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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
2
The project aims for a daily output of 30 000 feet with 20 000 ties and 400 000 feet of sawlogs cut and ready for transport. Negotiations are ongoing with the Canadian Pacific Railway for large future deliveries of ties posts and telegraph poles.
In Lesser Slave Lake and northward the Roberts brothers bring thirty packs of fur valued around 300000. prices, demand, and tribal hunting shape a long winter trade. Smelter rates drop from 15 to 12 dollars per ton, boosting ore profits and regional mining prospects across Kootenays and Yale.
Local readers are warned of an imported English sparrow population in Cranbrook and East Kootenay. The piece argues sparrows threaten fruit crops and native birds, urging prompt eradication to prevent widespread damage. It notes sparrow habits and potential harm to wheat, fruit, and sewered gutters near Beale & Elwell’s office.
I Maroney and E C Roberts report meeting Harry D Clifford of Detroit who seeks oil land in the Three Hundred Fifty mile northwest triangle bounded by the Wapati Smoky and Peace rivers. Clifford aims to explore and develop northern fields with Detroit investors who operated in the Ontario Essex oil fields. His route from Edmonton covers Athabasca Landing Lesser Lake to Peace River Landing and on to Dungiven, revealing a growing interest in northern oil exploration and potential wealth.
Ca nadian government records a loss of 1 000 000 as a massive fire wipes out almost the entire Intercolonial railway plant in Moncton New Brunswick. Over 1 000 workers lose jobs and the system will be hampered for months as 100 passenger coaches and freight cars plus costly machinery burn. The governor general Marl Grey’s private car was among the losses while the station and offices were saved.
Prince Albert officials announce that Dr Tyeman will resign his district seat amid a ballot box stuffing scandal. The move follows growing political backlash and calls for accountability in the local election process.
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