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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1916
Page
2
The Cranbrook Herald reports summer vandalism with broken windows in vacant houses and gardens robbed or damaged. Landlords faced costs, including about 70 dollars to replace windows. Police urge parent and teacher cooperation to curb damage and conserve glass during wartime shortages.
The Cranbrook District spans agriculture, mining and lumbering, with mining payrolls like Fernie’s proposed to stimulate local economies. It notes thousands have flowed into boosted real estate and distant ventures, urging home financing for a promising gold ore project with wide, high value ledges and potential milling plant development after deeper exploration.
The text describes many parallel quartz lodges carrying gold in Perry Creek, extending over long distances with signs of permanence. It suggests capital is hard to attract, but spending ten thousand dollars could reach 500 feet depth, potentially supporting a mill and triggering multiple company developments in a large camp.
Cranbrook unveiled a new brass band at the Women's Institute meeting on Tuesday night. Fourteen players, mostly boys trained by Handmaster RoW. Russell, impressed. the group has no fundraising appeal yet and has incurred a small debt for music. Citizens are urged to support the band to keep it alive and help enliven the town.
Telegraph reports from the Minister of Lands describe grave fire conditions across multiple districts. Sixty fires have been reported with twenty still burning, millions of feet of timber lost at Stuart River and Alesa Lake, and rains expected to curb blazes.
Webb maintains a neat, well cultivated plot with vegetables and edge flowers. Warren Bowness’s plot could not be viewed as it was outside the city, so his name was crossed off. Isabelle Parker’s distant plot requires watering and weeding but shows sturdy plants. The committee praises the home garden plan for children and expects more competitors next year to beautify Cranbrook.
A Vancouver letter writer denounces the Referendum Bill as a farce from a Prohibitionist view. He argues the act enables unlimited liquor imports, weakens licensing controls, and lacks enforcement, urging readers to oppose the measure and support stricter regulation. The piece cites telegrams and critiques Victoria leaders and Premier Howser. Vancouver, June 3, 1916.
A committee of Mrs Fenton Mrs Palmer and Mrs Russel from the Women's Institute, driven by Otto Gill, visited homes in the Home Gardens contest. They noted Russel Leask’s flooded plot, Joe Stojack’s waterless but sturdy nearby garden, Elizabeth Chapman’s flowering plot, Ray Scott’s vigorous vegetable bed, Walter Laurie’s flowers, and Connie Bassett’s tiny yet varied plot. Albert
The ad promotes D D D Prescription for eczema and other skin diseases. It asserts instant soothing relief from wintergreen thymol and glycerine oils in liquid form that reach the pores. It promises a money back guarantee if the first bottle does not relieve the itch and highlights ongoing doctor usage and skin care claims.
The City of Cranbrook adopts a by-law to borrow 6000 dollars by debentures to purchase and equip St. Marys School House for high school use. Debentures bear interest at 6 percent, due over 20 years. Annual rates will raise 223.30 for principal and 360 for interest on all rateable property. Readings completed July 4 1916 with notice of vote July 21 1916 at municipal building.
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