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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
2
The Victoria Supreme Court last week awarded Premier Oliver twenty five cents in his libel action against R. T. Wilcott, framed as vindication from Elliott telegram suspicions rather than the claimed 50 thousand dollars. Costs are being argued this week, with each side likely bearing its own.
Prohibition speakers present clear cut arguments urging tighter enforcement of current law and a future bone dry plebiscite next year. They oppose government sales in sealed packages as a backward step in temperance policy. Moderationists push a contrasting view amid the campaign’s heated rhetoric.
The article contrasts Canadian views on party organization with United States practice, arguing primaries purport to reflect voter will but often fail. It cites the Chicago Republican convention, noting Wood, Lowden, and Johnson led in primaries yet won no nomination, while old political managers ultimately dictated the result.
An overview of how the Eastern Townships near Montreal came to be settled. It notes English-speaking dominance, later French-speaking settlers, and land grants given to leaders who recruited colonists from the United States after divisions of Upper and Lower Canada. It mentions postwar rewards under Sir Gordon Drummond and the resulting large landholdings affecting settlement.
The Kamloops Standard Sentinel notes Bowser’s BC tour boosts Tory hopes as Victoria’s Liberal government faces backlash amid economic strain. Prohibition critics blame labor unrest on national policy while Northwest Mining Truth urges reform to restore worker rights and curb class hostility, warning against force or purges. The Cranbrook Herald promotes local business sales.
The Cranbrook Herald notes the Royal is constructing a two storey addition to keep pace with its rapidly growing business. An artist in a plug hat wandered Cranbrook streets Sunday drawing no provocation. Cranbrook Gun Club and Fernie club played a match on the flats. the score remains unpublished with a home team member remarking Pornie’s shooting was poor but Cranbrook’s was outrageous.
Invermere B C July 8 Special to the Herald The District Stockbreeders Association voted to hold the second district Stock and Poultry Show between the first and tenth of November. Members pledged to push strict enforcement of the Animals Act requiring cattle on the open range to have a bull of good beef type.
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