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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1904
Page
2
Fragmented OCR shows a tariff page for Cranbrook Herald advertising rates and publication terms. It mentions price per insertion, per month, and audience notes. The garbled text references circulation aims and classified rates.
A long reflective piece extols home as refuge and the maternal instinct. It contrasts two paths for youth, praises a virtuous wife as strength in family life, and argues a wife can elevate her husband through affection, pity, and shared effort, urging steadfast gentleness and mutual respect. It closes with a store ad touting low prices and cash discounts from Morrow & McFarlane.
J P McGoldrick of the Mc Goldrick Lumber Syndicate has been in Nelson for several days and aims to straighten business plans. He notes British Columbia owners face fierce American competition, predicting little price relief unless imports are taxed or protected. He says current low prices benefit no one and harm timber merchants and consumers alike.
In Victoria on August 1 it is reported that licenses for southeast Kootenay oil lands will be issued by the chief commissioner of lands and works on Wednesday. Since the lands were opened by order in council a month ago, the government has collected nearly 80,000 in fees and the total revenue is expected to reach 60,000 or more.
A local firm announces five months into operation it will abandon credit sales and convert to a cash-only model. The move aims to avoid bad debts, raise prices for cash buyers, and undercuts rivals by cutting ten percent.
A Saturday update notes administrator ae G0. Buehanan receiving another batch of lead bounty cheques totaling about 5100 to 2100 each. Claimants include the Duoitee Arington Gaum Doone Paralise and others with two cheques for Sunset Reco Cinderella Medford. Buchanan plans to stay in town all week for leniency pleas through June 30.
In Seattle on Saturday last, Dimes Ryan's Shellmownt captured the Jockey Club's Menu Handicap in a record time of 1 mile 1 furlong and 1 eighth in 1 54 flat. The purse of 750 dollars goes with the win, and the enp will soon be exhibited at the Cranbrook hotel in Seattle under George Wentworth's charge.
W A Coplen again heads the mining department for the Spokane Interstate Fair, vowing to improve the exhibit from last year. He plans to add ore samples from nine districts, has secured prizes not shown before, and will tour Danville Republic Orient Poplar Creek and Nelson to extend coverage. He will then visit other mining districts in the northwest.
Lester Chip last week sold Shelton's stake in the Wentworth hotel to Wilkin Rollins. The hotel will be run by the new firm Clipp and Rollins, praised for industry and popularity. Vic Rollins of the Cranbrook hotel is Rollins' brother, and the pair, with Clipp, are seen as a strong team promising a top value dollar per day stay in the Kootenys.
Take notice that I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a social license in Victoria, BOC, to cut and carry away timber from lands described as South Hast Kootenay parcels near Bremner’s timber site. Boundaries run south 80 chains, west 40 chains, north 80 chains, east 40 chains to the starting point.
A timber license application is planned thirty days after date by the undersigned for lands in South East Kootenay District. Two parcels described: Lot 2200 area 610 acres and Lot 20 area 640 acres, Marysville dated July 24, 104, Dora E B Walkes and Levator D McParlane, agents.
Government notices outline mineral claims and dredging rights in Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon Territory. Details cover staking by free miners, entry processes, fees, dredging scopes, royalties, lease terms, and sale of discovered lands at one dollar per acre, with timelines and regulatory oversight.
Thirty days after this date James Joyce, locator, applies to the chief commissioner of Lands and Works at Victoria for a special license to enter and carry away timber from deserted lands starting at a post one and a half miles north of Goatfell, then 80 chains south, 80 chains west, 80 chains north, and 80 chains east back to the start.
Thirty days after date the undersigned intend to apply to the chief commissioner of Vande and works for special land care and trespass inquiries. Commencing at a post marked James Joyce northeast corner, thence 40 chains east, 120 chains south, 40 chains west, 10 chains north, 40 chains east, 50 chains north to the place of beginning. Dated this 12th day of Paty, 18 Min Monsen.
A notice from Like Creek Goldcopper Mini Company Limited seeks a crown grant for a mineral claim named Sweepstake in the Fort Steele Minog division of the East Kootenay district near St Marys prairie and Laker Creek. Edward Blwell acts as agent for certification and a 60 day period starts to file with the recorder for the certificate of improvements.
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