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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1901
Page
2
Local editorials urge Premier Laurier to visit Cranbrook while noting regional demand for development in South East Kootenay. Reports discuss subscription drives, rail progress to Arrowhead, and economic optimism amid prospecting delays and utilities debates.
A series of notices announces intentions to apply within thirty days to the chief commissioner of lands and works at Victoria for licenses to prospect for coal on various tracts along Lizard Creek and in South East Kootenay. Descriptions include marked posts, compass bearings, and parcel sizes, naming claimants such as J C Stiter, Patton, Kenny, and others, with dates in March.
Public notice details a land description and boundary points for a property project. James Mundi signs dated Merely let Wor. The description references a southwest corner and multiple directional measurements concluding at the starting point.
The undersigned applies to the chief commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to carry away timber from listed desorbed lands in East Kootenay. The description includes bounds at the post near Walter McKenzie preemption, with lines running south ten chains, east chains, north one hundred chains, and other specified bearings and distances. March 21st is noted for the commencement of the action.
The Cranbrook Lumber Company Ltd notifies action due in ten days after due date to the chief commissioner of lands and works at Victoria for preemption of a land parcel in Hast Kootenay near Smiths Lake. The description covers multiple compass directions from a marked post and a tract of about 1000 acres more or less. Dated March 13.
The document records multiple notices dated in Cranbrook BC about intentions to apply for special licenses to cut and carry timber from various described lands. Names include Ferdinand Slater Peter Lund John Laurie and others with preemptions near Palmer’s bir and West’s preemption. Dated March 1901.
Notice is given that after a stated period the applicant will seek permission from the chief commissioner of Harisnd works to cut and carry timber from the described land or property.
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