Cranbrook Booms With Construction and Progress
The Cranbrook town column reports a surge in building and improvements with new fences, landscaping, and storefront updates. Government offices and an opera house rise, a $75 000 to $100 000 CP R upgrade planned, and several homes valued at $4 000 to $5 000 underway. The overall tone celebrates sustained growth and confidence in Cranbrook’s prosperity.
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Cranbrook
Amd
Imperial Bank
Baker Street
Mike Herald
British Columbia
Johnson
Provincia Court
Opera House Leask & Co
Opera House
A. C. Nelson
Baker Hill
Harry Hickenbotham
William Cameron
C. BE. Reid & Co
J. P. Kink
Railway Items Highlight Local Rail Workers and Moves
Railway items note Cranbrook staff movements and duties including L Chudleigh and Superintendent Mundison touring Sindar. Mrs Campbell, wife of dining car conductor J Campbell, suffers erysipelas with critical condition improving. Several engineers and staff plan travel, transfers, or holidays. new call boy appointed. long-term changes teased for a Calgary Swift Current division with Nelson supervision.
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J. H. Fox
Nelson
Lumley
M. E. Palmer
Winnipeg
St. Paul
J. H. Caslake
Montreal
YW. Gould
Fernie
Cranbrook
M. Campbell
J. R. McNabb
Lethbridge
Don McKillop
Mac
Geo. Johnson
Monreal
Toronto
Hamilton
Chas
Hiar
Harris
Benedicts
Hugh Brock
W. G. Haynes
Traynes
Bridge and Building Department
Doolan
Sirdar
Geo
Manahan
Miller
Hopkins
Bricksey
L. Chidteigh
Spokeane
Clifford Gerow
Robert Patton
Mat Newland
Southern Pacifi Railway
William Small
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Swift Current
Maclem
Lawrence
Station Agent Strong Faces Pressure to Expand Offices
Station Agent Strong faced strong pressure to clear space at the station for additional offices. The effort aims to reconfigure operations and accommodate new staff, drawing reactions from local officials and employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strong
Apatigiente
Wardner News Briefs From Cranbrook To Wardner
Wardner and nearby residents see family moves and social events as Mr. and Mrs. Brown settle in Wardner after marriage in Cranbrook. Foresters plan a Queen's birthday at home. New cottages rise for carpenters and workers while Mr. Myers moves from Washington to Wartner for a lumber company post.
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Dolin Smith
Kootenay
Bilin
Pritish Columbia
Liat
Catagary
Tinselman
Oscar St. Jacques
St. Eugene
Cranbrook
McConnell
Fort Steele
Lime
Roland
Sidney Brown
Wardner
Maggie Nickelson
Maine
United States of America
Crows Nest Pass
Peter Lund
Stafford
Lumber Company
Myers
Wattsburg notes growth with school, mine, and sports
Special correspondence reports Wattsburg citizens fund a new schoolhouse and growth in lumber and mining. The Pay Roll mine begins operations with good prospects while a football club forms. Cranbrook holiday visitors may find a welcoming hotel scene as the town develops. Deer and lynx sightings are also noted in the region.
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Wattsburg
Cranbrook
Wattshure
Thompson
Wittshire
Winnipeg Free Press founder Dayton Luxton dies at last
Dayton Luxton who founded the Winnipeg Free Press in 1852 died last Saturday. He was one of the west’s best known journalists and faced trials with the press company after taking a stand on railway and provincial rights. He helped lay foundations for civic and provincial government in Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woof. Dayton
Winnipeg Free Press
Mr Luxton
Manitoba
Funeral for Frank Allison in Cranbrook Cemetery
The funeral of Frank Allison, killed in the Wardner wreck when a car of coal toppled on him, was held from Undertaker Beatty's parlors. Cranbrook Lodge Knights of Pythias provided pallbearers J A Arnold J B Trenderson A C Bowen J P Fink W C Taylor S J Davis. Rev Main of the Presbyterian church officiated.
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Frank Allison
Wardner
Mth
Beatty
Cranbrook
Upham
North Dakota
Wae Fa
Pythias
Cranbrook Lode
J. A. Arnold
J. 2B. Trenderson
A. C. Boweness
J. P. Fink
W. C. Taylor
S. J. Davis
Rev. Main
The
Presbyterian Church
Cranbrook Council Votes to Join British Columbia Municipalities
The Cranbrook city council met last evening with Aldermen Fink Hickenthotham MacCowan Gill present. They voted to join the Union of British Columbia municipalities and will be represented at its meetings. The meeting covered school endorsements, jail grant discussions, amendments to the Municipality Act, and Fire Department bylaw updates. The Ran Brook Football Association reported the Forresters beat the Town 1–0 in the Beattie cup opener, with a next match slated for Tuesday the 28th against the Fire Brigade.
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Fink
Hickentotham
MacCowan
Gill
Kimberley
F. C. Gamble
Armstrong
Cranbrook
Union of
British Columbia
Messrs
Harvey, Reid
Elwell
Crandock
Bow
McCowan Ual Gall
Jo. Fo Armstrong
Cerufed
Rohinson
Tie
British Columbia Firemens’ Association
Porresters
Forresters
Wile
Fire Brigade
Manly
Wuld
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CANADIAN BANK _OF COMMERCE
B. ©. Walker
Alex, Laird
A. M. Ireland
Canada
United States
England
Cranbrook Branch
F. C. Malpas
Arnold & Roberts
C. E. Reid
CO. Wits Pink
Specultien
Gilad
H. Wilson
Grea Op Ieien
E. Byrnes
Heant
Crow's Nest Pass
Tate the Jeweler
J.T. Williams
James Ryan
Murphy
S. Ryckman
Beale & Elwell
J. T. Rogers
Ed. Home
DeVere Hunt
A. Ward
Baker Milk
L. Patmore
J. FM. Pinkham
Sul Waskine
William Pottet
James Boyes
Bradley and
Atkins
Herald
David Hiram
Shirhet Sandiis
Boom Wattsburg
Worf Lunton
Rirank Allison
Imperial Bank of Canada
J. F.M. Pinkham
Mgr
Kootenay Central
Beattie & Atchison
Ranbrook Football Association
Woon
Morse
Patmore Bros
R. G. McPhee
Stewarts
Hugh Stewart
J. Edgar Davis
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