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Newspaper
Cascade Record
Location
Cascade, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1899
Page
4
The Record is offered at multiple outlets including Simpson's Newaland Rossland Haile Blationery Gove Nelson Greenwood Betton Grand Forks Ran W. Graham Co Spokane Francis Milne Cascade Thomas Walker Cascade Drug Co and Cascade locations.
The article explains how crown grants for surface rights of mineral claims were settled in Yale district. It notes the Columbia & Western railway’s choices, government action to issue surface rights at five dollars per acre, and plans for a mineral exhibit at the exposition with rail transport free. George K. Stocker leads the exhibit effort to gather samples from Christina lake camps.
The Record urges mining men nearby to assemble an ore exhibit for the Spokane Industrial Exposition stating the advantages are self evident and worth the effort.
A sharp aside notes that John D. Rockefeller’s wealth grows by $34.50 each minute, implying the financier’s fame lies outside the newspaper trade. The quip underlines the irony of wealth versus media involvement without naming current events or dates.
The mining recorder Mr McMynn at Midway gains enhanced authority to streamline approvals saving miners many long journeys to Fairview. Rufus Pope, after visiting Cascade and the Boundary, says Christiaa claims gain recognition in Ottawa and eastern cities, promising growing familiarity. A revived semio moribund weekly at Columbia is noted as reclaiming its former role.
The New Denver Lodge notes verses circulating in the press and argues that The Man with the Dough would be more popular than The Man with the Hoe among American readers.
The author notes that in Boundary camps certainty is rare while uncertainty remains ubiquitous. While some camps may appear richer, all are viewed as potentially valuable, like treasure boxes, yet no other section is deemed equally unpredictable.
The Spokesman-Review releases a mining book titled A Million Dollar Check praised for printing and illustrations. It covers Rossland and Boundary mines. The Nelson Tribune is criticized for outdated or inaccurate claims about Cascade power and Boundary road trains.
The world views Captain Dreyfus's ten year sentence for alleged military secrets as a grave injustice. French generals are accused of manipulating the case, triggering worldwide indignation that could impact preparations for next year's Paris exposition.
Cost estimates compare two routes for southern travelers to the Boundary. Rail from Rossburg to Rossland costs 2.25 for the leg to Cascade plus 2.00 overnight in Rossland, totaling about 4.60. Stage via Boreland to Cascade is 4.00, plus 2.25 rail Boreland to Rossland, totaling 6.25. Stage is cheaper by about 1.65, rail may reduce stage fares if schedules adjust. exact rail fare not yet published.
Constable Dinsmore of Colum bia is named notary public. W Y Williams, general superintendent of Old Ironsides Knob Hill and Graves properties, and owner of the Cannonball on Christina Jake, was in town Tuesday morning.
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