Best Union Float and Related Competitions at Fair Grounds
The event lists numerous prizes for floats from Best Union Float to Best Manufacturers Float and Best Decorated Business House. It catalogs races such as 600 Yard Pony, Indian Pony, and Open Dash, plus contests like Teepee Building, Chopping, Sawing, and various age group races for boys and girls. Prize money is shown in dollars, with several contests endowed at up to 150.00. A Gun Club shoot fund is noted with thirty dollars reserved for prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumbermans
Harvey
Tate & Son
Nast Kootenay
Nelson Lacrosse Team Declares Kootenay Title Claim
Nelson lacrosse manager Deasy announces to The Daily News that Nelson has disposed of Rossland and Phoenix-Grand Forks Eenwood fears challenging the green team. The Nelson club claims the Wootenays championship and is ready to defend it against challengers. Nelson may face Cranbrook to settle the title and, if unchallenged, will meet the eastern champion in the New Westminster fair as Kootenay champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson News
Nelson
Rossland
Phoenix
Grand — Forkseenwood
Deasy
The
Daily News
Nelson Lacrosse
Wootenays
Wil Comers
Cranbrook
Runaway Cattle Wagon Run Stops Near Jail Yard
Tuesday morning Joe Kennedy, driver for Calgary Cattle, was nearly thrown when three year old Arthur Trandle turned a water hose on his horse. The horse bolted through a series of gates, stopping after a fence post collision. Kennedy suffered head and facial cuts and a fractured rib, with Dr Green reporting him improving at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Kennedy
Calgary Cattle Company
Hrandley
Arthur Trandley
Joe
Royal Hotel
F. B. Morris
Hanson Avenue
Green
Death of L F Crowe At St Eugene Mine Hospital
L F Crowe accountant for the St Eugene mine died after a severe airway obstruction. He arrived at St Eugene hospital last Wednesday and succumbed Tuesday. A brother from Rossland supported him. Remains to be sent to Truro Nova Scotia with the brother. Masons of Cranbrooy assisted the family during the distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Crowe
St. Eugene
Rossland
Truro
N.S
Masonic Fraternity
Masons of
Cranbrooy
City Council Session Notes and Fatal Accident
A brief city council meeting was held with Mayor and Aldermen Kink Tisdale Murphy and Jackson present. A lengthy communication from Mr Maycock on a water fountain was read and referred to the police committee. Jackson announced Walter Lamb as street commissioner. The plan to stake water rights on Gold Creek was laid over awaiting City Solicitor Thompson. Police are to ring the city bell at 7 am noon and 1 pm daily and curfew at 9 pm. Pink proposed a cost efficient fire alarm system. A heavy cart wheel broke Cattell’s leg beneath the knee after the cart wheel struck the reel. Black and others failed to stop the wheel in time. The injury, while severe, did not endanger the head due to quick action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kink
Tisdale
Murphy
Jackson
Maycock
Walter Lamb
Gold Creek
Thompson
Pink
Black
Cattell
Mr. Black
Public Building Kerr and Campbell Bid Decision
City council met in special session to review bids for the basement and first story of a new government building. Mayor Rogers, Government Agent Armstrong, and five aldermen presided as bids were read, discussed, and a motion passed to award to the lowest tender pending bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Armstrong
Rovers
Murphy
Fink
Tis Hale
Jackson
Kerr
Alderman Murphy
Alderman Fink
Alderman Jackson
Tisdale
Opening Of School Preachers All Present And 186 Pupils Enrolled
School opened last Monday under favorable conditions with a new staff aside from principal A A Macneil. Enrollment totals 186 across divisions with breakdowns of boys and girls per division. Also notes missing details due to a family death. expressions of sympathy to the Cranbrook family and mother in Nova Scotia. Clara May Taylor, daughter of R C Taylor of Moose Jaw, died August 25 from typhoid pneumonia at age nine years, one month, and eleven days. community sympathy conveyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Macneil
A.A. Macneil
Spr
D. Claire Caldwell
Ruth O. Purdy
Carrie Hall
Ruby Spring
Louis
Cranbrook
Nova Scotia
RC. Taylor
Clara May Taylor
R. C. Taylor
Moose Jaw
Unfortunate Mishap At FPernid Hose Reel Training
A distressing accident during a Ferme Ledger practice occurred when Cattell, recently leading, slipped on the reel during the run. The new Cranbrook cart arrived Monday but failed to work smoothly, forcing a return to the old 600 pounder for the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferme Ledger
Fire Brigade
Cranbrook
Cattell
Local notes from Wardner Labor Day events and visits
