Cranbrook’s Growing Year Promises Big district Prosperity
A Cranbrook Herald survey notes improving conditions in Cranbrook and Southeast Kootenay with strong real estate inquiries from Canada and the U S. Local firms report busier plans for homes, stores, and public buildings as 1910s progress is forecast.
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Cranbrook
Canada
United States
Old Country
Trimilton
C.P. R. Land Department
Hay
Jim
Herald
C. P. Re
South
Kootenay
British Columbia
Citivens
Board of Trade Executive Plans Publicity Drive
The Board of Trade executive met at the Cranbrook hotel to transact business and plans a publicity line for the town and district. The Herald will publish the board’s member list next week and keep it in the paper for several weeks, updating with new names as they come in.
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Board of Trade
Cranbrook
the Herald
St Patrick's Day origins and legends recounted
The article traces St Patrick born around 872 A D near Glastonbury with disputed birthplaces, notes his captivity in Ireland, voyage to Rome, and spread of Christianity. It cites the Slane Tara fires legend and St Patrick as founder of 305 churches baptizing 12 000, ending with his death near Downpatrick. The piece reflects on St Patrick Day being observed with Irish patriotism and enthusiasm.
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Treland
Nempthur
Glastonbury
Somersetshire
England
Wowere
Tours
France
St. Martin
Ronavem Tabernine
Ireland
Fiefty
Rome
Celestine
Predeh
Tara
St. Varvick
Erelit Fay
Teland
Isle
Armaghan
Sail
Downpatrick
Meeting of Cranbrook Federal CP&R Mechanical Trades
A Cranbrook Herald report details a March 2 meeting at Carmen's hall of the Cranbrook Feder ated CP,R mechanical trades. Montreal executive James Somerville spoke on Federation policy for the next year, stressing conciliation and resilience before about ninety members, with local members S R McLean W Morton J Lunn and others providing songs and remarks.
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Cranbrook
B.C
Cranbrook Herald
Cranbrook Federated CP
Carmen's Hall
James Somerville
Montreal
Eektat Stealite
Somerville
Federation
Messrs
S. R. McLean
8. MacDonald
J. Burns
W. Henderson
R. Moffatt
W. Morton
J. Lunn
J. C. Woodward
R. Nape
W. Westbrook
B. W. Lalone
W. K. Haglesome
Frank McKenna
No Free Lumber Will Enter the United States
Washington March 2 The House Ways and Means Committee reached an agreement to set the duty on rough lumber at 1.40 per thousand, a fifty cent reduction from the existing rate. The deal, while not fully pleasing to lumbermen, promises the industry will not be destroyed and marks a decisive concession amid fierce debate on the bill.
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Washinton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ant
How Ross Lost in British Columbia Election
In a Yale Cariboo race between Duncan Ross of Greenwood and M. Burrill of Grand Forks, both traveled the same road seeking votes. Ross allegedly kissed a farm girl after candy and money exchanges, while Burrill’s actions are noted. BC revenue for the year is expected around six million dollars with expenditure about five and a half million.
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Yale-Cariboo
B. C
Duncan Ross
Greenwood
M. Burrill
Grand Forks
Betwen Penticton
Kerenicos
Sissie
British Columbia
Nelson railway hearings feature Wattsburg station dispute
At Nelson last Friday the Railway Commission attended to East Kootenay cases. A major clash over a Wattsburg CPR station agreement ended with the commission ordering CPR to examine a road and potentially restore blocked routes while Watts seeks a formal station plan and timely construction.
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Justice Mabee
S.J. McLean
Nelson
East Kootenay
Daily News
Robert Robson
Crow's Nest
C.P.R
A. EB. Watts
British Columbia
McMullen
P.R
Mabee
Watts
CPLR
Iis
Wattsburg
CPR
Brook
Fernie Farmers Institute
GPR
Malice
Canada
Nelson Registry Office
Johnson
C.P. R
Nore
Cran
Automatic shot gun ban moves in province legislature
Victoria March 5 a bill aimed at boosting game protection was introduced by the chief lands commissioner. It forbids the use of automatic shot guns and makes it illegal to buy sell or offer for sale heads of mountain sheep elk moose or caribou or the teeth of wapiti. The act preserves close season protections for birds and animals and outlines licenses for nonresidents to hunt various game during specified periods with fees.
