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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1921
Page
2
The Chautauqua season returns with strong backing from about fifty local guarantors. Supporters defend annual repeats as beneficial to the city and note eleven high quality programs at a small cost, while addressing criticisms about guarantees and enforcement under new regulations.
The new British Columbia Liquor Act takes effect Wednesday June 15. Officials warn revenue may fall short of expectations as permit issuance signals slow initial uptake. Only the government liquor store may sell beer or spirits, raising enforcement questions about the supply chain.
Editorial excerpts criticize war financing methods violating economic norms and foresee a difficult path back to normality. Readers from Auckland, Vancouver, and Cleveland discuss responsibility in politics, liquor laws, and bureaucratic overreach amid postwar pressures.
Followers of Isaac Walton await the June Red and Gun issue now on sale in Canada. It features five fishing articles by A. Bryan Williams F. W. Williams B. C. Cain Robert Page Lincoln and H. H. Howard plus "The Silver Doctor" a Shekak Canyon fishing tale. C B Landis handles hunting and firearms content. The issue includes full text of proposed amendments to firearms permit laws and notes from Conservation Kennel and other departments.
Holiday campers head to the woods as Canada promotes open life and healthful recreation. While camping benefits urban residents, the text warns that past campers have started forest fires. The piece urges careful fire practices to protect forests during the season.
A call stresses preventing forest fires from camps or pipes and pledges a great stride forward in forest protection. The message urges unity to preserve this vital natural resource of the Dominion.
The item notes Chas Parker's serious injury when a horse fell on him last week. It reports a North Star mine dividend of three cents a share totaling about 39,000. Cranbrook lodge banquet honors departing G L Morrow bound for Cuba. F J Lascelles, Englishman at Columbia Lake, killed a Chinese employee. R Hertz marries M Secord at Fort Steele with Rev Beecham officiating. Vancouver grants $5000 to transport 500 men to prairie provinces for work under government programs.
The annual provincial convention of the G V A met at Chilliwack with Capt George Bell of Camp Lator representing Hast Kootenay branches. Delegates endorsed tighter union of veterans groups and reforms to pensions and training for orphaned children of soldiers.
Weekly service details list Cranbrook Wycliffe Kimberley Cranbrook Lake Windermere and Flolden Berbee with departures Monday and Thursday each week No 821 leaving at 9 am Wednesday and Saturday No 62 arriving 8 36 pm. Further particulars apply to all TICKET agents J E B PROCTOR District Passenger Agent Calgary.
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