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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1912
Page
4
The Cranbrook city columns discuss cement sidewalks on Baker Street and a improved roadbed to give the town an up to date look. Oppose no to grade changes, cost estimates now put at about half of prior figures at 12,250 dollars. The piece urges action and notes fruit industry concerns and market data for East Kootenay.
Warmer weather stirs Cranbrook fans as players practice. CPLR takes over old grounds securing a suitable playing site for an upcoming season and most of last year’s players remain, signaling a possible winning team.
In a Commons speech Premier Asquith says the government has done its best with thoroughness and impartiality and laments that all their labors to end the coal strike have been unavailing.
Early Saturday fire gutted the CPR tie mill at Biesel's Spur between Ryan and Yahk. Twenty eight workers were employed. several loaded cars and lumber in the yard were saved while the mill was practically destroyed.
Rev. O. J. Kendall outlines Sunday activities with a morning message The Shout of Victory and an evening discourse on The Crime of Unused Wealth A symposium survey invites all members to define a religious meeting and contribute signed answers by mail Results will be shared later in a service
Sumdays Low mass at 830 a.m high mass 1030 a.m Sunday school 2 to 8 p.m Rosary and Bene diction 730 p.m Mondays and holy days of obligation Mass 800 a.m Week days Mass 600 a.m at the hospital P Plamondon O M T rev W Elson Dunham pastor Sunday services 11 a m and 730 p m Morning subject Restoring the relapsed Evening subject Frugality Choir will render special music and all are cordial.
Salvation Army schedules morning worship at 11 oclock with a holiness meeting. Afternoon sessions include 2 oclock Sunday School and 8 30 oclock free and easy meeting. Night service at 8 oclock salvation meeting. Lesson titled A Remarkable Incident. Everyone welcome.
R E Reddick and Catherine Mary Curley were married Wednesday March 27 at Fort Steele in a home ceremony conducted by Reverend W E F Dunham. The nuptials occurred at the residence of W M McDonald with local witnesses present.
A church baby blessing triggers a cash gift to the minister’s wife. As the congregation gathers the minister prays thanking the Lord for timely succor, while two attendants debate whether the baby or money comes first. The outcome remains undecided.
London March 27 report says a vast spring emigration to Canada is under way. All Royal and Canadian Cunard immigrant boats are booked for April and May, with hundreds of applicants being turned away.
Local notes cover Jos Jackson’s return from the east, R L Borden’s duty payments on a British uniform, architect J J O Gara opening an office in Cranbrook, a Calgary real estate figure’s motor accident, a Fernie wedding, a Saskatoon hatless man’s snow bath, a Blairmore hotel fire and losses, and Vancouver theatre expansion plans.
Miss Verna Felton and the Allen Players arrive for a week at the Auditorium with new scenery and an enlarged company. The opening bill Monday is The Divorcans, a society drama about modern divorce laws, with the Royal Hungarian String Quartette providing music. Oliver Twist may be staged in honor of the Dickens centenary.
Oxford and Cambridge universities tied last Saturday in the annual sports with five events each. No records were made. American athlete Gus Zeigler won the hammer throw with a 139 feet 4 inch effort.
The Aurora Mining and Milling Co. invites tenders for sinking a distance of 165 feet and for extending the present tunnel at the Aurora mine Moyie British Columbia. The contractor must provide all supplies but may use existing tools and equipment on site. For details contact T. G. Jones Acting Secretary Cranbrook B C.
Notice of an application for a final license under Part XI to clear Bull River in East Kootenay for rafting and log driving. Mrs John Brennan applies through the Water Act for works near St. Josephs Creek with maps filed with the Chief Water Commissioner in Victoria within 20 days after publication. British Columbia Southern Railway Company also intends to apply for a final license in Victoria.
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