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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
2
Readable items recount Moyie and Elko society including marriages in Notre Dame de la Salette, local business moves and hotel changes, invitations to the leap year ball at the library hall, and visits by officials and merchants from Cranbrook, Jaffray, and Calgary. The piece notes tobacco fields, fairs, and spring activity in the region.
Fernie Free Press reports on upcoming marriage plans for Mr Powter and Mrs Lowell, Tom Whelan awaiting appendicitis surgery, and a bustling leap year ball at the library hall with the Melenry orchestra and guests from Cranbrook Vancouver and Calgary. Local arrivals, travels to Montreal, mining appointments, and curling matches are also noted amid community chatter and social visits.
Waldo residents enjoyed a social evening organized by Baker Lupiber Co. staff on the 22nd with a committee including Colloon Smiley and McConnell. Cards began at 8 40 p m and prizes followed at 11 30 p m with Mrs Ross and Mr George Lewis taking top ladies and gents awards. Miss Watt led a Bonnie Loch Lomond ballad before departure.
The Moyie column reports Half Moon property owners seeking a Crown grant, Mrs Sanders and baby returning from Cranbrook, miners union secretary Thos Kelly visiting Cranbrook, A T Clark in Vancouver planning spring trips north, M A Beale and Harry Dimock in town, Jimmy Crosby's bank related worry and late night Cranbrook journey, with him returning to Moyie and business afterward.
James Smith spent last Saturday inranbranbrook on business. Mrs R H Bohart and son Harry visited the Lindsay home manager of the Crows Nest Pass Lumber sawmill and returned from Spokane to resume duties next season. The piece closes with a proverbs style plea to stop gossip and mind one’s own business encouraging cheerful speech and good neighborliness.
Ottawa reports 1907 saw 298 new labor organizations across Canada while 174 dissolved. The note highlights a net gain in organized labour through the year, reflecting increased activity in the movement.
The office star of the Crows Nest Pass Lumber company hosted a very enjoyable dance at Wardner last Friday night. Cranbrook youths and several from Jaffray joined. McHenry's orchestra provided music. Couples traveled east on a freight then back on a Spokane freight, with sleighing to follow before return trips.
Eligible applicants may obtain one quarter section of 100 acres in the Railway Belt of British Columbia. Applicants must be the head of a family or 18 years or older and file personally at the local land office. Plans require six months residence and cultivation each year for five years or equivalent family-based arrangements.
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