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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
4
Rainy days bring relief as residents of Moyie Cranbrook Kimberley and surrounding areas were seen in town notes. Visitors include Cecil Prest Richards Beal and J A Gillis while Rev Fortune maintains Moyie services. Public schools open next week and attendance looks strong with Miss McCallum Vancouver bound for family visit.
Last week the firm of M McInnes & Co and the leading South Has Kootenay meat markets joined with I Burns & Co, uniting under Burns & Co to operate across British Columbia. M Innes remains in Cranbrook, overseeing outside work, while W W Doble takes charge of South East Kootenay and Macleod. The combined firm now controls about 25 markets in BC and may open new ones where justified. Purchaser notices and other local items follow, including a rent inquiry for Moyie’s Lake Shore boarding house and Cranbrook contracts handled by Jane Greer from Fernie and Elko.
The item details a Cranbrook exhibition with cabinet photos as prizes, a horse act by Doctor M, and broad calls for ore samples from mines and prospects. It notes posters sent nationwide, a possible lumber exhibit, and merchant participation. It covers road and bridge work near Granby, a shooting gallery, local sports rivalries, and criticism of game law enforcement. It also includes a long poem about Strathcona's Horse and praise for Canadian troops returning from Africa.
The Golden District Game Protective association has been formed. The officers appointed were as follows: President, J. G Ullock, vice-president, C. A. Warren, secretary treasurer, W. Alex auder.
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