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TIIEj OREGON SUNDAY ' JOURNAL, , PORTLAND, . SUNDAY I.IORNING,, DECEMBER 25, ,1310. ilpinr'p a? rrcs n- Ti.F.nn! rvfTw.T or nccrnrni ithm nmn Ar.in lAYDEtl ISLAtJD 10 EE FACTORY SITE LOCiiLSiilt.'ilf. j 0 BE tmv liulL uILL Hotels, Warehouses and Larga ' Apartments Are Among ths Structures on Which Work Will Begin. ' ' That the first half of 1911 ;WH wit ness the largest volume of new con struction undertaken hi Portland in any six months In the history of the city, Is the belief of Building Inspector IL E. Plummer, who yesterday predicted that r.ew buildings to the value of more than $2,500,000 would be authorised by permits during the month of December. "We now have in the office," said Mr. Plummer, "plans for some of the largest and finest buildings ever de signed for erection In Portland, and the Indications are that permits for nearly all of them win be Issued before Jan uary L The office fore lfl busily en Caged In checking over these plans and unless some of the drawings have to be returned to the architects for correction permits for practically all of them will be issued next week." , Among the larger projected structures the drawings of which are now being checked over, in the building Inspector's office, are those for the new Multnomah hotel, which Is to' cost about $700,000; the Wilcox office building, which wlli cost $300,000, and the second warehouse, for the Marshall-Wells Hardware com pany, which Will ' cost approximately 1200,000. : Irt addition " to these, the building Inspector now has drawings for six or eight Jarge apartment houses, which are to cost from $ 50,000 to $100, 000 teach. ''' .i: remits tot Six. Permits for six apartment houses were issued last week, involving an ag gregate; expenditure of $285,000. - The largest of these is a five story brick structure which- is to be erected by W. L. Morgan on the west side of Eleventh etreet, between Clay and Market, at a cost ;of $75,000. Mr. Morgan plans to make this one of the finest buildings of the kind In the city.- White not a flra proef building, it will be bo nearly so that the danger of destruction by fire Is almost entirely eliminated. v ' The 'Klngsberry ' Building company, which is composed of R. E.' Klngsberry and the firm of Morgan, Fliedner & Boyce, have taken out a permit for a five story brick a apartment house to be erected on the east side of Ford street, ; between Washington and Park avenue, at a cost of $75,000. The struc ture is to be similar In, design and ar rangement to the Haothorn apartments recently completed on Twelfth stteet rsr Main! It will contain 31 three,' 1 foui and five room suites, and- will be equipped with the latest apartment fur niBhinm and annllances. This building will occupy a 53 by 100 foot site. On the adjoining 100 by 100 feet Morgan, Klicdner & Boyce plan tobuild the fin est apartment house In Portland. This Is to be a five story pressed brick structure and will cost about" $100,000, It will contain 43 suites of four and five rooms each.;, Mr.- Morgan' announced yesterday that his nrm would take on r permit for this structure next week nnd that construction work on the build ing wouia oegjn some time in January. "' ' tour Story Suiiajngr. -, ; i The Willumbia : Hall association, which Is putting up a four story con crete bu Ilding at Lombard street ' and Portsmouth avenue, on the St.' Johns rr Hne. nrocured a nermit' for the building last woek, for which the cost of the improvement was fixed at $100,- 000. When completed this Is to be the finest building on the lower peninsula. Architects Goodrich &- Goodrich .pre pared the plans. -H -.f" ' . , A permit was- Issued last Wednesday to H. B.' Adams authorizing the erection of a three story brick apartment house on Twenty-first street, between North run and Overton. The cost of the Im provement will approximate $10,000. This also la to be a durable. building .and tt will be equipped and furnished 'with the latest apartment house appli ances. .-..-..-. .. r W. R. Griffith, who" some years ago bunt one of the first apartment houses in the Nob Hill district, took tut a per mit last week for a four story brick building of the same class to be .erected m Eighteenth' street, between Flanders and Everett, at a cost of $30,000. ,,,, , , : Unique Apartments. . Architecta Harvey and Ilogncr have completed plana for a four, story brick apartment house to be erected at the . soumrusi comer ,vi i,uureua ana n.ver- rtt sweets, xor me uooaman estate. The building will be 50x90 feet and will cost $30,000. . The design is in the Italian Renaissance and presents an attractive s and unusually, handsome appearance. ; Architects 'Clausen & Clausen have completed drawings for- a four story brick apartment house to be erected by Mrs. A, M.