Provincial mining and railway notes dominate frontier updates
Fernle to host a gas plant. Allan Purvis named Nelson RR superintendent. Tatlow campaigns for BC immigration. Boundary Investment Trust forms in Grand Forks. Granby Consolidated pays $4.508 million to shareholders. Vancouver seeks Kitsilano reserve reversion. Spokane and BC Railway rebuilds Grand Forks depot. Suspects in several crimes face possible trials. Fraser Valley crime chase ends with arrest in South Vancouver. Mining activity rises: Silverton area, Keremens Copper near Similkameen, and new tunnel work. electric power projects eye White Horse district and Queen Victoria mine, with labor and transport implications.
Prince Rupert in the Making on the Pacific Northwest
A writer describes exploring Prince Rupert after crossing from Vancouver on the Camosun. He notes dreary rain, rough seas near Queen Charlotte Sound, and a tentative, ambitious forecast for a growing metropolis tied to the Grand Trunk Pacific railway and its western terminal plans. The town already hosts a bank, customs, post office, and police in portable facilities, with a unique lodging economy and limited work during bad weather and low wages.
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Rhein
Nevada Desert
San Francisco
Vancouver
Pacific Ocean
Prince Rupert
Queen Charlotte Soumd
Grand Trin
Pacific Hotel
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Japan
Ilas Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
America
Grand Trunk Pacific
Bualek
Northwest
Canadian Bank of Commitrcee
Creston to Propose Incorporation and Power Regulation
Infancy of electric power in Kootenay sparks talk of easy regulation and inexpensive clean power as Creston eyes incorporation. Around Sandon 250 miners work in surrounding mines. Crows Nest Pass Coal payroll for Michel in October hits 98 800 dollars. Thanksgiving turkey shipment reaches Spokane at 50 000 pounds. Billy Poole reportedly strikes another fortune at Salmo Nugget mine. Electric power comes to Silver King and Victoria mines near Nelson. Madam Jillian Nordica visits Spokane offering to buy the Paulson building for a million dollars. offer rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crows Nest Pass
Spokane
Billy” Poole
Salmo
Jillian Nordica
Paulson
Town Harbor Scene Promises Growth Despite Rain
The passage notes low daily board costs and limited work days for laborers while workers pay provincial taxes and hospital fees. It highlights abundant salmon trout and deer near a harbor with a thriving stream. Despite rain, commerce is seen expanding toward a projected 200000 residents in two years.
Dominion Lanis Commissioner J W Greenway Statement
J W Greenway, commissioner of Dominion La nis in Ottawa, issues a formal notice dated 1 September 1908. The document records administrative action or proclamation by the Ottawa office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Greenway
Dominion Lanis
Ottawa
Liquor License Renewals Sought in Marysville and Wardner
Notices state several Marysville hotel operators including Falls View Hotel Royal Hotel and Central Hotel seek renewal of liquors licenses, effective January 1 1909. Each notice specifies the premises and date, with signatories from Marysville and Wardner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls ‘View
Marysville
B. C
Allin & Crowley
Ulat
Royal Hotel
North Star Hotel
Kimberley
H. W. Drew
Notice to obtain coal and petroleum license in South East Upperneny
Notice states intent to apply 30 days after date to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a prospecting license on 40 acres in British Columbia. Lands described around Fred Roberts Claim and Lot Nos. 6991 6992 6993 with CPR survey lines. Dated October 19, 1908.
