YAHK and Yahk News Bunches Leave for Kamloops and Vancouver
Mrs Foster and Miss Foster depart Yahk for Kamloops and Vancouver on Friday. Mr Wade Mrs McCartney and son Dan visit Moyie on Wednesday. Bill Staples Yahk heads to Lamb Creek to cook for men fighting a large bush fire. Two children en route to Hepburn Sask have a serious accident at Ryan Bridge rail crossing when their engine stalls and a freight train strikes the car. Melvin, the eldest, is knocked unconscious but later recovers. The car is wrecked with four wheels damaged and radiator bent. Mr Doerksen repairs his car and leaves for home with family Saturday. Cranbrook magistrate Mr Leask visits Kingsway Yahk on Saturday./Home superintendent Mr C T Robinson Do the Yahk saw mill and lumber candy Min ion Fisheries Dept pay a brief visit to Yahk on the 20th inst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Staples
Yahk
Lamb Creek
Hepburn, Sask
Ryan Bridge
Erain
Cranbrook
Melvin
DP. Doerksen
Home
C. T. Robinson
Minion Fisheries Dept
Coust
Moyie notes on local travel and visitors
Master Bernard Desaulniers spent a holiday in Kimberley after taking Tuesday’s train. Cameron Weir rode to Lambert on Tuesday afternoon and returned the same evening. Bert Lang and Mr McGashan passed Moyie en route to West Kootenay on a holiday trip last week. Thomas Wills spent several hours in Moyie on Wednesday. Beale of Cranbrook visited Moyie Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Albert Gill passed Moyie en route to Kellogg Idaho. Peter Doerksen and his wife Dan Hamilton returned Saturday from Portland Oregon. their daughter Ethel accompanied them and was injured in Sand Point Idaho when struck by a car. Jessie Bonner returned home with a broken leg and is in Cranbrook Hospital. Miss Vivian Rader, holidaying with Miss Farrell, rode Thursday’s train to Spokane. Bill Watson of Kimberley spent the weekend in Moyie. Angus Jones, Emma and Thelma Pearson, Dolly and Jean Jones were motorists from Kimberley on Sunday. Fred Fletcher and Lewis Anderson of Lumberton spent several hours in Moyie Sunday. Mr and Mrs Sharpe of Yahk were in town Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Monkhouse, Mrs Cameron and Mr McKay motored to Kimberley Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Desaulniers
Kimberley
Cameron Weir
Lambert
Mrs. Albert Gill
Moyie
Kellogg
Idaho
Dan Hamilton
Portland
Ore
Ethel
Sand Point
Jessie Bonner
Cranbrook Hospital
Angus Jones
Emma
Thelma Pearson
Dolly
Jean Jones
Fred Fletcher
Lewis Anderson
Lumberton
Wardner Notes Recap Of Social, Sports And Accidents
Miss Mabel Embree left for Creston after weeks in Wardner with sister Mrs Elmer Thompson. C G L T girls held their third picnic led by Mrs J E Scanland. Oscar Helman sustained severe cuts when a car driven by Rev Dingle went off the road returning from a lake. Wardner football lost 4 to 1 at Kimberley. Elmer Thompson struck by a sledge hammer at the sawmill. A Calgary golf tournament is planned with a large cup trophy donated by C N P Lbr Co manager C M Pennock. Harry, Sam Thompson and Andy Stevenson attended a dance at Elko. Geo Renick and Elmer Thompson drove to Cranbrook. Elmer saw a dentist and they attended a movie. Phyllis Wynne has chicken pox. Walter MacKenzie home from St Eugene Hospital after a fall. he also had tonsils removed. Cave Caverly spent Thursday in Wardner on business. returned to Cranbrook with friends. Mrs Fred Jones is in St Eugene Hospital. Wardner Farmers Institute picnic at Peckham Lake featured races, tug of war and a ball game. A threatening drowning incident nearly ended fatally as a girl in distress clutched companions. one aided by another swimmer and a third, who then helped shoreward with a stick. A warning to ensure companions do not cause trouble in water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter MacKenzie
St. Eugene Hospital
Cranbrook
Walter
MacKinnon
Farmers’ Institute of
Wardner
Peckham’s Lake
Institute
Helvinner
Theother Two
Windermere Scouts Lead Rocky Mountains Ride
