Elko celebrates with coronation pageant and sports
Elko hosts a May celebration featuring a coronation themed day with a British style parade. Fernie Waldo Michel Wardner teams play a ten inning ball game, with Wardner losing to Michel 7 to 1, and a crowd-cheering range of events from wrestling on horseback to Rocky Mountain home building contests.
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Tial Depot
Main Street
Cap.r
Michel
Hosmer
Fernie
Waldo
B. C
Carter
Black Hawk
B.C
Big Black Plume
Hetty-Hole
Lone Wolls
Shooting Star
Black Rabbit
Lone Wolf
Rocky Mountain
Ophelia
Great Northern
Elko
Cranbrook
Waldo whist club entertained by Miss Fox at Milne home
Special correspondence notes Waldo whist club entertained by Miss Gertrude Fox at Mrs Milne's home, with residents from Cranbrook and Fort Steele visiting. Mass celebrated at Old Waldo hall, new settlers plant potatoes, Waldo baseball beats Fernie, next game with Cranbrook.
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Waldo Whist Club
Gertrude Fox
Milne
D. W. Tart
Haynes
Hon Arnott
Sprainge
Cranbrook
Fort Steele
Father John
Old Waldo Hall
Mangen
Voss
Waldo
Fernie
Elko
Wm. Barber
G. N
Spokane
Carlyle
Mr. Hanlock
Baker
Ross Mills
J. A. Tormey
Schanwecker
Messrs. Barnard
Venables
Bear hunter and river progress noted at Bull River camp
Warden James Bates and wife visited the Bull River camp last Saturday then left on official business. Wardner postmaster Graham Donahoe and a Kootenay Central railway engineer toured Menzie's camp. Bear hunter Harry Henderson claimed a brown pelt after bets failed, while CPR engineer Mr. Brooks inspected a power project and returned satisfied. Other residents report extensive river flooding and mining activity as crews sink a shaft and face a large rock obstruction.
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James Bates
Cranbrook
Graham Donahoe
Wardner
Kootenay Central Railway
Menzie
Harry Henderson
Harry
Brooks
C.P.R
Bull River
Geo E. Henderson
Crows Nest Pass
Fernie
Carpenter
Bates
Texas
B.C
WH. Henderson
Little Eva
Geo. E. Henderson
Fort Steele
Local Cranbrook Visitors and Rail Workers Noted
Miss Beatrice Herle spent a few days with friends in Cranbrook last week. Police Constable Adney took a prisoner to Nelson jail and sentenced him to six months for refusing to work. RK Bohart returned from Sand Point. Alfred Fletcher visited Moyie. Mr and Mrs Hamilton left for Kipp Alberta. Fire warden Anderson spent days on the prairie. P Lund was in Cranbrook Tuesday. John Halfsted and A Pickering attended circles in Cranbrook Monday. T Wright from the planet plant studied in Nelson last week. Mr Tye, engineer on the Kootenay Central, was in Cranbrook on business. Manning of the CLP tie and lumber mill visited Cranbrook Wednesday.
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Beatrice Herle
Cranbrook
Adney
Nelson
RK. H. Bohart
Sand Point
Alfred Fletcher
Moyie
Fred Hamilton
Kipp
Alta
Mr. Anderson
Prairie
P. Lund
John Halfsted
A. Pickering
the Planet
Tye
Ue Kootenay Central
Manning
CLP, Tie and Lumber Mill
Cranbrook Visitors and Local Happenings Track Week
Cranbrook locals and visitors figure in a busy week with Mrs. John P. Hanson and Mrs. R. A. Green among those in town. B S Goberg was taken to Cranbrook hospital after a minor foot injury from a chain. The Wardner brass band organized with twelve to fifteen pieces. Mr. and Mrs. De Mittinnis and Mr. Morrow and tatty visited on business. Mrs. Sheppard spent days in Jaffray. Miss B Herb visited Elko and Roger Lund returned from Spokane. High water halted CPLR camp work. two bridges washed away blocking provisions. Cranbrook and Wardner residents remain active in town affairs.
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John P. Hanson
Cranbrook
B.S. Goberg
Cranbrook Hospital
de Mittinnis
Wardner Brass Band
Messrs
Morrow and Tatty
Sheppard
Jaffray
Riendale
WH. Wilson
Waldo
Ty Mime Bahart
Stearns
Bull River
CPLR
Roger Lund
Spokane
Roger
Wardner
B. Herb
Elko
McNeish
Fernie
Wardner Trafic
R. A. Green
Morrow
Moyie Community News Highlights Local births and losses
A Moyie column reports a son born to Mr and Mrs W Desaulnier on Friday June 2. Agnes Campbell travels to England for the coronation. Wildey lodge officers named for the July 1 term. Goldwin Stewart and Hugh Macdonald plan to move to Wilmer to run a cigar business. Chas Stagg arrives from Greenwood for repairs. Mrs Geo Turner dies after long Moyie residency. Rev Father Beck conducts Catholic services. Fire in Silverton devastates a business block. FB Patrequin family and Billy White lose belongings. T F Townsend becomes Methodist pastor.
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W. Desaulnier
Agnes Campbell
Movie
England
Luther
Miss Campbell
Wildey Lodge
Lolol
OL. Hutt
A.C Clark
Noble
James Roberts
N. W. Burdett
Chester CC. Buck
Laird
Goldwin Stewart
Hugh Macdonald
Moyie
Wilmer
Chas, Stagg
Greenwood
St. Eugene
Cranbrook
Father Beck
Silverton
FB Patrequin
Billy"’ Whitehead
T. F. Townsend
Kingston
Methodist Church
Silverton Fire Sparks Recovery Amid Rebuilding
Silverton slowly returns to normal after a devastating blaze. Insurance adjuster James S. Rankin of Vancouver estimates losses near 6700 across London and Globe 2000 Western Canada 4000 Hudson Bay 1000 Phoenix of London 700. D Brandon of Selkirk expands hotel to create a premier interior lodging, while Warne patrons find food and shelter at Selkirk and private homes with minimal travel disruption.
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Silverton
James S. Rankin
Vancouver
London and Globe
Western Canada
Hudson Bay
Phoenix
London
D. Brandon
Selkirk House
Warne
Selkirk
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Montana
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Fruitlands Farm
Ek River
Thomas Letcher
W. G. Barclay
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Fred Gledhill
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Montreal
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St Ime
Edmonton
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J. W. Robertson
J. Lundie
Roberts
Clerke
Vernon
Bowen
Baynes Lake
Bull River Falls
Dr. Martel
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Charles W. King
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Hirte School
Philothea and
Young Men's Bible
Young Peoples
BN Stoo
D. Ingram
Ofpich
P.O
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Cranbrook Plumbing Tinsmith & Heating CO
Huambing
Swindon
W. F. Johnson & Son
Hanson Avenue
Cranbro
Hook
Phils Gan
Sin Mites Street
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R. T.brymner
British Columbia
Jos. Brault
Canadian Hotel
P. Burns & Co., Ltd
Taylor Milling & Elevator CO
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