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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
8
Robert Burns Benedict of Cranbrook British Columbia applies for permission to purchase 400 acres described by a land grant in the Cranbrook Land District Eastern Division East Kootenay. The lands begin at a post at the southeast corner and follow a specified boundary of 40 to 70 chains, dated July 31, 1909.
A reflective piece urges mothers to guide daughters and support family life with love and devotion. It contrasts the burdens of daily chores with the relief a considerate husband brings, urging mindful time for goodbye kisses, prayers, reading the Bible, and nurturing family bonds to keep home happy and worthy.
Dominion Lands in the Railway Belt British Columbia may be homesteaded by a sole head of a family or any male 18 plus. Entries must be made at the local land office. proxy entries allowed with conditions. Plan options require six months' residence or equivalent arrangements with nearby family or existing farming land. Six months' notice to Ottawa required. Coal rights may be leased 21 years at $1 per acre. up to 2,570 acres per holder. royalty five cents per ton.
Sixty days after date I apply to the honorable chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum over Block 4503 Southeast Kootenay British Columbia. Beginning at a post marked W. Fross SW corner adjacent to Lot 8727 Group 1 Southeast Kootenay Coal Lease. bounds described. W L Fross Locator dated July 1 1909 1961.
Notice to apply for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum over lands in Block 4593 South Wast Kootenay BC. Locator B L Finley, dated July 2 1909 1966.
Charles Reginald Ward of Cranbrook B C civil engineer applies to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase a land parcel in the Kootenay District described as 320 acres more or less. The tract begins on the north bank of Munroe Creek near Munroe Lake, running 80 chains west and east and 40 chains north and south in a rectangular outline. The application is dated July 15 1909.
East Kootenay area notes a land corner described as Jennie Moss N E corner adjacent to OG and I Petersen N W corner then eighty chains north with the names Jennie Moss Locator and dated July 1 1909 1961.
Sixty days after date I intend Sophia Petersen to mark the south west corner of her land. The post lies adjacent to Co. F Petersen's northwest corner, then eighty chains north to the corner. Locator: dated July 1 1909. 196¢.
Official notice dated July 1 1908 announces a coal lease locator action near Block 4598 South 1 KF Petersen corner two miles west of Lot 8727 Group South East Kootenay. Names authorities as Commissioner of Lands and Works.
Fragmentary text outlines a coal lease area near L. Dally with a N E corner at Besa post and S W corner of Lot 8727 in Group South Beet Kootenay. Describes boundary chains south west west north east back to start with Dally as locator dated July 1909 1961.
Fragmentary notes describe a coal lease locator in South East Kootenay district British Columbia with references to Block 4595 Lot 8727 Group 1 and coordinates near George Woodward and a Thompson area dated July 1 1909.
A man questions why a woman needs many outfits for visits while comparing to arithmeticians counting ways to display a new diamond. The remark reflects humorous compare and contrast between wardrobe needs and mathematical variety.
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