Prominent Engineer Eyes Flathead Oil Boom
W F H Ferris, long time government blasting chief in Panama Canal work, returns to Spokane from a Flathead field visit and vows to resign in Alaska to back Flathead Petroleum stock. He cites 22 years of geology experience and calls the Flathead Valley the world’s most promising oil field with perfect contact and sand rock lay along Sage Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. H. Ferris
Panama Canal
Culebra Cut
Gamboa Dyke
Spokane
Spokesman-Review
Flathead
Alaska
Beaumont Oil Flelda
Texas
Hocking Valley
Oho
Indiana
Ferris
Pearson Bros
Tampico
Mexico
Flathead Valley
Sage Creek
Flathead Petroleum Company
Flathead Field
Rev Keith of Red Deer visits Cranbrook
Rev N D Keith president of Alberta Ladies College Red Deer visits Cranbrook to speak at Knox church on the colleges work and preach twice. He also calls on the Cranbrook Herald. The college offers public and high school work to junior matriculation with music art household science and a full commercial course and room for seventy five residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Keith
Alberta Ladies College
Red Deer
Cranbrook
Knox Church
Thomson
Keith
The
Herald
Alberta Ladies’ College
British Columbia Sunday School Convention in Nelson
The British Columbia Sunday School association plans a three day convention in Nelson on October 21 22 and 23 with Rev W William won as provincial general secretary and W C Pearce and Mrs Mary Foster Bryner among the featured speakers Additions include Rev George T Pratt and J Robson with attendance expected from Sunday schools in the Kootenay Boundary and Slocan districts The gathering aims to be a profitable event for all involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia Sunday School Association
Nelson
W. William Won
W. C Pearce
Mra
Mary Foster Bryner
International Association
George T. Pratt
Seattle
Alsoassist
J. ©. Robson
Kootenay
Boundary
Slocan
Cranbrook Ball Team to Play Wardner Sunday
The Cranbrook ball team will journey to Wardner by auto on Sunday to play the Wardner baseball nine. A good number of rooters is hoped to accompany the boys as Wardner has a strong team. Cranbrook fields a fast aggregation, promising a good game. Chas Pye, recently in Calgary, is here a few days and expects to return soon to Calgary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Wardner
Chas. Pye
Calgary
Hoe
Kootenay Central
Falling Tree Kills Passerby at Bull River Trail
An unknown man about 40 was killed instantly near C P R camp 12 Bull River valley when a dead tree lodged against another and dropped as he walked by. Dr Bell of Cran Brook conducted the inquest finding death accidental. Remains sent to Fernie for burial. friends or relatives sought. No identifications available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull River
C.P.R. Camp No. 12
Bull River Valley
Malcolm Ferguson
Ferguson
Bell
Cranbrook
Fernie
Potatoes Competition Attracts 200 Boys And Girls
A letter from J C Ready of the department of agriculture announces over two hundred boys and girls entered the potato competition in the province. Prizes include purple ribbon badges and prizes for calves and sewing machines. Judges will visit plots soon. participants are reminded to tend their plots during dry weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
J, C
iC P R MAKES MANY CHANGES AT LETHBRIDGE DIVISION
iC P R announces major realignment of its operating department. The Cranbrook division loses territory to the new Lethbridge division including eastern Macleod Calgary areas. staff transfers follow with Aldersyde to Calgary and Watson Hall moved to Edmonton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge
Cranbrook
Crows Nest
C.P.R
Macleod
Calgary
Aldersyde
Ranbrook
Kootenay Central
Medal dispute over education awards in 1913
The Minister of Education announced that governor-general's bronze medals went to towns with the most passes in entrance examinations. In Nanaimo 32 of 79 passed with the top score 666, yet a medal. Cranbrook had 15 of 19 pass with top 780 but no medal. Fernie all passed with top 744 but no medal. The Colonist argues medals reward volume of passes, not results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanaimo
Cranbrook
Fernie
War Clouds Over Europe as Austria Attacks Belgrade
