Baker Lumber seeks water licence for Plumbob Creek storage
Baker Lumber Co of Waldo B C applies to take eight cubic feet per second and store ten acre feet from Plumbob Creek for logging. A storage dam near lot 616791 will flood about five acres and hold ten acre feet. Notice posted Oct 4 1917. objections due within thirty days after first appearance, with Water Recorder Cranbrook or Comptroller of Water Rights Victoria. First publication Nov 16 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Lumber Co
Waldo, B. C
Plumbob Creek
Kootenay
Water Recorder
Cranbrook
Comptroller of Water Rights
Parliament Buildings
Victoria
B. C
A. H. DeWolf
Laurier Opposition Said To Block Coalition Erodes War Unity
Cranbrook Chronicle notes Laurier and Gouin resisted conscription and a wartime election. Borden proposed a coalition to unite behind conscription, but Laurier’s objections led to an election. The piece assigns responsibility for the election to Laurier and details positions of Gouin and Borden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfrid Laurier
Lomer Gouin
Robert Borden
Coaliton
Wr Laurier
Wilfrid Latimer
Tits Deste
Robert
Mike
Wilfrid
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Laurier Liberals blamed over war aims in Canada crisis
The Laurier Liberals face criticism for political bias amid Canada’s war effort. The article argues Laurier and his Quebec nationalist allies would betray national duty, calling a vote for Laurier a vote for the Kaiser, while praising Cranbrook District for its strong Victory Loan response.
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Laurier-Liberals
Union
Canada
Germany
Serbia
Roumania
Belgium
France
Nusea
Berlin
Italy
United States
Luurier
West
Laurier
Bourassa
Quebec
Eir
Conscription Urged as War Spurs Need for More Men
The Creston Review argues Britains manpower strains risk prolonging the war into 1920 or later. It urges Canada and other dominions to supply hundreds of thousands more men, condemning further voluntary effort and referendum delays as dangerous.
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Great Britain
Geddes
Britain
Russia
Creston Review
British Columbia
Canada
Journal Letter From Front Soldier George Crowe
Front dispatch from France dated October 10 1917. Soldier George Crowe writes to his sister Annie describing recent letters, asking about family members, noting reunions with Tommie Good Alex Sutherland and others, and sending warm regards from the war front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Annie
Paris
Victoria
Len
Harry
Tommie Good
Alex Sutherland
Carl Mackay
Stanley Stuart
Jack Taylor
George Crowe
Boys Attend Conference Under CGT Movement at Nelson
Fourteen boys in care of R. BE. Pow attended the Boy's Work Conference held under the CGT movement at Nelson, arriving November 22. They were escorted by Nelson boys to the YMCA after reaching Nelson on Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. BE. Pow
CG. T. Movement
Nelson
YMCA
Indenn Charged with Candle Stealing and Boy’s Conference
Crime report notes Indenn charged with candle theft and a separate summary covers a boys conference session led by local youth groups. Otto Gill chosen secretary. leaders W Storey, J P Westman, C A Meyers, reflecting YMCA, Methodist and Presbyterian involvement amid church events and a closing Anglican/Methodist program. In a second item, Mierre Same, a Kootenay Indian, faced theft charges but the Crown failed to prove the case. charges dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Gill
KR. &, Pow
W. Storey
J. P. Westman
A. Meyers
Y.M.C.A
Methodist
Mierre Same
Kootenay
Thompson
Wilmer Court
Vaughan Kimpton
Transfer of Rights Under Section 13 Water Act Notice
Transfer of rights notice for Peter Lind of Lethbridge Alta to apply for 820 acre feet of water under Conditional License No 26 on Lot 32 KD east of the railroad tract. Objections may be filed at Cranbrook Water Recorder. consent obtained from Land & Development Company. Notice posted Nov 26 1917. first appearance Nov 29 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Lind
Lethbridge
Alta
K. D
Water Recorder
Cranbrook
Land Land & Development Company
Peter Lund
I. W. Burgess
Coal mining regulations and patent medicines advertised together
Synopsis outlines coal mining rights across Canada with 21 year leases, 1 acre annual rent, 2600 acre limit, in person applications, fees, and royalty five cents per ton with reporting. Also promotes Dr DeVans French Pills and Phosphonos for men with mail orders from The Scopall Cave Co. Ontario and details misprint notes.
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Scopall Cave Co
St. Catharines
Ontario
Maine
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Dominion Lands
W. W. Corey
W. W. Corey, Deputy Minister of the Interior. N. B
Pala
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Bank of Commerce
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THE
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M. A. Beale
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Cranbrook, B.C
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Sir Wilfred
Lord Northcliffe
Australia
Sir Robert Borden
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Rome
Goys
Martin Burrell
DR. S. Bonnell
Will
Cranbrook Auditorium
God Save the King
Indenn
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Golden
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Cranbrook Drug & Book Co. Ltd
Cranbrook, B. C
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