-Williams at tho southwest corner of Lucretla and Everett streets. The cost of the improvement will ap- proximate $60,000. -; ;. - ; s v V P. M. Warren, who Is Just completing a five story apartment house- at the northeast comer of Tenth and Salmon Rcsidi-nte of . . )f ' "V- ' - ' .7 ri ' II; . - , -r Xti : b' h " ! 1 ... 'A rrrC rt- . r Hi u -I 3 " - 3,i : - . " ". v i f . i-A . , , ... Looking north on Trinity Place, from Washington street, showing a solid block of brick apartment houses, where 18 months ago wag vacant ground. -The two buildings in the foregroud facing Washington street have been erected since he fire last August, a clean sweep having - been made of that portion of Washington a by the flames that destroyed the old exposition huilding and Multnomah chub's handsome home. streets, , has commissioned Architects MacNaughton & Raymond to get up the design for a duplicate of the building to be built on the adjoining 50 ty 100 foot lot; The building is to contain only two room apartments and will - cost about $60,000. , The same firm of architects Is get ting up the design for a three .story apartment house to be erected by E. I Taylor at East Fifteenth and Belmont streets. - - "" ' - - ' " : A permit was issued to M. Olson last week for a two story frame apartment house to be erected on East Ankeny, be-, tween East Third and Union avenue, at a cost of $10,000. . . The following sales were closed upnn the past few day through the agency of Broker David Lewis: Edward Jacobs ' recently . sold to Charles Brown five 50x100 lots, corner East Sixty-second and, "Davis streets,' for $2500. - , , Daniel 8. Hensley purchased from Milton Smith tf the Gunst company 3$ acres of land near Orchards, Waslu,' con sideration $2500. ' '- ; . - Louis Cohen purchased a five- room bungalow Mb Irvington Park from W. Smithson, a local builder,' for a consid eration of $3000. Mr. Cohen also purchased through the same agency, for an Investment, a five room bungalow on East Twenty-first streeC for a consideration of $1200; , : ' Edward Jacobs recently sold to John A,- Lehner, a,, highly improved quarter block on yillard . avenue and Holman streets, for $5000. ; Louis Cohen , sold to R. A. ; Smith of Portland his 10 acre tract of prune orch ard, located at Orchards, Wash., consid eration $4000. L, R. 'Weucher purchased of Frank Wilson, a six room modem house on East Tenth street hear Alberta for $6000. 1 MUton Smith of PortlandrOr, sold to Edward Jacobs 'his 30 acre tract at Orchards, Wash., which : adjoins ; the- town, for a consideration of $7500. David Lewis sold to a Portland man 40x100. with two flats, located in the Nob Hill district, the cash .considera tion was $12,600. v ' , ;Tneasy Earth. .New York World." ... Cyclones, tidal waves, a cloudburst and volcanic eruptions with the .team work" due-tcMleng practice combined again.ln Naples. They form a trust of evil element - The loss of life seems to have been'Bllght compared with other disaster of unhappy southern Italy, but large enough to renew .the query why people live in the shadow of death. They do not so look -upon It. Mount Epemeo has "behaved" for 600 years, though recent earthquakes have done great, damage at lta base. Volcan ic cinders, not lava, make at once ex ceedingly rich sail. Ischia, with all its waste landia more thickly peopled than Belgium. . -; About Vesuvius, ssabout Etna, Is a circular railway track upon which thrlv. Ing cities and towns are ; strung like beads on a necklace. , Sun and soil con spire in an Incredible profusion of pro duce, and a-volcanlc vruption may, eas ily enrich a ' community by restoring fha soil while ruining individuals. The people take ,thelr chances, which are not desperate.' Yet only-habit can for a stranger deaden the thrill of liv ing in Naples, midway between the, sim mering A vernus of Virgil to the north Und a live volcano to the south. ' W. O. Llojd, at C77 Ka;;t Nineteenth 7 " X $ 4 i i v . " : -:. :-.-,.v;:-; j- ! '-"X ' "V V-: V:V-..:V.-,v;,:;: ,,;.,. : A 1 ' " - - 1 I , w ,J - ' i - w..WrfViv .... I L Tl liiiirribii FRANCE IS OBJECT Statesmen Would Reduce the Number of Drinking Places Throughout, Republic Which . Have Total of 500,000. By Paul VHllera. ' ' IPubliibera' Ptbm Leued Wiw.l . Paris, Dec,' 24.rFor the time being the fight against religion; has been dropped and French statesmen are devoting their attention to the liquor question. They have been compelled to do 'something to allay religious excitement, and with that purpose In view they have buckled down to the task of reducing the number of drinking places which is fast approach ing ; the . 