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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
4
Fernie council sets daily wages for street laborers at 2.76 dollars with foremen earning 3 dollars. Frank mines report a daily coal output of 1100 tons, the highest in history. Riverside Nurseries donate 279 silver maples to enhance the Grand Forks fair grounds.
District news records several local visits and trips. Mrs Summers and Mrs Wells were visiting friends at Marysville on Thursday. Mrs J Cavanaugh and Miss H Erickson were Cranbrook visitors on Tuesday. Mrs Conover and Miss McKenzie of Meadow Brook spent Easter at Broad View Ranch, Marysville. Messrs Summers and Foote, merchants, went to Marysville on Monday. The mails were five hours late on Tuesday due to a train derailment at Wycliffe. Fred Caire visited Marysville on Sunday last.
Moyie residents Marcus Bates and family moved to Kingsgate after a decade in Moyie. Visitors included Mrs. Cavanagh and Kimberley children, Miss Snider and Miss Cartwright in Creston for Easter holidays, and Frank Goundin from St. Eugene Hospital. Local remarks note children’s detriments from Moyie living, Ester Erickson’s Kimberley visit, and a Catholic Church charity whist event hosted by the Bonnars with prizes and dancing, smiling at a pleasant evening.
Reports from Invermere indicate likely very high water this year at the Columbia River headwaters. Heavy winter snow, a cool start to spring, and lingering frost threaten flood risks as snow remains capped on peaks east of town. A Farmers Institutes convention planned with nearby Golden and Cranbrook draws local interest, while a Red Cross fundraiser concert and satirical farce entertained villagers with performances by J. S. Chivers, I. C. Wedd, Alexander Duncan McKinnon, B. G. Frazer-Crerle, and A. E. Fisher.
Marysville notes Easter visits and hospital stays. Mrs. Shipman and Mrs. Ingham plan residence at the Provincial police HQ. A Kimberley branch land slide delayed traffic. Mining interest centers on Alex Chisholm’s Park claim near Marysville with ore shipped to Trail. Harold Bidder, Archie Douglas, and Pte Robinson are among residents returning from medical care, Edmonton, or Easter visits.
Mr and Mrs Malcolm Ferguson returned to Waldo after a week in Spokane. A whist party in honor of Mr and Mrs Desmonds was held, as friends presented a chair. J W Ross praised the couple for their move to Fort Steele, with community loss noted. Jack and his wife were voted jolly good fellows in recognition. Charles Brookes of Adolph Lumber joined the 226th as a private. A district wide reminder calls a united service of praise and intercession on Sunday the 20th at Ross hall at 2 20 PM under the LO DE auspices.
The report highlights choir led singing at noon under L P Smith with Revs Lane Cranbrook and Cowan Waldo taking part and funds raised for the I.O.D.B. The Anglican communion at morning service and evensong by Mr Little, a 7 30 p m Presbyterian service at Waldo, crowded Ross hall, and Baynes choir with a mixed quartet performed. Fernie visits noted. Over eighty pupils attend the day-school as painting on the new school progresses well.
Elko pages recount Fred Roo hosting Fred Roo senior J.P. and local activities. The I.C.D.E. held a well attended pioneer Trading Post cookery sale. Visitors from Baynes Waldo and Lundbreck added to a financially successful weekend. Mentions of Miss Myra Roo and others visiting Elko for Easter, logging work for Flagstone Lumber Co, and plowing prizes highlight a busy period. J R Pollock American Consul Fernie visited on business as local events thread through a town week.
Fort Steele district notes perfect attendance in the first division led by Colin Cameron and a 26.97 average with 29 enrolled under teacher Ellinor Curley. The second division shows 26 enrolled with average 21.07 under teacher A M Bate. Local residents Mr and Mrs Cooper visit town while Cranbrook trips highlight demand for the Fort Steele Cranbrook car route and many strangers visit Fort Steele.
A Bellefontaine resident, once weak and nervous, reports renewed health after using Vinol as advised by her druggist. She claims improved nerves, digestion, and vitality, noting friends observed the positive change and praising Cranbrook Drug & Book Company in Cranbrook, B.C.
City of Cranbrook by law 26 requires all dog owners to pay licence fees by May third or face proceedings. Licence owners must attach brass tags to dogs to avoid impoundment. Chief of Police Hersey issues the notice.
Notice of Application 3693-1 to register Gertrude Frances Blackman as owner in fee simple for Lot 2 Block 29 Lot 1 Block 34 Lot 182 Group 1 Kootenay District via Baynes Lake Land Company deed dated December 80 1914. Caveat or lis pendens must be filed within 30 days from first publication to prevent registration.
In the matter of the Land Registry Act British Columbia the registrar notes an application to register David Wallace Hart as owner in fee simple of specified lots in Kootenay District after a conveyance from Baynes Lake Land Company Limited dated January 22 2016. The 80 day pendens period runs from publication date with district registrar Saml R Rob noting first publication April 6 1916. A separate mineral claim notice at Fort Steele district Kimberley BC by Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co of Canada Limited states intent to apply for a certificate of improvements to obtain Crown Grants. Public notice warns that action under section 85 must be started before advancement of the certificate.
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