Citizens push for road from Christina lake to Franklin camp
Mr Angus Cameron urges a joint Gladstone Cascade effort to open a road from Christina lake head to Franklin camp. A citizens meeting and committees are proposed to plan and view the route, with government aid expected once properly presented. Also discussed are shipping rate disputes and express charges affecting Cascade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus Cameron
Gladstone
Cascade
Christina Lake
Franklin Camp
Franklin
Mrs Egerton's Covent Garden costume promotes Canada and CPR
Mrs Egerton, an English nurse from Dawson City, created a striking costumes tableau in Covent Garden to showcase Canadian scenery and the CPR. Her outfit featured CPR trains in motion, lakes and mountains, and a banner with provincial coats of arms. The London press praised the display as highly memorable. She plans another tour of Canada this summer, with photographs stored at CPR offices in Montreal.
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Egerton
Dawson City
London
England
Covent Garden
Canada
Rates Debate At Dominion Express Sparks Company Reply
The Record reports a dispute over freight rates with Dominion Express. Officials supplied old and new schedules showing earlier reductions applied only to through business. They claim The Record overstated rates, noting many Boundary district points still pay old rates such as Cascades to Grand Forks at 75c per hundred down to 70 pounds.
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Dominion Express Company
Vancouver
Toronto
Boundary
Cascade
Grand Forks
Boundary News Notes Ranging From Ore Shipments To Rail Plans
Father Palmer celebrated mass here. Eight hundred tons of ore were shipped from the Boundary last week and thirteen cars from Eholt to the Train smelter. Wm Anderson returned from the coast on Cascade Water Power business. G K Stocker attended the Cascade Townsite meeting in Spokane. Burial services for Alexander Lynch were conducted by Rev Father Palmer with a record funeral cortege. McLeod and Macpherson visited from Nelson, the latter representing Ontario Powder. A. H. Thompson won the Cascade mails contract for four years from July 1. Boundary voters totaled 1 110. Esquimalt 700. Cariboo 900. the riding elected one member, seen as unjust. Harry Cook killed a large rattlesnake near the dam. Grand Forks stage service altered by new rail schedule aiding Rossburg traffic. Pearl Grant of Gladstone seeks a teaching certificate at Nelson July 4 to 10, with Inspector Burns presiding. Great Northern surveyors eye a rail route to Republic via Marcus, Kettle River, Little Boulder and Deer Creek, then Curlew valley and south to Republic. Lupier’s route may avoid Cascade areas by about 16 miles, promising freight and passenger rate relief.
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Father Palmer
Eholt
Wm. Anderson
Cascade Water Power & Light Co
G. K. Stocker
Spokane
Cascade
Alexander Lynch
McLeod
R. Macpherson
Nelson
Ontario Powder Company
A. H. Thompson
Her
Boundary
Esquimalt
Cariboo
Rossland
Harry Cook
Grand Forks
Rossburg
Greenwood
R. R
Miss Grant
Great Northern
Republic
Spokesman-Review
Spokane Falls & Northern Ator
Marcus
Kettle River
Little Boulder Creek
Deer Creek
Curlew Valley
Lupier
Wenatchee
St. Paul
Stevens
Mr. Lupier
Rockcut
Divide
St. Peter Creek
Lone Ranche Creek
Casesde
The Upraising in China and a Burial Ground Clash
A foreign railroad project in China was halted after the government condemned the line for disturbing ancestral graves. The dispute, rooted in reverence for the dead, led to compensation and the tearing up of the track. It suggests that current tensions may stem from interference with graves rather than gardens or villages.
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China
Card of Thanks for Cascade Obsequies
The relatives of the late Mr. Alexander Lynch express sincere thanks to Cascade residents for services and kindnesses during the funeral. Special thanks are due to Mrs. Southam Victor Monnier John Earle and George K Stocker and others.
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Alexander Lynch
Cascade
Southam
Victor Monnier
John Earle
George K. Stocker
Mining claims surveyed near Sutherland by James Kelley
Work in the Water Power company's tunnel advances well with about 70 feet driven. Cascade Public School closes next Friday for summer vacation with examinations and literary exercises. Mrs. H. Dowdy leaves Monday for Spokane to join her husband, accompanied by daughter Jessie Hyde.
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James Kelley
Sutherland
Water Power Company
Cascade Public School
H. Dowdy
Spokane
Mies Jessie Hyde
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Gilpin, Sutherland
Niagara
Consignee
S. W. Bear
Grand Forke
Bear
Town
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