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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1901
Page
4
Local notes show Beatties new cameras and flower bulbs for sale. Many visitors arrive in Cranbrook including James Ryan Thomas Wellman and Drs Higgins Green and Leitch. Oysters at Garratt's restaurant attract crowds while several residents return from Spokane Livingston and Buffalo trips.
Local notices recount Kin Hee Cothe and Kin Hee Quick Coffee Pot ads with sample tastings in Cranbrook. Mentions of Rev Auvretie arriving to lead Baptist church, travelers from Fernie and Toronto, and a Great Northern official tour inspecting new north south line construction plans.
A Drewry group promotes The Great Dane Mines and others near Marysville with four claims The main 65 foot vein lies through three properties while a 20 foot vein runs near the Fisher The firm plans a tunnel and notes 63-10 per cent copper galena The group targets rail connections CPR score and market shares Horsing developments include placer paydirt at Perry Creek and hydraulic prospects Palmer Bar prospectors and local figures Hutchison named broker for Great Dane Mines with shares offered at two cents a piece The report highlights local trail work and expected winter shifts
Mr Henderson returns from the coast and travels to San Francisco with Mrs and Miss Henderson for the winter. Mrs Fergie and two children head home to Pembroke Ontario after visiting Mr Moffat and daughters. Rev D Holford baptizes one candidate in Elk River Fernie last Sunday drawing several applications. ROT Ross recalls eastern Canada trip and near tragedy at Buffalo. Harry Bentley sells Fernie business to focus on Lethbridge. Fernie loses a valued citizen. Superintendent Bury reports the west looked good after east trip and praises Cranbrook fair grounds. Notable absences at the fair cited and regret expressed.
A Mason and Risch piano owned by George Leark and loaned to A Rookes and Son fell from a wagon during transfer for a fall display. The instrument is a total wreck yet retains perfect tone and mechanism, a convincing proof of the firm’s public quality. A convenient exhibit site will be arranged for public testing of its tone.
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