Organizing BC fruit markets faces Ontario imports in Cranbrook
Creston growers confront an Ontario tomato influx into Cranbrook competing with local BC fruit. The piece argues disunity and weak marketing hurt internal distribution and urges BC growers to actively promote their produce to retain the Cranbrook market. It notes Ottawa's and Washington–Oregon traffic patterns influence local sales and calls for stronger local advertising and organization.
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Ruit
Creston
Ontario
Cranbrook
Washington
California
B.C
West Kootenay
Okanagan
Niagara Peninsula
East Kootenay
Canada
Oregon
Prairies
Lethbridge
Calgary
West Hastings Election Defeat Ends Porter’s Thirty Year Hold
Jubilant Liberal circles celebrate Gus Porter surrendering the West Hastings riding after more than twenty years. Porter’s grandstand charges against Hon. Jas Murdock failed to sway voters as he lost to a government-backed candidate. The episode echoes North Okanagan recent tactics by Dr. K C Macdonald and underscores electors’ disinterest in bold political stunts.
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West Hastings
Gus Porter
K. C. Macdonald
North Okanagan
Porter
Jas Murdock
Aid
Fraser Canyon Park Proposed as National Park Centering BC
The Dominion Government plans a 500 square mile national park centered on Fraser Canyon to preserve its rugged, lonely beauty and the Fraser River chasm. The Yale to Lytton region holds Fraser gold rush history from 1858, adding historic appeal. Accessibility will grow with a new trans provincial highway reviving the Cariboo trail.
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Fraser Canyon
British Columbia
Alberta
Bails
Yale
Lytton
Fraser
Cariboo
Vancouver
Liquor Control Administration Debate in Victoria
The Victoria Colonist argues against moving Liquor Control Act administration to a Legislature. It warns one person would wield near yearlong power without continuous accountability, with review possible only when the legislature sits. It notes current control rests with the lieutenant governor and cabinet, not the commissioner.
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Victoria
From Hell to Burlington: The Rise of Tom Rankin
Tom Rankin born in a Chicago stockyards area rises from a brutal early life to farming in Vermont and then builds a nationwide dairy empire. With Taylors’ guidance he saves and learns, moves to Burlington, buys a chicken farm, expands to 1600 hens and cows, and earns about 10 000 dollars yearly from butter cheese and eggs, later selling to a milk syndicate for a fortune.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Taylor
Taylors
Rankin
Burlington
Jersey
Boston
Ross McMaster Named Director of Canadian Pacific Board
The election of Ross Huntington McMaster to the Canadian Pacific board fills the vacancy created by Lord Shaughnessy’s death. McMaster, born 1880 in Montreal, already serves as vice-president and director of the Steel Company of Canada and as director of the Northern Electric Company and the Canadian Explosives Company. He began at Sherwin Williams in 1897, later moved to Montreal Rolling Mills, and became Montreal manager for the Steel Company of Canada.
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Ode Monington Acdinste
Ross Huntington McMaster
Canadian Pacific
Lord Shaughnessy
McMaster
Steel Company of Canada
Northern Electric Company
Canadian Explosives Company
Montreal
Collegiate Institute
Sherwin Williams Co
Montreal Rolling Mills Company
Little Samuel Molyneux Arrives in Toronto Aboard Montetare
A young boy, Samuel Molyneux of 898 Oakwood Avenue Toronto, arrives in Canada alone aboard the Montetare. He bursts into tears amid train and immigration bustle before being reunited with his mother after a long separation from his shipboard friends and nurse.
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Samuel Molyneux
Canadian Pacific
Department of Immigration
Oakwood Avenue
Toronto
Samuel
Canada
Old Land
Heecame
Word Challenge Cup Awarded in Pacific Winnipeg Victory
A word challenge cup presented by the Agents General of British Columbia Nova Scotia Ontario and Quebec was won by the Pacific Winnipeg. Hon P C Larkin High Commissioner for Canada predicted a decade of prosperity as Canada leads the world in current standing.
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British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec
Winnipeg
Canada
P. C. Larkin
London
British Columbia Sweeps Imperial Fruit Show Honors in London
Victoria reports that British Columbia dominated the Imperial Fruit Show in London with twelve firsts and one second in the overseas section. The province also secured first and second prizes in the dessert class and won first prize in the cooking class.
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Victoria
British Columbia
London
England
Province
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A. Ea i Potter
United States
Sossepin
Raworth Bros
TRY Gur Repair Department
Weeres As
Ian
Tom Rankin
Monroe, Street
Chicago
Bull” Rankin
Hewis
Tom
Whit
Hadley
Vanes
Atlantic
Kys
Paker Street
Cranbrook Studio
McCreery Bros
Delany & Sinclair
C. van Braam
God
John
Christ Jesus
Strange & Schiavo
Armstrong Ave
Imperial Hotel
Herald Mail
Nisbet & Graham
Imperial Bank Bldg
Cranbrook, B.C
Kimberley
P. Hall
Nelson Business College
P.O
Corporation OF the City OF
Court OF Revision
Municipal Buildings
Norbury Avenue
W. Burgess
the Ladies’ Home Journal
The
Saturday Evening Post
the Country Gentleman
Great Britain
Cranbrook Herald
Baker Street
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