.

Duncan MacDonald, general manager of the Company, said, when asked for
a further statement: "Mr. Gaviller's resignation was requested for the
good of the service. Owing to the conditions of our business the
traders have to be given the widest latitude in the command of their
posts, and we do not always know what is going on.

"Mr. Gaviller was very successful at Enterprise, but the disclosures at
the Doane trial showed that his acts have not always been in accord
with the policy of this company in dealing with the Indians. To our
mind the welfare of the Indians is more important than profits."

Mr. Gaviller was later found at the Royal George Hotel. Upon being
shown the foregoing he did not hesitate to express an opinion of it.

"Put not your trust in corporations!" he said. "I have given them
thirty years of my life, my best years, and here I am turned out over
night! It is the threat of a parliamentary investigation that has led
them to their present panic and attempt to make a scapegoat of me.

"If they think I'll take it lying down they are much mistaken. The
Indians' welfare more important than profits, eh? Excuse me if I
laugh." Mr. Gaviller added somewhat stronger expression.

"You can say from me," he went on, "that not only have I always
followed instructions to the letter, but that twice a year I laid my
books open to the Company inspector, who was informed of the minutest
details of my transactions.

"I accept my share in the blame for what happened. I have learned my
lesson. But let me tell you this, that the policy pursued at Fort
Enterprise was the Company's policy--letter and spirit.

"Moreover, in my time Fort Enterprise has paid thousands and thousands
of dollars to the shareholders of the Company, and I have not profited
one cent beyond my salary."

At this point Mr. Gaviller's daughter came downstairs and he would say
no more. Miss Gaviller declined to speak for publication.

From the Prince George _Star_, February 3, 19--.

A BEAUTIFUL ADORNMENT.

Our city has the honor of containing at the present moment the most
beautiful set of furs ever exhibited in America. It is to be seen in
the window of Messrs. Renfrew & Watkins's establishment on Oliver
Avenue.

It consists of three magnificent black fox skins smooth and lustrous as
jet, except for the snowy tips of the brushes. Two of the pelts go to
the neck-piece, while the third--the most beautiful skin that ever came
o