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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 17, 1921
Page
3
Special to the Herald reports progress on the Banff Windermere road with five small camps active in British Columbia. Three camps near the Kootenay River at the western end and two camps located several miles north reflect ongoing construction activity on the route.
Buy Diamond Dyes with simple directions for dyeing all fabrics from wool and silk to cotton. The product offers rich, fade resistant colors and comes with a color card from the druggist.
A London England prospectus reveals Koo tenay Radium Natural Springs Limited plans a £100 000 development near Banff Alberta with a bath house hotel and bungalow housing. Magistrate Whimster seeks a salary increase from $75 to $126 monthly retroactive to May 1 1920 and the Fernie city council ponders the request.
Herbert Cuthbert argues that scenery climate and sport in British Columbia hold untapped wealth comparable to minerals and timber. He cites Los Angeles as a tourist success story and notes BC and the Pacific Northwest have seen a 100 percent rise in tourist traffic after a four year campaign. He cites 250 000 visitors through Blaine last year spending about five million dollars and credits East Kootenay Boards of Trade for boosting auto tourism locally.
Experimental notes from Can ada show sunflowers and corn sown together on chocolate loam in Agassiz conditions. Harvest yielded 14 tons 300 pounds of sunflowers per acre vs 16 tons 1807 pounds for corn. cows produced more milk with corn, and fat differences did not offset the milk gain. The report concludes corn remains superior though sunflowers show potential and warrant further study.
J A McKelvie of Vernon newly elected federal member for Yale constituency was announced to second the speech from the throne after the Dominion House opening in Ottawa this week.
Fernie Free Press reports a curling match at Prince George on Feb 6 1921 between Fernie and Cranbrook exresidents. Fernie won 18 to none with Fernie players T Ogg A McNeill G Peters R Randall and Cranbrook lineup J Pidgeon J D Corning Robt Carvie W Golder. P E Wilson was to skip but was out of town. A two sheet rink was built this season boosting local curling.
D R McDougall, former Fernie fire chief, died Tuesday of last week at age fifty from stomach cancer. He had lived in Fernie about thirteen years and was praised as a public spirited citizen. The funeral was held last Saturday with interment in Fernie.
The Creston Review reports there will be no issue on February 18 as editor Hayes takes a annual break for a week. The office will handle accounts but no work will be published while the printery is being refreshed. Hayes plans a trip to Victoria to interview Dr. King on behalf of the Liberal Association about Kaslo riding needs.
Vancouver report notes Lorne Campbell of West Kootenay Power and Light discusses a New York dispatch claiming the Copper Export Association sold 300 to 400 million pounds of copper for export. He cautions verification but says a $45 billion deal could immediately affect BC copper prices amid stagnant demand.
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