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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
5
A large number of registrars under the new Provincial Elections Act have been named with Kootenay and Bomar y constituencies listed. Preparation for compiling voters lists is under way as polling divisions are set. Deputy registrars and party election commissioners will handle applications to add names, with other provincial officials empowered to collect voter data.
Khaym presents telepathy demonstrations as the main attraction at the Auditorium Theatre over two days starting May 28. Yvonne La Raine billed as a family pet performs child impersonations between occult segments. The show promises one of the most baffling demonstrations in payable research for theatre goers.
A letter from A G Langley, Eastern Mineral Survey District No 5 Revelstoke, outlines a provincial program to aid returning men in mineral prospecting. Fifty men will be chosen province wide, split evenly between experienced and inexperienced workers. Pairs travel together, government supplies camping gear or contributes 50, food allowance is 1.50 daily, and wages at season end are 126 for experienced and 100 for inexperienced. Three pairs can enroll from this district.
At a Toronto shareholders meeting the Crow's Nest Coal Co. decided to move its head office to Fernie. R M Young of Fernie attended to arrange the transfer. The Toronto office, in place 22 years, will be closed as officers relocate to Fernie.
The provincial government advances the final phase of completing the provincial highway as announced by Hon. Dr. King minister of public works. Dr. King and Mrs. King tour the Boundary and Kootenay districts inspecting work and tenders have been called to finish gaps including Rossland to Polson Thrums to Brilliant near Nelson the Osoyoos hill link Kuskanook to Sirdar and the Revelstoke west road.
An advertisement emphasizes that only tablets bearing the Bayer Cross are genuine Aspirin made in Canada. It promotes aspirin for headaches neuralgia colds rheumatism and general pain and notes packaging options including 12 tablets per tin and larger buyer packages. It warns against imitations and identifies Bayer as the trademark owner with the Bayer cross stamped on tablets.
The Dominion Experimental Farms system across Ottawa and twenty branch farms covers livestock crops fruit growing tobacco bees and all Canadian adapted agriculture. The 1919 report lists experiments in swine feeding, fattening, two queen bees in one hive variety tests of fibre production and prairie flax straw studies. It notes valuable conclusions from ongoing experiments and invites subscriptions for the Herald.
A Wall Street Journal review cites Lord Shaughnessy urging increased production and reduced waste to spread deflation over time. He warns against rapid contraction and calls for cooperation among farmers merchants manufacturers and consumers with banks to ease credit. He notes Canada US trade balances and suggests immigrants and labor forces will sustain postwar growth.
Victoria returned men in Creston and Foernie settlements are making strong progress toward increased province production says Hon K E Barrow Minister of Agriculture after a ten day tour with Col R D Davies. One hundred veterans and families now live in homes on the Creston area with many more applications pending.
Notice warns that any trespass or theft of grass hay or timber on Wasa Estate land across multiple Lots in the Kootenay District will lead to damages and prosecution. Separate court notice in Manitoba BC era details service by mail and publication for James Albert Maxwell and others in a 1920 action for specific performance and foreclosure.
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