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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1914
Page
3
Local items list births, moves, travels, and daily happenings. Notables include births for Tyler and McFadden families, Mrs Lawson’s travel plans to Calgary and Winnipeg, and Cranbrook residents visiting or staying at Green Bay Moyie Lake. Industrial and business mentions note Sun Grocery promotions, repairs, and contractor activity at Cranbrook Exchange. Casual anecdotes from Missouri and Kansas papers referenced for humor.
Cranbrook Exchange lists repairs and hardware on Bring Your Repairs day at Green's Ste T. McVittie visits from Fort Steele. Ward Harris offers juice and berries with fruit prices. Local moves include Mrs Hoggarth's Kaslo trip and Rev Kendall's Vancouver vacation. A large real estate swap by Beale & Elwell offers a $900 five room cottage. J. Beattie reports slow Windermere road progress and CP Rail backing. A three year old dies after farm accident. Barr family mourns. Cranbrook Civilian Rifle plans a government range meeting.
A summary of the irrigation theme dominated by experts from the United States, Canada, and foreign nations as they discuss land reclamation and water application. The article notes the role of irrigation in civilization and its impact on settler prosperity, highlighting the convention’s aims to ease home-building efforts and increase food production.
A large party from here including Mr and Mrs McTavish and Mrs Benedict attended a Wardner dance and reported an excellent, enjoyed by all. Home returned from Montreal and Winnipeg to report poor prairie crops while a crowd watched a novel riverfront incident involving two youths crossing Mr Schad's land and facing a strong rebuke.
A clipped column from the Free Press celebrates a local prose poet and Fernietree Press editor Pedlar. It laments slang and praises vivid word pictures while recalling Fernic's sixth fire anniversary, Coal Creek mine escapes, a Quebec tercentenary, gopher tales, fishing rash, and Joe Sikora’s motorcycle accident injuries.
Calgary July 28 Idle land in an extravagant luxury in any country where the tax collecting machinery works as well as in Western Canada and Pacific Year states of the United States, said John I Hinkle secretary of the Oregon Irrigation Congress at the Western Canada Irrigation association. The International Irrigation Congress aims to bring idle land under the plough, with its convention in Calgary set for October 6 to 9.
Secretary George Sangster announces close of contracts for an exceptional Dominion exhibition in Vittoria. Features include Royal North West Mounted Police horsemanship, a moving picture cowboy relay, rough riding, old timers race, wild horse contest, fancy roping and riding. Highlanders band from Hamilton leads music with local groups. plans include a band contest. Show runs September 21 to 26 with new buildings, expanded grounds, and record entries expected. Stock exhibits and fruit growers promise strong displays. accommodation may be the main challenge.
Stock raisers and British Columbians plan to attend the Dominion exhibition, bringing premier stables and large entries. Applications for detailed information indicate a record gathering, promising the finest collection of stock in numbers and quality ever seen on Vancouver Island.
Mrs. John E. Stannett expresses sincere gratitude to friends for acts of kindness sympathy and beautiful flowers that helped during her recent bereavement.
Rev C E Kendall leads services at 11 00 a m and 7 30 p m with Sunday school at 3 p m. Rev Dr Spencer from Vancouver will address the congregation in morning and evening services, a widely reputed speaker expected to draw a large audience.
Pastor Rev. W. E. Dunham will preach at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Morning topic World Love. Evening topic Wisdom and Folly. Choir to render an anthem at both services. All are invited.
Calgary is touted as the next great fortune center with commercial high grade oil in a proven field and rapid development. Bankers and global business leaders are sending capital to capitalize on opportunities as Oil Barons of today back early bets in new fields. Readers are invited to request a free market letter and district map, presented as expert guidance on Calgary stocks.
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