Six Lake Windermere Troop members with Scoutmaster rode eighteen strong from Invermere to Wapta British Columbia for a Trail Riders of the Rockies pow wow, spanning nearly three hundred miles in fourteen days. They crossed Kootenay and Banff routes, camped on Goodsir and Wolverine plateaus, fished alpine lakes, endured rain, and finished August 17 proud of their feat and memories of distant peaks and a grand trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Invermere
B.C
Lake Windermere
Rocky Mountains
Wapta
Walter J. Nixon
Banff-Windermere
Firlands
Kootenay River
Kootenay Crossing
Kootenay
Moose Creek
Wolverine Plateau
Mount Goodsir
Lake O'Hara
Goodsir
Lake O’hara
Lake McArthur
Lake O.hara
Lake Louise
Grant
Beauty
Field
Leandoil
Ottertail River
Bann Road
Sinclair Hot Springs
Debate on US wealth and immigration in period reflections
In a sprawling, opinion driven piece the author questions true US wealth cites Census figures of 820 million dollars three years prior and argues wealth is far greater than official estimates. The essay laments immigration policy and highlights Canada as a model, asserting widespread land ownership correlates with national strength through examples from France to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
Rod and Gun in Canada starts new British Columbia series
In the September issue of Rod and Gun in Canada a new BC sporting article series begins. A. Bryan Williams writes Breezes from the West while H. R. Evans contributes a vivid bear season tale. The magazine, published monthly by W. J. Taylor Limited of Woodstock, Ontario, promises hunting angling and outdoor life yarns for late summer readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rod and Gun
Canada
British Columbia
A. Bryan Williams
H. R. Evans
Rod and Gun In
W. J. Taylor Limited
Woodstock
Ontario
Train Hits Car at Crossing Near Hosmer
An eastbound Sea freight train No. 92 struck an automobile driven by William Houston of Blairmore Alberta at a CPR level crossing one mile east of Hosmer station last Thursday around ten in the morning. Houston was with his sister Mrs Edward W Brown of Winnipeg Manitoba. The car was carried eighty five feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Huston
Blairmore
Alta
C.P.R
Hosmer Station
Huston
Edward W. Brown
Edward Brown
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Crossing wreck leaves Huston and Mrs Brown injured
From the crossing a train wreck left Huston and Mrs Brown trapped under debris. They were pulled clear and rushed to Fer nie Hospital. Huston’s injuries were not as severe as feared and he is near recovery, while Mrs Brown suffers a fractured right leg, several head cuts, a slight concussion and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huston
Mrs. Brown
Fernie Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Foster
Kamloops
Vancouver
Mr. Wade
Mrs. McCartney
Dan
John Leask
Kingswate
Moyie Notes
Bert Lang
Mr. McGashan
Moyie Enroute
West Kootenay
Thomas Wills
Beale
Peter Doerksen
Vivian Rader
Miss Farrell
Spokane
Bill Watson
Mr. and
Mrs. Sharpe
Mrs. Monkhouse
Mabel Embree
Creston
Wardner J
Elmer Thompson
C.g.lt
J. E. Scanland
Oscar Helman
Mr. Dingle
van Meer
van Meer Oil Company
Montana
Elmer
Mountain Lumbermen's Association
Calgary
C. M. Pennock
C.N.P. Lbr. Co
Pennock
Harry and
Sam Thompson
Andy Stevenson
Elko
Geo, Renick
Phyllis Wynne
Cave Caverly
Fred Jones
Windermere
Rockies
Rock Mound
Columbia River
Deer Rock
Burton
Minister of Public Works
S. E. O'Brien
Cretary
Department of Public Works
Ottawa
Yahk, B.C
Bridge
A. Hjort
Prop
Cottage Hospital
A. Crawford
The
Paul Nordgren
Zenith Cafe Cor. Baker & van Horne
I, F
Scott
Cranbrook Drug & Book Co
Alex
Big Butte Dairy Farm
Minard
Minard's Liniment Company Limited
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
J. Markland
Cranbrook Cartage & Transfer CO
Towriss & Roberts
Takebess
P .O
Aston Beck
America
United States Agricultural Cearen
Rhal
Vassar College
Earth
Lorenz Koenig
Omaha
Wilson
Sainsbury & Ryan
Herald Office
P. O
Royal Cafe
McCreery Bros
M. Rowe
Proprietress
Phone 23
City Bakery
F. Belanger
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