Elko notes hint at wartime nerves and local gossip
Colorful Elko district bulletin reports Mosse and Roosville Valley travel for war era alarms. mentions ministers accused of graft and calls for more police protection. Local residents, miners, and visitors frequent Elko while firms from Fernie to Toronto are noted. a patriotic dance is planned for Roosville School House May 26 with music and supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrissey
Roosville
Flagstone
Ken Foster
Joe Charlesworth
Gateway
B. C
Elko
Fernie
Jim Thistlebeak
B.C
Count von Hoffenheimer
Baron Weiner Snicklefrita
Roosville Valley
Plugstone
Newgate
George Hearn
Aberdeen
Robert Rogers
Billy Mackay
Potter Palmer
Waldo
James Black
Orkney
Corkney Islands
Baynes Lake
A. J. Krapfel
Medicine Hat
Duncan
Vancouver
Thomsons
Columbia Hotel
Wardner
Tom Duncan
Dolly Neldratt
South Fork Park
Bernard
Ireland
Merchants Bank
Winnipeg
Lethbridge
Glendenning
Toronto
P. Greg
Dorr
Rocaville
Val
Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands Offer
Two million three hundred thousand acres are to be opened for homesteads and sale by a June 9 1916 act. Land includes timber and agricultural areas with soil, climate, rainfall, and elevation data available in maps. Postpaid soil map details and location information available from Grant Lands Locating Co Portland. Also advertising three nurse training positions at Galt Hospital Training School noting salary, coursework, vacations, and housing with applications via Lady Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon & California Railroad Co
United States
Grant Lands Locating Co
Portland
Oregon
Death of Lieut. Colonel George T. Denison Jr at Fort Steele
A Fort Steele note reports the death in action of Lieut. Colonel George T. Denison Jr son of Police Magistrate George T. Denison of Toronto a prominent Loyalist family. The item lists wartime losses and local connections including Mrs Denison niece of Chas Mair and the Denison widow. It also mentions Major Hunger for Pollen killed in action plus local visits and community notices such as weddings road work and mine activity in Fort Steele and surrounding districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
George T. Denison, Jr
Geo. T. Denison
U. S
Law
Peace River District
Lord Rhondda
George Gegry
Fort Steele
Fernie Riding
Cummings and
Ramsay
Justinia
Jarvis
Limbert
Ignatius Jack
Helen
Shortnanna
Tobacco Plains
Michael McKay
Elizabeth
Sam Cadieux
Sheep Creek
Vivian M. Ba
Kootenays
Canadian Overseas Medical Corps
V. Bate
A. Maye Bate
Newnham
Wardner
Presbyterian Church
Jeffery
New Brunswick
EB. Attree
Victor
W. W. Douglas
Bull River
C.R. B Gordon
Vancouver
E. McLellan
A. Sutherland
Nelson
Wm. Schad
Wm. Anderson
Mouse Creek
Ed, Baker
Six Mile Creek
W. J. Folsey
Elko
T. Richie
Wilson Bros
Victoria
Selkirk Mining figures and Marysville news brief
Marysville reports J W Gifford of Selkirk Mining went to Spokane on company business. James Angus and Clas Hyans with mining interests at St Marys attended the Nelson convention. Handley and Son’s Auto Stage between Kimberley and Cranbrook thrives, adding a new board and Kimberley runner Mr Anderson. Battersby plans to take over the Dewar property on Alki Creek. A lodge house and outbuildings on lodgson Ranch west of Marysville burned. cause unknown. Homestead Inspector Wilmot inspected local homesteads. Archibald of CM&S Co visited town. Road Superintendent Cummings of Cranbrook, Wisi, visited St Marys Lake with foreman Pe Leele. Carlson injured in a speeder accident and rushed to hospital. J M MacLean of Cranbrook spent Sunday here. Mrs Ellen Ridder visited Cranbrook. Mr and Mrs Dawson spent the weekend in Cranbrook. Ince Bidder of Sullivan Mine visited relatives. Ben Keer the dairyman made a brief Cranbrook trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gifford
Selkirk Mining Company
Spokane
James Angus Wid Clas Hyans
St. Marys
Nelson
Handley and Son
