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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 06, 1913
Page
5
January customs receipts total 3802.83 and a busy calendar includes Hillside Dairy ads and a February 14th Knox church Valentine tea. Notables include J. R. Thompson and W. Hyde Baker touring California, plus farm institute meetings and a 500 party at the Hood home. A notable passage discusses Lady Edwina Roberts and the British peerage context.
The piece notes St Valentine’s Day customs and gifting. It recalls Valentine who died in 270, the birds mating belief, and youths drawing names for valentines. It also mentions a Roman festival Lupercalia where boys drew girls’ names to pledge devotion for a year.
Mrs Elwell hosted a delightful Book Tea on Tuesday for her sister in law Mrs Sykes of Vancouver. Guests wore costumes representing authors and Mrs Beale won a silver scent bottle prize.
January 9 temperatures at Thermin fall to 26 below zero while January 26 records 16 above. Total snow depth reaches twelve and a half inches.
Waldo beat Galloway 3 to 1 in a decisive Friday match as Johnny Hume steered the team to resilience after an earlier 4 to 1 win in the return game. Final at Jaffray set Waldo for the title with a well balanced lineup and plans for future scalps.
Geneva reports a strong push for free trade between France frontier zones and neighboring Swiss cantons. French deputy Emile Savre leads a Haute Savoie group seeking to denounce the 1881 treaty and allow open exchange along the zone. Switzerland is reportedly ready to meet France halfway, reducing customs staff and boosting local frontier trade.
News reaches Cranbrook of the death of Mr John Hillier of Goderich age 73 after a recent grippe illness. He retired ten years ago from business in Goderich and is survived by wife two Cranbrook daughters Mrs BE A Hill and Mrs W J Rutledge two married daughters in Goderich a son in Edmonton and one in Calgary.
Vancouver February 3 managers and liquidators of Dominion Sawmills and Co Ltd named W Anstie executive agent in charge of the Ball and listed directors including M Savage of Victoria R S Lennie barrister W Blake Wilson T Frank Patterson all of Vancouver and W A Anstie of Calgary
Mr Burns warned of a beef famine unless farmers adopt mixed farming. Mr Burns and Mr Hurns argue breeders profit most, claiming breeders can net 100 to 115 dollars per steer while market value depends on supply and demand, with cattle prices rising generally.
Winnipeg man James V. Welch a noted railroad contractor who helped build lines in Oregon Washington Southern British Columbia and Western Canada died tonight at Port Arthur Ontario. He was 52 and had a contract to build part of the Canadian Northern line east to Sudbury.
The article reports three definite Wilson cabinet choices: Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of the Treasury A Mitchell Palmer, and Attorney General Robert L. Henry. Other posts openly discussed include Secretary of the Navy William Gibbs McAdoo, Secretary of the Interior Norris, and Secretary of Agriculture Obadiah Gardner, with Josephus Daniels likely to be Postmaster General. The final war and commerce and labor posts remain unsettled. official announcement due late February.
Advertisement from The Fig Pill Co. of St. Thomas Ontario promotes Fig Pills as a system regulator to cleanse undigested food and bile with a Cranbrook Drug and Book Co. Ltd. as a seller. The pills are offered at 25 and 50 cents.
An advertisement notes a Cranbrook Kindergarten on Edward Street run by Mrs R A Rackleft Certificated Teacher with London hours from 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 and a four week term priced at 85 dollars.
Seattle researchers led by Forester Welty suggest that shattered bottle glass may ignite dry forest material along roads and trails. He notes many fires are reported with unknown origins, likely from traveler carelessness such as cigars cigarettes or matches left smoldering.
A Tacoma correspondent recalls a woods encounter near Wishkah river where a broken beer bottle acted as a burning glass, with Burns of Calgary predicting price rises before July or August due to a present shortage.
The Revelstoke district forestry meeting concluded there is little hope of conserving forest resources if slash from logging remains unmanaged. Fire-rangers from the railway belt were convened by the interior department to discuss protection strategies.
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