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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
2
Fernie news reports the Morrissey hotel fire causing total loss with $3,000 insurance and residents scrambling to save belongings. Other notes mention railway and coal plans, a police raid on Chinatown for road tax, militia Labor Day excursion plans, medical outbreaks, and a busy Cranbrook water system project in progress.
Moyie notes reveal ore showings at the West Moyie property with 3.5 feet of ore and two carloads shipped. Walter McKay and Richard Wilson hold bonds and will return within a week or ten days for further plats. Funeral of Frank Smith attended by over 200 miners. St Eugene mine closed during service. Local hose team trains for Labor Day contest. Moyie Lumber loads last yard timber. Public school opens with John Simpson principal. Roy Burch loses fingers from dynamite cap incident. two similar accidents previously. A Galician hurt by a blast near Yahk is hospitalized in Cranbrook. J S MacEachern’s new residence underway. An Italian at Kitchener reports sickness from eating crows after locals killed them for sport.
The Golden Star notes local items including a mock price joke for subscriptions, Northeast Kootenay boosters dissolving, dignitaries Grey Will visiting October, Miss McNaughton new Wither school teacher, John Semple’s illness progress, street crossings in poor condition, J Bulman returning from Windermere, a Cranbrook Herald pea vine tip, and farmers selling eggs amid market concerns about deception and price.
Frank papers report L Kuhn and party in the district after leaving North Mark, prospected creeks and Fording river without finding ore. A near fatal accident at Lille involved a Grassy Mountain engine and a lumber car, with crew escaping unharmed as repairs began.
J. Harvey Staples gives notice of intent to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase lands described as starting at the southwest corner of lot 341 and outlining forty by twenty chain boundaries in South East Kootenay. Dated June 27, 1905.
Nelson Entwiste advertises boot and shoe repair services at Hanson Avenue opposite McArthur's. He touts experience in England and Canada and invites customers to bring worn or ill fitting shoes to be repaired neatly and promptly.
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