Fairer Fire Report Conflicts and Ranger Heroes
The Fernie Free Press clashed with District Morster Moore over the Fairy Creek bush fire timeline. Fred Nash and George McParson arrived within an hour, organizing fighters quickly amid extreme dryness and high winds. They risked their lives. many property owners testify to the effectiveness of their actions and the wartime patriotism noted along the Malali drive.
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Billings
Fairy Creek
Morester Moore
Fred Nash
George McParson
Idaho
Montana
B.C
Rangers
Nash
McPar
Want Ads Offer Bargain Furniture and Exchange Deals
Want ads promote furniture buying selling and exchanging options. The notice mentions good prices and a dining room suite being offered in town with contact via phone 9.
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Bost
Town
Great Slaughter Sale at Hill's Midsimmer Slaughter Sale
Hill's Midsimmer Slaughter Sale begins Friday August 1 offering 25 percent off all lines and many items at half price. An 80,000 stock of staples dry goods ladies and children's wear shoes will be sold to clear. W. I. Till, the Dry Goods Specialist, promotes the event as the greatest sale yet.
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Hill
Till
Vancouver Island a fine place for a holiday
J Fingal Smith returns from a holiday to Vancouver Island weighing ten pounds more and ten years younger. He spent time in Victoria the capital and with old friends from Gordon Head and Shawnigan Lake with Jas Finlay in the strawberry district.
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J. Fingal Smith
VaNcouver Island
Mr. Smith
Victori
Pacific
B. C
Gordon Head
Island
Shawnigan Lake
Jas
Finlay
Need of silence in a busy life at Baptist Church
Rev. J. P. Sinclair, pastor, preaches at 11:00 a m on The need of silence In a busy life and at 7 30 p m on The location of the Soul. Sunday school blends noon services with Union efforts. Rev Sinclair to preach at both Methodist and Baptist services in the day.
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J. P. Sinclair
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Miss Lewis seeks water license for Cranbrook area
Mrs. Lewis of Cranbrook B C requests a license to take and use two miner inches of water from Smith Creek also called Hospital Creek flowing to St Josephs Creek. The water would be diverted at Lot 8 Block 150 Registered Plan 6690 Cranbrook Townsite for domestic and irrigation use on Lots 3 4 5 Block 149 Registered Plan 6690. Notice posted July 29 1919 with objections due within fifty days to Water Recorder Cranbrook or the Controller of Water Rights Victoria B C. First publication July 31 1919.
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Water Recorder
Cranbrook
B. C
Comptroller of Water Rights
Parliament Buildings
Victoria
Lewis
First trans-Rocky flight to stop at Cranbrook
Mayor Cameron reports a telegram from the Aerial League of Canada announcing the first trans-Rocky mountain flight will stop at Cranbrook on August 4. A public meeting on Capt. Hoy the pilot’s reception will be held at City Hall tonight at 8 30.
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Cameron
Aerial League of Canada
Cranbrook
Capt. Hoy
Far North Hay Crop Improves as Alberta Sees Regional Rain
Local showers in central and eastern Alberta boost hay and feed supplies, and grain crops improve. Southern Alberta remains dry with no notable feed gains, while farmers move hay north to help shortages. North reports abundant rains and promising crops. a special tariff for hay and stock movement is expected next week.
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Eddmonton
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Notice of Lost Title Certificate 4009-1 Kimberley Lot 1
Land Registry Office Nelson BC gives notice under the Land Registry Act that the certificate of title 4009-1 for Lot 1, Block 12, Town of Kimberley, Map 664, Kootenay District, in the name of John Donald Mason, dated August 9, 1917, is lost. A fresh certificate will be issued after one calendar month from first publication unless an objection is filed.
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Kimberley
Kootenay District
John Donald Mason
Land Registry Office
Nelson
B. C
Forest fires burn across British Columbia amid hot dry weather
Notifications from the Forest Branch report twenty four fires in the Vancouver area and on Vancouver Island with winds high but no serious outbreaks. Kamloops Nelson Cranbrook Vernon also report fires while Lillooet Tete Jaune Prince Rupert and Prince George areas see favorable conditions after rain. One in twenty British Columbians owns a motor vehicle and licences rose. the Province estimates car capital at about 30.87 million dollars based on an average 1500 dollar car.
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Forest Branch
Provincial Department of Lands
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Kamloops
Nelson
Cranbrook
Vernon
Lillooet
Tete Jaune
Prince Rupert
Prince George
British Columbia
Blood Health Boost Promises From Vind Cure
A fragmented health notice touts Vind as a remedy for poor blood and bilious attacks. It claims the product rebuilt health and strengthened the body, citing personal recovery as proof.
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Lieut
Bruno Roselli
Order of the Crown of
Italy
Tih
A.C. Zehner
Milson-White
Zehner
America
Metropolitan Artists
Compiany
Mary Welch
Oscar Wagner
Jo Polak
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sale
Merrilees
Chautauqua
Cranbrook Chautauqua
Mildred Leo Clemens
Mark Twain
Hawaii
Paradise
Mt. Kilauea
Royal Hawaiiian Quintet
Tom Corwine
G. Whitfield Ray
the Livingston
South America
Brazil
Mount
Ray
Guarino McKinnon Co
Mary McKinnon
Canada
Anthony Guarino
Boston
New England
Boston Operatic Company
Fernie
Fernie Free Press
Hiay
Iis
Duncans
Campbell River
Lydia Fonnesbeck
the Star
Overeas
Teneeee Oe
Raa Shoes
Bradford
Vinoi
Cranbrook Drug and Book Company
Cranbreak
H. L. Martin CO
Cranbrook St
Canadian Bank of
Commerce
McLeod’s Store
RV. Hoyt
Ouben’s
Kingston, Onranzo
CHOW
Registres
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