touch with many; Victoria, B.C., May 11. 1915. i towns on the.C. N. R.'system, which j My'22-JylO would become purchasers ofthe fruit, |-------------------------------------------- MALCOLM C. McAULAY, (Successor to M. C. McAuby ft Co.) Fresh and Cured Meats and Poultry always on hand. GEORGE ST. ...... PRINCE GEORGE lo improvements are planned been ordered especially for the E., D.VaWe it on* of the nrtest pJaws on & B.C. runs. X . j.the Grqiid Trunk line. • ~j • The R«fv>-Fathers Bunoz and Coc-. _, _.- , ., . ¦ .Thomas Shaughnessy, the ^president I off"the railway, a~>rery warm friend! Glider the well-considered\ policy of Work Proceeding Satisfactorily. Mr. McArthur states that work onl«>lii, O.M.L. wercintown this w "With regard -to the Canadian Pacific, it was safe to gay that British Columbia had ahvaysN had in -Siri MASON & HENDBRSON. BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS Prince George, B. C. Estimates Furnished. both D. & B.C. and A. & W. lines is proceeding to his utmost! satisfaction. Two hundred out of thevj 2G2 miles to McLennan, on the E.,^i5.| a site for a Roman Catholic' Their seloction \vlll-~soon be Sir Thomas, the C. P. R. had in re- The permanent & B..C. is ballasted, and nfty^'f the : to.now held its services in the Boa.d 135 miles of steel on the Wiiterways, | °' T md this ballasted track now is in'a P first-trains track given another "lift.".. ' ; ' . , , ... "Mrent years made very extensive ad" Presbyterian church, which ». Charleson, J. P., has sold track ballasted last year is being'j one-half-, ofvhia fine farm on Nooki „:..«„ ..v,».u^ »i;r. » lake to an -English capitalist. Mr. ,,.,.. ,, A A . The principal new lines umlef- Trade bu.ldmg. will start or,,'t,ng ^ p ^^ - and substantial onurc'i. ,,' . ¦ ... , . - ., . \. nay (.entral,.linking up the main line at Golden with the Crows Nest rp'utfe ' near Steole, and traversing the sp|en\| did Koptenay and .Columbia "Valley Love in a Cottage SUN LIFE OF CANADA CHARLES A. PYNE Resident Representative for Northern • British Qolumbia.. PRINCE GEORGE, B. C. Office: No. 3 Post Building. to a»n English capitalist, heard the first" 1 The work at the; end of steel at the pharleson; also h™^ the fir.|t lease Smoky river, on the main line of theji" the .Vanderhpof pol.ee court. Re- Tfle happiness of those eni-baikingon the "love in a cottage'* idea depends largely upon the class of cottage occupied. Smoky.....,.................... .E., p; & B. C~ is going ahead apace,]s"H,"f30 and costs. and there is no doubt about, the steel i The executors of the estate of the reaching tl/e Spirit River settlement fe«JlS^ t*£&^. of VuiiderHodf, have appointed this year. A temporary bridge across the Smoky" is soon to be erected, and bert Heymann, notary public/ their work begun on the abutments for the i »gont-for tlunsaie of theMacfi. por-perm.ne.it steel bridge. " \ Kio" ^Vanderhoof. This fine part. There is nothing new to report with fof V^rlToof faces Burrard avenue . regard to the Grande Prairie branch; and will soon be built over ens-line, the guarantee of which has been j 'Y^y-authorized "by the legislnture. As previously reported, locating engineers are now in the ¦field and nothing -fur-' -ther can l>e done until their return, hut -it is certain that Mr. McArthur will not allow the grass to grow under his", feet as soon as definite arrange-" ineiTts can be tna.Je. 'I'o Lac La Biche by September. ; On the A. & G. W., Mr. Mt-Arthur 1 expects to have^the track to Lac, La JTiche p.roperly ballasted and in good shape by the first of September. An hotel.for the railway company on the townsite at Lac La Biche is being erected at the present timeV This tremendous program of con-, struction is, one that involves the hardest kind of work on the. part of Mr. Staccy, representing tl. tnte <>f -Kt'iitH-'ilv,-Blair & Co., was hereTi few'days ;ago and has rented a store' tt> sclllp'nrt uf the stock now in South Fort George in this town. T(V'"ty-five seM'ers fuu.-n Jlollatirl, who liav: bought land from the .No chako F'urms '>>mpnny, l'jpi'e!-l»y Or. L. E. Evidis, r/j ii')W near i'-n^t'ii station' t«i erect •nir-d-'•isy for' til •r families who arii to follow the officials, ffo"1 the general manager, W. R. Smith, downwards, but the j |\' —-efficient^ and speedy-Wuy in., which the |IH work has been carried on in the pastI-w' insures its completion in the time i , e ¦" specified by Mr. McArthur, who is j P°se °?; one of,the few railway magnates who in a short time. Messrs. Asbury & Chappell, lately of South Fort George, -have taken over the poolroom, recently managed by L. A. Ranger. They have installed a fine barber shop, on tjie premises; ^rhe fine rajiis of the last week have had n splendid effect on the cultivated land in the Nechaco valley. A good and oat crop is now assured. Hay demand, and before many farmers will have sold all stock they may wish to dis- Very Well: Tlio badly built, poorpy laid-out cottage is destructive to happiness and creates imeongeiiifil surroundings. keeps