Cascade News Briefs Highlight Local Drought and Growth
Reports from Cascade note a coal oil famine and sawmill closures due to fire and flood. G. J. Hayward is assigned to assist Grand Forks customs. Arrow Lake trade prospers while Greenwood seeks daily mail service from Eastern Canada. Local stamps arrive, and Father Palmer opens a Grand Forks church with plans for an Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
G. J. Hayward
R. R. Gilpin
Grand Forks
Canada
Penticton
Father Palmer
Cameron
F. J. Finucane
Bank of Montreal
Nelson
Greenwood
Bossburg
Columbia River
Lot M. Livingston
Brooklyn
Deer Park
Niagara
Upper Grand Forks
Columbia
North Dakota
Brookyn Exchange Hotel Burns at Lakeside Town
Last Sunday night a fire destroyed the frame Brookyn Exchange hotel on the Brooklyn lakeside. Shaw and Shaw’s feed store adjoining was also ruined. No lives were lost though there was no insurance and no way to fight the blaze. The two buildings suffered near total losses estimated at about $1,300.
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Lake Front
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Exchange
Shaw & Shaw
Church Site Selected in Cascade for Presbyterian Building
A site is chosen for a Presbyterian church in Cascade on lot 4 block 85 near First Avenue and Fourth Street. Committee members Ferguson Matheson McRae Willcox Miss Cameron and Rev J McCoy selected the lot donated by the townsite owners. Construction will begin once funds are arranged. Nearby, business at the Columbia Hotel Dining Parlor reports improving service with meals at 35 cents.
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Presbyterian Church
Cascade
First Avenue
Fourth Street
Messrs. Ferguson, Matheson, McRae
Willcox
Miss Cameron
Rev. J. McCoy
Columbia Hotel
Certificate of Improvements for Elm ore and Corydon claims
Smith Curtis acting for Frank Hutchinson and Frank Gue gives sixty days to apply for a Certificate of Improvements to obtain a town grant for Elm ore and Corydon mineral claims in Yale District at Shamrock Mountain south slope near Christina Lake. Action under section 87 must begin before issuance. Dated December 31, 1808.
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Elmore and Corydon Mineral Claims
Grand Forks
Yale
Shamrock Mountain
Christina Lake
Smith Curtis
Frank Hutchinson
Frank Gue
Smith Curii
Estate of Alexander Mason Admin Notice in Yale County Court
In the matter of the estate of the late Alexander Mason of Cascade deceased letters of administration issued in Yale County Court at Grand Forks on December 18 1898 to Chase Miller of Nelson 13 C All parties indebted or having property to return forthwith and all claims with affidavit within 30 days or estate will be distributed with regard only to duly filed claims Chase Miller administrator ree at Nelson B C this 2nd day of January
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Alexander Mason
Cascade Tite
County Court
Yale
Holden
Grand Forks
Chase. Miller
City of
Nelson
Chase
Miller
B. C
English Store Promises Low Prices From BC Syndicate
The British Columbia Mercantile and Mining Syndicate Ltd Cascade offers groceries, dress materials, ribbons, hosiery, boots and miners supplies at the lowest rates. They credit low costs to bulk buying, owned premises lowering rent, and favorable road freight contracts. They boast a large stock of blankets, boots, rubbers, socks, dry goods, hats, scarves and more for wholesale or retail at exceptionally low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia Mercantile and Mining Syndicate, Ltd
Cascade
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lower Arrow Lake
Barry & Hepburn’s Bakery
Curtis’ Grocery
Record Office
The
Pioneer Store
Cascade, B.C
W. M. Wolverton
Mgr
Kettle River
Boundary Creek
Geo. K. Stocker
L. A. Hamilton
Winnipeg
Manitoba
British Columbia Mercantile and Mining Syndicate, Limited
Main Street
Cascade, B. C
McRae Landing
Minton
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