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Victoria
President Roosevelt invited for Manitoba big game hunt
A Washington dispatch reports Consul General Jones of Winnipeg met President Roosevelt and extended an invitation to join a Manitoba big game hunt next year. The president showed interest and said he would enjoy visiting Winnipeg to hunt in the western lands and aid Western Canada’s development.
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Winnipeg
Washington
Jones
Roosevelt
Manitoba
Western
Canada
Great West
Dr Rivers of Raymond Chosen Liberal Candidate
The Lethbridge District Liberal convention at Olivers Hall opened with delegates from the constituency. Dr H Rivers of Raymond won the ballot against W W Douglas to become the Liberal candidate for the Lethbridge district.
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Lethbridge
Olivers Hall
Quatwr
Mr. Simmons
Cu H. Rivers
Raymond
Driges
Grassy Lake
Augustine Dontenwill Named Superior General of Oblates
The Catholic Register reports Archbishop Augustine Dontenwill, formerly of Vancouver, has been named Superior General of the Oblates of Mary Trumactate by the Consistorial congregation led by the archbishop of Ptolemais in partibus infidelium.
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Catholic Register
Augustine Dontenwill
Vancouver
The
Oblates of Mary Trnmactate
Ptolemias Ob Sytia
Movie Leader's Lost Pins Cause Late Arrival
In Moyie a boy named Johnny cut across a wire fence to school. A barbed wire snag ripped his pants and he found a pin in his coat. He arrived just after class started and joked the extra pin held him back, delaying the entrance.
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Moyie
Johnnie
Frederick Clarke to star in Monte Cristo in Calgary
The advance agent announces Frederick Clarke will present Alexander Dullins' Monte Cristo tomorrow night in Calgary. Clarke, known for John the Baptist in Holy City, has strong Calgary press praise and is expected to draw audiences.
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Frederick Clarke
Alexander Dullins
Monte Cristo
Mr. Clarke
Urand
John the Baptiste
Holy City
Harold Nelson
Calgary
Clarke
Timbermen Frozen to Death Near Barkerville
Ashcroft March 5 News from Barkerville reports R Paten A Akin and J Goldie found two men frozen to death on the McLeod river about 60 miles from Barkerville Likely Charles Baker and Jas McCurdy who left Barkerville six seven weeks ago with Spittal and Henderson bound for Tete Jatine Cache The Gaskill party heading to Barkerville with dog teams to fetch supplies for Goat river timbering speculate the victims were Baker and McCurdy without food or blankets
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Barkerville
Goat River
Baker
McCurdy
Spittal
Henderson
A Mighty Good Suggestion for Cranbrook Gardens
The Cranbrook Board of Trade plans to advertise Cranbrook resources for fruit culture. Residents are urged to plant apple and other fruit trees this spring to showcase local potential and aid in attracting settlers and visitors.
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The
Cranbrook
Wage rates for C P R machinists extended to April
A notice posted at the Canadian Pacific shops in Winnipeg confirms the conciliation board wage rate set in August last year will remain in effect until April 1, 2010.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Pacific
Board of Conciliation
Council Meeting Adopts School Debenture Bylaw
At the council meeting Mayor Fink and Aldermen Henderson Johnson Jackson Ryan and Baker discussed Miss McLean and city expenses to the provincial government. The board also addressed St Josephs creek contamination and installation of a curfew bell. Officials planned sewerage study and valuation report on the water system and adjourned at 10 14 p.m.
