13 Jun 1912
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Newspaper
Chilliwack Free Press
Location
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
1
Chilliwack welcomes the Pacific Northern Racing Circuit with races on Friday and Saturday June 21 and 22. Local and outside horses enter a three heat format with purses including 500 for the 240 Trot Stake and 500 for the 2.14 Pace Stake. Entries close June 20 with fees and deductions as listed. James R. Anderson serves as local secretary.
The Chilliwack Board of Trade approved a Burnaby proposal to publicize the lower mainland and attract newcomers, proposing a Vancouver publicity officer and a Mission agent. The president would meet with municipalities to study the plan. Delegates also discussed fire insurance rates and a talk by the secretary on insurance.
Sir William Mackenzie informed Vancouver executives that Canadian Northern has acquired control of the Great Northern rail segment between Port Kells and the Fraser River bridge at New Westminster. The deal enables Port Mann improvements and requires an eight mile line section, with main eastward work already started at Port Kells.
City hall filled as Colonial Oil Company officials and investors from Seattle Vancouver and Chilliwack gather to discuss drilling in the Chilliwack Valley. They propose spending 50000 to 1000000 to test the field while ensuring local funds stay in the home area and reporting strong early subscriptions.
Discharged employee C Selley departs for pasture. Arthur Annis dies at 52 from heart failure, a Lambton County native long in the valley. Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge meet in Nanaimo with many delegates. P S A plans a garden party to fund room furnishings amid a $22 debt. McCutcheon resigns as county attorney. his law career praised. Women’s Institute visits Matsqui Institute. a cordial exchange with Mrs Cruickshank’s group. Indian lands dispute sees Dr J A J McKenna negotiating on coast for settlement and provincial federal reserve rights tensions.
Chilliwack Fair runs September 19 to 21. Various local notices include COAL and WOOD City Transfer Co phone 49, A Cupples tailor visiting coast, J.B. Warrison visiting from Popkum, A C Whitely new operator at B C E R station, ice cream at Johnson's, and transfers by City Transfer Co. Several ads note millinery discounts, moving pictures at Lyric Theatre, and sale items. Community notices cover church events, school examinations, and upcoming bylaw debates on water purchase and summer daylight.
Rev E M Searles of Rosedale attended the Synod in Vancouver last week. Mr and Mrs J J Denholm spent a week visiting friends on the Coast. John Cockburn of Drayton North Dakota visits Mr and Mrs Jos Childerhose. Mrs J W Phaworth visited her daughter Mrs Sigfield Sdstrom last week. Mrs C E Eckert will not receive on the third Friday this month nor in October. Mrs W L Budd and Mrs 8 M Carson will receive on June 15 and not again this season. Mrs C A Barber visited Vancouver Saturday and accompanied her parents to Chilliwack. Mr and Mrs G W Lillie are in Nanaimo for the week and attended the marriage of Miss Dolly May to Dr O G Ingham of Nanaimo. The marriage occurred on Wednesday. Mr J J Bowes gave a lecture to the High School matriculation class on Julius Caesar, part of this year’s studies.
St John s Church Sardis hosts an afternoon and evening garden party and sale on June 20 at Oporto Lodge, Mrs. Sellers residence. Events include tennis, children s games, candy stall, with ten cent entrance. treats Strawberries and Cream Ice Cream ten cents each. Tram service from Chilliwack at one six and nine. Elk Creek Waterworks Co under E A Kipp reports twenty miles of extensions laid since March and a total of twenty five miles planned by month end. forty five men are at work.
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