Rooseville Valley Dispatch Highlights Local Goings On
In Invermere BC on January 22 1914 Bright Correspondents report a busy Rooseville Valley scene. Notes include Jim Thistlebook withdrawing a reward for Harry Abrahams, Elko water project talks, local visitors and a painter capturing Kootenay River views. Two major items: CPR plans to finish the Kootenay Central branch this year and MP R F Green seeks two riding MPs and funds to improve the Golden to district telephone line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Invermera
B.C
G. J. Burt
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kootenay Central
Kootenay-Columbia River
Crow's Nest Pass
Windermere District to Hold Annual Meeting and Curling Bonspiel
Windermere District Board of Trade calls members to annual meeting on Friday February 6 at 2 PM to review year’s affairs and elect 1914 officers. The district extends across the Windermere Mining Division over eighty by forty miles with growing population and upcoming Kootenay Central Railway. A new covered rink at Athalmer opened with a large curling bonspiel directed by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club of Scotland, featuring rinks from Golden and local villages. prizes were numerous and varied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windermere District Board of Trade
Windermere
Kootenay Central Railway
Canadian Pacific
Columbia Kootenay
Crow's Nest Pass
Athalmer
Royal Caledonian Curling Club of Scotland
Invermere
B.C
Golden
Warnings on near collision amid G N R freight and passenger traffic
Last Wednesday a northbound freight and a southbound passenger train passed within thirty feet near the G N R. In Baker's Hall the Anglican annual meeting appointed two wardens Mr Little and Dr Saunders and vestrymen Mr J Dands and Rev King. The group discussed a joint Waldo Baynes church site but found no agreement. Graveyard fencing at Raynes raised a community issue with local lumber firms likely to donate materials. funds needed for labor. Rev EB S Brice to conduct Sunday service in Baker Hall. Mr Robertson of Baker Lumber Co. visited town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker's Hall
Mr Little
Saunders
J Dands
Rev. King
Waldo and
Baynes
Raynes
Pyne
Waldo
Vestry Meeting At St Andrew's Wycliffe
The annual general Vestry of the Anglican Church in Wycliffe and district met Tuesday January 27 at St Andrew's Church. Rev A B Lane chaired the session with good attendance. Chester Staples elected delegate to Synod Heath substitute and churchwardens sidesmen and auditor chosen. After reports the meeting closed with a social at Mrs Dickson's featuring games music and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wycliffe, B.C
Wycliffe and
St.Andrew's Church
A. B. Lane
Chester Staples
Heath
For Sale Cheap Power Engine and Woodworking Tools
Portable ten horse power engine and boiler with circular saw and dredge saw offered for sale. Suitable for wood cutting and processing. Inquire at J. H. Hayes Fort Steck British Columbia 14.
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J. H. Hayes
Fort Steck
B.C
This Woman Knows D. D. D. Cures Skin Troubles
A Toronto woman claims D D D relieved severe skin disease after a painful birth and sleepless weeks. She says a bottle eased nightly itching, with leg sores shrinking and full recovery near. Beattie Murphy Co offers D D D products with a money refund guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Tom
Beattie Murphy Co
Pruning Schools Offer Training for Cranbrook District Growers
Department of Agriculture will run pruning schools at multiple points this winter with a trained instructor paid by the department. Local bodies must guarantee a minimum of eight pupils, with fees of two dollars for twelve lessons over five days, in rooms provided by the local organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert HL. Webb
Farmers’ Institute
Cranbrook
Department of Agriculture
Rossland Winter Carnival Plans Feature Fast Hockey
Rossland’s Seventeenth Winter Carnival runs February 2 to 6 with top interior teams in senior, intermediate and junior hockey competing for large prizes. Boundary-West Kootenay League rules apply along with social events such as horse racing, log cutting and tobogganing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossland