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Fink
Henderson
Johnson
Jackson
Ryan
Baker
Mclean
Board of Works
St. Joseph's
Alderman S Jackson
J. I. Armstrong
St. Joseph's Creek
Johnson and
Alderman Jackson
Hemlerson
Messrs
McCulloch
Nelson
Stearman
Calgary
Cameron
Vancouver
Laidlaw
Chimmings and Parker
Liberal candidate chosen for Lethbridge
W. A. Buchanan editor of the Lethbridge Herald was selected as Liberal candidate for Lethbridge. The nomination is hailed as fortunate as he is popular and active in local enterprise, and observers expect him to win the legislature seat despite a large Magrath majority in the recent election.
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Calgary
W. A. Buchanan
Lethbridge
Protect the Home Laborer in Cranbrook Letter to the editor argues locals should get hiring preference to preserve home industry
A Cranbrook reader urges city officials to favor Cranbrook contractors for school construction to keep work and profits local. The letter cites a Ferntin example requiring an outside contractor license and bond and warns against outsourcing labor when hundreds of locals are idle.
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Eilitor
Cranbrook
Siir
Fermit
Lvense
Wornie
Invictis Shoes Arrive in Largest Local Import
The Fink Mercantile Co showcases 1000 pairs from the Invictis line, including Velour Calf Kancaroo and Vici Kids. Imported factory direct, the display offers every width and size, claimed as the district’s largest boot and shoe import with praise of high quality.
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Invictis
Fink Mercantile Company
Aranbrook
Vici
Extending the Line from McInnes Mill to Dore in British Columbia
The Kootenay Telephone Lines Ltd extends a line from McInnes mill to Dore, three and a half miles, placing the line about eight miles from the boundary line.
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Kootenay
King Edward Is All Right After Rumor Storm
London reports deny rumors about King Edward's health. The monarch is described as well and showing signs of fatigue fading. He walked through town and visited local sites, with plans to travel to Biarritz and witness Wright aeroplane flights.
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London
Edwaard
Biarrita
Pau
All Over the Province News Roundup in 1900s Canada
Provincial items report road spending, new post offices, and electoral plans across towns like Grand Forks and Nelson. Ministers, tradesmen, and financiers are named as projects include a tramway purchase, a six storey Vancouver building, and a Moyie mine foreman.
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P. Burns & Co
Vancouver
Promoting a Western Canada Experimental Farm Plan
A Cranbrook letter to the Board of Trade urges revival of the Board and proposes establishing an experimental farm in the valley between the boundary and Gold Creek. The writer cites possible educational and tax benefits, notes Hon. Fielding’s Ottawa policy on provincial farms, and calls for a memorial to government support.
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Cricttook
B.C
Kailtur
Cranbrook Herald
Cranbrook
Board of Trade
Cranbrok Hotel
Nelson Hoan
Ssi
Boundary Line
Gold Cay
Fielding
Ottawa
Canada
British Columbia
British Columbia Land Catalogue of Fruit and Farm Lands
A vividly illustrated catalogue from F. J. Wart & Co. Ltd of Vancouver, established 1891, offering fruit and farm land options in milder climates. Contact details and inviting language target potential buyers and investors.
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F. J. Wart & Co., Ltd
Vancouver
Arrowhead and Kootenay Railway Aims at Revelstoke Hub
Revelstoke may become the province’s key railway junction as the Arrowhead and Kootenay line to the Crows Nest road pushes ahead. The route would unlock rich mineral and grain trade, connect western prairies to the coast, and boost Revelstoke’s growth while shortening trips to Vancouver for Crows Nest passengers.
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CPLR
Kootenay Central
Arrowhead
Kootenay
Revilstoke
Crows Nest
Revelstoke
British Columbia
Hevelstoke
Western Prairies
Pacific Coast
Lardeau
Vancouver
Great Northern
C.P R
Iestaf
Cranbrook Council Plans Strict Enforcement in 1909 Notice
Parents and guardians of children are hereby notified that it is the intention of the Council to strictly enforce the provisions of the above holac uyian. Thos. M. Roberts, City Clerk, Cranbrook, B.C., March 10, 1909.
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Thos. M. Roberts
Cranbrook
B.C
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