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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
2
The Herald seeks community news from towns and people. Readers can send information about town, wine, or residents to help share district happenings.
The piece criticizes Canadian leaders for refusing tin titles and laments BC premier’s choices while accusing the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company of exploiting public funds and authority. It urges provincial independence or government action and hints at oil land openings provoking speculation.
The Marysville Tribune argues Marysville is all right due to a smelter refinery and lead works nearby. It urges business people and residents to publicize the town’s resources to attract capital, jobs, and a steady payroll, claiming Marysville will become a leading district town with strong profits for property owners.
The Herald offers district news, owned by the editor and not by any clique. It is valued at ten dollars and priced at two dollars.
A call for viewing mining as a legitimate, intelligent investment avoiding prejudice from fraud and mismanagement. It contrasts mining with stocks and real estate, urges honest leadership, patience for development, and emphasizes mining as a safe, rewarding option with steady demand for gold.
At the Late Pan Am Ontario secured 20 gold medals 32 silver 31 orange and 89 honorable mentions. New York led in total honors but Ontario earned top marks for wines apples strawberries peaches pears and general fruit displays. The piece notes notable double victories across honey vines and cold storage apples and highlights regional historical preservation efforts in St Thomas and Port Dalhousie.
A series of public notices from 1902 to 1904 announces applications to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for certificates of improvements crown grants and permission to purchase or remove timber. Descriptions cite land parcels along the St Marys river and Crow's Pass railway area in East Kootenay with various lot lines, posts, and chain measurements.
Notice to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a license to cut and carry timber from described lands. Describes parcel starting at a corner post at Lot 325, Group 1, East Kootenay, with lines west 50 chains south 40 chains etc. Dated June 23 102. Lund.
Notice is given that Breckenridge plans to apply to the Chief Commissioner Over Lands and Works for a timber cutting permit. The described tract runs starting at a post marked Breckenridge's Worker, one mile south of the southwest corner of Lorigs Group, then west 80 chains, south 80 chains, east 40 chains, north to the starting point, containing 10 acres. Dated the 20th day of June.
Trail Creek News notes John C Brown of New Yealminster discussing in the Canadian Magazine that British Columbia should have contributed two percent of Dominion revenue since 1871 but has paid more than its share in taxation while receiving less in expenditures. He calls the province a mild cow for the Dominion.
The Marysville Tribune reports a company P R work train arriving midweek. Cranbrook visitor M McInnis toured Marysville while M Durlek attended Fort Steele events. James Ryan from Cranbrook hotel stopped in town. Fred Hazen left for his St Marys area farms. Douglas Lay of North Star mine vacationed at Wasa. Sh S Gore C B arrived to survey C I lands. HK J Peltier G Miner and J P Mink drove from Oranbronk last Saturday.
Public notices from Cranbrook dated 1902 announce applications to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase or cut and carry away timber and land parcels in the South East Kootenay district. Names include Edward Wat, Mary J. Watts, J. Bremsen, M. McKenzie, and related lot descriptions with coordinate chains and boundary points.
Notice states intent to apply to Chief Commissioner of Lands for a special licence to cut timber on described land parcels near Rock Creek and Cranbrook in British Columbia. Dates show 7th June and 2th June with names Neil McPherson and Demorest and references to St Marys River and Crows Nest Pass rail line.
Notices from the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and the Mining Recorder in East Kootenay calling sixty day periods to apply for certificates of improvements and for permission to purchase described mineral lands along the St Marys river and Crow’s Nest Pass railway corridor, detailing claim names, locations, and boundary measurements.
A private letter from Toronto recounts Joe Martin addressing Vancouver club members during the Duke of York’s royal visit. Martin quips that the duke “doesn’t talk English the way you fellows talk English,” suggesting his accent challenges local fashion.
A cryptic query questions where rule hours and house items are kept. The speaker asks for location details of household rules and daily schedules in a terse, pointed tone of domestic exchange.
The document records an application dated June 1002 to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase described lands in East Kootenay and to obtain a timber license. It names D WA Breckenridge and D W Erickson as applicants with boundary details and dates, stating a 30 day notice period after date.
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