British Columbia
Parisian Sage Hair Tonic Promises Quick Restorations
A renowned scientist’s discovery leads to Parisian Sage as a celebrated hair dressing. The tonic claims to stop shedding and dandruff by killing germs at the roots, restore life and beauty in two weeks, with Beattie Murphy Co. guaranteeing results or refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattie Murphy, Co., Ltd
Lipton to Exhibit Tea Garden at San Diego Exposition
Sir Thomas Lipton plans a Ceylonese tea garden exhibit at the San Diego Exposition of 1915. He will ship mature tea plants from Ceylon for a two acre plantation on the grounds and display the full tea production process with Ceylonese workers serving tea in the garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Sir Thomas Lipton
Thomas
Chicama
United States of America
Ceylon
Sir Thomas
Exposition
San Diego Exposition
Free prescription promises quick male virility cure
A sensational 1900s style ad claims a doctor devised a single “prescription” that cures nervous debility and weakened manhood at home. It offers to mail a free copy in a plain envelope from Interstate Remedy to Detroit readers who request it, asserting rapid restoration without drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear
Detroit
Mich
Barr seeks water license for Lewis Creek industrial use
Harry Washington Barr of Wasa British Columbia applies for a license to take six cubic feet per second from Lewis Creek for industrial use on Lot 1266. Water would be diverted about 400 feet upstream from the west line of the lot. Objections may be filed with the Water Recorder in Fernie or with the Comptroller of Water Rights in Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Washington Barr
Wasa
B.C
East Kootenay District
Lewis Creek
Rocky Mountains
Kootenay River
Water Recorder
Fernie
Comptroller of Water Rights
Parliament Buildings
Victoria
Sage Creek Oil seeks license to prospect coal and petroleum
Sage Creek Oil Company Limited announces plans to apply for a prospecting license over described lands in the South East Kootenay District. The action, dated December 15, 1913, notes a starting post near Lot 8592 Block 4593 and outlines a traverse of 50 chains east, 80 north, 40 west, 80 south to the starting point, authorized by agent 0 A Benson.
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Sage Creek Oil Company, Limited
Sage Creek Oil Company, Ltd
A. Benson
C. A. Benson
Land description for coal and petroleum lease deed
Commencing at a post about one mile north of the northwest corner of Lot 10069 in Block 4593 and following the described boundaries 80 chains east north west and south to the starting point. Dated 15 December 1913 by C A Benson, Agent.
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ELKO
Fred Roe
Rooseville Valley
Jim Thistlebook
Harry Abrahams
Finley Robson
Western Canada
Spokane
Elko and District
Elko Water, Power and Light Co
Elk Hotel
California
Norman Gardner
Flagstone
Kootenay
Bure
Gold Creek
Charlie Klingensmith
Charlie
Mexico
Geo. Ross
Elko Blacksmith and Carriage Works
DS. Lewis
Emerson Moore
Caithness
High
England
Sir Richard McBride
Carnegie
A. J. Mott
Jim Thistlebeak
Rocnville Times
Plains
Netty Terrace
T. H. Hardman
Baynes Lake
Mrs. Palmer of
Krag
Thompson
Bill
Dan
FE. Williams
Wycliffe
Otis Staples Lumber Co
Newcastle
R. F. Green
Federal House
Ottawa
H. H. Ross
Winnipeg
EB. S. Brice
Baker Hall
Robertson
The
Baker Lumber Co
D.D.D
Cranbrook-Fernie Farmers' Institut
Cranbrook-Fernie
G. A. Laffesey
IL. B. Crow
Rossland's
Newpeene Spanne
Propriet
Raymond P. Kelley
Jones Bldg
Lipton
Bury
Cottage Grove Ave
Cottage Grove Ave, Cheuma—Cruaranteed
Beattie-Murphy Co., Ltd
Herald
East Kootenay
C. F. Nidd
Methodist Church
Btudio
Joe Marapodi
the Home Bakery
Bosget
Norbay Ave
City Hall
Neal Institute
Cranbrook B. C
P. O
General Nursing
E. Bent
Coryrichts &c
Coe
Scientific J American
Mely Anion G & Ce
Il Cason
ACT
South East
Kootenay District
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