Elko Notes Highlights Local Moves and Community News
Roosville Valley’s J A Broley visits Fernie while Elko trains for a future game against Waldo and Baynes. New residents arrive from Winnipeg to Parklands, visits from Mrs. William Hutchison, and Miss Armstrong vacationing in Elko. Local store additions, town outings, and a Red Cross sock drive led by I C D E secretary Miss Holbrook are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Broley
Roosville Valley
Fernie
Elko
Waldo
Baynes
Winnipeg
Parklands
C. Burgess
1.C.C.E
William Hutchison
Daughters
South Fork
Dorothy Edwards
Lakeview Avenue
Roosville Cash Stores
Flagstone
Tobacco Plains
P. Burns Co
Joe Sheridan
Miss Pearl Winsor
Cranbrook
Bull River
Frank Gallagher
Mabel
Inez Holbrook
British Red Cross Society
Toronto
Mason
Fred Roe
John Young
F. Swanson
G. B. Ayre
A. Birnie
EB. Cooper
BE. Cooper
J. M. Agnew
Thos. Roberts
Richard Hirtz
Jas
McKee
A. H. Sawyer
Agnew
Holbrook
Folsy
Boss
Watt
C. A. Klingensmith
Creston Notes Sparse Gooseberries and Local Happenings
Creston reports show 1916 cucumber shipments to Blairmore from Roy Staples ranch and last season gooseberries shipped from Edmondson ranch. Rev F L Carpenter attended Cranbrook district meeting while many local schools seek teachers with 126 applicants for two Creston vacancies. Principal MacDonald of Vernon receives a wrist watch from pupils, and Miss Bertha Hardman from New Westminster joins Creston staff. Weather and rainfall concerns contrast with social visits from Sirdar and Nelson, as townsfolk remark on bouquets at The Review office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairmore
Roy Staples
F. L. Carpenter
Cranbrook
East Kootenay
Woods
Creston
Dan Dozall
Cranbrook Herald
W. A. Heron
King George
Nelson
Croston
Loneby
Sirdar
Edmondson Ranch
Bertha Hardman
New Westminster
Creston School
Harry
Record of berry picking feats and cattle death report
Dan Dezall sets a Kootenays berry picking record at the Diiner ranch with 384 quarts in eight hours. The Cranbrook Herald notes this feat as beyond Creston and other records, while Constable Forrester investigates a cattle killing near Sirdar involving a Lombardo cow found dead and buried, with suspected bullet absence and a broken neck after a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Dezall
Kootenays
Diiner Ranch
Creston
Joe Jackson
Cranbrook Herald
Tantel
Duck Creek
Kusl
Dan
Forrester
Sirdar
P. Lombardo
Cap
Bossy
Prohibition Movement Gathers Biz Support in Cranbrook
Cranbrook business men hosted D F Glass of Vancouver to discuss a province wide campaign for prohibition until the end of the European War. They plan a Vancouver convention on 24 and 25 inviting BC business leaders, with strong financial backing offered by several supporters. Cranbrook delegates Patterson McKinnon Riches and McBride attend. Glass proceeds to Vancouver then returns via Golden and Revelstoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Railway Y. M. C. A
D. F. Glass
Vancouver
Glass
British Columbia
Aes
Messrs. Patterson
McKinnon, Riches
McBride
Mr. Glass
Golden
Revelstoke
Lower Mainland
Dominion Day at Shorncliffe celebrates Canada’s birthday abroad
A wartime Dominion Day at Shorncliffe Camp contrasts Canadian resolve with a world at war. Soldiers drill and parade under a watchful airship as Canada remembers its national day, while Britain France and Germany loom in tonight’s tense backdrop. The narrative blends humor, patriotism, and war-time sentiment across a crowded camp scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
England
Motherland
Shorncliffe Camp
Britain
Roel
Blum
France
Germany
Attila
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale by Daniel McGinnis
Daniel Joseph McGinnis of Wardner British Columbia demands 330 dollars due under a July 1 1910 mortgage to Louis Dore. If unpaid within one month he will enter possession, collect rents, and sell the East Kootenay property Sub division 3 Lot 526 Group 1 by auction or private sale for cash or credit. Cranbrook B C August 4 1916 solicitor T T Mecrody for the mortgagee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Dore
Montgomery
Spokane
Washington
R. J. McFarland
Portland Avenue
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Great Falls
Montana
Daniel Joseph McGinnis
Wardner
British Columbia
Land Registry Office
Nelson
East Kootenay
Cranbrook
B.C
T. T. Mecrody
