2 THE PRINCE GEORGE STAR G. T. C017LTHARD - - EDlTOK PRINCE GEORGE STAK. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESD.A? AND FRIDAY. . ; COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Bills passed amounting to .I $oO0.78. Three Months 506; Six Months $1.00: ,t ........¦¦„ One Year $1.50. I Communication from J. T. To any address outside of Canada 12.001 Bpecken agking fo;. $300 in pav_ Advertising1 Rates on Application. Office: Third Avenue, Prince G (next door to Royal Bank) ¦i < TELEPHONE. No; 19 j inent for extra services'in look-fing after construction work. He had been instructed by former Mayor Gillett to assume duties by letter. On motion of Watson and Keegan lie; was paid $175 as settlement in full. By-law No. 42 dealing with licenses was amended, reducing; What Will the New Year Development Mean for City of Prince George ,, r ^___„, Is the city of Prince George! .bofcel licenses to $400 per year| to assume the position right-! in^ead of &00 a* formerly. fully hers as the contral business section of a district which Mayor and city clerk ins true-d to sign all checks for city. A motion by Aid. .Watson1 to in itself comprises an empire? refer several matters to com* The sectional differences that im'ttete. with power to act, found to a certain extent have divided j objection from mayor, who the city and retarded deteiop-j wishes all financial matters to inent have been fairied-and any come, before the aldermen for individual who thinks he can settlement. safely stir up strife to furthei4! - ----—«.,. ««•.*,« w « the ends of any organization periai Oil Company foi whose interests are inimical to j tions on fuel in car lots, also the city* will be plainly, told by [sample barrel, the citizens to go elsewhere. The coming year will likely see the completion of the Vancouver-Prince George line if the work just inaugurated by the provincial government portends anything. The various organizations of the city—council, board of trade, agricultural so- In All Departments Mayor Perry showed the best] of judgment in-his appoint-! inent of the committees for the I ¦ , •. ..-. , , . ¦ coming year. Kvidently consid-eiety, farmers institute—have __Uv J • ¦ • - - enough to keep them busy, each in its own sphere of usefulness, toward preparing the city and diti k erable thought had been given to these important appointments, as oh the different chair ill dh v. i , ^ , ~, Z ii i ± men will depend the success or district to take full advantage _ .. - .; * . . . , v,i • a • i i • failure.of the work in hand. of the various financial and in- ,, ,, . Al . . A , ' . , ! . , ... following are the appointees: dustrial concerns which will ^. . t . h will gravitate to this city as the logical distributing point. Unity of action alone will accomplish the desired end. Now is the time to show the spirit which dominates Hie westerner, who looks on the future with optimism, and never fails to take \ advantage of the opportunity to advance the interests of others as well as himself. The year 1917 will bring the realization of the hopes of those who are ready to present a solid front and insist that the city and district get-what it is entitled to. Finance—Armstrong, chairman; Brynolson, Cluff, ~ Board of Public Works—Keegan, chairman; Harper, Cluff. Fire, Water and Light—Watson, chairman; Brynolson and Keegan. Health and- Sanitation™ Harper, chairman; Watson and Armstrong. Burns* Anniversary , Dance on Jan. 25 The Germans think terms offered by allies too hard. They should understand the longer the war lasts the harder they will be.