08 Apr 1920
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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
1
Victoria reports provinces expenditures set to rise with a 1920 21 budget proposing 17 140 678 to be spent. Minister Hart warns of a large deficit while debt swells to 31 046 000 with new borrowing planned across PGB Industries and Lands departments.
A public budget debate criticizes high per capita government overhead and new departments. It highlights projected costs for the Public Utilities Commission and other agencies, proposes a shift of poll tax to a service levy, and calls for stronger municipal revenue measures amid a strained financial position. The meeting also outlines arguments on timber policy, rail and road funding, and education budgets as the session extends toward late April.
A Tuesday afternoon meeting led by Mrs. E. H. Leaman planned sewing circles to form a bazaar nucleus for October. Prizes for the flower show were revised with new features for school children and handwriting. Mrs. Brake and Mrs. George Taylor were named to prepare garments and organize prize lists. Sympathy extended to members in bereavement. An Agricultural Department note sought locations for farm women to dairying and fruit growing.
A note urges direct communication with Miss Low to coordinate aid as thousands of girls journey from the Old Country to Canada this spring and summer, signaling a large wave of female migrants seeking settlement.
An adjourned Cranbrook District Agricultural Association meeting is set for tomorrow night at Cranbrook city hall to elect officers and directors. Attendance at last Wednesday’s annual meeting was low, prompting a push for better turnout to support the exhibition and ongoing fairs.
About thirty delegates attend a city teachers convention and the train delay from the West hampers timely press. A church wedding for Frederick Frey and Harriett Moffett was held at St Marys with Rev Murphy officiating and a small bridal party. The couple leave for Spokane for their honeymoon after the ceremony.
The HGH School reports overall good pupil standing across Primary, Advanced, and Matriculation levels despite mumps and influenza causing lost time. Aggregates list top marks, with students like Jessie Baynes, Normin Heech, and Frank Bridges excelling, and several absentees noted across courses. Principal KR Forsyth forwards the results and acknowledges illness as a factor.
The district's mines supplied most ore to the Smelter and Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited at Trail. Grey Copper, Wyetlife, North Star, Kimberley, Paradise, Athalmer, Sullivan, Comstock, Silverton, Emerald Salmon Electric, Boundary, Wo, Joste, Rossland, Molly Gibson, Paulson, Kitto Landing, No. 1 Mine Ainaworth, Ottawa, Slocan City are listed as shippers or mines sending ore to the Trail smelter.
The Herald reports the editor was taken ill Monday evening and publishing was at risk. L H Sullivan assisted mechanically, allowing an abbreviated issue to be printed while the editor recovers, with normal publication hoped for next week.
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