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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
5
For two weeks we showcased exceptional snaps and promise to surpass them. On Thursday morning select bar gains will appear in Cranbrook’s west window and remain on display all day. They will not be sold until Friday at 10 a.m. No reservations before 10 a.m. Friday. first come, first served.
The Neal Treatment is endorsed by business leaders, clergy, doctors, and other professionals. Readers are invited to contact the Neal Institute in Cranbrook British Columbia for a booklet and medical guidance.
Sealed tenders to be received by the Minister of Lands before noon on December 2001 for Licence No 184 to cut 1,600,000 feet of merchantable timber on area adjoining Lot 16, L 4601 near Peavine Creek in the Kootenay District. Two years allowed for removal. Details from Chief Forester Victoria or District Forester Cranbrook, B C.
A Christmas Miracle play titled Seager Heart will be staged in Cranbrook Parish Hall on Wednesday January 3 at 1 p.m. and Thursday January 4 at 8 p.m. A large choir will back the production with an enlarged stage and special scenic effects. The local effort has required weeks of rehearsal and aims to rival professional shows, with more details promised next week.
Cranbrook readers learn of visits by Mr. Ben Riley of Yahk and Mrs. J. R. Adamson to Detroit for winter, J. T. Laidlaw’s Toronto trip, and Christmas plans. Wording notes sales ads for Wil son the Jeweler, Beale and Elwell’s deposits, a Maple Hall dance, and St. John Ambulance sock donations. Hockey, skating, and a Masquerade dance headline upcoming events.
A Cranbrook recruit, Jo McLean, one of the first to enlist from the town, has left hospital for a convalescent home in England after being wounded in the Somme offensive. He was hit in the arm in a major clash as his battalion bore the brunt of the fighting. Meanwhile local news notes price rises on Kimberley Townsite Lots, police cells near capacity for Christmas, and finances from Red Cross fundraising events.
A public clash over etiquette unfolds as Cranbrook citizens accuse city leaders of snubbing a letter from the Social Service Council of Christ Church and refusing a public ratepayer meeting. The article notes fundraiser profits and upcoming meetings, with sewing work detailed for community groups and a cutting committee reporting progress.
The December report lists numerous donations to the Flannelette Fund from Mrs. Manley, Mrs. McCreery, Mrs. Harshaw, and others totaling scattered small amounts. A separate tally shows prisoner's bread funds collected by Mrs. MacKinnon with many contributors including Miss Dewar and Mr. Wallinger.
We correct an error and apologize for a false impression from last Social Service conference coverage. The speaker, Mr Spreull, affirmed Christianity as life not theology, noting Buddhism and Confucianism are philosophies. He cited David Livingstone's character built on Jesus Christ and expressed sincere Christian tone.
Special to the Herald reports Toronto mining engineer J B Tyrall visiting Invermere to examine a mining property. Tyrall highlights Thompson’s life, his 1807 visit to Western Canada, the Columbia River source discovery, and his 13 volume diary now in Toronto’s Provincial Library. Thompson died in poverty and is praised as a great Canadian explorer.
United States Consul Alger reports seventy five cars of lead bullion shipped from Trail by Consolidated Mining and Smelting to East Chicago Refinery. After extracting silver and gold, the lead goes to the Canadian munitions commission in Montreal for wartime factory use. Value totals $800,000, about $11,000 per car.
The district's enlargement to include Trail Rossland and Greenwood increases ore throughput at the Trail consulate. Consul Alger reports 2131 invoices passed. The Consolidated plant at Trail expands to treat more output as demand from Europe grows amid war. Mining prospects from Spokane and U.S. buyers revive idle properties in West Kootenay.
Ed Halsall, a bakery employee turned soldier, writes from England after two months in France describing service at the Somme and St Eloi. He mentions Cranbrook and Turnley acquaintances, a wound in the back, shrapnel in the hands, slow recovery, and finding old friends, with no further updates since leaving Canada.
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