600,000 , mark throughout the country. . . i The French senate Is now consider ing a ibill for the limitation and con trol of public" houses. There were SO years ago as many as 34,000 caftarets in this city and the provinces, but the figure Is now close 'on 500,000, with an average of 1 per 80 inhabitants, or 1 for 30 grown up men. ' Roubalx, as a matter of - fact, , contains 1 , public house for every 36 persons.' " " V;;,;:--i As M. Guertn pointed out In the de bate, everyone Acknowledged ; that ,th number of the cabarets, had grown ex cessive owing to the unlimited freedom granted by the law of 1880. .' Another senator maintained that alco hol was also taken at home. "It Is not the workman alone who Is addicted to alcohol, but the wife and the children as well," he said. - - v , American Blnejackets Kake Hit, ; v American bluejackets have , had the right of way here, and this Is what a leading Parisian paper Bays of them: ; !Tall, alert an,d bony, they go along the boulevards and mix with the croyds. AJ; first sight one might taka, them for French sailors, but, their ' stature sur prises us and also their smooth faces. Their caps are like those of our sailors, only somewhat flatter. These - sailors are delighted with the French capital. As for the Parisians, they admire the visitors' bearing, their quiet 'and re served manners, which does, not debar them from knowing how. to: get aloijff, a quality that the sailors of both re publics have to an eminent degree. ; We are happy to meet them .everywhere,' and are sure that they will not have a bet ter time elsewhere than here." t Tarrtbla Crime xrear Axignt.''?-' f A terrible crime committed recently at the vlllayet of Ponta de Ge, near An gers,; recalls In some details; the fa mous GoufferBompard murder. , ' : It U supposed that the victim, -whose Identity has not yet been, established, was enticed -Into'; the house of a man named Delhumeau, and there done to death, with the assistance of the latter's mistress." The assassin appears to have made every effort to; render the dead man unrecognisabla by shaving him and then " slashing his f aae, . The most ex traordinary part of the crime Is the way In which he tried to dispose of the body. Instead of throwing it into the Marne, street, north III) I or hiding It in the heighborhood.'as he might easily have done, the murderer appears to have deliberately made diffi culties for himself and Invited discovery by pushing the body on a wheelbarrow right through th most populous part of Angers, ' while 1 a fair was In progress,' stopping for drinks on the way. ' The unexpected' arrival of two soldiers as he was apparently about to throw the body from a bridge caused him to aban don his ghastly, turden and take to flight..'.'; ' It is rumored that the deceased was a German banker, who had had business relations with Delhumeau. ? - Humorist s oa, Strike. , The misery of the humorist who is compelled to be fur.ny in order to earn bread is Illustrated by the (Strike artists working for one . of the humorous Jour nals. The artists are headed by Adolphe Willette, the famous black and white artist and the strike is directed against the edKor of a humorous paper who or ganizes every year the famous "Salon des Humorlstes."' held in the Champs ElyseesJ t At a large meeting held rn a Mont martre cafe the artist decided to boy cott the saloon and establish an exhibi tion of their own M. Willette said to me: ' -"Of course we shall have some 'blacklegs against us; a 'strike "could not go ,on without them. Vs "But ; If you only knew the misery of some In our profession! How many amusing drawings, witty phrases, light hearted pleasantries they . have to pro duce in order to get just enough money to prevent themselves and their depend ents from starving."- , . ; Army Officer Charged With Murder. The arrest of Captain Meynier, offi cer Jn the French army,' f ob- the alleged murder , of the "Baroness rAmbricour, waa effected a few days ago. The case is the most remarkable France has had in years. The baroness was the divorced wife of a notable French nobleman, and the captain was paying attentions to her. "When the baroness ; body was found poisoned In a hotel in the Rue de Rome, Captain Meynier had disappeared. He was arrested In the ministry of the ma rine. For 13 days he had been wander ing abojat the country. . . A few days ago a man with a muddy overcoat buttoned up to. his neck pre sented himself at the ministry. The visitor when asked for his name refused to give it Thereupon the attendant said be could not announce him. "So much the worse for j me," said ' the strangervand handed a card to the at tendant who read tq his stupefaction the name of Captain Meynier. He con ducted." the visitor to Commander La peble, wtlo Instantly recognised his friend, although ae had shaved off his mustache and dyed his hair. ' VTou , have extraordinary audacity," the commander said.. "I shall not