his promises. Peace River Immigration. , "The faith'I have always had in" the Peace River district grows- stronger ent, although there has beeYi a Very encouraging amount of passenger and freight traffic, on the Dunvegan road, -we have been working some-/What under a disadvantage,- -for the traffic for' the greater part has been to the north, and very likle this way. :. : .i ¦¦---¦ \ ¦¦ 'V QiK-itnel Man^on Lusitania. (I. M. Smartj-'who was agent for the B. C; Express Company ^it.Ques-last sunimer,-.was amongst the on. the Lusitania. Mr. Smart and the Kettle Valley Railway from Midway to Hope, which. practically i gave'the C. P. R. a second trahscoi<>.j tinental line to tidewater, in adilitioii to opening up the Nicola, Okahagah* and Bmimla.ry districts. rinnnriiil Outlook. /-.-'.', "Last, but by no. pieans least,.thore must lie mentioned tho Pacific..Great Eastern Railway. It was. hoped that I by the end of the: year connectitm • would be made between Prince Georne! im the (;.• T. P. main line and Van-J1 t couveri An extension of this line in a northerly direction frqin—Princej— George to the Peace River country j f-Toi1C#^Q |Aft was projected. The;^ ..total: mileage *-*""»V^ X\J\J frorn^ the Peace River region to Vancouver would be about 800. From the Peace River, .through Northern British • Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska, another link of 1200 miles would give direct railway, contact between the Great Northern Pacific country and the. entjre south. Although the. proposal that the'United States and Canadia'n governments should co-operate to'' push' forward this project had been temporarily shelved, Sir -Richard said that- he. hoped the scheme would be taken.tip in the near future and pressed to completion. r "Thc; financial position was sound, said Sir Richard, and all the. province's obligations to the world would I be rneL~~A8-it_was a henvy borrower tin the Old Coun*ry7~he-~w_as anxious that it should get from the^Tnother country as much business as it was possible for the latter to give, so thnt it should not bv ambarrassed in meeting interest charges." FOR FRESH MILK, CREAM, AND BUTTERMILK CALL UP HAGGITH'S RANCH, PHONE NO. 47 SOUTH , STEAM LAUNDRY ¦-. Compare the work of a steam laundry with the old-fashiontd hand-laundered methods, and you will require no other argument in favor of ouf' MODERN METHODS. Our prices are reasonable and ¦ our-work is the . best that a proper Laundry equipment can produce. GIVE US A TRIAL Prince George Steam Laundry 'PHQNE39., Laundry Called for Y and Delivered: We are architects, builders and contractors. W.e,built the. first frame building in this district ^aiid we are still in the business. , R BLUEPRINTING DONE. colors. Pate decreed that he should sail ori board-the unlucky ^victim of the iiubmerKed German murderers, and his namft is not amongst those reported sat*. Mr. Smart was well known and /popular through the district, aiwl keen regret is expressed-at his sad end. , ¦' The Nelson ^detachment of the all-Kootenay regiment have a black bear for a mascot. In one nfconth this spring the Tra^l smelter shipped 200,000 ounces of silver to Japan and China. '-. ' ,' & Flynn Prince George Offices and Shop ^-^THIRD AVENUE, (Behind Uni,on Bank) South Fort George Office, SECOND STREET Phone 226 South Fort George FOR RENT Three-room .house on full lot, Seventh aver; South Fort George; rent $10 per month. ,, TO RAILWAYMEN, You nre invited to see our houses no the Millar portion 6f Princ4 George before starting.to build;-, # For further particulars apply: Prince George Builders Compiny,|Ltdi H! WILSON, - - - - MANAGER Corner Laaelle and' Seranth P.O. Box 64. South Fort Georgt B.CSTABLPS Livery, Feed and Sale Stables First Class Doable and Single Drivers and Saddle Horses. Heavy and Light Teaming in connection. White & Westoby, Props. Prince Gaorge, Sixth Ave., Phone 46 South Ft. George, Second St. Pb«n« 15 HOTEL Mi Cleaii.Sriffht, Well Furnished Robm»! Centrally .Located. George St. . . Near Depot REDUCED RATES TO PERMANENT GUESTS The Porter Hay & Grain Co. Oats, Bran, ShoTts, Wheat, Crushed "Flax, Chop, and Hay at Rock Bottom Prices. See Us for Farm Seeds and Five Roses Flour \ The/World's Best. \\ Passing Out Good Money For Rent Is Like Throwing it Away Why Not Apply It Towards a Home of )wn ? For a limited period I am offering special inducements to people who will build on the ' Millar Addition which is acknowledged to be the finest residential portion of the Prince George Townsite. COME IN AND TALK IT OVER. V • ;:. ..V Insurance t^ Fire, Plate Glass, Life and'Accident. ^ insuring you should consider the J^e 1 i,a-b iiii y and strength of the insurance Cpmpanv. I represent the oldest and strongest .Companies in the^ world. Garden Tracts First class garden tracts, from 1 to 10 acres — on P. G. E. Railway and Fraser . River. Close-in Acreage I can deliver a number of Crown Granted Pre-emptions at reasonable prices. Good Opportunities for live farmers. GeorgcT Street Phone 103