Boundary Railway Extension resumes work in Similkameen
C P R plans rapid resumption of the Boundary branch toward Spence's Bridge with Oscar Englund and a 20 member field crew locating grades. The route now runs from Rock Creek to Keremeos Princeton and on to Spence's Bridge with potential first contract for 150 miles. A freight car theft of food items occurred Sunday night amid the work preparations.
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Boundary
Oscar Englund
Cascade
C. P.R
Similkameen
Old Country
Tye
Englund
Penticton
Hope
Okanagan Lake
Rock Creek
Keremeos
Princeton
Similkameen Valley
Spence’s Bridge
England
Mann, Foley Bros. & Larson
Robson-Midway
Sneak Thievery Reported at Local Residence and Hotel
Complaint of theft in town cites entry to Mr. S. Mayall home last Friday with numerous edible goods removed. Saturday night the same culprit or group also accessed the Cosmopolitan hotel and seized food provisions from available supplies.
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S. Mayall
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Massive Log Boom Destroys Dam and Floods River Scene
A Grand Forks dispatch reports a single to one and a half million saw logs swept from a boom across the Kettle River near the Granby Smelter dam. The flood damaged two temporary bridges and a coffer dome, delaying the dam’s completion by about a month with an estimated $6,000 loss.
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Grand Forks
Kettle River
Granby Smelter Company
Yale
City Bridge
Bridge Street
Jay P. Graves
Jeffries and Corbett to Fight for World Heavyweight Title
Jeffries and Corbett are slated to meet for the world heavyweight championship around September 15 1900. Each hopes the other will be struck by lightning before the bout.
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Jeffries
Corbett
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AERE
Christina Lake
Boundary Railway
Granby Smelter Co
Cascade Record
William Meadows Crizew
First Avenue
Cascade, B. C
Hotel Cascade
C. H. Thomas
Prop
Connection
Second Avenue
Cascapr City
British Columbia
Possburg-Columbia Stage Inc
Brockman & Lay, Props
Bossburg
Spokane Falls & Northern Railway
P. Burns & CO
Mest Market
F. Gribi, Legr
Cascade City
Smith Curtis
Grand Fors
B.C
M. Morrison
A.D. Morrison
Dominion Hall Block
Nar
Columbia, B.C
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