have you arrested, but I am going to send for the police.'; Leave the room," The attendant bad meanwhile gone for the police, and returned shortly with two policemen, who took Captain Meynier in a cab to police headquarters. . Captain Meynier took a parcel marked "poison" from his pocket "I wanted to take that a dozen times," he said, "but I had not the courage.. J tried to go south, but I had no money, and then an irresistible desire urged me to go to Nemours, where the baroness Is burled. ' I walked the whole distance 80 miles, and when I got there I knelt on her grave. Two days ago I returned, to this , city utterly destitute." The bar oness, under the name of Mayol was au thor of several novels Meynier has.' German Ambassador favorably Received. The new German ambassador, Baron von Schoen, arrived' In the midst of th strike crisis and delivered h la creden tlala as the battle began. He fortu nately knows France well enough to know that a 'very bad time never lasts long here, ' He knaws that a certain turbulence in the French character Is but the wrong .side of an almost too great : love of order. . ; He produces a favorable impression.' He belongs to, a highly successful manufacturing family la Germany, is connected, witlv Belgium by his marriage with, the daughter of a diplomatic confrere. Baron de Grooto, and has already ervcd here. One so often sees st foreign office soirees faces void of all expression. They might be persons whose souls-broke down In the pursuit of the decorations they wear. SVr.nt animus remains Is not more than enough' to keep body alive. . Baron yon Schoen la - nothing or tnis. ite oas a remarkably hongst pair of eyes, an up right demeanor, and a straightforward promptness of manner. It is the man ner of a trustworthy intelligent agent and'inan.-of action. - He Is a great beef drinker and pinochle player. , , . . All the-bachelors In Mende have' re ceived by post from the Antl-Depopula-tlon league a comauinlcotion enclosing i a list of all the unmarried girls in the town. The list contains zoo names and (addresses of eligible. - 1 - MUCH CONSTRUCTION x WORK AT TOLEDO, OR, 1 1 11 . ' . ...V (Special IHapt tch to The Juurnnl.) ' ,. Tolodo, Oregon,. Dec. 24.- The Port Commission of the Port of Toledo Is sdrmistng-for btd'r-'for-Th-t'OTisTHir:' tlon of two Jetties; on the dredging of 65,000 cubic yards of mud; and on the construction -.of a clam shell dredger. Bids upon tha above work , will be opened January 11, 1911. It Is the in tention, of the Port Commission to push this work as rapidly as poHlble, WORLD'S TRADE TO AT CLOSEUF YEAR Imports and Exports of Inter national Trade Will Exceed Total Figures of 1910 by . $30,000,000,000. Washington, Deo. 2-Th world's In ternational trade promises to make a new "high" record in, the calendar yeaf 1910. Figures received by the bureau of statistics, department of com marc and labor, show that in nearly every country of the world both Imports and exports are larger than. In 1909 and the reports thus far received indicate that the grand total of the world's interna tional commerce in 1910 will reach a higher figure than ever before. These figures of the bureau of statis tics are drawn' from the official publi cations of the principal commercial na tions of the world and Include some thing more' than 28 leading countries. The number of countries for which the bureau receives off lclal . publications is much greater than this, but for many of the"ess important countries no fig ures tor any part of the calendar year 1910 have yet been received. Taking all of those for Which figures are at hand for any part' of the present calendar year, the bureau finds that in" practic ally every case the Import in 1910 show a higher monthly average than those of 1909, white the exports are, with a very few exceptions, also higher In 1910 than in 1309. . , . . . , Reports From 87 Countries. ' The countries for which the bureau of statistics has reports covering a part of , the calendar year 1910 are 27 and include among the more Important Ar gentina, , Australia, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Egypt, France, Germany, India (British), Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Switser land, the United Kingdom and the Uni ted States. The , portions ; of . the cal endar year 1910 covered by the reports of the various countries reaching this bureau are mot of course, Identical, since some of the countries Issue their month ly statements much more promptly than others. As a rule, however, the reports in question cover from six to ten months of the calendar year; and In all cases the bureau States rjiot only the total for the . accumulated months but also the monthly average of both Imports and exports of each country during the por tion of i