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George Hannant
Wasa
B. C
P. R
A. T. Miller
S. W
N.W
George Hannaut
Coal and
South East
Kootenay
Province of
British Columbia
Cecil Hackett
Ppereney
Fred Roberta
Thirteen Mile
C.P.R
D. ©. Corbin
Roberta
Hackett
Percy Thomas Haywood
Cranbrook
Lande ‘and Works of
Nsouth
Rae
James A. HarVey
Ike MM. Ely
Fish Lakes
East Kootenay
N. E
Fauteiduad Td Company
CORY
Interior
W. W
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Murphy & Fisher
Supreme and Exchequer Court
Patent Office
Railway Commission
Charles Murphy
Harold Fisher
W. F. Gurd
Wilhelmina Moss
Gira
Miss Green
Reginners
Armaprosg
F. E. Corrison
London
Knox Presbyterian Hureh
His Majesty's Royal Welsh Pusiliven
Fortistied
Dinasite
H. C. C. Salmon
Thority
C. H. Dunbar
B.C
DRS
King & Green
Resid
F. B. Miles
Tto &S
Ofive
New Reid Nock Cranbrook -R
Cummings
Civil Engineers and Dominion and HC. Land Surveyors
Jol Noie
J. T. Laillaw
B. C. Land Surveyor
Cranbrook &8.C
Ho Swannell
Hobertson
Bod
Pominton and
Briel
Columbia
W. R. Beatty
Panoral
Crantrook
J. W. Rutledge
Ontario Veterinary College
Toronto
McKillip's Veterinary College
Chicago
Manitob
Cranbrook Hotel
Fernle
Allan Purvis
Souris, Man
Nelson
R. G. Tatlow
England
British American ‘Trust Co
Grand Forks
Boundary Investment and ‘Trust Company
Granby Consolidated
Oeo
Kitsilano Reserve
Dominih
The
Spokane and
B.C. Railways Company
Jims Jenkins
Hazelmere
New Westminster
Lee Chung
Portilla
Wy Chase
United States
Mexico
Canada
Smith
17Th Avenue
South Vancouver
Hiram G. Campbell
Columbia Falls
Montana
Campbell
Ehelt
Eholt
H. M. Reid
Golien
Michel
Blairmore
Bowman Lumber Company
Revelstoke
Greenwood
TD. A. McDonald
Greenwood Customs Office
B. C. Copper Company
Handy
Gerrard
Hampton
Slocan City
Silverton
Landeau Branch
Keremens Copper Company
Spokanemen
Keremens
Similkameea
Dan Schultz
Develot
Queen Charlotte Islands
Moresby Island
Tedway
G. C. Buchanan
Buchanan
Smith Curtis
F. J. Deane
White Horse
Bt Cc
Queen Victoria
Falls
Creston
Incorporation
Sandon
Silver King
Victoria
Sexton
B.C. Machinery Agency
Patton & Son
Crandhook
Ege Las
Department of the Interior
IIL
Sawyer
HB. C
Central Hotel
Paul Handley
Provincial Police
Imperial Hotel
Fort Steele
N. Hanson
Wasa Hotel
Wasa, B
Warnessor
Wardner
Aes
Wardneer
R. H. Bohart
Wattsburg
F. W. Kelsall
Board of License Commissioners
Cranebrook
Manitoba
Lota 7
James Bro
Donald A, McDonald
Provincial Land Surveyors Railway and Mining Engineering
Fort Steele and
Fort Steele PA
Coatinoek
Ieo. R. Leask & Co
Ork
Guine
Herald
Armstrong Avenue
Pelephone
Felaia Fats
Cerell
Vanwolmer
Ave Obilon
Bny Kny
Vanwormers
Hankon Ave
Vranbro
Pacific
Eastern
Ontario
Quebel AD
Maritime Provinces
Tekota
Toronto Express
Winniper
Southeast Kootenay’s
Cranbrook Land District
Southeast
A. Hackett
Coal and Petroleum Notice
Joe Marapadi
Teor
Y Ft
Lee
G. T. Rogers
FB. Hy Husband
Main St
Hamilton Oat
Reg
Windermere Nursery
Zoddloe
E. W. Hustley
Wilmer
HO Pohison
Oranbrook
Halcyon Lithia Water
Halcyon Lithia
John Bull
Lake View
Dominion
Siuate
Fort S’belle
St. Marys Prairie
Dominion and Porcupine
Tie ST. Marys Meadahs
ST. Marys Lake
J. A. Harvey
East Kootenay District
Matthew Creek
I. G. C. Beattie
PALC
G. C. Beatties
A. J. Grea
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