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The Herald seeks community news from the district and asks readers to send items about town mine or people to the Observer office. Subscription terms appear with amounts and mailing details, urging contribution by April.
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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1901
Page
2
The Herald seeks community news from the district and asks readers to send items about town mine or people to the Observer office. Subscription terms appear with amounts and mailing details, urging contribution by April.
The Cranbrook Herald notes Cranbrook’s rapid growth and talks of a grand railroad consolidation. It praises Trail News under new management and comments on local culture, the Slocan Drill’s first anniversary, and a lukewarm response from government on funding. It also mentions mining activity in South East Kooteney and calls for a provincial literary bureau.
A series of notices dated March 1901 announce applications to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to cut and carry timber and to prospect for coal across various described parcels in East Kootenay. Posts mark N and S corners near Cranbrook, Slater, Kenny, Taylor, Forner, Rowland, Gurd, and McKenzie areas. Dates range March 12 to April 1, with multiple land parcels, corners, and chain measurements listed for each claim.
A sequence of notices dated March 1901 from Cranbrook, East Kootenay listing individuals Ferdinand Slater Peter Lund King Beattie J. H. King John Laurte and Lt. S. McNeil applying to the commissioner of lands and works for special licenses to cut and carry away timber on indicated lands with described bounds near Cranbrook Smiths Lake and West Pre-emption in East Kootenay.
The Cranbrook Lumber Company Ltd announces it will apply 30 days after use to the chief commissioner of lands and works at Victoria for permission to cut timber from lands in East Kootenay. The description notes a 1000 acre area with bounds near Smiths Lake and a Cranbrook post. Dated March 1st 101.
Notice states that days after, the applicant intends to seek permission from the chief commissioner of Lands and Works to cut and carry away amber from the specified bonds. No further identifying details are provided in the readable text.
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