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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
3
A poetical piece titled Rambling Reveries contemplates leaving home to travel, then shifts to home life and its duties. It muses on hospitality kindness and patience, warns against excesses, and praises steadfast domestic virtue and marital partnership. The piece ends noting Sifton’s speech and western Liberal gains.
Sir Henri Joly, veteran lieutenant governor of British Columbia for six years, left Victoria aboard the D. G. S. Quadra for Quebec. Medical advisers ordered no excitement, so farewell was conducted quietly and without public demonstration at the wharf.
The Canadian Pacific Railway reports April profits of 4 185000 against 1518000 last year, a 5 10.7 percent rise. Ten months ending April 20 show net profits of 7 47 000 up from 12 0 81220 last year, reflecting a 205 700 increase with detailed figures for gross earnings and expenses.
Job notice from Stewart China Creek Lumber Co Ltd China Creek B C seeking a man to ship and take charge yard duties. Applicants should apply locally to the company for details and qualifications.
A long roster from Cranbrook lists numerous members and firms such as J. A. Harvey KF and Simpson W. T. Reid plus Fort Steele and Moyie entries. The page closes with a proverb about wild oats: The chief trouble about wild oats is that the sower seldom has to reap the crop.
Notice to apply for a special license to cut and carry timber from lands in Southeast Kootenay. Describes a property in Lot Group one, Kootenay district with a defined boundary starting at a post and describing a 40 by 80 chain rectangle. Dated May 24. Harold Darling signs.
Two months after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase lands in South East Kootenay. The parcel begins near Humphrey's pre emption No. 15 on the Kootenay River and runs through a defined chain boundary to the river and back. John J. Grady. Dated May 14, 1906. B-fl.
An oblique fragment lists mining entities and regional references including Nicola Coal, Cariboo, Sullivan Group Mining, North Star, Grandy, and Western Coal. The text appears as misread OCR with mis-spellings and partial names, offering no cohesive event or dates. No clear action or outcome is discernible.
Dominion Lands in the Railway Belt BC may be homesteaded by a sole head of a family or any male over 18 for a quarter section. Entry is at the local land office with residency and cultivation plans. Notices to the Dominion Lands Commissioner are required six months before patent. Coal lands priced at 16 dollars per soft coal acre and 20 dollars per anthracite with a 320 acre limit per individual or company. W. W. Cory Deputy Minister of the Interior notes unauthorized publication not paid.
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