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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Nov 13, 1919
Page
4
A new feature Carmen of the Klondike is billed as a big special at Rex Theatre next week. Critics praise the film as a superior Yukon story with Clara Williams in the leading role and commend the scenic backgrounds that set the stage for this impressive photo play.
Yvonne from Paris comes to Rex Theatre next Monday and Tuesday with Mary Miles Minter performing the silent art. The bill also features the western serial Terror of the Range, a romance at speed, and a sharp comedy, all at regular prices.
Saskatchewan grain growers at a Moose Jaw convention condemn the Saskatchewan Temperance Act. They fault hotel accommodations in small towns and fear a government monopoly on pool rooms and tobacco sales for hotel keepers. Debate covers doctors fees for liquor prescriptions and pharmacists’ high prices, with some urging liquor sales through government channels.
Alberta farmers press for rapid irrigation extension as federal officials pledge immediate surveys. Regional studies, including Lethbridge and Medicine Hat sites, show irrigated yields rising far above dryland crops, with alfalfa and cereals boosting farm prosperity and CPR investments expanding water projects across 600,000 acres near Calgary and Medicine Hat.
Victoria BC Dr Alexander Robinson longtime head of British Columbia education department has been removed from office by order in council The cabinet named Samuel J Wills as his successor Robinson will receive a three month gratuity and 138 monthly retiring allowance Premier Oliver said the change serves the best interests of the service The 4000 a year post had helped shape BCs acclaimed education system over the years
William Carlin of Fort Steele, pioneer cattle king, arrived Tuesday with seventy five head of cattle and sold them locally for about six thousand dollars. The item sits amid a promotional note praising Jersey cows as a profitable dairy focus, attributed to G. S. Harris, Jersey Breeders Association of BC, with a light editorial tone.
The Canadian War Trophies Commission will present a gun to the B. C. town or district with the highest Victory Loan percentage. Every town and district has an equal chance to win based on the score achieved.
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