Local near fatality as seven year old falls into lake
Friday evening Tommy Kenny seven played on a float and fell into the lake. A Johnson and P Danielson pulled him out apparently lifeless but H Jackson nearby gave first aid and after an hour’s work revived him. Minor notices follow including speeches, arrivals, and meetings in Cranbrook and Nelson areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Kenny
A. Johnson
P. Danielson
H. Jackson
J. Place
M.P.P
Nanaimo
Miners Union
Miners Union Hall
Kootenay
British Columbia
Scouts Pitch Camp Near Aldridge for Weeks
The Boy Scouts of Cranbrook have pitched their tent at Aldridge and will camp for a couple of weeks, joining the campers at Green Bay for a short stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Bourne
Webster
Cranbrook
Green Bay
Boy Scouts of
Aldridge
Lake Windermere Named for Invermere District Rail Line
Invermere accepts Lake Windermere as the district name for the Wilmer Athalmer and nearby area on the Kootenay Central branch of the Canadian Pacific railway. Fire wardens are appointed under the Villages Fire Protection Act to guard against fires. A local Day of Sports is planned after the Windermere District exhibition on the third and fourth of September with committees set to organize a full programme of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer
Athalmer
Kootenay Central
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lake Windermere
Windermere
England
Local Fort Steele Notes and Distant Outings
Mr Chas Bast returns home after pneumonia and resumes work while young burglars probe Bull Durham at a local store. Ore samples from Mouse Creek reach Spokane. A Friday opera house flannel dance draws crowds from Cranhrop Wardner and Wasa. Forest fires threaten Fish Lakes and Dull River Falls shines in the distance. Outings to Victoria Canyon and Mission are noted along with visits by EB Cretney and A Uogle. The Imperial hotel sees war news interest and a government road crew arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Bast
Bull Durham
R. Abernethy
E. Tospen
Mouse Creek
Spokane
Opera House
Cranhrop
Wardner
Wasa
Fish Lakes
Peckham
Dull River Falls
Steele
Messrs
F. Binmore
A. Doyle
B. E Crichton
Elko Summer School Set Amid War News
Elko reports a Presbyterian church summer school August 10 to 14 with sessions morning and evening under Dr. Sinclair and Dr. Meyes, plus scripture study. The town also catalogs mixed war rumors, local gossip about Judge Ryan, Nelson health notes, and fires near the border with the G N Cold Molasses line noting several fires and swift winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Elko
Kaiser Bill
Winnipeg
Grain Exchange
England
Germany
B.C
Judge Ryan
Nelson
G. N. Cold Molasses, Limited
Mott's Siding
Ion Tabbit Mountain
Nure
Wycliffe News Highlights Local Visits and Farm Outlook
Mr Joy Davis of Staples Lumber Co visits his parents in town while Mrs Bennett returns home from Cranbrook. Phyllis Staples recovers after ingesting paint and kerosene. A dance at the club house ends with music from Mrs Dickson and light refreshments. Tennis plans progress as a court is prepared and equipment ordered. Fires near Perry Creek threaten timberlands, with Fire Warden Meyora and Otis Staples team aiding containment. Visitors at Staples Lumber Co include Sterling Staples and Barters, among others. Field crops look promising with wheat stands and weed-free rows noted on Reed and nearby farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Davis
Staples Lumber Co
Horace Povis
H. Moore
Cranbrook
Mits
Fil Bennett
G. Clark
Wm. Crosby
John Dickson
Phyllis Staples
Ambrose Staples
Dickson
Elmore Staples
St In
Sterling Staples
R. J. Barter
Miss Barter
Horace Davis
Gilbert Davis
Wycliffe
Perry Creek
Meyora
Otis Staples Limbir Company
Firefighters Reply to Alarm and Dalewood Visit
A small town fire incident was quickly controlled by the Eiko wardens and brigade praised as ready for any emergency. General Superintendent Coleman of the PLA, Calgary, canceled his fishing trip due to tires and smoke, while W A Grant of Calgary pitched self freezing refrigerators and tools to local retailers. Fernie Moose members and Elko brass band figures were named in a lively paging of local society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dante
Eiko
Eiko Fire Brigade
Coleman
PLA
