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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 06, 1913
Page
8
Duke of Dallas announces that all profits from his twenty-one Texas stores will go to religion. He cites his two year move from Georgia and his habit of giving one tenth of income to the church. After reaching $500000 in bonds and Texas realty, the entire profits are pledged to church coffers.
Provincial mineralogist William Pleet Robertson estimates East Kootenay mineral production will exceed 1911 by more than twofold, driven by coal coke recovery and higher metalliferous output. He notes declines in 1911 due to coke and market effects, with final figures pending but totals suggesting a substantial yearly shift and expanded smelter receipts alongside railway expansion toward Golden and Fernie Fort Steele.
Earl Grey writes to the London Times defending Sir Wilfrid Laurier's reciprocal free trade policy with the United States as beneficial for Canada and the empire. He argues the policy would have boosted Canadian wealth and may have drawn Britain closer to inter imperial free trade. The letter notes concerns among Canadians about American ambitions and cites Taft and Chamberlain.
In response to rising travel, Canadian Pacific announces reorganized staff across Canada. A Cooper becomes manager of the entire service with A Ruttledgem and H H Matthews as general superintendents in Montreal and Winnipeg, with multiple assistant and second assistant superintendents named in Toronto Winnipeg Vancouver Calgary Glenyards and Montreal. Changes take effect February 1.
Cranbrook's Drug Store advertises VIGOROL as a life extending tonic that restores energy and youth. It promises immediate nerve-boost effects and claims a money back refund if not as advertised. Price is $1.00 per bottle or six for $5.00 with Cranbrook Drug and Book Store as sole seller in Cranbrook.
London rumors place Earl Beauchamp as likely successor to the Duke of Connaught as governor general of Canada. The Liberal peer, 41, has held top political roles including lord president of the council in 1910 and first commissioner of works since 1911, and served as governor of New South Wales from 1899 to 1901. The Countess Beauchamp is Lady Lettice Grosvenor.
The Jewish Colonization Association of Montreal applies for a license to take twenty cubic feet per second from Cherry Creek for irrigation of parcels in East Kootenay. Water will be diverted near Lot 5985 and used for large land parcels in Groups 1 and 5, with filing at Cranbrook and objections heard by the Water Recorder or the Comptroller of Water Rights.
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