District ELKO News Highlights Local Meetings and Visits
Special correspondence from Elko reports a February 1 shareholders meeting for Elko Water Light and Power Co Ltd appointing a new board for the year. The article notes plans to install the water plant when weather allows and lists various local social visits, health updates, a church fundraiser dance, and business trips by residents to Cranbrook, Nelson, Vancouver, and Spokane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Agnew
Fernie
Elko Water, Light and Power Co., Ltd
Irene McKee
James McKee
Cranbrook Hospital
McKee
J. W. Williamson
Vancouver
Win
Young
Cranbrook
Saint
J. Austin
Laney
Glen Campbell
Nelson
Irene Hirtz
C. W. Smith
Church Building Fund
Waldo
Baynes
May Roe
Frank Downs
Flagstone
J. Hanbury
North Star Lumber Company
Gateway Notes Busy Week In British Columbia Visit Events
Special correspondence recalls visits by Mrs and Miss Huby to Flagstone and Mr Harvey Young to Eureka. A Gateway dance is planned for Friday February 4. Mrs Horley traveled to Fernie and back after a short trip. A government bridge over the Gateway slough in B C was completed last week and is hoped to outlast the previous structure. Mod Costello Great Northern railroad official passed through Gateway. A J Joule customs supervisor visited Fernie for business last week. Dr Salok White was in Fernie earlier this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railroad
Seattle
Wash
Gateway
J. Joule
Gatway
Fernie
Salok
White
Marysville notes variety of local news and travels
Marysville residents share updates from W A Meachen return from Spokane and Kimberley masquerade ball at Wyelife. Alex Trodgson in Pincher Creek and others report travel, family news, and mine activity with Sullivan mine shipping ore and North Star mine finding valuable ore. CPR B B crew repair trestles for next season traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Meachen
St. Mary's Valley
Spokane
Kimberley
Wyelife
Alex
Trodgson
Pincher Creek
Alla
Edgar Handley
Cranbrook
John Bennett
California
Here
Moyie Concert and Local News Timelines
Moyie hockey club schedules a concert for next Friday night February 4. Three mineral claims north of Kingsgate bonded to James McNeil J L Gibbons and Gus Kallman of Moyie secure a $25000 bond with C Henry and John Sullivan. The marriage of Michael J Bonner and Isabella Whitehead occurred in Moyie Catholic church last Tuesday at 7 am officiated by Reverend Father Beck. John Cannon was groomsman and Mrs McTavish bridesmaid. A wedding breakfast followed at Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Whitehead home. The couple departed on the westbound Flyer to Spokane. Bonner and the bride are noted as popular Moyie residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moyie
Kingsgate
James McNeil
J. L. Gibbons
Gus Kallman
C. Henry
John Sullivan
Michael J. Bonner
Isabella Whitehead
Father Beck
John Cannon
McTavish
Joseph Whitehead
Spokane
Bonner
Mogie
Mr. Bonner
B. E. Taylor
Wardner Busy Week Sees Many visitors and business trips
Mrs. Jewett of Spokane visits with sister Mrs. Darling and children from Vancouver before traveling to Calgary. Victoria producer Pioneer Spice and Coffee visits Wardner. Various locals including Mr. Lund, Mr. Cruthers, and Mr. Pennock attend business engagements. A bridge project advances as old piers are blown out. Continuous visits from Cranbrook, Calgary, and Marysville mark a busy fortnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Lowey
Cranbrook
CM. Pennock
George Willson
Galloway
Alfred Johnson
Inwood
Johnson
Crows Nest Pass
Arthur Fenwick
Fort Stevie
Wardner
E Elwell
Malcolm Melardy
Prairie Hay Iman
Okotoks
Bessett
Taylor and Mulveney Wholesale Crockery Company
Hamilton
Ont
Newbridge
Sernten
Chase and Sanborn
Calgary
Sharpe
Geo. Blatchford
Fruitvale
B.C
Points West
Pat Kelly
John Woods
Government Bridge
Marysville
Otto Wisner
Gatke
Louie Deline
Sawyer
Stevens
Louis Larson
Minnie Service
St. A. Green
J. C. Reid
Miss Violet McSorley Recovers from Severe Eczema with Zam-Buk
In Sauit Ste. Marie Miss Violet McSorley describes eczema covering her hands wrists and arms up to the elbows with itching raw sores and nail loss. After three doctors and a threatened amputation she used Zam-Buk and saw steady improvement until her hands and arms were free of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet McSorley
Gord Street
Sauit Ste. Marie
Zam-Buk
Zam-Buk touted as superior healing salve claims
The fragment touts Zam-Buk as very different from other salves, claiming it contains no animal fat or minerals unlike competitors. It asserts Zam-Buk is more powerful and cures without burning when applied to wounds.