Highland Bands Gather for Canadian Frontier Tattoo
In an encampment on a plateau near officers tents, troops from the 43rd, 48th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 49th and others assemble as pipers play. A Highland parade features the 42nd Royal Highlanders from Montreal and a Cameron pipe band, with a lone Edmonton company joining the 49th in a grand musical display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
43Rd
48Rd Na
Grassle
Watts
Edmonton
Garryowen
42Nd Royal Highlanders
Montreal
Cameron
Alick Macdonald
Alick
Donald Dhu
Hester Mineral Claim Notice at Wild Horse Creek
George H Thompson of Cranbrook B C Free Miners Certificate 79618 intends sixty days from this notice to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvement to obtain a Crown Grant for the Hester mineral claim located on Wild Horse Creek in East Kootenay district Fort Steele division. Action under Section 85 must be commenced before the Certificate of Improvement is issued. Dated May 22 16y6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hester
Wild Horse Creek
East Kootenay
Old Town
Fort Steele
George Herbert Thompson
Cranbrook
B. C
G. H. Thompson
East Kootenay District
Maus Creek
Land Registry and Mining Notice for Duplicate Title and Claim
Notice records intention to issue a duplicate Certificate of Title for Lot 24 Block 4% Cranbrook City Mapay to Corey Allan Dow dated 7 September 1911 and 24 April 1916 by Nelson District Registrar, plus Angus McLeod Fort Steele seeks Crown Grant via Certificate of Improvements within sixty days with action under section 37 required before issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook City
Mapay
Corey Allan Dow
Dominion Day in Scotland Ends With National Hymn and Pipes
The account describes a Dominion Day celebration with massed pipe bands, solos from French horns and trombones, and dancers. Piper Reid performs in the style of Willie MacLennan, followed by The 7ths Farewell to Gibraltar. Speeches by Colonel Moore and Major Graeste honor Canada, ending with hymn singing and the Last Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Piour
Johson
Piper Reid
Willie Maclennan
Gibraltar
43Rd
Imperial Bank of Canada Head Office Toronto Description
Imperial Bank of Canada head office in Toronto lists capital authorized ten million, capital paid seven million, and reserves with profits. It invites corporations, municipalities, merchants, farmers, and private individuals to use drafts and letters of credit worldwide. Savings department offers deposits from one dollar with interest from deposit date. A branch at Athalmer, H.C. is managed by Irving Wedd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Capital
Savings Department
Athalmer, H.C
Irving ©. Wedd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lodge and Society
Loyal Orange Lodge
Royal Black Knights of Ireland Hall
Baker
Garrett
O. Horsman
KEY City Lodge
Fraternity Hall
W. M. Harris
R. W. Russell
Knights OF
Pythias Cranbrook, B.C
R. C. Carr
C. I. M. Christian
K. R
P. O. Box
Maple Leaf Rebeear Lodge
Fraternity Mall
Sis. C. Bennet
N. G
Sis
A. Hickenbotham
E. Y. Brake
J.T. Lewes
Women’s Institute
Maple Hall
W. B. McFarlane
John Shaw
P. C. Bex
Cranbrook Farmers’ Institute
A. B. Smith
Alb. H. Webb
Cranbrook Orchestra
Arnold Wallinger
Cranbrook, B.C
CHAS
Parker
Lethbridge Coal Xi Ite Powder Imperial Oll Co
The
Kootenay Orchestra
R. W. Edmondson Cranbrook
Joe Marapodi
Pio
Minard's Liniment
Devan
Tne ScomeLt
Dave Co
Catharinen
Ontiris Phosphonos
Noresses
Loosell Lava Co
Cathar
ine-Murphy Co
Wilson’s
Thomas ‘T. Mecredy
W. FP. Gurd
P. C. Box
Drs. King & Green
Orr
Crai
Armstrong Ue
F. B. Miles
Hanson
Granbrook
Granbrook Cottage Hospital
Garden Age
A. Salnon
Matron
Phono
W. R. Beatty
Fenwick Avenue
Baker St
MacPherson
Werbury Ave
City Hall
P. D
C. F. Nidd
Organist Methodist Church
Norbury Ave
Montana Laundry
Frank Provenzano
General Merchant Deployments Agents
Wresh
Mesbury Ave
Peerless
J. Taylor
Creston Review
Mrs. Attridge
MacDonald
Vernon
W. Crawford
Geo. Huscroft
Gonatfell
Acre
Stocks
Walter Hall
Sam Fraser
Erickson
Shorncliffe
Ralph Connor
UC. W, Gordon
L. Coop
Daily Chronicle
Land Registry Act
Samuel R. Row
HO At
Angus McLeod
Mining Recorder
Cecily
Howe
Imperial Bank of Canada
Cranbrook Branch
I. W. Supple
Coeur D’alene
Spokane, Washington
New Union Station
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