Mining in Kootenays Promises Unusual Activity
Alderman Frank 3 Woodside, president of the 1.C. Chamber of Mines, reports at Nelson that mining in the Kootenays is reviving. He notes rapid progress at the Nip and Tuck properties near Windermere with substantial ore blocked out and first shipment anticipated to Trail Smelter in a matter of weeks.
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Kootenay
Vancouver
Ald
Frank 3. Woodside
1.C. Chamber of Mines
International Mining Association
Nelson
Ald. Woodside
Windermere
Trail Smelter
Stock improvement train sows progress through Manitoba
Winnipeg notices a Canadian Pacific Railway stock improvement train touring Manitoba under provincial Department of Agriculture direction. The train, donated by the railway, carries an officer, lecturers, moving pictures, and a specially fitted refrigerator car to display dressed beef and other produce.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Province of
Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
Tve
Provincial liquor profits shared with municipalities
Victoria. The Hon. John Hart announces the second division of profits under the Liquor Act. Sixty two municipalities share 600,021.27 in net profits for six months ending March 31 1922, Vancouver receiving 171,779.41 and Victoria 57,044.49. A total of 1,772,971.21 in profits has been distributed since 1921 with 172,929.05 in reserve after allocations to the Liquor Board.
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Victoria
John Hart
Pinunce
Hart
Amicus
Vancouver
South Vancouver
Point Grey
Liquor Board
Liquor Control Act
Ault the Victorious Loses Out in Game with White Spruce
White Spruce overwhelms Ault in an eight inning rally, scoring ten runs on three-baggers and errors to topple the previously undefeated Ferrie club 16 to 14. Fernie leads early with eight. Spruce ties in third. seven batters faced Ault in eighth before Wilson closes the inning. Fernie held scoreless in ninth as the chaos ends.
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Fernie
Aul
Feds
Pernie
Spice
Spruce
Bishop
Iather
Ault
B. Wilson
Barber
Wilson
Zvith
Vagrants in Fernie Reported to Police as Liquor Board Investigators
Three men spent about a week in Fernie without visible means of support and were jailed on vagrancy charges. They claimed to be undercover investigators for the Liquor Control Board assessing illegal liquor sales and other liquor issues. The vagrancy charges were dropped and the men left for Vancouver by the GN train, saying they would file Liquor Act complaints against several hotel proprietors in a few weeks.
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Fernie Free Press
Liquor Control Board
Vancouver
Flying cabinet minister uses seaplane on duties
The first Canadian cabinet minister to use aircraft for official tasks is Hon. Mr Pattie, Minister of Lands of British Columbia. He departed on a seaplane trip visiting Vancouver Island and the Mainland coast. Seaplanes are now an essential part of the province s forest protection system, greatly saving travel time for its chief officers.
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Canada
Pattlle
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Camp Lister Man Brain Dies After Hospital Stay
A. W. Brain, an early Lister resident and former head of the School Board, died at his Creston home after a six month hospital illness due to lead poisoning contracted last fall. He came to Lister in 1919 from the Coast, previously in Vancouver, and was survived by his wife and four children. His funeral was held Wednesday at Creston cemetery with Rev. Knox officiating.
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Lister
Creston Review
A. W. Brain
Aid
Cranbrook
Mr Brain
Lidev
Tie Coast
Vancouver
Creston
Res G Knox
Wis
Teline
Lister Comemunity
Chattman
Mount Forest
Galt
Preservation drive for C P R station in Guelph area
The Guelph civic improvement committee proposes action to preserve the old C P R station building at Woolwich Street, the city’s first house, now deteriorating, with plans for improvements to save the historic structure.
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Guelph
Woolwich Street
Civic Improvement Committee of
Creston Rod and Gun Club to Start Trap Shooting
The Creston Rod and Gun Club plans a trap shooting program funded by a $5 sign up from interested members. Money will buy ammunition and clay birds, with $6 worth provided per contributor when supplies arrive. Grounds will be ready in about ten days for a return match with Cranbrook on opening day. The club will circulate a petition to close Goat River fishing from the Canyon to Kitchener for two years, while Fishery Inspector Robinson aims to stock the river with fry.
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Creston Rod and Gun Club
Cranbrook
Creston
Canyon
Kitchener
Robinson
Windermere Week Events Outline at Hudson's Bay Fort
An outline of Windermere Week lists events from August 30 to September 4. Highlights include the opening of the Hudson's Bay Fort in honor of David Thompson with an Indian Pageant and reception, dancing, golf, tennis, aquatic sports, a grand ball, the Windermere District Fall Fair, a baseball game Indians versus Whites, and a stampede with Indian and horse races.
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Hudson's Bay
David Thompson
Fort
Palliser Hotel
Windermere District
Windermere
Unclear framed court notices mix with railway appointments
The report blends a county court note on alleged trespass on C P R tracks and youths under sixteen with Montreal and Chicago railway staffing changes at Canadian Pacific. It also covers the Canadian Manufacturers Convention at St Andrews by the Sea, praising the meeting places, delegates, and social events during a week of sessions.
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Chathim
Unurto
Sununoio
C. PR
County Vale Court
Ciouegt
Informatins
C. Plr
Harwich
St. Andrews-by-the-Sea
N.B
Algonquin
Ivaty's Cove
District to star in new Timber production at Perry Creek
A Mayo Studios unit from Los Angeles is filming Timber in the Perry Creek district on lease of Mrs Burge’s Perry Creek Hotel. The crew, led by Voschel, praises the scenery and plans scenes possibly at Munro Lake and Wycliffe with a large on site staff. A tunnel collapse blocked eastward traffic yesterday, but mail service resumed this morning.
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Mayo Studios
Los Angeles
First National Company
Perry Creek
Munro Lake
Wycliffe
Voschel
Bull River
Fernie Free Press
Westminster Harbor Board Secures Dominion Lease for Poplar Island
New Westminster reports that the Westminster Harbor Board secured from the Dominion Government a lease of Poplar Island on the Fraser River near here. The island covers about twenty eight acres and is to be divided into industrial sites.
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New Westminster
B.C
the Westminster Harbor Board
Poplar Island
Fraser River
The Cigarette Menace Warns Forest Risk Ahead
A Canadian forest ranger tested cigarette danger by dropping twenty lit cigarettes along a mile of peat trail. Nineteen started small fires, all quickly extinguished, in a dry peat region. The finding highlights how careless disposal causes forest fires this year.
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Canadian Forestry Association
Canada
South Fork pulp proposition urged by well informed rumors
A report in the Fertile Free Press says American capitalists recently inspected the South Fork district and believe the pulp project will proceed. The story notes rumors of the undertaking advancing, fueled by the visitors’ visit and ensuing circulation.
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South Fork
Fertle Free Press
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