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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1926
Page
8
Statistics from the United States govern ment show that 95.4 percent of newsprint imported in March came from Canada. The share from other sources totaled less than five percent, highlighting Canada's role in the market against European mills and the Newfoundland Power and Paper Company as a rival.
A Cranbrook challenge invites any four players to take on a local team composed of D. McGregor J. Milne H. Collier and G. Anton. The note promises a good beating and an enjoyable evening of sport.
Forest fires cost British Columbia about 8.5 million dollars last year according to figures from the lands department. Property losses include timber valued at nearly 2.75 million and 617 thousand spent by government on fighting fires plus 133 thousand by private companies. Winnipeg official T E P Pringle promoted to general agent of Canadian National Railways with Montreal HQ, replacing H F Tilley who moves to become general agent in Boston.
Large areas are now planted with tomatoes potatoes and mixed vegetables in British Columbia along the Kamloops to Kelowna rail line. Interior valley crops are reaching leading American markets via the Canadian National Railway extension.
Mr D Smith of Newgate was a Cranbrook visitor last week. J Wilson and wife came from Fernie on Tuesday. Harry Lingas of the Patricia left for a two week Chicago visit. Mrs J Blake and daughter and Joseph Blake of Skookumchuck visited Tuesday. Lawn Social by United Church Ladies Aid cancelled. Born Tuesday June 15 at St Eugene Hospital a son to Mr and Mrs Charles Sjuberg of Skookum chuck. F Be Tiley of Penticton repping Imperial Life Ins in city for days. Government repairs bridges near Harold Street improving rancher access. Special batteries at Service Garage. Hi Bossenberry of Pincher Creek named Liberal candidate. Ratcliffe & Stewarts repairs. Kimberley school add four rooms started this week for about 150 more pupils. Raworth Bros window displays a six year old alligator from Florida. Theodore Padberg piano tuner. Snow observed on Banff Windermere summit and city hills despite midsummer near. Kimberley Gyro Club raffle car in city. tickets urged. Ratcliffe & Stewart auto repairs. Donations mix corrected for Crippled Children's fund via Women’s Institute. G W V A contributed. A E Hollingshead Calgary principal visited. Eva Weston once studied at his college. he left for Honolulu. Hollingshead school ad appears inside.
Births include a daughter born at St Eugene Hospital June 12 to Mr and Mrs S W Wilson and a June 11 birth to Mr and Mrs W W Lindsay of Kimberley. Garden party at St Marys lawn June 26. Various local movements and visits by Rev Harrison, J E Watson, and others noted. Cranbrook Hotel linoleum, Rex Cafe, Big Butte Dairy Ice Cream advertised.
Dr and Mrs W A Fergie depart by car for Calgary via Banff and train to Winnipeg to attend the Gyro convention. In Cranbrook the Sunday services at the Baptist Church led by Rev W T Tapscott feature Self and Others in the morning and The Son of God in the evening.
A letter to the Cranbrook Herald thanks the management for prize money and a bonus offered during a circulation campaign. It also expresses gratitude for treatment by the paper and for support from friends in Wardner Bull River and the wider district.
Canadian National reports April 1926 net earnings of 2 551 830 41 dollars, up 1 296 798 11 or 103 percent from April 1925, a new record for any April since amalgamation. For January–April 1926, net earnings total 9 689 217 63 dollars, up 5 914 435 36 or 157 percent from the same period in 1925, a record for any similar span.
Mrs Mary E Cooke joins the Canadian Pacific Montroyal cruise to the West Indies for 29 days. She brings a movie camera and films friends as the liner begins its voyage from New York Harbor on March 1.
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