British Columbia in Brief Area and Population Summary
The document outlines British Columbia’s area, population, and fiscals, noting revenue of 247,976 and expenditure of 212,916 for 1906 07 with a prior surplus of 265 265. It details physical features, districts, resources, chief cities, trade and transport, agricultural lands, and immigrant advice. It highlights mountains, rivers, forest wealth, minerals, fisheries, and expanding rail and shipping links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockies
Selkirks
Coast
Island Ranges
British Columbia
North Pacific
Pacific
Colorado
Buen Columbia
Vancouver
Teloni
Comox
Cinanlaniti du Tkio
Kootenay
Wou
Yale
Lillooet
Cariboo
Cresslat
Legislative Assembly
Cumilla
North America
Coal prospects loom in Crow's Nest region says Spokane investor
Andrew Laidlaw of Spokane, director of Imperial Coal and Coke, arrived from Montreal and spoke on future company laws and early shipping once the railroad survey advances. AJL Anderson, visiting from Spokane, plans summer prospecting on Laidlaw holdings in the Elk River area, noting vast coal beds and crowning Crow's Nest as a major western producer in coming years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernie Free Press
Andrew Laidlaw
Spokane
Imperial C & Coke Company
Montreal
Laidlaw
AJL
Anerson
Upper
Elk River
Imperial Coal and Coke Company
Anderson
Rossland
Vancouver Island
Crows Nest
WRECKS ON LAND AND SEA Continued from page one
A vessel named Chehalis was struck by the steel steamer Princess Victoria near Burrard Inlet as tides forced the Chehalis across the barge. The Chehalis broke in two before tug crews could halt the speed of the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Hy
Brice
Grade progress on Kootenay Central sulway line near Nicholson
Four miles of grade on the Kootenay Central sulway are nearly finished with fifty teams at work and five camps along the line. Expectation grows for further progress by September as right of way extends, with paydays and camps described. other notes include a tarantula incident, new station foundations, and local social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kootenay Central Sulway
Nicholson
Hagley Heey
Ote
Torse Creek
Leach
Windermere
Sage Dead in New York at Dear Croft Country Home
Russel Sage died at his Dear Croft estate in Lawrence LL after a sudden heart failure. The financier was famed as a cautious spender and substantial Wall Street figure, with a fortune variously estimated from $25 million to $100 million and a history of major stock options activity. He enjoyed fast roadsters and drove in Central Park, and in later years relinquished daily management though remained financially potent.
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New York
Russel Sage
Crofe
Lawrence
Heath
Mr. Sage
Central Park
Sage
Wall Street
America
Stewart's fresh fruits and furniture bargains dominate Cranbrook ads
Local ads trumpet Patmore Bros tinners and fruit stands at Stewart's with cantaloupes pineapples and blueberries. Furniture sales and showrooms fill pages as residents, travelers like J M Esterbrook and S A Coulton visit, and a gun accident injury to Colin Sinclair’s son is noted with a hospital treatment update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patmore Bros
Stewart's
B. Gallagher
Kimberley
Thesday
S.A. Coulton
Coleman
Ontario
Stewart's Toskay
Regehr
C. C
Delse
Baynes Hike
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Reais
Local Residents Visit and Market Notes from Moyie and Vicinity
Mr and Mrs McMahon of Marysville were in town last Tuesday. George Taylor of Wardner left a flat for Stettler. C S Ege and G Whitehead, Moyie pals, called at the Herald office. J S Mighton displays a silver medal donation by C E Buck for a football room exhibition. J F Adams, ranch owner near Matraville, returned from Vineland with his brother the electrician, to British Columbia, sharing news from Ireland and family interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J) Mighton
S Jo. Bell
Ottawa Fire Insurancee Company
Arnold & Roberts
CCS
JF Adams
Matraville
Vineland
Adams
British Coluumbia
Ireland
Mining News St Eugene Ore Strike Deepens Prospects
The St Eugene mine reports a 2000 foot level ore body with a full face encountered 800 feet from the 200 foot shaft. The company plans concentrator expansion and new machinery, plus deeper sinking, yielding 100 or more new jobs as Moyie rivals Rossland and Phoenix as mining camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohl & Ie
St Eugene
Thais
St. Eugene
Moyie
Rosslind
Phoeninix
Daly to Leave St. Eugene Mine for Idaho Store Post
John Daly, longtime accountant at the St. Eugene mine, will resign next month to head the Poderat Mining company store at Mullen Idaho. BK. O. Kammis will replace him as accountant. Firemen at St Eugene begin eight hour shifts after voluntary company action following prior strike rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Daly
St. Eugene
Daly
Mullen
Idaho
BK. O. Kammis
Mr. Daly
Mogie
St. Eugene Eitreet
Flooded mine halts dividends and treasury stock leak
In a terse exchange one asks about dividends from the gas mine. The reply confirms no dividends yet due to flooding. A question about striking an underground stream is answered with a negative, noting that the last issue of treasury stock burst.