Kimberley
Cranbrook
Mr. Anderson
St. G
B. Battersby
Selkirk
Dewar
Alki Creek
Lodgson
Marysville
Wilmot
Archibald
Sundey
Cummings
Wisi
St. Marys Lake
Leele
Carlson
JM. Maclean
Ellen Ridder
Mrs. Dawson
Ince Bidder
Sullivan Mine
Ben Keer
News of Mie World In Brief
Mr Joseph HW Choate eminent lawyer and former US ambassador to Great Britain dies suddenly at his New York home aged 86 after likely overexertion. The House of Commons delays a committee plan to curb parliamentary expenses. Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci sinking traced to an improved explosive timed to explode as it left harbor. British munition workers strikes prompt warning under the Defence of the Realm Act with possible life penalties for incitement. Ministers note dilution of labor is an emergency war measure and strikes are discouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph HW. Choate
United States
Great Britain
New York
Leonardo da, Vinci
Taranto
Tralian
Britain a Giant Stripped From Peace to War Era
A wartime portrait of Britain describes a nation transformed since August 1914. It notes a ruined former self rebuilt into a militarized, economically strong state with a powerful navy and disciplined army. The piece argues this renewal is a national miracle and questions whether the public will ignore it or endure further hardship to learn similar lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
New
Hardy Canadian Plums Prove Cold Climate Worthwhile
Ottawa Experimental Farm reports over 100 plum varieties tested in 28 years. Cheney, a red Canada plum, proves useful for early ripening on prairies, with Assiniboine showing promise. Manitoba and American wild plums offer hardy cultivated options despite disease and cold. Seedlings are being developed to improve early varieties for prairie gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Manitoba
Ottawa
Prairie
Prairies
Minnesota
Iowa
Brandon
Charcoal and Carbolic Acid Fly Elimination Trick
A reader suggests a simple method to fix a fly problem. Light charcoal on a shovel until red, then drizzle a few drops of carbolic acid over it. Wave the smoke around the room to drive flies away, claiming they disappear instantly.
Property Theft Notice Near Port Hill
Wattsburg Lumber Co Ltd warns that persons are removing over half a mile of inch steel cable 1000 feet of steel rails and brass fittings from two donkey engines near the International Boundary line Port Hill without permission. If returned no charges will be made. otherwise legal action will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Boundary Line
Port Hill
Wattsburg Lumber Co., Ltd
Wattsburg
B.C
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Gurd & Spreull
W. F. Gourd
G. J. Spreull
Cranbrook, B.C
Drs
Gree
Nu & MacKinnon
Armstrong Avenue
BROOK
F. B
MILES
Hanson
B, C
Cranbrook Cottage Hospital
A. Salmon
F. M. MacPherson
Norbury Ave
City Hall
L. van Staveren
Planoforte
Montana
Cranbrook Street
Bank of Commerce
Parker
Lethbridge and Greenhill Coal
Imperial Oil Co
Frank Provenzano
Marapodi
Coeur D’alene
Spokane, Washington
British Columbia
Great Northern Station
Milwaukee Terminal
Elko Notes
BY Fred Roo
Jack Hart
T. Leteher
Squire Deat
Crows Nest Pass
Miss Shenfield
Coal Creek
Wm. Shenfield
A. C. Morrison
Edwin Griffiths
Buena Vista Gardens
Herald Office
McLaughlin
R. J. Binning
Galt Hospital
Lath- 1 Bridge
Alta
T. Fenwick
Leslie
Watson
Abernethy
J. G. Cummings
Crabronk
Suimmen
Port Steele
Kootenay
F. Bltimore
Kerrigan
WOODS
McLeod
Placer
Wild Horse Creek
A Doyle
Wycliffe Hill
Green
Cadieux
Cadieusx
Banford Crowe
George Watson
FE. Attren
Fairmont Springs
MIE World
House of Commons
W. B. Northrup
Robert Bor Iden
Wilfred Laurier
Hansard
Britain
Brooks
Zam-Buk
Zam-Buk Co
Jam
ASL
Beechamm
Thomas Boschon
Helens
Lancashire
Hoys
Overseas
Fierald Office
Brc
Rcan
Etait
Children’s Shoes
F.f.dalley CO. OF
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