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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 08, 1924
Page
7
The Kimberley Cathodic Club hosts a sock evening at New Dinnor's with local and outside talent, March 17, featuring Judpelite and refined acts. A Methodist church entertainment to aid the institution includes two short sketches, admission $1.00, with plans and program preparations noted.
Carl K. Mckee died at Kimberley hospital after a brief illness. The 2 year employee of Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co belonged to the local Masonic Lodge and was well known in the community. Community notices mention visitors and local happenings including social teas, a band appearance, and local trades.
January report shows perfect attendance among multiple students across divisions with names including Marguerite Caldwell Alice Dacre Louise Fisher and Glen Leitner. Proficiency notes list Graffa Vi Edward Holtrade and Phyllis Holt with teachers Anna V Stevenson and Ruth B FOX. A Valentine Tea February 13 supports library fund as enrollment reaches about 140 and curling and skating resume after weather pause.
A monthly Trail Smelter report lists ore received from mines in British Columbia and Washington including Charleston Retallack Silverton Hewitt Knobhill Lone Pine Paradise Quilp and Silversmith totaling 19 350 tons. Quebec’s 1922 24 colonization plan reports two and a half million dollars spent on road building and 76 new schools opened in new districts.
Dominion Grain Inspector George Hill at Calgary states Alberta average wheat is 64 pounds per bushel, four pounds above the standard. The season of navigation 1923 is the longest since 1814 per Captain J E Bernier in Quebec. Canada reports large exports, safety league activities, and mining booms across multiple provinces.
For the opening of the crop year from September 1 to date more than 110000 cars of grain were loaded at Canadian National points in the west. The cars carried 144460000 bushels, compared with 118681000 bushels in the same period of 1922 23, an increase of about 26000000 bushels.
A fine program at the Kimberley Methodist Church features the farce Wanted, A Wife, with songs choruses and readings. The Girl and The Undergraduate provides a climax to an evening of solid entertainment.
The Alberta government introduces rules restricting spot lights to one per vehicle and requires the beam to the right and to strike the ground within ten feet ahead. An accident in No 1 spiral tunnel east of Field left several railway workers unconscious from gasses but all recovered and resumed duty. The Calgary to Banff road and the Crows Nest Pass section of the all red route are planned for gravel paving under the new highway scheme.
A proposed five million dollar highway program will be funded from automobile license revenue. The plan includes reconditioning and draining about four hundred miles of trunk road and gravelling the same.
The Canadian National Railways reports gross weekly earnings of 4,844,425 for the week ending January 21, up 337,999 or eight percent from the prior year. First three weeks of the year total 12,532,616 in gross earnings.
A YMCA venue hosted the Women’s Institute Associate Members in regular session on Friday February 1 with new president presiding. Minutes approved, craft lessons planned, youth duets entertained, and games played as members organized future class times. Elevator records noted at 18 cars daily average 172, 181 cars in 24 hours. Vancouver harbor outbound 404 880 bushels.
A historical overview traces Canada’s rail growth from wooden 12 foot rails in the 1870s to the modern era. It notes early hardships, the shift to comfortable observation coaches, and the role of tourist traffic in shaping all steel cars and deluxe passenger amenities on lines like the Canadian Pacific.
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