Local notables and visitors noted around town
Locals Paul Handrey from Marysville and others were in town Tuesday while L B McKinstry returned from a trip, real estate agent Wamster of Creston was in town, the Coghill funeral was held, and many residents reported shopping at Little and Viehisen's with a variety of goods and farm updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Handrey
Marysville
Little and Atchison
N.C. McKinstry
Dave Grifith
Wort Stele
Fink
KW Deane and Wife
IL Wamster
Creston
Tobt
Coghill
Fran Toatty
PF. Patrick
Cranbrook Arage Company
Windermere
Cranbrook Busy Market News and Local Notices
Local Cranbrook notes detail groceries and fruit specials at Fink's Pure Food Grocery and East Kootenay Produce and Provision House, with preserves, berries, and jam offers. Mentions of visits by Dr. Lees, J. Beaton, J. I. Beaton, and others. sewer work starting July. Cranbrook hotel news. and community happenings including dances and theatre listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Kootenay
Atchison
Eva Stinson
Pineher
Kimberley
Fink
Harry Drew
North Star
Cranbrook
Drew
Campbell
Manning
Jd. Atherton
Creston Valley
Fernie
A. Streeter
Alf Dragon
Dragon
Streeter
Cosmopolitan Hotel
New Brunswick
Kootenays
Little and Atchison
Winston, Limited
Spadina Ave
Toronto
Ont
Auditorium Theatre
Zoological Gardens
Antwerp
Foolshead
Fink Mercantile Co
Windermere Water Works Advances with New Contracts
The Windermere water works company has awarded piping contracts and appointed officers as construction begins. Columbia Valley Irrigated Fruit Lands Limited delivers water to users along the Wilmer beach lands main distributary while crews push laterals. Auto routes now connect Calgary and Kootenay Landing via Cranbrook with touring parties praising the roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Works Company
Columbia Valley
Wilmerbeach
Latterals
Windermere Lake
Calgary
Kootenay Landing
Cranbrook
Woman of Today: Health and Digestion Sale Ad
A vintage health ad extols women with good health and digestion and promises admiration from the world. It claims Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets correct faulty digestion and notes availability from all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Ranch dispute prompt Fernie buyers as oldtimer sells WASA land
WASA Chas Stacey disposes of his ranch to Fernie people for about two thousand five hundred dollars. Over recent weeks many men head north toward Wilmer and Golden for irrigation ditch and railroad work. Indians have shot several bears and brought fine pelts to the local store. a live black bear cub drew crowds at Sunday’s event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Stacey
Fernie
Consideraton
Wilmer
Golden
Farm City
C. V
J.P Fink
Wood Laidlaw
Cranbrook
Lumber Camps Buzz At Skookumehuk As Season Opens
Reports from Wasa say lumber camps at Skookumehuk ramp up with log drives into rivers as winter work ends. News notes the Wardner mills will decapitate the forest king and send lumber across the continent. The piece also mourns the death of William Birteh of Calvary and praises his broad mindedness and integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasa
J. G. Cummings
Cranbrook
Windermere
Chinstuines
G. Erickson
Skookumehuk
Wardner Mills
William Birteh
Birteh
Hr. & Birteh
Calvary
FE. Birtch
Calgary
Hirtch
William
Vancouver
Seattle
Bellingham
Coronation Celebration in Marysville With Picnic and Sports
Marysville held a grand coronation celebration for King George V with flags and bunting. A school grounds picnic hosted over fifty citizens followed by sports, though the ex policemen’s race was canceled due to many ex officers being away on business. Ho Lb Sawyer and Paul Handley visited Cranbrook on Friday. Sinclair, PA cruiser visited Marysville on Tuesday. Chief Fire Warden Watson was in town Monday. Many residents plan to attend the Dominion day celebration in Kimberley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George V
Marysville
Sawyer
Paul Handley
Cranbrook
Sinclair
al Marysville
Watson
Kimberley
Coal Strike Rumor Denied as Workers Stay Idle
Rumors of a coal mine strike settlement were denied today with no truth to reports that miners would return to work on the first. Officials and workers alike dismissed the chatter and said activity remained unchanged.