A Vienna dispatch reports Belgrade fell to Austrian troops after a heavy bombardment, raising fears of a European-wide conflagration. Mobilizations spread across Russia and Germany, with alarms of a broader war as Britain, France, Italy, and others prepare for possible hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vienna
Exchange Telegraph Company
Belgrade
Austria
Russia
St. Petersburg
Tennis Club Holds Tournament at Cranbrook
The Cranbrook Tennis Club hosts a local tournament with a detailed draw and handicaps across men's singles and doubles, ladies singles and doubles, and mixed doubles. Notable pairings include Mackersy with McIllwaine and Mecredy with Fairbairn facing Green and Beale, plus several byes and scratches in early rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook Tennis Club
Tennis club results show players advancing by byes and scores
The results list byes for McEwen and Mrs Halgull as well as Hicks and A N Other, with Beale and Mish Greene also advancing by bye. Completed matches include Mecredy defeating Rumsey 30 to 16 and 6-1 6-2, and Fairbairn beating Hicks by 40 to 6-0 6-1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Mackersy
J. W. Wilson
C. R. Newton
Phillips
H. McKlwaine
McCreery
A. Fairbairn
H. B. Hicka
A. G. Shatford
J. McEwen
G. McCreery
Rumney
M. A. Heale
H. H. Bourne
Mins Mecredy
Mra. Miller
Mrs. Halsall
Miss Peterson
Miss Erickson
Miss Pye
Miss Christie
Miss Banwell
Miss McCreery
Mackersy
McIllwaine
Wilson
Mccreey
McEwen
Mrs. Halgull
Hicks
A. N
Beale
Mish Greene
Mecredy
Rumsey
Fairbairn
Police Court Report On Local Drunkenness and Wages Suit
Pyes and Ket White were charged with being drunk and disorderly and fined fifteen lugs at hard labor by Magistrate Arnold. George McLocklin faced an initial charge and was fined $1.00 plus costs of ten days. A wage suit by Messrs Jones and Wann against J Kenny for $6.25 and $19.00 respectively was heard. the court ordered payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Pyes
Ket White
Dieukchy
Warn
Arpuld
George McLocklin
I and i
J. Kenny
Messrs. Jones
Wann
Arnold
Redistribution Commission Notice for August 4 1914
Notice states no meeting will be held on Tuesday August 4 1914 at 10 am at the Government Office before British Columbia redistribution commissioners. Adds local notes of Mrs. Annie McFarlane funeral and a brief obituary verse by EB Grey. Also mentions Mrs C R Heath visiting and F M Macpherson traveling to Medicine Hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Annie McFarlane
Methodist Sunday School Picnic Delights Local Children
A large Methodist church Sunday School picnic drew a crowd of mainly children on Wednesday afternoon. About a dozen cars ferried youngsters to the grounds used previously by the Presbyterian church. The day featured baseball, cricket, cold drinks, a fine picnic supper, sports and races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Town Topics and Local Moves Highlight Busy Day
J W Robinson arrived from Calgary to tend business interests while Miss Alice C Pye departs for Spokane for a month long visit and later resume millinery classes. Mrs F J Deane returns from Spokane after eye surgery and Tom Hedigan comes back from Bull River with samples from the Steeple Queen mine owned by T Conrad A D Cameron and Hedigan. The Steeple Queen property shows lead prospects and lies about miles from Hull River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice C. Pye
Spokane
Millisie
Tom Hedigan
Bull River
T. Conrad
A. D. Cameron
Mr. Hedigan
Hull River
Lumbermen to Have Conference in British Columbia
Victoria July 27 Arrangements have been made by R F Green M P for Kootenay for a conference between the lumbering interests of British Columbia and Sir George Foster minister of trade and commerce during the ministers forthcoming visit to the province. Conditions affecting the lumbering industry have been unsatisfactory with a low financial mood causing a curtailment of orders from the prairie provinces as building operations cease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B.C
R. F. Green
M.P
Kootenay
British Columbia
George Foster
Dominions Royal Commission
Prairie Provinces
MME CATILLAUX FOUND NOT GUILTY ACQUITTAL AFTER TRIAL
