Invermere Notes Highlight Local News and Dignitaries
Invermere updates detail Mrs J R Davey and others visiting Cranbrook and England. William Seaton returns to Golden. Florence Erickson summers in town. Bell in Christ Church, belfry ceremony. golf club dance celebrates the king's birthday. Hon LL D honorary degree awarded to R Randolph Bruce. Ian Morland plans regular fresh produce truck deliveries via Banff Windermere highway. Egg weight records from Mrs Fitzsimmons. Westcliffe near fire scare at old site. locals extinguish blaze. Walter Nixon advances road work to Lake of the Hanging Glaciers and Ice Cave as auto access expands 12 miles more toward base camp.
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Walter Nixon
B.C
Horse Thief Creek
Wilmer
28th International Eucharistic Congress in Chicago 1926
The 28th International Eucharistic Congress will be held in Chicago from June 20 to 24, 1926. Canadian Pacific runs special Congress Trains from Moose Jaw and Winnipeg with sleeping cars and fast through service. Reduced fares go on sale June 16 to 22 with final return by July 2, 1926 and hotel reservations available through CP agents.
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Chicago
Canada
Canadian Pacific
Moose Jaw
Winnipeg
A Nature Lover's Notes On June Bush Walks And Nests
A nature writer describes wary birds nests in June bush walk. He notes a tamarac nest with four blue eggs and a sparrowlike owner, plus another grey nest with four brown eggs. He muses on Darwinism and future bird behavior, then shifts to British Columbia tin mining 1925 gains.
Lumberton School Report and Local Notices Sweep South Region
May division results show multiple grade winners and ties with Albert Griffiths Gilbert Parent Billy Trusler in Grade 4 Phyllis Dwelley Elsa Stevens Robert Stevens Blanche Grand bois Myrtle Gourke Jeanette Parent Dennis Downey Alfred Robertson and Joan Woods Phyllis Henson. The C G I T picnic at Green Bay honors three departing members Misa Miller Misa Dinsmore Marguerite Robinson with gifts and speeches. Local visits include W Grimes Kimberley Western Exploration Co Harold Piper and Mrs Barry in Lumberton. Lumberton ball team beat Yahk 6 to 4 with Scotty Mitchell and Ken Johnson star players. Dominion Forestry at Sutherland ships baby trees to 3 000 prairie sites totaling 17 000 000 since inception with 3 355 000 shipped this year.
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Lumberton
Albert Griffiths
Gilbert Parent
Billy Trusler
Phyllis Dwelley
Elsa Stevens
Robert Stevens
Blanche Grandbois
Myrtle Gourke
Jeanette Parent
Dennis Downey
Alfred Robertson
Joan Woods
Phyllis Henson
C.G.I.T
Green Bay
Misa Miller
Misa Dinsmore
Marguerite Robinson
Robertson
Miss Miller
Florence Parent
Maple Leaf Group
Miss Dinsmore
Viola Corrigal
Joan Robertson
Dominion Forestry Farm
Sutherland
Sask
Prairie Provinces
Department of Agriculture
Kimberley Growth Fueled by Sullivan Mine Expansion
Kimberley British Columbia shows rapid growth as the Sullivan mine expands capacity to 4000 tons per day with a new 1000 unit concentrator. The Consolidated company controls power, water, key properties, and a large dairy operation while plans consider new Elk river power or a Bonnington Falls cable. Stemwinder and North Star activity rise with ore shipments and mining ramp ups as Minnesota and Michigan operators eye local interests.
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Kimberley
B.C
Sullivan
Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company
Richard E. Marsh
Spokane
Kootenaya
Marsh
St. Eugene
Moyie
Stemwinder
Porcupine Goldfields
Trail Custom
North Star
Porcupine
Old North Star
O. C. Thompson
British Columbia
Vancouver
Phosphate Mining Licence Application Near Fernie BC
The Consoli dated Mining & Smelting Company of Canada Ltd of Kimberley BC through agent Donald Cowan McKechnie applies under the Phosphate Mining Act for a prospecting licence on nine claims. The block lies roughly five miles north of Fernie. its south limit about one mile north of Fernie with easterly and westerly boundaries detailing two and a half miles east and one half mile west respectively. Dated May 22, 1924.
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Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company of Canada, Ltd
Kimberley
B.C
Donald Cowan McKechnie
Fernie
Fort Steele
Elk River
Sparwood
D. C. McKechnie
Fort Stesle
Hosmer
Landa
D. C
Land Claims Near Sparwood in 1926 Boundary Notice
A description situates a block of ten mining claims near the Elk River about seven miles north of Sparwood. The northerly limit lies roughly nine miles north of Sparwood with the southerly about four miles north, the easterly one and a half miles east, and the westerly one half mile west of Sparwood. Dated May 22, 1926.
Phosphate Mining Act land claim near Hosmer B C
In Fort Stesle Mining Division River between Hosmer and Spar wood B C Ltd of Kimberley B C declares land under the Phosphate Mining Act. Describes a thirteen block area about six miles north of Hosmer with specified easterly westerly and southern limits. Dated May 22 1926 D C McKECHNIE.
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Fort Steele
Elk River
Fernie and
Hosmer
Gold Prospect Hints at Massive Canadian Find
A isolated prospect at Flat Creek in the Cassiar mining district of northern British Columbia shows a 500 foot tunnel intersecting the ledge at 210 feet depth. The discovery suggests large veins carry good values at depth and support potential large scale operations. A rumored coarse gold find has sparked a small stampede to the region.
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Flat Creek
Muddy River
Cassier
British Columbia
Seeding Bee Sets World Record at Spring Coulee Farm
The Colonization Department of Canadian National Railways reports a seeding bee near Spring Coulee Alberta using 360 horses 41 cultivators and 20 seed drills on a 300 acre plot. The event aided neighbor Mrs. H Joiner after her husband’s death.
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Colonization Department
Canadian National Railways
Spring Coulee
Alberta
H. Joiner
Red Lake District Area Expanded by Ontario Mines Dept
The Ontario Department of Mines enlarges the Red Lake mining division by adding eastward territory to the Kenora Thunder Bay boundary and extending the south boundary along the CN main line to the Wabigoon River. It includes Rowell Township and extends to English River and Ontario Manitoba line, adding Woman and Birch Lakes where gold is reported.
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Red Lake
Ontario Department of Mines
Kenora
Thunder Bay
Canadian National Railways
Wabigoon River
Rowell
Woman Lake
Birch Lake
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Imperial Bank Bldg
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