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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
2
Widdowson offers assay and chemical services with rates for gold silver copper and lead at $1 per unit, higher prices for combinations. Also lists long distance phone 67 and P.O. Box C1108 in Nelson British Columbia with a note on pricing for other metals on application.
News from the District WYCLIFFE reports Rev. B C Curry a Columbian College student and former Kimberley field leader will preach Sunday July 10 at 7 30 p m in the school house. Rev J Curry of Columbian College and former Marysville pastor will preach Sunday July 10 at 3 30 p m. W J Watkin is fixing up Mr Handley’s summer resort at St Marys late for visitors.
Assessment work on two claims near Kingsgate by Gus Kallman J Gibbons and James Mc Neill. A Moyie Cranbrook bartender baseball game planned at Aldridge Park with several features. Desaulnier forest fire north Moyie caused by locomotive spark destroying felled wood worth over $1000. A Hammer aged 83 died at daughter’s home after Sweden visit. Farewell to Mrs J S Webb hosted by Conners with whist prizes. Ontario horses arrive for P Lund the Marysville team plays often. Ontario fruit display contest across three districts and W J Walker of the British American Stock Association tours Alberta Saskatchewan aiming for Vancouver fair exhibits.
The Marysville scene notes a dry season with gopher pests harming crops. School closed for holidays as Mr Webbs class enjoyed recitations and a mouth organ solo. A school picnic on the smelter grounds featured races and a baseball game. New arrivals include Mrs Horman and family moving from Bristol to Marysville.
Robson of Mayook sold his ranch for 5100 dollars. A party of Americans passed through Wardner en route to Canoe river to claim land. Numerous people from Cranbrook Spokane Nelson Edmonton Calgary Elko and Bull River visited or traveled. Elko baseball team visited Wardner. game ended Wardner eleven Elko one.
The Vancouver Exhibition schedules a August 18 convention of British Columbia grocers under the Vancouver Retail Grocers' association. Banquet and exhibition visits follow. Prizes include 200 insect collections injurious to agriculture, weed collections, and a 105 fruit trees offer by Brown Bros. Nurserymen Ltd. Also planned is a wood chopping contest with valuable prizes. "Fighting the Flames" amusements draw crowds across major fairs.
Public notice filed under Part V Water Act 1900s in Cran Brook district for Bull River source. Licence aims to divert 340 cfs at 1.5 miles above Hull River Bridge for power generation with return to Bull River 10 000 feet downstream. Application date set for July 26 1910 with gates pending before Water Commissioner. Riparian interests include Canadian Pacific Railway and Bull River Power Company.
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