Local notes mix business and bereavement in Cranbrook
Hotel Fernie to open soon with Tom Rookes guiding travelers. Mrs. W R Campbell and her son visit Cranbrook to see her brother John Dezall. The Canadian Bank of Commerce expands with secure new premises and a unique burglar resistant safe. A seven year old, George Masson, passes away, and the community attends Knox church service. A series of regional visits and anecdotes conclude with several Cranbrook residents listed as visiting or staying in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leage
Fernie
Tom Rookes
W. R. Campbell
Cranbrook
John Dezall
Great Northern
Charles Richards
Winnipeg
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Bank of Commerce
Lb. C
George Masson
Fort Steele Briefs From Cranbrook and Steele
George Watson was at Cranbrook on business Tuesday. G. F. Pownall of Fish Lakes was at Steele on business Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Durick
Cranbrook
Fort Steele
George Watson
G. F. Pownall
Fish Lakes
Steele
Ranch theft case underlines need for police protection
In Milk River a horse with a partially erased brand was stolen from a Bowers outfit and recovered by A lice before vanishing from barracks. The suspect confessed to obscuring the mark, but with the horse missing the case was adjourned to February 1 as rustlers operate in the Milk River country and police must act to recover the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat News
Milk River
Stacks & Burton
Bowers
Alice
Lethbridge
Eee
Golding Not Guilty in Coleman Robbery Case
Blairmore Times reports George Golding was arrested on suspicion in the Coleman robbery but is likely to sue his employers over the mistaken action. The grounds for the arrest are described as absurd, and the C P R faces potential damages from the error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Golding
Coleman
George
Golding
Blairmore Times
Strathearn and Shuttleworth Wed in Anglican Church
In St Paul’s Anglican Church Michel the marriage of Robert Strathearn Fernie and Teresa Emily May Frances Shuttleworth London England was performed by Rev Aykroyd Stoney on Thursday January 19. Shuttleworth spent weeks in Cranbrook after arriving from London and won many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strathearn-Shuttleworth
St. Paul
Michel
Aykroyd Stoney
Robert Strathearn
Fernie
Teresa Emily May Frances Shuttleworth
London
England
Knox Church card of thanks for Burn's Night performers
The managers of Knox church express a hearty vote of thanks to artists who assisted in the Wentworth hall program on Burn's night. Names include Mesdames Templeton and Brock Misses Adolphe Lou Ella Leitch Jessie Lily McCowan and Masters Charlie and Douglas McCowan along with Messrs A McCowan J Sims C Darling Graves J Saville Wright and Masters Charlie and Douglas McCowan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox Church
Wentworth Hall
Mesdames Templeton
Brock
Adolphe
Lou
Ella Leitch
Jessie
Lily McCowan
Messrs
A. McCowan
J. Sims
C. Darling
Graves
J. Saville
Wright
Charlie
Douglas McCowan
Local notes cover births and community events
A town records births and family news including a daughter born January 21 to Mr. and Mrs Vezzonio and a son born last Saturday to Mr. and Mrs P J Bonner. It notes hockey team organizing, residents traveling to Cranbrook, land and brewery transactions, and mining insight from James Cronin highlighting practical experience over formal schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McLeod
Cranbrook
Odd Fellows
J. E. Crowe
Dill
T. T. McVittie
Fort Steele
Mr. Crowe
Joseph Niederstadt
Riesterer
Moyie Brewery
Mr. Niederstadt
Moyie Lumber Company
H . Bacheller
Fairihault, Minn
Cameron
James Cronin
Jim Hill
Timber firms win contract for 100000 railway ties
Hull and Carter of Fort Saskatchewan secure the winter contract to supply 100000 ties for the Canadian Northern Railway. Ties due at Battleford by July 1, 1905, rafted down the Saskatchewan river in spring. Work starts on Vermilion river timber limits with about 10 men and 25 teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumber News
Hull & Carter
Fort Saskatchewan
Canadian Northern Railway
Edmonton
Battleford
Vermilion River
Saskatchewan
Fernie payroll total for coal mines on Saturday
Fernie ledge payroll reports show wages paid by the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company totaling 828 649 dollars with detailed distributions among several mines including Carbonado and other sites. Specific paid amounts listed include 123 643.15 dollars and 69 089 dollars among allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernie Ledge
Fernie
Crows Nest Pass
Carbonado Viesse
Michel
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Lundbreck
Ibt
Nim
Arnold & Roberts
Cranbrook Beer
Cranbrook Brewing @ Malting Co. Ltd
British Columbia
J. B. Stephens, H. L. Stephens
Rockendorf
J. Lawson
Morrissey Mines
Alexandra
East Roote
B. C
F H. L. Stephens
Morrissey
Spokane
Seattle
Vancouver
J. E. Stephens
Sia
Morrissey Junction
Harris Brothers
Butchers
Hay and Grain Dealers
McSweyn & Griffith
China
the Herald
Ea W. F. Tate
Joseph Ryan
P. O
B.C
News OF the
East Kootenay
The
Free Press
Messrs. Taylor & O'Shea
Justice Martin
M. Guinter
Canton
South Dakota
Miller
George Goldie
Ani
W. F. Gurd
Trunt
Miss Gurd
Macneill
G. S. McTavish
Rivers Inlet
Imperial
Moyie
the Cosmopolitan
W. R. Gilley
Gilley Bros
New Westminster
Pitt Lake
Gilley
G. S. McCarter
Revelstoke
Kingston Creek Lumber Company
Uhe
Columbia River Lumber Company of
Golden
S. F. McKay
Active Sold Mining Company
Porcupine Creek
Ymir
Kootenay
Fernie and
Landon
Boards of Trade
Coast Boards
Ottawa
P. Burns
Mefat Merchants
Manitoba
D. A. McDonald
Clanager
Thie Hotel
F. J. Bradley & Co
Luacber
Robinson-McKenzie Lumber Co., Ltd
Ft. Steele Brewing Co
John W. Wolf
Crows Nest
Slater & McPhee
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