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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 12, 1922
Page
2
A Selected quotation urges moving beyond regret and old sins. It encourages embracing hope, dispelling darkness, letting the soul delight guide the future. It speaks of turning the leaf to see fair white pages ahead.
The province charts mixed feelings as Attorney-General Farris departs. While praised for legal talent, critics question his use of it in the liquor control act and a tolerated lax enforcement that undermined a prior prohibition act. Bowser faced harsher personal attacks in contrast.
The passage argues the timing is poor for a cabinet reshuffle and contends a successor would inherit a burden at a critical juncture. It warns against appearing to abandon a faltering structure while there is a chance to disengage.
A collection of editorial excerpts discusses narcotics and liquor policy as sowing the wind with future harm to children, generosity toward government liquor stores, and the dangers of crime. It contrasts Meighen’s leadership, public opinion on his retirement, and a plea for careful civic tax and debt governance amid Ontario municipal finance challenges.
The Natural Resources Intelligence Branch of the Department of the Interior releases a map showing leading resources by province. Nova Scotia emphasizes farming fishing and mining while Prince Edward Island centers on agriculture. New Brunswick features timber and farming, Quebec on timber pulp woods and minerals, including asbestos graphite and molybdenite, with Ontario presenting similar opportunities.
In the prairie provinces settlers and investors may gain returns in grain growing, mixed farming, or ranching while British Columbia centers on timbering fishing fruit growing and mining. The map outlines natural resources railways and trade routes with comparative diagrams of provincial production and exports. Free copies are available from the Natural Resources Intelligence Branch Ottawa.
Walter Howe as the Marquis of Karnaby receives excellent backing from the caste’s remaining members. The scenery and lighting blended with the play, creating a refined character that pleased the audience, whose applause was persistent.
Special to The Herald in Invermere B C notes W A Hunter of Toronto sold his North American coin collection at a Philadelphia auction. The 800 lots included many rare Indian medals and a large Hudson's Bay Company commemorative medal. Canadian collectors rarely see such items and prices were high. The piece highlights Canadian coin collecting as a large, affordable field with thousands of coins and tokens from French to present.
Twenty years ago the Herald notes a bridge is badly needed at St Marys River mouth of Perry Creek, with incorporation into a city debated after delaying at the request of large holders like U P R and W Hyde Baker. Copper cents arrive in the west while W H Bollock Webster inspects as provincial police chief. A B Grace and wife visit Cranbrook. John Macdonald gains a hotel license and will open in Marysville soon.
The piece surveys Canadian monetary history from the early nineteenth century through the federation era, noting copper and bronze coins issued by Bank of Montreal, City Bank, Quebec Bank, and Bank du Poupie, alongside provincial trade tokens and barter media such as Hudson’s Bay blankets. It highlights a diverse range of exchange forms across Nova Scotia to British Columbia, with prairie provinces lagging in provincial coinage yet featuring barbershop tokens and Red River crossing tokens.
Theatre patrons enjoyed the comedy drama Just Suppose at the Auditorium on Wednesday evening. The production was praised as one of the best of its kind seen in Cranbrook with a strong cast led by Grabant Welsey as the Prince of Wales and Kathleen Wallace as the Prince’s sweetheart.
The piece discusses how medals mark major events in Canadian history as reflected in Dominion coinage. It notes wartime medals from the late world conflict and broad ranges of foreign money, with westward collectors having better access to diverse sums than eastern buyers, and stresses acquiring bulk pieces before sorting and classifying them.
The Trail Smelter reports ore received for the Herlod during the period December 22 to January 1. Mines listed include Wet Goldhill Tagham Helen Blaylock Hope Sandon Kene Blaylock Paradise Athalmer Queen Bess Alamo Ruth London Sally Beaverdell. Quantities shown per mine: 28 49 40 41 222 416.
A vintage beauty ad touts Danderine as a thin flat hair remedy costing 86 cents per bottle. It claims one application stops shedding, adds mass and luster, and within weeks grows new hair all over the scalp. The tonic supposedly reaches roots, invigorates, and strengthens for long thick hair.
Census returns for the Maritime Provinces report New Brunswick up 10.29 percent in population and Nova Scotia up 655, Prince Edward Island down 5.54. The regional totals are 624,579 for Nova Scotia 388,092 for New Brunswick and 88,536 for Prince Edward Island.
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