Banquet echoes on East Kootenay development prospects
Speakers at a Cranbrook gathering praised regional progress and urged business leaders to back boards of trade amid tension between lumber revenue and tourism. Archival remarks highlighted Glacier and Yellowstone as rival attractions, while emphasis on water, land, and colonization underscored future provincial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Buckham
M.L.A
Archie Leitch
Mountain Lumbermen's Association
J. P. Fink
Cranbrook Board of Trade
Glacier
Yellowstone National Parks
East Kootenay
Cranbrook
Banff-Windermere
Boards of Trade
R. R. Bruce
Associated Boards
Windermere
Co. C. H. Pollen
Canadian Pacific Colonization Dept
Pollen
Capt. Armstrong
Nelson
Golden
Freezone promises painless corn removal
An ad touts Freezone as quick relief for corns with a tiny bottle costing a few cents. It claims the product stops pain instantly and lets you lift off the corn with fingers without soreness or irritation.
Boards of Trade meet on irrigation projects and contacts
The business session notes Calgary based Trails Association as official marker and a request to reach a contact. The Secretary reports Patullo Minister of Lands was written about irrigation matters and one Windermere District project was reviewed by a provincial officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bile Trails Association, Limited
Calgary
T. D. Patullo
Windermere
Address on Education Inspires Focus on Investment and Discipline
The speech argues criticism of education should be constructive focusing on expenditure and curriculum. It notes Cranbrook School District spending about $64 per pupil per year and five cents per hour of teaching, urging taxation as investment. It urges broad curricula, early vocational planning, home discipline, and hobbies for character development, ending with thanks to Mr Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook School
Crafbrook
Armstrong
B.C
Community event features music and speeches with local talents
The gathering praised the country with optimism and resource use like pulp and water power. Evening programs included violin solos by Vincent Fink and vocal performances by Mrs. F M MacPherson, L D Rengger, and Weir of Invermere. Laitch offered two readings with an encore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Fink
Viollin
F. M. MacPherson
L. D. Renggér
Mandalay
Tom Brown
Weir
Invermere
R. L. Laitch
Drummond Habitant
Bam McGee
Community meeting debates irrigation policy and regional planning
The session featured talks by It Randolph Bruce J P Fink and Col C H Pollen on irrigation policy natural resources and colonization for Cranbrook Windermere and St Marys Prairie districts. A committee was formed to push government action while discussions covered Associated Boards alliances tours publicity exhibits and a proposed memorial hall for David Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Bruce
J. P. Fink
Pattullo
Cranbrook
St. Mary’s Prairie
Col
C. H. Pollen
R. R. Bruce
J.P. Fink
Association
Dominion Government
W. H. Wilson
Associated Boards of
British Columbia
J. Kingham
B.C
Kingham
Secre i
B. C
W. B. Payne
East Kootenay
Entewance
Associated Boards
Mountain Lumbermen’s Association
A. K. Leitch
Jaffray
G. A. Bennett
G. F. Marsh
Leitch
Mountain Lumbermen's Association
Col. Pollen
Schofield
Department of Mines
Windermere
FP. Starkey
Nelson
West Kootenay
London
England
J.P. Pink
R. R. Brace
H. G. Lockwood
Golden
Board of Trade
Canadian Rockies
Yellowstone
Glacier Parks
Montana
J. P Fink
R. Randolph Bruce
David Thompson
Prospecting license notice for coal and petroleum near Canal Flats
I George H Scott of Nelson BC seek permission to prospect for coal and petroleum on 640 acres along the south bank of the Kootenay River above Canal Flats. The claim starts at a post, runs 80 chains each direction forming a rectangle. Located May 17 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stirling Grainger
Invermere
B.C
Kootenay River
Canal Flats
Grainger Seeks Prospect Rights for Coal and Petroleum
Stirling Grainger of Invermere British Columbia gives notice of intent to prospect for coal and petroleum on lands described by a riverfront survey near Canal Flats. The description outlines a rectangular parcel starting at a post on the Kootenay River south bank and extending 80 chains in each direction.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Macdonalds Tobacco
Cranbrook Farmers’ Institute
Women’s Institute
Pres
Constantine
G. Taylor
All Indies
Knights OF
Pythias Cranbresk, B.C
C. G. Borgstrom, C.C
O, B
Colliss, KR
C. F
KEY City Lodge
Fraternity Hall
Noble Grand
Ree. Bee
W. Soden
W. M. Harris
P.G
Frame
Phono
Norbury Ave
ARD
John Gard
Cranbrosk
Kootenay Granite & Monaumental C O., Ltd
General Stone Orotracters and Mon
Uments Front M
Nelson Y
Cranbrook Street
Bank of Commerce
Kootenay
Wyomuollita Battery
Spost
Boswell
Kootenay District
Minister of Public Works
R. C. Desrochers
Department of Public Works
Ottawa
North West Trading Co
Mes
Columbia
Hudson's Bay Company
North West Trading Company
R. G. Newton
Expl
B. G. Hamilton
Columbia Land District
Fowler
W. T. Tapscott
Mir
Pacific Milk Co., Ltd
Ladner and
Abbotsford
Crannbrook Cottage
A. Crawford
P. D
Garden Ave
StuDebaker
Dezall’s
Cranbrook, B.C
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