Town and Boundary Notes: New church organ and local ventures
Presbyterian society of Phoenix acquires a new church organ. Deadwood town site begins selling lots. Talks of a Knights of Pythias lodge in Phoenix. Licensed victualers form mutual protection association. Sheriff Pemberton of Yale County appoints W. H. Cooper deputy at Grand Forks. S. H. Hayes returns from Montreal. A man named Thomas Lewis found dead on the wagon road between Greenwood and Midway last Tuesday. New school building opens with desks installed. Prohibition of box rustling at Alhambra theater boosts profits and may lead to closure. Plans advance for a Phoenix house of worship costing about 2500 dollars. Boundary railway scheme links Carson to Phoenix with mining spurs. A. R. Tillman to establish a Phoenix lumber yard. Yale-Columbia Lumber Co. and J. P. Graves also eye local yards. Fairview in Similkameen boasts six patriotic Chinamen funding Mansion House. A band of cows and calves passes through town en route to Midway. Cascade to get a passenger and freight depot. Pettipiece to start a Ferguson paper using Kaslo Prospector plant. Pettipiece founded Revelstoke Herald three years ago.
Y M C A Cook Flees In Panic From Boarded House
A pastry cook at the Y M C A boarding house abruptly quit his job after mistaking visitors for burglars. He fled in his bakers garb, hatless and doughy, down a gulch leaving his associates concerned by his sudden departure. The Trail Creek News responds to a boundry country misstatement while noting ongoing mining growth.
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Trail Creek
Boundary Country
Vancouver Mayoral Win Ties City’s Heat to Victory Margin
Vancouver voters chose Mayor Garden for a third term by a 194 vote majority. Revelstoke elected A. N. Smith as mayor by a slim five vote margin.
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Vancouver
Garden
A. N. Smith
Revelstoke
Spokane Poultry Show Attracts Local Breeders
Spokane hosts a poultry show drawing city breeders while another report notes a scare as 40 to 50 acres are affected by smallpox.
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Spokane
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Revelstoke Herald
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Mest Market
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Second Avenue
Cascade City
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