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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
8
Cranbrook residents voted strongly in favor of adding a Manual Training School. By a 106 to 2 vote, they approved borrowing $6500 for building the facility, marking a forward step in the city's educational progress.
Local political chatter cooled as Tom Caven returned from Victoria and appeared set to be the Tory nominating convention’s choice. He may secure a seat on the new railway commission, with a bye election possible if promises hold. Liberals unlikely to mount a strong challenge.
Cranbrook news notes specify Fink Mercantile to erect a stone and galvanized iron warehouse on Durick avenue adjoining F Dezail's business. The Men's club plans a back of Methodist church building with a 20 by 40 foot swimming pool, locker rooms, showers, and a gymnasium. Plans include basement, ground floor gym, and upstairs reading room, with concrete foundations under the current gym. Tenders soon. plans prepared by F S Rosseter. D J Johnson and Empire Electric Co. involved in other local projects.
Families protest as the new school requires students to walk a full mile to attend, affecting students from the nearby power house and surrounding households.
In a close midweek clash at the Arena rink Cranbrook defeated Fernie 4 to 3 in a fast paced game. Williams and Johnson starred for Cranbrook with bold passing as the teams prepare for the season finale for the Crow's Nest Pass championship and the Herchmer cup set for Fernie Friday night.
E H Small, longtime Cranbrook host, will take a vacation to Vancouver and decide his next line of business on return. Friends wish him luck in any new venture after his well earned break.
London reports the British army budget for 1912-13 at 139.3 million dollars, up 850 thousand from 1911-12. The rise stems largely from aviation spending, with 800 thousand allocated for aeroplanes. A military aviation school and workshops for army and navy officers will be built on Salisbury Plain.
The period 1908 to 1911 shows rapid gains in distance and duration of flights and in height and speed. Wilbur Wright flew 77 miles in 1908, Farman 144 miles in 1909, Tabateau 362 miles in 1910, Fourny 447 miles and Gobe 262 miles last year. Wrights aloft times rose from 2 hours 20 minutes in 1908 to longer records. Farman, Gobo set hours-long durations. speeds climbed from 40.5 mph to 82 mph by Nieuport in 1911, marking striking progress in early aviation.
The text chronicles early aviation feats with Wilbur Wright, Hubert Latham, Gar Ros, and later pilots carrying increasing numbers of passengers from 1909 to 1911. It notes ascent heights and the progression to multi passenger flights, ending with a license transfer notice for Cranbrook’s Cosmopolitan hotel in British Columbia dated March 5, 1912.
A British citizen club meets in Carmen's Hall on the fourth Tuesday at 8 p.m. with social evenings on the second and fourth Tuesdays. President N. A. Wallinger presides. secretary W. C. Crebton. membership open to British citizens and visiting members welcome. The creed pledges loyalty to the British Empire and urges readiness to bear arms and unity among those under the flag.
District Registrar Nelson British Columbia publishes notice to issue a duplicate Certificate of Title for Lot 13 Block M5 part of District Lots 4 5 22 29 30 Group 1 Town of Cranbrook Map 669 in the name of Charles Kirnest Moffitt. The original certificate dated January 35 1908 at 9 30 am and numbered 798A is to be duplicated after one month from first publication.
Duplicate certificate of title issued to Elizabeth Amelia Moffitt for Lot 12 Block 145 in Cranbrook District Lots 4 5 22 29 30 Group 1 Town. Certificate dated January 25 1908 at 9 30 a m and numbered 7997A. Registrar Samt Roe Nelson B C March 5 1913.
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