Town Happenings Highlight Visits and Dominion Day Activities
Mrs Bryant and two children arrived from the Old Country while Mrs R A Smith and son George toured Kimberley last Tuesday. Numerous locals and visitors attended dances and picnics at Aldridge Moyle Cranbrook and Kimberley for Dominion Day. The Rocky Mountain Ramblers perform on the 11th. others swam, toured, or registered at the Cameron House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Smith
George
Kimberley
Cameron
Cranbrook
Mrs. Taylor
Aldridge
Wardner and Cranbrook Junior Baseball Feud Persists
Wardner notes recount a sequence of games between Wardner and Cranbrook juniors with mixed results. Harold Anderson pitched for Wardner while Bull River provided fielding, and Ben Embree umpired. A seven inning scrimmage among married men and kids entertained crowds, and plans emerged for Wardner to host Cranbrook juniors next, with a Wednesday game in Cranbrook and a Wardner-Wycliffe league finale. Wardner residents traveled for celebrations and visits as players and families joined in town activities and upcoming football challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Anderson
Holman
Douglas
Bull River
Ben Embree
Wardner
Ward
John A. Lawson
Studebaker
Cranbrook
Angus McRae
Fernie
Great Falls
Mont
Anderson Boys
Bill Magame
Big Sand Creek
Antica
Reed
Dow
Wycliffe
King endorses full reimbursement to Home Bank victims
The Hon. Dr. King urged approval of a plan to compensate depositors facing losses from the 1916 to 1918 Home Bank disasters. He argued past hardships endured by Eastern and European communities, Fernie mining blasts, and epidemics, and supported a $5,450,000 compromise as fair relief to claimants while stressing no precedent for future wartime conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. King
King
Maritimes
Old Country
Scotland
Wales
Europe
Fernie
Canada
Farmers’ Bank
Calgary
Shaw
East Kootenay
Government of Canada
Parliament
Banff to Golden Road Due in Fall of 1926
The Nine mile stretch from Lake Louise to Field B C is underway as plans set the Field to Golden highway to open in fall 1926. Chief engineer J M Wardle notes the Banff Lake Louise Field run covers 94 miles with direct Cranbrook access from Golden and Invermere connections. The project promises a scenic motor tour through Yoho Valley noted for Canadian Rockies grandeur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Louise
Field
B.C
J. M. Wardle
Canadian National Parks
Yoho
Canadian Rockies
Field-Golden
Banff
Golden
Golden South
Cranbrook
Invermere
Banff-Invermers
Golden Highway Opens Reaches Banff Field Route
Route details show a 104 mile travel option with a new Golden highway and Windermere route to Invermere. Nine and a half miles of the old Banff Field grade are ready with repairs to finish by fall. Field to Golden covers 36 miles, including Yoho Valley park, while BC government builds the remainder. Nine miles east from Golden already done. six more miles let by contract immediately at 25 000 to 30 000 dollars per mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden
Windermere
Invermere
Wardle
Banff
Field
Yoho Valley Park
B.C
Golden East
This Week 22 by Arthur Brisbane and Riches Debate
A collection of opinion notes and snippets including claims Europe owes the U S vast sums, cancer control optimism, a Canadian essay prize on electricity, prohibition era drinking, Arctic flight comparisons, food opinions, and a tragic New York suicide linked to a divorce.
Road link to Golden area set for 1926 completion
The Yoho Valley park contract is expected to be let this year with work starting on part of it. The Banff to Golden run should finish by fall 1926. A mountain side highway 400 feet above the Kicking Horse river offers scenic routes for tourists, while the Golden to Cranbrook stretch is ready for heavy traffic once the eastern link reaches Golden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoho Valley Park
Golden
Banff
Golden J
Kicking Horse
Cranbrook
Prizes Awarded at Invermere School Closing
Special to the Herald Invermere British Columbia July 4 prizes won and awarded by the children under Miss E M Brookes at closing exercises June 30. Essay prize native sons of Canada Jessie Frater Two Heroines of Canada. Senior division Jessie Frater Barbara Scott 80 percent for year. Junior division Barbara Scott Jenny Weir Ong Moon Wai James Frater Georgie Sime Esmond Taylor Jenny Weir. Certificates Proficiency Ong Bin Nam Department Norah Tompkins Punctuality and Regularity Barbara Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Invermere
B.C
E. M. Brookes
Native Sons of Canada
Jessie Frater
Canada
George A. Bennett
Barbara Scott
Jenny Weir
Ong Moon Wai
James Frater
R.randolph Bruce
Georgie Sime
IR. Randolph Bruce
Esmond Taylor
Miss Brookes
Ong bin Nam
Norah Tompkins
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James Whitehead
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Sadie Whitehead
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Thomas Rader
Madie Rader
Axel Rudberg
Albert Paeper
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Nelson Smith
Jack Martin
Mamie Farrell
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Mr. McKay
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Roy Burch
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Bert Lang
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Vera Baxter
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L, M, Slye
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Theo
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Rollie
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Elmer Thompson
Gibb
Fuller Brush Co
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Saskatoon
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Roy Barrows
Corson Anderson
Warland
Montana
Mrs. A. Anderson
Section
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Ff Peebles Ee
J. F, Scott
Cranbrook Drug & Book Co
Alex
Big Butte Dairy Farm
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Yohe National Park
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