Calendar Salesmen Begin City Visitations
Calendar salesmen have commenced their annual visitations in the city with representatives from several well known houses in attendance this week.
19 Jan 1922
Page 6
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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1922
Page
6
Calendar salesmen have commenced their annual visitations in the city with representatives from several well known houses in attendance this week.
Official readings show frigid Cranbrook temperatures with subzero lows of minus nine and minus twenty three, highs around fifteen to sixteen degrees. Wind and conditions unclear but reflect a severe cold spell across the area.
Ocean Falls bulletin reports Dr H F Simmons a dentist from Anyox formerly of Cranbrook and Vancouver died suddenly before the Venture northbound reached Ocean Falls. An inquest will be held. Simmons was a Mason of Greenwood Lodge.
J H Cameron heads to Coast for Medical meetings. W R Gibbs plan Coast trip for Mrs Gibbs health. Oddfellows prepare for Grand Master visit on Feb 21. Mrs Lee improves after serious illness. School staffs return to normal post illness. Rev F W Harrison unveils Great War memorial. Magee house bought for Christ Church Rectory with new minister to move next month. Curlers dance Burns Night at Andortum with pipe band. Hon J H King stops in en route to Ottawa for Liberal caucus. Old country dance praised near Cranbrook. Dr Thomas F Saunders relocates to Abbotsford. Sash & Door Co company men return to Kitchener. plan electric power for sorting table. Silver tea for missions Jan 27. New baby noted at Kingsgate. Jock McDiarmid’s sprained foot improving in Cranbrook. R B Beattie MP discusses East Kootenay seat and King’s cabinet prospects. H K Catway resigns Beattie Catway Ltd manager. A G Blumenauer to take over. Dr Saul Bonnell visits Cranbrook amid Liberals by King situation. Conservatives weighing King by-election stance.
Annie Maria Laurie thanks ratepayers who supported her in the recent civic election and pledges deep appreciation for their backing.
A brief listing notes limited stock of Jap Oranges at $1.10 per box to clear. Fresh head lettuce celery eggs from six to seven per dozen, grapes eight cents per pound. Shipments include liquid veneer mops and polish arriving. Pratt's Poultry Foods regulators chick food and animal regulator advertised.
W J Rateliffe leaves hospital and improves with crutch use as spring comes. H K Oatway, ex Runbrook Drug Co and Beattie Oatway Co Creston, visits Beattie Noble Drug Store in Edmonton. Alberta miners in Claresholm near Hudson's Hope report successful dredging with over $1 per cubic yard gold. development plans to start large scale operations in spring.
Preliminary inquiry in October shows Porcupine and Kirkland mines in Timmins Ontario cutting gold ore via reduction plants at about 2,066,400 tons annually. Estimated bullion production runs to roughly $19,008,000 per year based on $1,584,000 monthly bullion and two months of data from BSI eyelets.
Edmonton report shows Alberta residents rose from 374,663 in 1911 to 681,995 in 1921, an increase of 207,332 people or 55.34 percent over ten years, per a Census Branch bulletin.
Vancouver figures show July to September shipments of wheat and flour from the Columbia River and Puget Sound up 64 percent over 1920. September alone saw Pacific exports to the United Kingdom and continental ports reach 7,843,000 bushels. A major shift in export grain is now moving toward the Orient.
Maple Creek Sask area devoted to winter rye this year totals 1 038 507 acres, up 600 percent from 1920. Farm officials anticipate a further large rise in this year’s crop as planting expands across the province.
A delegation from the U S House of Representatives and Senate arrived in Ottawa to study Canada’s sales tax operation as part of a special inquiry into tax systems.
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