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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
8
A government produced pamphlet outlines BC strengths in mining, fisheries, forests, agriculture and industry. It touts rising trade, vast mineral potential, extensive coal deposits, and growing markets in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Mexico, Australia, and the Orient, urging investment and opportunity for workers, farmers, fishermen, and tourists.
The Leitch collieries begin work on a new Holice Whats mine, the Drewery property. W L Hamilton acquired surface rights, with a haulage tunnel 100 feet in on a nine foot coal seam. Five seams will be tapped from a single haulage road as buildings rise and a spur to the CPR is planned, signaling a major community impact in Passburg with rapid housing growth.
A blaze at the British Columbia penitentiary burned the carpentering planing and paint shops last Thursday night, suspected to be of spontaneous origin. The report details accompanying local notices and ongoing survey work near Kamloops and North Thompson, plus municipal license discussions and various incidents around Phoenix and Cariboo mining activity.
Spokane July 30 railroads announce reduced fares for Inland Empire travelers to Spokane for the August 12 gathering of 10,000 uniformed men at the National Irrigation Congress. One fare round trip with August 12 arrival. other dates offer one and one-third fare, minimum $1, final return August 16. Northern Pacific Great Northern Oregon Railroad lines list eligible western points and dates for the discount.
Rail advisories note August 8 to 12 special round trip fares. J Points Umatilla to Pendleton and Hori offer one and one third fare. August 11 Umatilla to Pendleton and north at one fare round trip. Spokane International lists August 8 to 10 one and one third fare. August 12 one fare round trip. Spokane Portland and Seattle details include routes west of Grand Dalles and east to Grand Dalles for round trip fares on specified dates.
The Lethbridge and District Agricultural Society plans a larger fair with about seven thousand dollars in prizes. Daily balloon ascents and a parachute drop, trained goats, world class gymnasts, and a 45 piece Lethbridge Citizens band are featured. An Indian parade, horse racing, livestock shows, and base ball and lacrosse games will be held. rail travel offers cheap rates. August 11 and 12 in Lethbridge Alberta. Major W. Burnett is secretary-treasurer.
In the Cranbrook land district, Irving Howard Cameron Willson Robt Stanley Chapman and James Martin C P R Agent and Bookkeepers Cranbrook B C apply for permission to purchase a parcel described as two hundred five acres more or less. The land begins fifty chains east from the southwest corner of Lot 422 runs east forty nine chains south and north and west fortyone chains to the starting point. Dated July 12 1909.
Notices announce homesteading rights in the Hailway Belt BC for single adults or heads of households with quarter-section claims. Entry must be in person at the local land office, with proxy rules for certain relatives. Plans require six months residence per year for three years or equivalent family-based arrangements, and six months’ notice to Ottawa before patent. Separate coal prospecting licences and leases are described with rents and royalties, plus dated locate notices for coal and petroleum in East and South East Kootenay, BC by W L Fross and E L Finley.
Charles Reginald Ward of Cranbrook B C civil engineer announces an application to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to claim 320 acres in the Kootenay Land District. The tract begins on the north bank of Munroe Creek near Munroe Lake, follows a square 80 chain by 40 chain perimeter, and is dated July 15 1909.
Sixty days after date one intend j situated in Block 4593 South Beginning by Os post marked Jennie Moss N E corner. Adjacent to OC Petersen’s N W corner. Then eight chains north then east to point off component. Jennie Moss Locator.
Public land locator notes a post at the Sophia Petersen property in Block 4503 South East Kootenay British Columbia. The description describes a corner post at the W corner and distances to adjacent corners with a dated July 1 1909 entry.
Beginning at marked corners for George Woodward and C Petersen posts in Block 4693 near Lot 8727 in South East Kootenay. Describes bearings, chains, and points of commencement with July 1 1909 dating. Includes sociable commentary on drinking and fellowship with locator remarks.
Advertises ladies and children's goods at Miss M McLeod's store and gentlemen's items at Fink Mercantile Co. Also notes petroleum over the following dates, mentions Daily's N E corner and S W corner of Lot 8727 Group 1, Z L Dally Locator, dated July 2 1909 1961.
Fragmentary OCR shows a petroleum lease notice referencing Block 4693 located in a southward area near Thompson's N. 1 corner. The text mentions measurements of eighty chains, north chains, and east lines with a dated marker July 1, 1900, and a 1961 reference.
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