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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 02, 1901
Page
2
A collage of tongue in cheek editorials and notices from British Columbia papers recounts immigration tensions, library funding critique, and civic hopes. It notes Chinaman and Japanese immigration affects wages, praises Western progress, and lists local political aims, mine labor leadership, and community dances in Greenwood and Ferguson with officer elections and federation updates.
A Revelstoke Herald interview with J. Douglas Walker and A. O. Kirby of a London capital group argues mining’s rise in Canada justifies tax reform. They claim miners pay annual license fees and recording fees, contrasting with mining states in the south and Ontario and Quebec where no such fees exist.
The speaker outlines heavy costs for miners including annual crown grant fees of 250 over five years, water power fees, timber charges, high customs on tools and clothing, long transport to remote sites, and an 2 percent royalty on gross ore profits. He notes eight hour limits and extra land taxes while praising no similar tax elsewhere.
Notice announces applications to the chief commissioner of lands and works one month after date to purchase described lands in East Kootenay and South East Kootenay. Descriptions include starting posts, measured chains, and acreages. dates show March 29 101 and April ast 1001 with named applicants G Gurd and J U G Slater.
Land Act notice from the Chief of Lands and Works at Victoria BC requests a special license to cut or carry away timber on crown lands in the district of South East Kootenay. The description begins at a post on Telegraph Trail north side about three miles southeast of Elk River crossing, marked GC Blasel NW corner post, and bounds south 125 chains east 60 chains north 125 chains west to the starting point. Dated May.
Notice issued to chief commissioner of lands and works in Victoria B C seeking a local license to cut and carry timber from a described parcel in the Southeast Kooteay district. Land bounds begin at Telegraph trail post near Kik river crossing and cover 1000 acres more or less. Dated May 01, 1901. O K O'Reilly
A series of notices from Cranbrook and surrounding East Kootenay districts announces applications to the chief commissioner of Lands and Works for licenses and permissions to cut and carry away timber from described crown lands. Names include John K. Costigan Ferdinand Slater G F King J Laurie, with locations near Cranbrook and Smiths Lake and various compass-bound property traces dated March and May 1901.
Take notice that T have applied to the district land commissioner of lands and works at Victoria for a special license to cut and carry away timber on Crown lands in the South East Kootenay district. The description cites a post near Telegraph Trail two miles south east of KK River crossing, marked George Miller's N W corner west, with a described parcel of about 1000 acres More or less. Dated May 2, 1910 Hillier.
Notice of application to the chief commissioner of lands and works at Victoria for a special license to carry away timber on Crown lands in the South East Kootenay district. Describes parcel starting on Telegrapgh trail post near Kik River, boundary lines and an area continuing about 1000 acres. Dated Cranbrook May 2, 1901. Malcolm McInnes.
Notice of application to the chief commissioner of lands and works at Victoria by A for a special license to locate and extract timber on vacant crown lands in South East Kootenay BC. Description begins at a post on the east bank of the Elk River and follows rivers and lines for 126 chains, totaling 1000 acres. Dated May 2, 1904 Edward Cahill.
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