Wycliffe Notes and Local Travel Bits
WYCLIFFE NOTES mention Mr. A Staples spending a week at Clarindale Stock Farm in Vauxhall Alberta. Miss Amy Clark and Lawrence Foster passed Entrance examinations last week. Miss Nellie Shenfield leaves Tuesday for two weeks at Fernie. Mr. and Mrs H B Young camping two weeks at Green Bay. Miss Helen Sales from Lumberton visiting Miss Margaret Green. Mrs Lloyd Crowe and three children start a month holiday at Proctor BC. Mrs James Scripps Booth and three children from Pasadena, California are…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. A. Staples
Clarindale Stock Farm
Vauxhall
Alberta
Amy Clark
Lawrence Foster
Nellie Shenfield
Fernie
Mrs. H
Young
Green Bay
Lloyd Crowe
Proctor
B.C
James Scripps Booth
Pasadena
California
Baseball talks and a hearty local note from Lethbridge
The item mentions exchanges for Wycliffe infield with six Giants players and six figure sums. Scouts from White Sox Cardinals Yankees and Pirates visit for offers. A lumber worker from Staples Lumber receives a Sweden heir letter. Wheat shipments from Lethbridge division total 6.4 million bushels from Sept 1921 to May 1922.
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Caldwell
John J. McGraw
Wycliffe
Giants
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates
Ferko
Morris Son Wa
Lethbridge
Lethbidge Division
Canadian Pacific
Oxoloks
Boundary
Dunmore Junction
Medicine Hat
Windermere District Notes and Peoples Forum Formation
Invermere B C August 2 Mr Cal houn Calgary librarian and Mrs Calhoun with Mr Reader Calgary parks superintendent and Master Jack Calhoun are camping near Crow's Nest Pass. R Gladwyn Newton returns from Irrigation Congress and A M Chisholm Windermere presents on representative government. The Peoples Forum forms to promote monthly lectures with future talks including mountain roads Banff Windermere highway speaker Cecil A Davidson engineer in charge.
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The
Herald
Invermere
B.C
Calhoun
Calgary
Reader
Jack Calhoun
Crow’s Nest Pass
A. M. Chisholm
Windermere
Sancuary
People's Forum
Banff
Cecil A. Davidson
Liberal Ministers Open Election Campaign
Liberal ministers opened their campaign with pledges to spend on P G 4 and land settlement while denying recklessness in expenditures. They defended revenue drives for housing schools irrigation relief and other needs and praised Bowser while criticizing Conservatives. Robinson’s orchestra provided music at the meeting.
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Taylor
Department of Industries, Game Protection
Manson
B.C
Bowser
Robinson
Wild Horse Creek rediscovered gold vein fuels mining revival
Work on the Gamble Mining Company property led by W. Watson uncovers the old gold channel at Wild Horse Creek. A hydraulic plant has washed out coarse gold and large nuggets averaging about 15 dollars an ounce. Virgin channel extending 1000 feet now accessible for hydrauticking with a 400 foot lead. Two years to clean out the area using a seven inch Giant. Prospecting continues upriver for an older channel from the early 1910s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Horse Creek
W. Watson
Gamble Mining Company
Gamble
ISS
Watson
Gamble Company
Victoria
The School Addition And The By Election
A Cranbrook letter to the editor criticizes the Cranbrook School Board and Hon John Oliver for failing to uphold a pre bylaw promise. Tenders for a school addition have been returned due to high costs, while Kamloops builds a modern eight room school at 53000 dollars. The unsigned voter's letter urges electors to judge the government’s faithfulness ahead of the August 16 by election.
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John Oliver
John
Cranbrook
Swan
Kootenays
Kamloops
McLean
Forest Fires Challenge District Amid Heat
Intense heat and windy conditions fuel several forest fires in the district. A fire west of the city started early in the week, controlled Monday, then flared again due to gusts. Cause traced to a dropped box of matches run over by a vehicle wheel. Another blaze near Ryan blamed on careless actions.
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Ryan
Shawbridge Boys Farm Inspires Through Speech on Courage
The Shawbridge Boys Farm and Training School in the Laurentians hosts a talk by E. W. Beatty of the C. P. R. He urges honesty courage modesty and courtesy as keys to success. He shares a personal tale of failing at thirteen and learning through hard work and study to earn respect and build a meaningful life.
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Laurentians
Canada
Shawbridge Boys’ Farm
Quebec
E. W. Beatty
Beatty
Toronto
Tuler
Secon
Fire Threatened Forests as Cigar Fire Spreads
Firefighters battled fires after a discarded cigar stub started a blaze, with Forestry officials noting rapid spread in hot weather. A second blaze at Gold Creek prompted prompt containment. Norman Moore, district forester, investigated a case in Fernie where a man faced charges for setting a fire, while three men reportedly built a smudge on a bridge leading to a conference with the Attorney General. Fernie Rotary weighs a group visit to Invermere for Thompson memorial events.
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Gold Creek
Norman Moore
Listriet Forester
Fernie
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P.O
B. A. Moorhouse
A.m.e.lc
B.C.L
Land Surveyor
W.a.fergie
Campbell-Mannaing
Tod
Drs. Green & MacKinnon Whystalion and Surgeons Office
Armstrong Avenue
URAD
Ours
F. B. Miles
Oprich
Hanson Blk
MacPherson Undertaker
Norbury Ave
City Hall
Monuments
Campbell & Ritchie Monumental CO
Nelson
John Gard
Slanson Avenue
Ene
XMEO
Templetoms
Cranbrook Drug & Book Co
Helen Sales of
Lumberton
Margaret Green
Big Butte Dairy Farm
Nelson Business College
W. Tyler
P. C. Box
Nelson, B.C
Geo
ALMAS
Saskatoon
Sask
Prico
Cranbrook Farmers Institute
Womens Institute Menta
Gwy A. Hall
Constantine
Soc
Knights OF Pyphias Cranbrook
A. Hill
C. F
KEY City Lodge
Rece
Clapp's Hall
P. Moffatt
Noble Grand
Adlard
P.G
Rec
Secy
Cranbrook Cottage Hospital
A. Crawford
Garden Avenue
Canaries
S. Lawson
Lethbringe
British Columbia
Pacific Milk Co, Ltd
Vancouver
Ladner
Abbotsford
W. T. Tapscott
Baptist and
Presbyterian Congregations
Presbyterian Church
W. MacKay
Mr. and
Mrs
BE. L. Staples
Marie McFadden
Bellingham Washi
R. J. Barter
J. 8. Crough
Mmred Sandberg
Olly Staples Lumber Co
Sweden
New York
Mrs. Cordingly
Mr. Cordingly
George A. Bennett
R. Gladwyn Newton
Dominion Government Experimental Station
Angus MacKay
Indian Head Sask
Department of Agriculture
Liberal
E. W. Watson
Opportunity
Shawbridge
BE. W. Beatty
Broak
Fernie Free Press
Fernie Rotary Club
Thompson
Henderson
Fernie King
Douglas
Cran- Free Press
Chevrolet
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