Fernie Briefs Highlight Local News And Community Plans
G G Melkle begins ranching at Galloway and Mrs A J Burnside visits Claresholm. Prisoners moved to Lethbridge camp from Vernon. Grand theatre set to open May 24 25 with Pantages show. Bert Fyffe’s brother James killed at the front. Bert weighs enlisting. An Italian family crash injures child near the park. Military men plan a Victoria hall smoker for patriotic funds. Blairmore school cuts salaries of several teachers. Natal tragedy as a 10 year old dies from accidental rifle discharge. inquest finds accidental death. Fernie council contemplates moving a nuisance dump site to reduce odor and improve appearance along the trunk road and railway corridors.
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A. J. Burnside
Claresholm
W. H. Whimster
Lethbridge
Vernon
Grand Theatre
C. L. Southern
Bert Fyffe
B. Mewing
James
Bert
Cokato
CPLR
Victoria Hall
Barnes
Cranbrook
Blairmore
Natal
Jesse Mansfield
Elko Notes Highlights From Town and Trail
Elko residents report visits and business notes including Fred Smith leaving for Edmonton, H C Wilkes inspecting the Frankel estate in Fernie, civil engineer Murdoch McKay from government works, and visitors from Winnipeg and Cranbrook. Local improvements at Rooseville ranch and trips to Cranbrook and Cranbrook military camp are noted amid colorful commentary on Elko as a vacation spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Smith
Elko
Edmonton
H. C. Wilkes
Fernie
Frankel Estate
Murdoch McKay
Government Works Department
Richards
Winnipeg
Deer Park Ranch
South Fork
Elk River
Jim Broley
Rooseville
A. Klingensmith
J. M. Agnew and Son
Cranbrook
Pearly Gates
New Jerusalem
A. F. Krapfel
Medicine Hat
Krapfel
North Star Lumber Co
W Gates
Austins
Charlie Sawyer
Kings‘gate
T. Caven
Prairies
Jim Thistlebeak
Kiko
Fernle
British Columbia
Mlpiater
Partygoers Explore Elk River Canyon Visit to Canada
Mrs W H Bernard and Mrs C Hart of Rexford Montana lead a party with Minneapolis friends Libby and Kalispell on a Saturday trip to the Elk River Canyon marking their first Canadian visit. Mrs B B Holbrook, Elko pioneer merchant, heads to Columbia Falls to join a San Francisco fair overland with about ten autos for a two month excursion. Jim Thistlebeak comments at Cranbrook Liberal convention on Conservative strength, suggesting the Grit majority will appear as a zero with the rim torn off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Bernard
C. Hart
Rexford
Montana
Minneapolis
Libby
Kalispell
U.S.A
Elk River Canyon
Canada
Elko
Great Northern
Columbia Falls
Cranbrook
Jim Thistlebeak
Baynes and Waldo Honor Roll and Local News
Special correspondence notes Waldo mills are operating and local sports will be mild on May 24. The community honors service members with an Honor Roll including Capt. J. S. Deed and others, while residents boast connections to relatives in the Empire’s army and local enlistments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Ross
Waldo
J. S. Deed
Billy
Carmody
Fred Nash
Harry Nash
Archie McCallum
Railton Trafford Joule
Messeter
Pyne
Gavin
J. W. Ross
Neuve Chappelle
L. Cowan
Local Steele News Highlights Sports and Travel
Harry Liddicoat faces weight loss as goalkeeper for the Steele team amid plans for upcoming sports day on the 24th including baseball Steele vs Cranbrook and a football match. Notable visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Chambers and Miss Rose Fenwick departing for England. Anxious searches for Dan McNeish of ernie and a Liberal delegation’s Cranbrook visit are noted.
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Harry Liddicoat
Harry
Guy F. Pownall
Mish Lakes
Steele
Vanderbilt
George Green
Colored Giants
George
Dan McNeish
Ernie
Fernie
England
New York
P. Chambers
Rose Fenwick
Jack Kerrigan
Shorty Fuller
Shorty
Kerrigan
Cranbrook
McLeod
Town gears up for title defense and village events
The town plans a title defense with an unusual exhibition by Harry Mather firing a 22 rifle at submarine periscopes on the Kootenay river without sights. Several teams enter horse shoes, tug of war events are organized by Jim McKee and Warren Woodland, Al Hoyle runs a free-ice-water refreshment booth for the 80 and over. An opera house dance starts at 9 p.m. with small refreshment charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Mather
Kootenay
Ted Cresney
Jim McKee
Warren Woodland
al Hoyle
Opera House
Birth At Wyndel May Ninth Prompts Small Town News
Creston notes a May ninth birth at Wyndel to Mr. and Mrs. Moon and comments on local happenings. Edmontonians visit, arrivals and returns from Idaho and Vancouver appear, waterworks work stalls awaiting pipe, imports of flour and hay, local dairy inspection visits, strawberry crops near Empire Day, and volunteers for the all‑Kootenay regiment scrutinized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyndel
Mrs. Moon
A. Speers
T. M. Edmondson
Farmers’ Institute
Seddell
Creston
R. R. Isley
V. S
Armstrong
B. C
Sam Moon
Mr. Stork
Sam
V.S
Cranbrook
Victor Carr
Dames Huscroft
Ike Lewis
Behold thy mother and Mothers Day Sermonette
A religious essay urges reverence for mothers linking Christ’s care for Mary to the origin of Mothers Day. It cites Adams, Napoleon, and Randolph on maternal influence, praises a mother’s love as steadfast and sin-forgiving, and honors faith in God as a crucial reason to honor mothers now and always.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
John
Wesley
Adams
Napoleon
Gray
Stoke Jegis
Scott
Mother
John Randolph
The
American Statesman
Hin
Coleridge
Stock Owners and Cattle Guards Meet at Wasa Hotel
A special meeting of the Wasa Stock and Agricultural association was held at the Wasa hotel to pass bylaws. A Doyle of Fort Steele presided with J H Quartly as vice president, and attendees included McVittie Fenwick Cameron Fort Steele, Charles Stevens H Barr Mayne H Fearnley Bechtel and Myers. The secretary read correspondence from Peter Lund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasa
B. C
Wasa Stock and Agricultural Association
A. Doyle
Fort Steele
J. H. Quartly
Messrs. McVittie
Fenwick and Cameron
Charles Stevens
H. Barr
Mayne
H. Fearnley
Bechtel and Myers
Valley cattle association adopts bylaws and seeks railway action
The meeting passed the bylaws after a Calgary board of trade secretary presented them. Members agreed the Calgary Livestock Association can aid the valley, and the secretary was instructed to contact Canadian Pacific Railway over inadequate cattle guards on the Kootenay Central line, Fort Steele, and Wasa. Several losses cited spur action, including claims of $250 and $60 compensation. The group also discussed laws on bulls off ranches until June and authorized correspondence with a noncomplying member. The declaration and bylaws were signed to incorporate under the Agricultural Association Act.
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Ing
Calgary Board of Trade
Calgary Livestock Association
Mayne
Cameron
T. Cameron
Canndiin Pacific Railway
Kootenay Central
Fort Steele
Wasa
Doyle
Association
Barr
Agricultural Association Act
Vacuum Cleaner rental offers fast car and home cleaning
Cranbrook Electric Lights Ltd advertises vacuum cleaners for rent at 60c or $1.00 per hour plus cartage. It claims efficient cleaning of eight rooms and upholstery without damaging carpets, outperforming the old carpet beater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook Electric Lights. Ltd
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