Highland Saturday entertainment a decided success
Mr Pickering has moved his family into Louie Dore's house in East Wardner. The Highland entertainment of Saturday evening last was a decided success with the musical portion exceptionally well rendered. Mrs Gaffney visited Cranbrook. Miss Muriel Sheppard’s Wardner friends commend her as a rising musician after a Cranbrook recital. Wardner church heard Rev Co Main of Cranbrook preach on Do unto others. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper followed the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickering
Bull River
Louie Dore
East Wardner
T. Gaffney
Cranbrook
Muriel Sheppard
Wardner
East Kootenay
Wardner Church
Co. Main
Invents New Calendar Civil Calendar Proposed in 1911
Charles Fisher of San Francisco promotes a 13 month year of 28 days with an extra Vincent month between June and July and a removed year end day called Anne day. A Mid Anno day is added every four years starting 1912, with Sundays always on the first day of each month. If not adopted in 1911, next chance is 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Charles Fisher
San Francisco
United States
Vincent
Anne
Western Canada Reaps Windfall From Immigrant Influx
Immigration into Western Canada last year far surpassed forecasts with over 40 118 arrivals beyond initial estimates. Average wealth per immigrant is placed at one thousand dollars, boosting cash wealth by ninety million dollars, plus wheat crop yields adding 120 million dollars for a total new wealth of 210 million dollars. Americans lead in homesteads with 2 1 million acres, while 919 homesteads were taken by U S citizens in the first ten months of last year and Dakota sent the largest number of immigrants at 4 165.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Europe
Union
Dakota
Canadian Home Stead Regulations Synopsis for British Columbia
The text outlines homesteading rules in the Railway Belt BC for one quarter section of 160 acres. Eligible applicants include sole heads of families or males over 18. entry must be in person at the local land office, with proxy entry possible under certain family conditions. Residence and cultivation requirements span three years, with alternative proofs through nearby farming activity or kin residency. Six months notice to Ottawa is required to apply for patent. Coal mining rights may be leased for 21 years at $1 per acre annually, with a 2,570 acre cap and five cents per ton royalty on merchantable coal. Signed by W. W. Cory, Deputy Minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Belt
British Columbia
Commissioner of Dominion Lands
Ottawa
W. W. Cory
Minister of the Interior
Water license application for Bull River hydro plant
George E K Henderson of Wardner BCHydraulic Engineer seeks a Part V Water Act license for a 340 cfs hydro electric project on Bull River. Water to be returned ten thousand feet downstream with a 261 foot head. canal and dam already built under Water Record No 17. Riparian concerns include Canadian Pacific Railway Company lands. Filing posted January 26 1910. hearing February 28 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Authority of Water Record
Oue
Kootenay District
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Kootenay
George BE. Henderson
Wardner
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ELKO
Clayton
Morris
W. J. Allen
Malls View
A. MacNeill
Misa McSorley
Tokyo
Toronto
Bee Tome
SAN Franciscan
Columbia River Orchards, Ltd
Central Park
Columbia River
J. D. Anderson
Ume
Waterloo
Champion Creek
B. C
Mars
E. B. McDermid
Main Street
Winnipeg, Man. Or
Nelson, B. C
Asaya
Beattie & Atchison
Cranbrook High School
Crandal
Board of School Trustees
H. Hoskins
Great Northern Railway
C.P.R
Rockies
T. G. Proctor
The
Kootenay Valleys Co
Nelson, B.C
Joe Austin
the Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan
E. H. Small, Prop
East Kootenay Bottling Co
Manitoba
J, Brown
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