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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 21, 1904
Page
2
The Cranbrook Herald editors discuss Duncan Ross as Liberal nominee for Yale Cariboo, praise Billy Galliher, critique party partisanship, and urge a news culture free of coloring. They question election timing, note BC Socialists' troubles, and reference lumber and mining topics while urging honest reporting and local progress.
The Herald boasts the district's largest circulation and argues moving government offices to Fernie is a mistake Fernie is not central enough The piece questions a young barrister's political ambitions and praises D B Bogle for launching the weekly Pruth in Victoria If he writes as his paper’s name promises he may wake the Capital’s sleepy citizens.
The Victoria estimates tabled this afternoon show a net expenditure cut of about $50,000 from 1903. Public debt rises sharply, civil government salaries and justice administration fall, education and transportation rise slightly, and public works drop. Regional allocations include Cariboo and Lillooet receiving $10,000 each, with additional road and bridge projects across several districts. The British Columbia budget also notes no provision for Nelson and Rossland as they are now city constituencies.
The Canadian Bank of Commerce held its thirty seventh annual meeting on January 12. Hon. Geo A Cox chaired as President. Directors presented the Amal Report for year ending November 30 1908 with assets liabilities and profits. The bank reports transfer of Halifax Banking Company assets, new branches opened across Canada, and closure of Lockeport and Sandon offices.
Public notices dated 1903 announce timber licenses and land offers in East Kootenay. Proposals include special licenses to extract timber near the St Mary River and lands around Victoria, with applicants like Ethel Baker, Beattie and King seeking permits or purchases in Lot 2, Group 1 and various nearby stakes.
The annual bank meeting approved reports and thanked executives. Directors were elected with Hon Geo Ay Cox and Robert Kilgour named among the slate, and Geo A Cox elected President with Kilgour as Vice President.
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