Marysville and Cranbrook Snapshots in Local Notes
A surveyor McVittie works at Marysville while J Gillis joins Fort Steele Mercantile. Many residents travel to Elko Cranbrook and Pincher Creek with updates on business hires stores and farewells. Local bank manager Haines, smelter crew hints, and New York bound Fink family telegrams round out a busy Gemeinde week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.W. McVittie
Marysville
J. Gillis
Fort Steele Mercantile Company
J. $. McKinstrey
Local Cranbrook notes mix of movers, business and weather
W L Reid of Moyle stops in town. Mrs McConnell sells milk shakes. An Indian finds a good overcoat on St Marys prairie. Farnham Que men take positions in Superintendent Jamison's office and Mr Forbes will build near the Presbyterian manse. The jeweler Tate promotes eye glasses. Dr Barker visits Cranbrook temporarily. Summer suitings tempt with warm weather. Funeral of Dr Livers held with Father Ouelette. Captain Miller and son plan a Washington river boat to navigate lower Columbia for lumber shipments. Cranbrook insurers visit and praise town prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. Clancy
G. A. Mason
Farnham
Que
Jamison
Mr. Forbes
P. Navin
Miller
Charlie
North Star
Kootenay River
Columbia River
Washington
Millers
Marysville Notes Highlight Local Business and Mining Events
Marysville notes detail Ben Pugh heading to Palmers Bar for assessment work on two big claims, Albert Mellor taking over Frank McCabe’s business, H White joining King Lumber as book-keeper and heading to Cranbrook, A W scVittee arriving to oversee Hume tine for the smelter, J P Fink visiting the Sullivan mine, and N C McKinstry’s accident while rounding up horses, with Mack noting roughness of horse work versus football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysside Tribune
Ben Pugh
Palmers Bar
A W.scVittee
Marysville
Smelter
J.P. Fink
Fort Steel Mercantile Company
Cranbrook
Sullivan
N.C McKinstry
Mack
Roosville Notes Highlight Local Activity and Moves
Ranchers busy with crops as inspectors and officials visit the area. Customs officer W. Cute of Victoria visited, J. D. Gordon moves his Phillipps office to Gateway B.C. Turner Beeton & Co. representative J. C. Carruthers visited Rocnville and Gateway. Walter A. Wells visits Port Steele friends in the Valley. Engineers photographed falls but offered no details. Minteer brothers plan Upper Kettle work starting June. United Workmen ball set for May 16 at Tobacco Plains. Frank McKnight to Calgary for South Africa enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Carruthers
Nelson
Turner Beeton & Co
Rocnville
Gateway
Walter A. Wells
Port Steele
Moyie Leader notes hospital scare and community updates
Jeff Gauthier reports A G Lashapelle remains in Greenwood hospital after an ankle injury led to blood poisoning and possible amputation. An Odd Fellows anniversary service drew a large crowd with a sermon on friendship love and truth. Also: Mark Brooke heads to Ymir camps. Grant and Sheady win a railway contract near Moosomin. forty horses and cutters shipped. six months work. Win Lannon owns the Giladstone Iron mine near Blairmore with a 110 foot tunnel. Law son acquires coal land nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Gauthier
A. G. Lashapelle
Greenwood
Lashapelle
St. Eugene Shaft House
Cranbrook Hospital
Odd Fellows
By. Fortune
Odd Fellowship
M. Hill
Lodge
Messrs. Grant & Sheady
Moosomin
Northwest Territories
Cutti
Win, Lannon
Giladstone
Blairmore
Lawson
Fernie News Highlights From The Free Press
Miss McGillum of Cranbrook visits Fernie this week hosted by Miss K Ross. The football team will play Pincher Creek in Pincher Creek on May 21. Local business grows at C P yard with ten yard engines operating day and night. Miss T Hewitt opened a barber shop opposite the Northern hotel and has left town suddenly. Cline, a popular Cranbrook station day operator, has been transferred away. Freight clerks at OC PR held a social evening in his honor last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rank
Pincher Creek
C. P
T. Hewitt
Cline
Cranbrook
Ocpr Freight Clarks
Community updates from Fort Steele and Cranbrook region
Local notes report social events at Steele Phursday and Cranbrook, mining developments on Carbonate group and various Lake Creek properties. Labor, sawmill work in Wasa, steamer transport plans to Wardner, and upcoming operations at Estella Wasa Vik ing Crescent Iowa mines. Amber Plug Smoking Tobacco advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chisholm
Lake Creek
Ore Shipments From Rossland Camp Hit 7 172 Tons Weekly
The Rossland camp reports weekly ore shipments totaling 7 172 tons with daily average above 1 000 tons. Le Rol and Le Rol No 2 contributed 4 172 and 1 500 tons respectively while Rossland Great Western 400 and Centre Star 100 Giant 100 tons. Yearly total reaches 122 207 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossland
Rossland Camp
Tragedy at Grand Forks Hotel Highlights Local Despair
Gus Anderson a 30 year old railway laborer stabbed himself twenty six times with a pen knife at the Grand Central Hotel in Grand Forks last Monday in a desperate suicide attempt. Boundary contributions to the province are forecast at 90 000 with a current year allowance of 14 500. Ruffied Grouse mine shipments from Lardeau yield 101 per ton, while Sunset near Sanion reports 40 000 earned in nine months with ore inventory remaining. Canada’s copper output rises to 1 000 000 pounds in 1910 and 15 000 short tons in 1911, placing the country eighth among producers as British Columbia leads provincial copper output. Amber Flag Smoking Tobacco is claimed to be evaluating its merits with a test for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus. Anderson
Grand Central
Grand Forks
Sanion
Canada
British Columbia
Hull Goes East Marysylle Tribune Journey for Health
G W Hall general manager of the Sullivan Group Mining Co with Mrs Hull left for Poledo Ohio on Thursday. Mrs Hull has been in poor health and a climate change is hoped to help. Mr Holl will return in about three weeks and Mr Saunders will take his place in the meantime. The Tribune wishes them a bon voyage and hopes for Mrs Hull’s restored health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Hall
Sullivan Group Mining Co
Hull
Poledo
Ohio
Liberal Association Formed in Marysville
A meeting of Marysville liberals was held at the Royal hotel on Thursday evening and an association formed. J. A. Linde was elected president and H. L. Borden, secretary treasurer. The president and secretary were elected as delegates to the liberal convention to be held in Cranbrook on May 7. The meeting adjourned until May 7 in Adam's building.
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Marysville
Liberal S
Royal Hotel
J. A. Linde
H. L. Borden
Sec -Treas
Cranbrook
Adam's Building
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Ymir
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Tepong
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Tracy Creek
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