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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
4
The Cranbrook Herald reports on strong May business, expanding CPR yards, new rail plans, and regional growth. It notes Bishop Latimer College in Vancouver, a possible Sullivan Company insolvency, and the Grand Trunk Pacific issues, plus local missions from farmers to urban developments.
E. Simpson, manager, states the Cranbrook Herald printed 71,079 copies in 1908. He lists an average monthly circulation of 6923.3 and an average weekly circulation of 1866.47, sworn before notary John Hutchison on February 10, 1909 in Cranbrook, B C.
The annual report praises C J South superintendent for his leadership with 56 children cared for that year and 213 since incorporation. Cranbrook locals are urged to expect a buffalo visitation en route to Edmonton Dominion park within two weeks and trees should be fruit bearing to prove East Kootenay is a fruit country.
The Kettle Valley line gains Spokane access as right of way evidence signals city expansion. Vancouver burglaries and eviction at Deadman's Island draw city response. Royal Humane Society honors Lionel Sharp for saving a boy. April immigration to Canada records 855 new residents. Beaverdell pioneer Thomas Curry dies en route to a claim. Vancouver weekly clearings reach 0 050,621 vs last year. Nelson garden thefts and a Nelson grocer cash loss trigger arrests. Golden Belle mine yields 1.25 per ton and Kootenay Belle mill activity resumes. Prince Rupert eyes Oddfellows lodge as Masons stand. GTP plans colonization push for northern BC valleys with ag data. A Y P fair exhibits tied to railway info. St Eugene ore shipped to Seattle. Kamloops pioneer Robert Hollaway dies. A PR improves Rossland road. Nearly nine foot sturgeon caught near Sturgeon River. Picnic party of thirteen chased by two bears on Victoria Day.
Dominion Lands within the Railway Belt in British Columbia may be homesteaded by sole family heads or any male over 18, up to a quarter section of 160 acres. Entry must be at the local land office, with proxy entries allowed under specific kinship conditions. Residence and cultivation rules apply over three years, or alternative residency arrangements. six months notice to Ottawa is required. Coal rights may be leased for 21 years at $1 per acre, with a 5 cent per ton royalty on merchantable coal.
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