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Treasury
Timber Notice About Lands Near Elkmouth BC 1906
Notice that J MeInnes applies to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a timber licence to cut and carry away timber from a 640 acre block in South East Kootenay. The land is described by a rectangular boundary starting at a post near Elkmouth and dated July 20 1906 in Elkmouth BC.
Tender for Fernie Post Office Building Bid Openings
Sealed tenders for the Fernie British Columbia Post Office building are due by Saturday August 4, 1906. Tenders must use printed forms with signatures and include a 10 percent cheque payable to the Minister of Public Works. The department reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order Fred Gelinas secretary Department of Public Works Ottawa July 12 1906.
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Post Office
Fernie
B.C
BCL
Robert A. Kerr
Il Bank
Minister of Public Works
Fred Gelinas
Department of Public Works
Ottawal
Land Notice for Purchase of 320 Acres in South East Kootenay
Public notice states Harold Darling Wegner of B C will apply sixty days after publication to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works in Victoria for permission to purchase 320 acres described as starting at the northeast corner of lot 325 and running 80 chains east and west and 40 chains south. July 13 1906.
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Toria
British Columbia
Bays
Japan
China
Hawai
Australia
Allan Company
Esquinigh & Nandita Railway
Victoria
Wellington
Vancouver Island
Hunt Grant
Bo & N
Great Northern Railway
Vancouver
Vancouver, Victoria & Master
Westminster
Midway
Prairies
Grant Trind Paville
Port Rupert
Bhilt
Vanvouser
Winnipeg
Cranbrook by law sets hours and guard powers
The Cranbrook City Council enacts By law No. 28 prescribing daily curfew hours from May 1 to Sept 30 and Oct 1 to April 30, allowing police to arrest and hold underage children, with penalties up to 10 dollars plus costs and court processes. It grants constables authority to arrest youths and requires parental attendance pending proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation of the City of
Cranbrook
Anil
Otter Galilis
Seatley
Justice of We Peace
le Apt
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New Westminster
Nanaimo
Rossiani
Golden City
Nelson
Kaslo
Kootenay Lake
Ladysmith
Kamloops
Ashcroft
Revelstoke
West Kootenay
Crows Nest Pass
Grand Forks
Phoenix
Greenwood
Boundary Country
Trail
Fort Steele
Vernon
Armstrong
Enderby
Kelowna
Summerland
Peachland
Princeton
Penticton
Great Britain
Germany
Canada
United States
Hawaiian Islands
South Africa
India
South America
Hawaii
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Pacific Railway
New Zealand
Canadian Pacific
Golden
Canadian Pacific Railway Coast Service
Vic
Coast Range
Lower
Fraser Valley
West Titier District
Eshyiu
Galt
Georg
Mieoun
Okanigan
Thompson
Nicola
Simitwateen
Kettle River
Lillove
Cie Hashian Pacific Railway
Pacis
Chlcotin
Nechaco
Blackwater
Bulkley
Ootsa
Kispyox
Skeetia
Peace River
Vawson
Macoun
Peace River Valley
Kootenay Central
G. W. Donahoe
Liehti
Johnson
Sand Creek
Agent Wilson
Darling
Harold Darling
Marie Barclay
V. Barclay
Clarence Darling
Harold
UE Leer
Tom
Beate & Elwell
Cranbronk
B. C
Canadian Consolidated
Canadian Goldfelds Western OH & Coal
International Coal
Sullivan
North S Rambler Ca
Nicola Coal
Breckenridge & Land
Canada Western OM
North Star
Semson
Choice
Okanagan Fruit
Afl Stewart's
JS. Staples
Wycliffe
J. Kennedy
St. Eugene Hospital
HL Epstein
Calgary
Cosmopolitan
George Wilson
Warder
Tooms
B. J. Riley
Lake Shore
George Pushes
A. C. Stirrett
East Kootenay
Miller
Creston
Cranbrook Register
Fred Becker
Staples Lumber Company
Benjamin Huckle
C. C. Ss
Hil & Co
Colin Sinclair
Gateway
Perry Creek
Wilson
Rey.stman
Jaynes Lake
Alex, Sinclair
Colin Sinchit
Mining News
Corur
Dwalenes
J. MeInnes
Elkmouth
J.C
Jilly
C. MeInnes
Harold Darling. Wegner
Corporation OF the City OF Cranbrook By-Law
Noeers
Prost
County Court of
Huet fRoetenay
Holden
Crantook
Tonsurial
Postative
Chinbreck
Kurtz's
Kurts
Pioneers
Union Mlade Cigas
Parvel
Heipeide
Beattie & Dyas
Poeriy
Leslie Henden Parm Cranbrook
BOC
CPR
Gum Lee
Oph
A. Harvey
Seasvett
St. Michel
A. L. McDermot
Vine Merehgud
Eoe
Armstrong Avenue
R. Lastiri
Prop
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