Paris July 29 Mme Henrietta Caillaux was acquitted by a jury in the court of assize of the murder charge tied to Gaston Calmette. The verdict came after 60 minutes of deliberation triggering a wild tumult as Caillaux embraced her counsel and spectators clashed with barristers and guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mme
Henrietta ‘Alllaux
Court of Assize
Gaston Calmette
Caillaux
Maitre Aibort
Labori
Chenu
Almette
Mme. Calliaux
Cranbrook Saddlery Co announces stock ready and cash sales
Open announcement from Cranbrook Saddlery Co Ltd states stock is arranged and ready to handle orders promptly. It notes cash only sales with lower prices for patrons, a modern repair department, and a large range of trunks and bags. Manager Arthur A Botsford invites showing stock at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cranbrook Saddlery Co., Ltd
Arthur A. Botsford
Watts enters political scene challenging Conservative rule
A. E. Watts of Wattsburg emerges as a Conservative challenger seeking federal office. The piece criticizes the Conservative party for ten years in power since 1911, accusing it of financial mismanagement and harmed trade, and argues the Liberal party offers the only real remedy for prosperity and full employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
A. E. Watts
Wattsburg
Tsrwl
Watts
Toll
Mackenzie
Mann
Liberal Party
Liberal
Rollet
Toronto Exhibition Grain Exhibit Rules 1918 Entry Terms
Ontario and other provinces may enter grain grown by the exhibitor. Entries, two bushels in a sack and one bound sheaf, must be produced in 1918 or 1914. All exhibits pass through the minister or department and are the property of the exhibition. A statutory declaration on growth date and exhibitor ownership is required at entry. Entries close August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
JO. Orr
Canadian National Exhibition
Toronto
Canada
Dlamebar
Water Works Start Next Week On City Project
Work on the new city water works begins next week. Contractors Leder Hotton and Goode of Lethbridge bring two carloads of pipe, with further orders to follow. About two hundred men expected to be employed, pipe shipped from Germany via Montreal, work to start at the dam with laying large supply pipes, aim to have system ready before cold weather. Local men to be employed where possible at a minimum wage of $2.00 per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New City
Montreal
Germany
Leder, Hotton and Goode
Lethbridge
Canada Can Supply All Harvest Help Needed Winnipeg
A Winnipeg report notes a July 27 meeting of passenger heads from Canadian Pacific Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific to arrange bringing harvest laborers from the east to the western fields. Conditions vary with sufficient on hand in the west and east ready workers. Eastern Canada will need to supply help as western and central regions call for labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Northern Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canada
Sidles
West
Middle West
Cranbrook City Band to Open Air Concert Sunday
The Cranbrook city band presents its regular weekly open air concert Sunday evening at 6 46 p.m. The program features March on the Hike and The Calls of Bagdad along with Balolding Waltzes and La Soiree. Conducted by bandmaster James Austin with selections including Hurt God Save the King and The Show Boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Brokinshire
Bagdad
Boleldien
Nathan Helection
Auld Scotia
Lauder Tntermezzo
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McCreery Brothers
B.C. Sunday School Association
Ic.p.r
Watson Hall
Edmonton
M. E. Collins
Lethal
van Bram
W. J. Renix
F. G. Burgess
Renix
Servian
Servia
Triple Alliance
Europe
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Belgium
China
Spain
Mediterranean
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Powera
Lloyds
Nicholas
Waithuss
Ches Usm
Hussa
Hue
Austrian- Hungary
Austria- Hungary
Anton
Edward Grey
Peter
Kragugovutz
Peter of
Alexander
Semlin-on-the-Danube
Austria-Hungary
Hondon
Admiralty
Portland
Dover
All
Great Britain
Seria
Britain
Berlin
Police
Coure
Notice OF Redistribution Commission
N. A. Wallinger
C. R. Heath
Wycliffe
F. M. Macpherson
Medicine Hat
Grey
Methodist
J. W. Robinson
F. J. Deane
Lumbermen
Kamiloops
Mme. Catillaux
Moses IN the
Wilderness
Paxkon
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