Calgary
South Fork
W. A. Grant
Todag
A&b
Fernie Moose
Elko
Colonel Evans
Marshall
Fred Newnham
Billy Mills
James Columba Thompson
Charlie Siwunders
Picnic and Dance Mark Moonlight Gathering at Moyie River
Last Saturday on Hay wood's ranch a Moyie river picnic drew about seventy to eighty attendees. Children raced along the government road, a village dance filled the schoolhouse, and locals reported an enjoyable time. Charlie Clapp spends holidays at P Haywood's while Mrs Trueman Horseman visits Cranbrook. Rosendale family travelled from Cranbrook for the picnic. River levels remain low, yet ties are still being driven by Horsman and McEachern. Strawberries finished, growers report a fairly good season and a light rain would help ranchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moyie
Haywood
Government Road
Charlie Clapp
Dutchy
P. Haywood
Trueman Horseman
Cranbrook
Simultaneous wildfires threaten timber and prairie near Cranbrook
Fire crews battled grass and uncut timber fires spreading across several sites near Rock Creek and the Tindale and Read ranches, burning about seven hundred acres. No grain fields damaged yet, though range grass loss expected. Geo. James, Marysville fire warden, led rapid response. Nearby, Mr. Gilbert Davis and family visited, Grace Gilbert staying with them. Cranbrook train schedule returns to winter pattern with limited service. Rev. Herdman left to attend Methodist Summer School at Aldridge MOYIE August 4–14 for church workers’ outing and study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tindale
Read
Rock Creek
Geo. James
Marysville
Gilbert Davis
Horace Davis
North Yakima
Wash
Horace
Grace Gilbert
Davis
Cranbrook
Wycliffe
Herdman
Methodist
Aldridge
Moyie
Wardner Notes Roundup of Local Happenings and Travel
Wardner special correspondence reports Eva Burgess visiting Cranbrook. Thompson relieves McPhee at the station. Burgess and others visit Fernie and Sand Creek fisheries. Lumber mill shutdown prompts fishing trips. Families travel to Lethbridge Calgary Elko and Spokane. Local post office staff reshuffles and missionary duties noted. Cranbrook Wardner baseball 12 to 1 win. Germans enlist in reserves. Cy Swanson heads to Spokane and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Burgess
C.P.R
Fernie
William Schad
Crow's Nest Pass
Sand Creek
Peter Lund
Prair
R. H. Bohart
Hilber
Lethbridge
Calerrylantitch
Harris Bohart
John Lawson
Wardner
Wisver
Dow
Cranbrook
Charles Barnes
William Rounds
Camp 14
Bull River
E. Anderson and Son
Hans Shan
Alberta
Florence Herrick
Spokane
Lewis
Elko
J. Draper
A. A. MacKinnon
Cranbrook Foundry
J. K. Maguire
L. H. Mosher
Calgary
J. A. Tanner
Vancouver
Wardner Hotel
Joan Seillers
D. Thompson
Hosmer
Bob Kellock
Mra
Lambert
Peter Haagon
Cy, Swanson
Crow's Neat Pasa Lumber Co
Michigan
Notice of water rights and stallion claim in British Columbia
Notice declares irregu ar belated claims to a stallion named Esawood and asserts non action against buyers. It also details a Water Act filing by William Fleming of Kimberley BC seeking to take water for irrigation and domestic use from an unnamed spring feeding Lake Creek, Lot 11688 and Lot 11580, 20 miner’s inches, from a source near N B post Lot 11580, with posting date August 3 and filing at Water Recorder or Comptroller of Water Rights in Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esawood
James Fuses
James Squire
Waldo
B.C
Kimberley
Lake Creek
N. B
M Ucenae
Water Act
the Water Recorder
Comptroller of Water Rights
Parliament Buildings
Victoria
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farmer's Information Bureau
Canada Cement Company Limited
Herald Building
Montreal
Eno
J.C. Eno, Ltd
Fruit Salt” Works
London
Canada
Harold F. Ritchie & Co., Limited
McCaul St
Toronto
P. Burns & Co., Ltd. Packers and Provisioners
New Zealand
Shamrock Creamery
J. Cannon
Ainsworth
Dunham Judd
Hardman
J. McLaren
W. Briemner
Ladies Aid of the
Methodist Church
W. J. Rutledge
J. W. Fitch
O. Herritt
S. Argelis
Edmund
Miss Gill
Town
Invermere
Fort Steele
Fred Roo
Steve
Stan Pratt
Wyclifee
Glenlily
Eva Burgess
J. LD. Thompson
McPhee
William Fleming
Kootenay District
Hast
Cranbrook Turf Association
John Wanamaker
Prince of Merchants
Philadelphia
Irvin
Norhwesters Ewe
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
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