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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 23, 1907
Page
6
Viston will visit Manitahe with friends, spend a day or two in Fernie, then settle behind the Bank of Commerce counter in Vancouver with Mr. White, the former teller in the local Bank of Commerce.
The report notes the death of Captain TG Wilson of Livingston after an operation. Other items include a northern British Columbia prospecting trip by Wilson with Weed Wil lus and Hoy Thompson, village shocks from a severe snowstorm on cattle, a preliminary hearing for Pelix Montilletti on perjury charges linked to Blair Hire townsite, bail set at 5000, new Union Bank building rising in Blairmore, Doroty Beasley wedding in Kornie, and local license board changes with James Robertson moving to Pitcher Creek. Mrs Robertson attends Fourd in Frank.
A wide variety of items from Elko to Tobacco Plains cover local life with reflections on workers, shops, and community events. Mentions range from merchants and mills to social scenes, improvements, and upcoming church services with multiple locals named in passing.
Mrs WoW Tuttle returned from Bellingham via the G N. She is not yet fully recovered. Beaver work shows unique entry marks in stumps near Hosmer. The Mines near Coal Creek employ about 1,000 men. Michel about 600. Austrian fakir Andrew Villas arrested for vagrancy after false claims. $20 fine. Rev H T Kempton to leave for Vermilion Alberta after May 20 sermons. New post office foundation started and Coal Co buys a new locomotive for Michel mines. Mrs J R J Forster travels to Selkirk after learning of her brother’s death in Port Arthur from a railway accident.
The Fernie Ledger reports gradual rebound in mine output with today’s payday showing small sums. About 1000 at Coal Creek and over 500 at Michel, with mills and government buildings progressing and sewer plant underway. Movements include Wuntington taking a Bank of Commerce teller post in Fernie, King transferred to Nelson, Dr Corsin visiting Wasabis Sunday, and M L Gordon leaving Fernie for Princeton BC. A Lord’s Day Act fine, and 20 English immigrants arriving at the CPR station remain in Fernie.
Moyie Leader reports James Mannarino rejoices at his nephew Paul’s escape attempt from the penitentiary near Sirdar. Notes on local figures including J Bonner leaving the St Susene mine, Moyie’s Dublin fair opening, and upcoming visits and events at hotels and churches.
Two business and professional men from Spokane will visit Pernie Moyie and Cranbrook this summer in a chamber of commerce arranged trip. The party will travel by a special Spokane International line train with the Pokana band directed by Adolph Kirchner. The two day excursion is set for late June and led by F. S. Goodall.
General Longstreet notes a bedraggled Confederate soldier during a rain soaked halt. The man proclaims devotion to his homeland, quoting from the national anthem and lamenting disillusion with the war if he ever wets through.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company seeks authority to construct and operate franchise lines of the British Columbia Southern Railway. An application will be heard four weeks after first publication, depositions filed May 6 1907 in the Nelson Registry Office as No 52011. Secretary CG Drinkwater dated May 8 1907.
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