Local briefs recount visits by J M Agnew and Harold Darling to Wardner, workers on Baker Street for Labor Day, and Stew art s specials including lemonade, ice cream and thimble berries. Labor Day services planned at the Methodist church feature a choir program and a pastor address. A Nipissing mineral discovery near Toronto reports a vein widened to five feet with a 800 pound nugget found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doberer
Fink Mercantile Company
Lay
Okanagan
Dave Breckenridge
Wardner
Yesternay
Joseph Mannion
Vancouver
Canadian Bank of Commerce
P. Lund
Crows Nest Pass
F. J. Smith
2. M. Simpson
St. Eugene
George Hungerford
Hungeford
Wing Lunc Ber Mills Company
Bink
Uuffaho
N.Y
Mr. Fink
Canada
Stewart's
Loashy
Sirdar
Miss By
Iter
Seattle
G. TL. Bremr
St. Marks Church
Presbyterian Church
Toronto
Nipissing
Mrnday
Big Fight Monday Nelson Meets Gans at Gold Field
Interest centers on the Monday afternoon bout at Gold Field between Joe Gans and Bat Nelson. Promoters and pugilists opine a close contest with bets at even money. Gans bears a tainted rep, while Nelson is seen as square, and observers recall Britt versus Nelson earlier in Colma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfields
Joe Gans
Bat’ Nelson
Britt- Nelson
Colma
Jimmy Britt
Gans
Nelson
Cranbrook Couple to Celebrate Seventh Wedding Anniversary
Married seven years, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Robichaud host a gathering tonight for friends. The Cranbrook couple were the second married here and have lived in town since their wedding, except for one year. The Herald wishes them many happy returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Robichaud
Mrs. Robichaud
Cranbrook
The
Herald
Warll Grey Injured In Winnipeg Electric Incident
The viceregal party left the C N R depot at 11 this morning for Portage arriving before 1. They passed through wheat fields near Fort Dauphin at 4 this afternoon. Marl Grey suffered a minor injury in Winnipeg when glass from an exploding electric light bulb entered his right eye. medical aid was provided and the glass removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Portage
Fort Dauphin
Marl Grey
Earl Grey to Pass Through Cranbrook Next Wednesday
Governor General Earl Grey will travel through Cranbrook on a special train next Wednesday morning around 1 o clock. He plans to spend about a month in the province visiting places of interest and will open the New Westminster exhibition on October 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harl Grey
Canada
Cranbrook
Land Notice to Purchase 820 Acre South East Kootenay Lands
Sixty days after date an application will be made to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works at Victoria B C for permission to purchase lands in South East Kootenay. Description starts at the NE corner of lot 826 and proceeds 40 chains each side to enclose 820 acres. Harold Darling Wardner, July 1906.
Bank awards vault contract to Davis and Leask firm
The Imperial Bank awarded a vault construction contract to Edgar Davis and Leask & Co. at about 8000 dollars. Davis is now at work on the stone walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Bank
Edgar Davis and Leask & Co
Davis
Notice Bans Animal Picketing on Townsite Lots
To whom it may concern notice states no animals may be picketed on vacant lots owned by the townsite company W. Hyde Baker Avent. Dated South August ing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hyde Baker Avent
Timber notice license request for lands in South East Kootenay
Sparwood Lumber Co Ltd gives notice that thirty days after due they will apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works Victoria BC for special licenses to cut timber on two described parcels in South East Koote nay near lot 2316. Location details specify chain measurements and boundary points. The notice is dated August 26, 1906.
Notice to Apply for Lands and Works Permission
Notice states sixty days from the date to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works at Vie fort for permission to lease described lands in the South list Wootenays. Beginning at a post planted at the southwest corner of lot 2, thence west 1 chain, north 1 chain, east 40 chains, then south to the starting point, containing approximately acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B.C
South
Kootenay
Tly
Vie Fort
Gum Lee Cranbrook B C or J A Harvey 1S-12t
Gum Lee associated with Cranbrook British Columbia or J A Harvey 1S 12t appears in fragmented text from a newspaper page segment. The readable portion lists names and initials without clear context, indicating a damaged notice or brief item with limited factual detail.
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Wm, Small
H. White
the Public Building
Kerr & Campbell
Attell
Trai
W. TL. Wilson
J. M. Agnew
Baker Linder Company
Harold Darling
Battling Nelson
Goldfield
Warl Grey
Beale & Elwell,ers
B. C
Brok
Anadian Games
Anata Western Oil & Coal
International Coal
Sullivan
Nicola Coal
North Star
Rambler Ca
Mere Brook
A. L. McDermot
Earl Grey
Boo
Sparwood Lumber Co., Ltd
Ate
Gum Lee
J. A
Curra
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