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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1906
Page
7
A mix of brief items from Quarry Banks to London include a mine collapse report, Sotheby sale dates, a death in Waterculotter, minister delegates in Glasgow, and varied civic and social notes. The digest cites cremations, debt changes, factory strikes, charity values, royal letters, dairy shifts, and public meetings across Britain.
A window break at the Cranbrook hotel office led to a theft of a dollar value item. Archdeacon Penrath and Rev. Procurer visit South East Kootenay to assess church work. June reports note business improves and geology work planned. A Lake Shore mining bond valued at 125000 is issued with payments due July 1. A diamond theft case in Omaha ends with a judge suggesting compensation to the owner. The piece closes with a moral on making wise present deeds for future memory.
The Westminster magistrates remanded Holm Cook, charged with causing the death of his seven year old daughter Dorothy May by neglecting medical care. Albert Henry Cooper faces a new charge of damning misconduct in Salisbury. Miss Rosina Chunp claims Capper married her in a ceremony, with disturbing comments from her account. A drowning incident at Thames Ditton involved Percy Witharos, who disappeared after being swept into the river. his body was recovered after an extended search.
Washington May 26 report outlines a series of disturbances entering the country from the Pacific coast to the eastern states. A hot continental warm wave is expected, followed by cooler periods and severe storms. The forecast predicts above normal heat in the southeast and much below normal temperatures in the Northwest, with above normal rainfall in the northeast and eastern Canada and below normal rainfall elsewhere. Drought is anticipated to affect soil and crops, especially in the cotton and corn belts, with the worst storms and heat clustered mid and late June.
The Canadian Pacific Railway announces sale excursion fares from Russland Trail Nelson and nearby points to eastern destinations including New Haven Winnipeg Port Arthur Fort William Duluth St Paul Minneapolis Omaha Kansas City St Louis Chicago with on sale dates May 24 26 and 26 June 4 6 7 25 July 2 3 August 7 8 4 Sept 8 10 Tickets are first class have 90 days return limit and may be used in either direction via the Great Lakes with meals and berths on lake steamers. Details from J S Carter D P A Nelson B U.
A timber notice dated May 7 lists plans by John Strom to apply for a special license to cut and remove timber on lands described by a series of metes and bounds in South East Kootenay B C. It also notes Roy C Myers seeks to purchase a 400 acre tract from a site in South East Kootenay.
Notice states that 30 days after the date an application will be made to the Olver Commissioner of Lands and Works for a special license to cut and take away timber from three described lands in South East Kootenay near Yalik Station Moyie river and No 1 area. The names J Hanbury Elko B C appear with the notice dated 1906.
Public notices announce twenty chain to forty chain land blocks in South East Kootenay for Crown grants and certificates of improvements. Names include Frank Williams PFMC, Gus Kallman PMGC, Walter Van Arsdalen, and James Ryan with dates in 1908. Applications target Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works Victoria BC and Cranbrook BC.
Effective Sunday January changes update passenger service across Rexford Bonners Ferry Spokane and Seattle with No 3 No 1 No 2 and No 4 trains adjusting departures arrivals and connections. Through sleepers Spokane to Fernie and Vancouver and new express or extra trains Nos 265 266 between Spokane Leavenworth and Skykomish noted with revised servicing and withdrawals.
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