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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
2
Long Cranbrook history piece highlights Beattie’s drug store founding in 1898, postmaster role, and growth into a major local business. It recalls early Cranbrook life, town development, and the Heberlein process in mining with provincial implications for smelters. Also features a rugby or football match recap with Cranbrook beating Nelson for a trophy after a tense late finish.
A roundup comments on Lethbridge News becoming semi weekly and not as strong as before. Fernia Ledge criticizes Cranbrook city council for adjourning to meet a coal company manager off the council floor. Victoria Times issues an OF Age number with reading material. Calgary Herald launches a province issue on July 1 praising management and Haultain. Fred Bradley praised for Cranbrook fire department work and hose reel prep. Dominion government may overturn the license act against commercial travellers. Herald once predicted Cranbrook as a commercial center. sentiment now echoed.
The Nelson Tribune reports the Heberlein process at Marysville smelter shows decisive success after weeks of operation. It promises $5 per ton savings on certain silver lead ores and potential $4 per ton gains on 60 percent lead concentrates, prompting calls for nationwide adoption to boost Slocan production.
The American Institute of Mining Engineers holds its annual convention in Victoria with 95 delegates arriving for a first business session. A government reception welcomed the delegates as plan for excursions and transfers of defences unfold amid Ottawa orders.
A reflective verse piece extols feminine virtue and sunshine living. It urges daily kindness and selfless acts to brighten others and recalls a mother's enduring influence in childhood and throughout life. It invites readers to test the Sunshine way by helping at home and spreading joy.
Ho Beattie Cranbrook postmaster and partner in Beattie Atchison druggists grew up in Barrie Ontario born 1875 and now in his thirtieth year. He learned drugs in Portage la Prairie and Portage la Prairie then moved to Oak Lake Manitoba taking charge of Dr Wright's drug business before becoming a prominent local figure.
Crandbrook and Nelson played a fast, even lacrosse match before about 1800 spectators. Cranbrook won the decision after a rough game with three suspensions, as Jamieson and Clothier scored for Nelson and Cranbrook answered to a late advantage.
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