Building notes on Davis Bros Electric new building progress
The report notes the brick and sand foundation on the ground for Davis Bros Electric Co. work and confirms good progress on Hanson's new brick block. Steel has arrived and the second storey construction will proceed, with Mr Hanson in town inspecting. Progress continues on the city hall and Cranbrook Jobbers Limited building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Bros. Eleetric Company
Hanson
Cranbrook Jobbers, Limited
Steel rail cars and their protective features
The article argues steel car construction offers greater strength, fire resistance, and longer life than wood. It highlights a central box-girder, robust end-frames, and fixed platform locks to prevent telescoping, noting early adoption by major railroads and warning against mixing steel and wooden cars in fast trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
New Haven
Lackawanna
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
Scientific American
Turnbull to survey mineral district ahead of rail service
ORF M Turnbull of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada travels to Elton to assess mining resources and development in the district. He will inspect silver ore prospects to gauge tonnage potential a year before Grand Trunk Pacific reaches Havelton. Mine owners plan shipping high grade ore to Trail for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Turnbull
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada
Elton
Minera
Grand Trunk Pacific
Havelton
Trai
Turnbull
Water License Notice for Elmera Creek Irrigation
Rancher Allen Earnhardt announces on July 12 1211 his plan to apply to the Cranbrook Water Commissioner for a license to take one cubic foot per second from Elmera Creek. Water will be diverted about 10 chains from the S W corner of Lot 9104 Group One Kootenay District for irrigation on Lot 9104. Signed Allen Barnhardt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Earnhardt
Curzon
Ellock
Cranbrook
Elmera Creek
S. W
Kootenay
Allen Barnhardt
Water license notice for Bridge Creek extraction in Cranbrook district
Fitch and Hazelword of Moy ie tie contractors announce plans to apply July 6 1911 at 11 am to the Water Commissioner in Cranbrook for a license to take ten cubic feet per second from Bridge Creek a Moi e River tributary about 2.5 miles above its mouth for Timber Permit Lot 4991 for fluming ties and logs 16-5
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitch and Hazelword
Moyie
Cranbrook
Bridge Creek
Moiie
John Irvine seeks land purchase in East Kootenay district
Cranbrook land notice states John Irvine of Wasa a rancher intends to apply for permission to buy lands described as starting at a post 2000 days east of the southwest corner of Lot 41 on an island in the Kootenay River. The island covers about 5 acres. Dated June 17 1411.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Irvine
Wasa
Kootenay River
Water Notice for Cranbrook District Applicants
George Welch and Joseph Jackson of Cranbrook Railway Conductors give notice they will apply on the List day of July 1911 at eleven o clock for a license to take and use three cubic Lewis Creek water from near the east line of Lot 1266 Group One Kootenay District for litiga tion purposes on Lot 463 said group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Welch
Joseph Jackson
Cranbrook
Lewis Creek
Kootenay
Geo. Welch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kodak
Kodaks
the Beattie-Murphy Co
British Columbia
W. H. Wilson
Optician
Crawbrook Trading Co
Chas
Klingenemith
Hiday
Maurice Quain
Ant
Tavis
Alberta
Little
Viehisen
Government Road
St. Joseph's Creek
Fink Mercantile Co., Ltd
Arthur Ward
Dune McLeod
Lees
van Jeonver
Dr. McDougall
St. Eugene
Sullivan
Hi. R. Hazlewood
Fitch and Hazlewood, Moyie
Uren
CPLR
Milne
Waldo
Ceanbrook
Simon Taylor
I Fenwick
de Roster
Geo. Watson
Fort Steele
Penwith
Bath
Pite
Kinlge Wilson
Revelstoke
Pure Mood
James Martin
Oliver Bristow
Cranbrook Agency Company
Yahk and
Killagate
Senator King
UW King
Ottawa
O'Hagen
Ald. J. Th. McNabb
J. I. Beaton
New York
Boston
Montreal
D. B. McNabb
East Kootemay
Chas. A. MacKay
C. Main
Presbyterian Charch
Yank
C. A. Foote
Ben Brosseau
Fink's
Howard Patrequin
Bride
Moye
Pophawn
Neilson
Caven
Victoria
Agricultural Society
Aoe Bulldt
He Cranbrook Trading Co., Ltd
Cranbrook's Dry Goods and Clothing Stores
RAW
Hee Bros
Jewelers
Opticians
Patmore Bros
Orf
Cranbrook Land District
C. Hungerford Pellew
Avent
Chanbrook
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