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Newspaper
Cascade Record
Location
Cascade, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 21, 1899
Page
4
Published weekly at Cascade City British Columbia by Willcox and O Reilly. Subscriptions two dollars per year in advance. Advertising rates available on application.
An immense 1000 ton daily smelter is planned for Cascade, bringing daily coke shipments and multiple trainloads of ore, lime and wood. The project spurs railway divisions, machine shops, a grand passenger station, dining parlor, and numerous jobs, signaling lasting regional prosperity.
The provincial legislature members show bright resignations as terms end under the act. The Nelson agent J. H. Turner is linked to selling blankets to a government entity, prompting scrutiny.
The piece notes government workers and even the ex premier may need to resign or stand for re election under a harsh new law that imposes penalties for legislative conduct. It calls for repeal through enforcement and criticizes a prior water relief demand as impractical while praising railway shipment improvements and the editor’s persistence.
A Greenwood musing expresses concern for Christina Lake residents under current government after Turner era taxes seem collected without public spending. The alien placer mining bill has passed, becoming law, though attempts to apply it to quartz miners were rejected.
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