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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Nov 14, 1907
Page
7
The piece critiques endless talk and moral preachers while noting heavy lumber industry preparations for winter. It surveys slogans on sanctimony, commerce, and public discourse, then shifts to statistical notes on timber, Quebec’s industry, and Canada’s post offices and prisons in a stream of observations.
Canada’s Quebec and Ontario are detailed with area, population, agriculture, and industry figures. Quebec is the second largest province with a 1901 population around 648 thousand and strong dairy output. Ontario holds 40 percent of Canada’s people and leads in farming, cheese and butter production, and public schools.
Ontario reports vast agricultural and mineral outputs with 20 000 Farmers Institute members and 8 500 Women’s Institute members. Cobalt mining output, Lake Superior assets, oil and tobacco figures. railway expansion and timber reserves noted. Department notice lists tender details for a Victoria Detention Building with strict form and cheque requirements.
Notarized transfer document records Nils Peter Molander assigning his liquor license rights for the Queen s Hotel Cranbrook to Gust Andeen for one dollar. Dated October 1907 at Cranbrook British Columbia with witness Clarence Darling.
Harry Hamilton McVittie of Cranbrook B C as agent for Victor Albert Rollins intends to apply for permission to purchase 640 acres bounded from a post on the west boundary of Lot 339 G 1 Fast Kootenay running 80 chains in each direction to form a rectangle. Dated October 21 1907. 31-9t
Port Arthur reports a flood of permit applications to harvest timber this winter. The Crown Lands department has issued instructions to crown timber agents: no further permits will be granted on applications received after this date.
A damaged text describes Columbian College offerings including preparatory work for previews, general education in liberal arts, and specialized engineering programs. It mentions laboratory publications, course batches, and a broad curriculum toward bachelor degrees with emphasis on science and practical training.
East Kootenay Lumber Company Limited seeks permission to purchase land in Cranbrook District of Kootenay. The parcel starts 30 chains south of Lot 6508 NW corner, runs 20 chains west, 70 chains south, 20 chains east, 20 chains north to the starting point, about 4 acres. Dated Jaffray November 11 1907. Agent Archibald Kenneth Leitch.
The partnership carried on as Geary & Doyle at Cranbrooks and Fort Steele British Columbia is dissolved. Alfred Doyle continues the business and assumes all liabilities with accounts payable to him. George Geary signs with witness Rol. Galbraith. Dated October 28.
Notice of intent by William Sherwood Bell of Cranbrook BC veterinary surgeon to apply for a special lumber license on lands described as Lot 274 Group 1 with a described boundary including west and south lines and a total area around 640 acres. Also notice by The East Kootenay Lumber Company Limited Cranbrook BC lumber manufacturers to apply for a special timber license on Lot 6118 Group One Koote nay district with date references in October.
A notice from Robert Robson of Mayook British Columbia seeks a special Amber license for lands described by a parcel in Lot 8111 Group 1 with multiple directional measurements. It outlines Dominion Lands eligibility for homesteading, residency requirements, and entry procedures, plus coal land sale terms and royalties.
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