Reports on Conditions Encountered in the Kootenays
Walter Drinnan reports from a trip through the Kootenays and southern Alberta that unemployment is not a serious issue except possible need for relief in Nelson. He notes limited demand for help, good co operation with Alberta G W V A, and that Alberta’s new president opposes the $2,000 bonus but favors further gratuities. Local G W V A units are flourishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Drinnan
Wees
G.W.V.A
Kootenays
Alberta
Nelson
G.W.V. A
Medicine Hat
Drinnar
G.W.V.A. Dominion
Montreal
Mr. Drinnan
G-W.v.a
Municipal Reform Proposals For British Columbia Cities
The Cowichan Leader reports that the Union of B C Municipalities urges a two year aldermanic term with rotating retirements to ensure continuity. Electing mayors from council members and adopting a city manager model, as in Kamloops, gain attention as other municipalities consider similar reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union of
B. C. Municipalities
B. C
Kamloops
Major Bell Assigned to Vancouver Post in Soldiers' Reestablishment
Major Bell, assistant director of the Department of Soldiers' Re-establishment at Halifax, transfers to British Columbia with HQ in Vancouver. He succeeds George Dean, effective January 15, and will head the consolidated pensions and re-establishment offices. Bell, wounded and an amputee, has a long overseas record and was popular in Halifax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Major Bell
Department of Soldiers
Halifax
British Columbia
George Dean
Pensions Commissioners
Department O the
Bell
B.C
Kaslo Kootenatan Changes Hands
Jim Grier ends his lease of Kaslo Kootenatan at month end and departs to seek other work. W Power sells the plant to B N Lockwood of Saskatchewan who will publish the paper. The manager plans to relocate and start a job printing shop. Debtors are urged to settle accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Grier
Ie Kaslo
Kootenalan
B. N. Lockwood
Saskatchewan
Diamond Dyes Advertises All-Purpose Fabric Color
Diamond Dyes packages include simple directions for dyeing worn and shabby garments and fabrics of wool silk linen cotton or mixed goods. Buy Diamond Dyes for guaranteed perfect results and ask your druggist for the Color Card.
Italian Committed in Blairmore Murder Case
The adjourned preliminary trial of Jim Zitto, held in Blairmore, heard two new witnesses, George Patton and Mrs. Fred Patton, both Cranbrook residents, who described visits to Mrs. McDonald before her death and details of the night of December 13. The witnesses challenged the claim the shooting was accidental and stated the pocket did not have a hole for a gun. Justice of the Peace Robertson ordered Zitto held at Lethbridge jail to await district court at Macleod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairmore
Jim Zitto
Olive McDonald
George Patton
Fred Patton
Cranbrook
Justice of the Peace
Robertson
Zitto
Lethbridge
Macleod
Appointment Made as Public Works Engineer for B C
Patrick Philip of Vancouver formerly of Kamloops and Lillooet has been appointed public works engineer of British Columbia. He replaces A E Foreman who resigned in December for a higher salaried private post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Philip
Vancouver
Kamloops
Lillooet
British Columbia
J. H. King
Philip
A. E. Foreman
Londonderry
Ireland
Royal University of Ireland
Canada
Grand Trunk Pacific
The
Engineering Institute of Canada
Martyn Reappointed Deputy Minister of Industries
Major Don. B. Martyn, who resigned to run in Dewdney in the last provincial election, has been reappointed deputy minister of industries, per a Victoria provincial secretary announcement last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don. B. Martyn
Dewdney
Victoria
Liberal Retains Grand Forks Seat In Provincial Recount
Judge Brown ruled the recount only assessed ballot validity under the act not voter intent. He trimmed Liberal E. C. Henniger's lead over Conservative John McKie from nine to six after finding 24 of 30 disputed ballots clearly for McKie. An appeal will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Grand Forks
E. C. Henniger
John McKie
McKie
China clay used in chocolate creams and everyday goods
China clay, a harmless ingredient in chocolate creams, is processed from granite-sourced Cornwall pits. It is refined with water to remove impurities, dried into bricks, and used in pottery, glossy printing paper, calico bleaching, and soap fillers though it can substitute fatty acids in soap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
Confessions of a Real Bigamist
A man serving five and a half years in Sing Sing recounts eight marriages, six bigamous, and explains his actions as pursuits of proof of affection. He details each wife, the motive, and reflects on bigamy as a crime and its social harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing Sing
New York
Wilhelmina Christina
Fern
Venus
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Nelson Business College
W. Tyler
P. D. Box
Cranbrook Sash & Door Co., Ltd
Ber
Nuff
Fernie
Fort Steele Brewing Co
Walter Harwood
Fernie, B.C
Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. of Canada Limited
Trail
Tadanac
Divine Service
Rev
R. W. Lee
GS SG Ee
W.a.fergie
Campbell-Manning
Drs. Green & MacKinnon Physicians and Surgeons Office
Armstrong Avenue
Cranbhook
Miles
Hanson Block
Uranbiook
B.O
Rowland King
C. M. Fassett Co., Inc
Wall Street
Spokane
Washington
F. M. MacPherson
Undertaker
Norbury Ave
City Hall
CHAS
Parker Forwarding
Lethbridge and Greenhill Coal Imperial Oil Co
Ti Plane
Cranbrook Farmers Institute
Pam
Women's Institute
Drea
Mia
Constantine
Knights OF
Pythias
Cranbrook, BC
Fraternity
G. Borgstrom, G. C
GO. H. Colling
K. R
Trethren
C. F
KEY City Lodge
Fraternity Hall
Noble Grand
W. F. Johnson
W. M. Harris
John Gard
Kaslo “Kootenatan
Martyn
Liberal
Conemdena
Brie
Bessie May
Mary Lucille
Ethel
Louise Frances
Caroline
Coeur
d’Alene
Ality
Frame
Geo. S. Almas
4Th Ave
Saskatoon
Sask
Montana
Cranbrook Street
Bank of Commerce
Studebaker
Dezall’s
Cranbrook, B.C
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