the, year for which totals are presented. The figures of Imports show In every case' larger monthly averages for the respective countries named than In the corresponding period . of 1909, while on the export side the monthly av erages are also larger except in case of Argentina and Bulgaria. , , 1910 Shows Galas' Taking the more Important countries, a " comparison of the monthly Import and export flgures.during' such portions of the Calendar year 1910 as ar now available with the, corresponding periods of 1909 indicates distinctly' the upward trend of International trade. On the I0WG1K I, , - " f ' ' " ' , " - ' ' ' ' . With the happy thought of Christmas at hand, it surely gives us , great pleasure to express our thanks and appreciation to the people of Portland for their patronage and confidence given us during the past year. 1 . ; ' With best wishes to you and yours at this and every ether .leasoriv'-vO'v-.tv ::u-V;'- M. J.' WALSH CO. Marks Another Step in Mak; ing Columbia Waterfront Manufacturing District. ' I The announcement of the sale of Hay den island to Seattle : and Chehalls, Wash., capitalists marks, another 'step in the general movement to establish la large manufacturing , district on the Columbia riverfront : This property, i comprising something like ; 800 acres, ,,wa. sold by the P. R., L. & P. Co. Sfor a price said to be In the neighbor hood o 3200,000. 1 The railroad company reserves a small portion of the east end i- of the Island, amounting to about 40 'acres, and across which the Vancouver line runs..; ' ;,;:;,,.-, :: .; " -f.--- ; Title to the property was taken In 'tho name of the Hayden Land company but the real purchasers were "W. R Coffman, a banker of Chehalls, and C. A. Doty, a wealthy resident of Seattle. The island will be. developed on a comprehensive scale as sites for various manufacturing - enterprises, A spur track will be extended from the North Bank road, ' which crosses the island about the center, and power line will be run the full length of the island by the Portand Railway, Light & Power company, the one to furnish electric power to factories and the other to give additional transportation facilities. . Hayden Island derived its name from Gay Hayden, who for many years was one of the most prominent residents of southwestern Washington. He took np tne island - in tne early '60s as a dona tlon land claim. Later on it", passed Into thd hands of Bwltzler brothers and about 30 years ago was purchased by Colonel Benjamin F. 8.haw, who died In this city a few years ago. Colonel Shaw sold the property In 1898 to the street railway company for $25,000. The sale was handled by the Stod dard-Brenner company, representing the purchasers, and Keasey, Humason , & Jef fery,- acting for the Portland Rail way. Light & Power company. J. L. Stoddard, who Is to be the vice president and general manager of the Hayden Land company, will have gen eral charge of the improvement and sale of the manufacturing sites Into which the Island Is to be divided. It was Mr. Stoddard who discovered the avallabll Ity of the Island as a site for factories, He at once took the matter up with Mr. Doty, a former business associate, who. after examining the island, closed the deal for Its purchase. r C A, Doty, president of the company ana its principal owner, nas been a re si dent of the Columbia river district for 25 years. Twenty year ago he was station agent for the Northern Pacific at Kalama, - While living 81 Kalkma he Organized the business of shipping by express fresh Columbia river salmon to the large eastern cities. - Something like 15 years ago he organised the Doty Lamber & Shingle company at Doty, on the South Bend branch of the North ern Pacific railroad. Recently he sold his lumber business to C A. Messereau Xs Son of Portland and moved to Seat tle, where he now makes his home. - Import side the average monthly impor tations are: For the united Kingdom, In 1910, 265 1-3 million dollars, against 244 H million In the similar period of 1909; for Germany, 179 million dol lars, against 171 million in the cor responding period of 1909; the United States, 129tt million in 1910, against 119 million for the same months of 1909; France, 103 million, in 1910, against 37 ,1-3 "million for 1909; Bel gium, 2tt million dollars In 1910. as against 66 million in 1909; Italy, 49 million dollars in 1910, against 48 million In the same period of 1909; Austria-Hungary, 45 million" dollars in 1910, against 43 millions In the Same months of 1909, , Russia In Eu rope, Ott million dollars in 1910, against 32 H million In the same period of 1909; Canada, 36 million dol lars In 1910, as against 28 million In the corresponding months of 1909; and Japan, 19 1-5 million dollars in 1910, against 17 million in 1909. On the export side the figured of the Unld Kingdom show an average . of 173 1-3 million per month In 1910, against 151 million in the correspond ing period of 1&09; Germany, 150 mil lion dollars per month, in 1910, against 132 million In 19091 the United States, 143 million dollars per month in the 1910 period, against 136 million in the corresponding portion of 1909; India, 65 million dollars per month in the 1910 period, against 45 million In the sim ilar; period of 1909; while Argentina shows but 31 million dollars . per month for the first half tof 1910, com pared with 40 million per month for the corresponding period of "1909. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, labor leaders and representatives of the employers' asso ciation have agreed to submit all labor disputes tg a board of arbitrators. ' ' Strikes of coal miners throughout the United States and Canada cost the Unl ted Mine Workers, in strike benefits paid, $1,632,022.42 during the year end ing November 30 last. Tract Between Irvington Rose City Park Will C . Improved. "Buaumont," the 130 acre tract lying between Irvington and Rosa City 1'iuk. lias been sold by the Western (.m-guu Trust company to a syndicate of local people, who plan to Improve the prop erty and put it on the market in the early spring. The syndicate was organ ized by O. L. Ferris, formerly of the Columbia Trust company, and Is com-, posed of the following: Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie, Dr, Herbert W Haeg e, G. B. Hovenden, J. R Rogers, E. vv. lUng and Mr.:, Ferris, who will manage th company. ., -. ' .. Beaumont was purchased ffom tho Rose City Park association by the Co lumbia .Trust : comrany a little mora than a year ago for 3300,900. It is un derstood that the sale to the present holding syndicate was for a price slight ly in excess of that sum. . Miss Jennie Pettybone of -Montana has purchased from the Lewis Invest ment company the, B0 by 100 foot lot on Pettygrove street between .Twenti eth, and Twenty-first. ,The considera tion involved was $5000. ; J. F. Shepherd, a recent arrival from Springfield, Mo., has purchased the E. H. Bauerly 50 acre farm located near Broadacres, on the Salem electric line, for $9000. The Bale was made through the agency of J. E. Smith, who also re ports the transfer-of a 85 acre farm near Dundee to E. H. Despaln, alxo of Missouri, for $8000, , 1 A. Campbell Reese of Prairie City, Or., has closed a deal with P. Lechten thaler - for 300 acres of land located about five miles west of Estacada, pay ing for It $18,000. It is the Intention of the new" owners of the property to subdivide it Into - five and ten acre tracts and plant it to either-apples or, English, walnuts. - , Harry R.- Trowbridge and associates took title last Thursday to a 50 by loi) foot lot located- at the southeast corner of Twelfth and Hall streets. The prop erty Was purchasld from Emma May Chasev consideration $13,000. An Improved 50 foot frontage on the south side-of Thurman street was sold last week by Emilie Deutsclv to Max Barrell for $7000..; ' ; - A. H. Tanner, a local attorney, has purchased from the Oregon Real Estato company an unimproved 100 feet front ago on the west side of East Fourteenth street between Tillamook and Thomp son, consideration $4800, Mr, Tanner acquired the property , with a view to Improving it with a handsome- residence. The northeast corner of Union avp ntfe and Cambridge Street was sold last week for $6500: The property com prises a Quarter of a block and was sold by Alva W. Person to Anson F. Polpy. FORT GEORGE COMUfRC! CLUB An' organization of Fort George cttl zens ' and business men will give au thentic Information free regarding open ings for business and Investment in what will be one of: the largest Canadian cities. The registered legal townslte of Fort George adjoins the Indian preservation on the west and faces on "the Nechaco river. There is no other logical loca tion for a city In the vicinity; and ev ery; railroad chartered to build through Central British Columbia ""will ran through our town., because they can't help themselves. . -We will nave all railroads. OtVr townsltes starting In the vicinity will have none' at all because of the topog raphy of the country. Fort George is the geographical and strategic commercial center of Britten Columbia and has now 1000 miles of navigable -waterways and will havo 2000 miles. Fort George Is growing rapidly and by the time the first railroad reach the place In 1912 will have 5000 population, and In five, years 20,000. , Let us send you first band facts about Fort George. V Tou can get quick reply by addressing: fort George publicity Bureau, Ooom $13, 043 GrasvUls St, Tanooarer, B. 0. Or if you prefer, address Secretary Commercial Club, Fort George. B. C. in ShrkSi. AL