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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
2
The notice sets advertising deadlines and signature requirements for letters. It specifies no letters to editor without proper signature and address and states advertising rates are available on request. The deadline for changes is today at noon to secure attention.
Benjamin M. Anderson of Chase National Bank explains to the West Virginia Bankers Association that right prices are those that move goods and right wages are those that achieve full employment. He notes deflation progress but cites resistance points including high manufactured prices relative to agriculture and retail prices not falling enough to spur demand.
The Chicago Daily News notes a downward wholesale price trend faces high building tutorial prices steel costs and wages in building trades and railroads. It argues concessions should occur concurrently to ease friction and rebuild prosperity, with promised compensation after restoring industrial equilibrium.
The Cranbrook Branch reports nine applicants for $15,000, with five chosen and a further loan of $12,000 likely. Erection of cottages will begin soon, aiding returned men displaced by real estate issues. Loans go to W. S. Johnson H. L. Gray R. D. Eye Garvin Moore and Joe Schell.
Joe Young was picked up for intoxication and fined 75 dollars or two months jail, choosing jail. BE A Mack faced vagrancy with suspended sentence and ordered to leave town. Ed James sped on city streets and paid 5 dollars. Saturday James Grainger faced 60 dollars fine or one month jail for intoxication, choosing jail. R C M P charged Lee Sam with opium possession. 300 dollar fine or a year in jail. None of his friends posted bail.
Lee Luke appeared before Magistrate Leask on a charge of unlawful possession of a revolver as an alien. He was fined five dollars and the weapon was confiscated.
Cranbrook branch sends a memorial to Elihu Root urging recognition of the China Southern Constitutional Government. The group argues the Peking warlord regime is unlawful and seeks representation at the fall Washington conference. The China Review is cited as part of a broader propaganda push.
Francis Ferguson Busteed former general superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway died of heart disease at his Vancouver home Sunday. He was 63, born in 1858 at Battery Point Quebec, educated at McGill, and joined CPR in 1879. He held senior posts including assistant chief engineer and general superintendent in British Columbia before retiring in 1918. He helped supervise the Calgary coast division and the Connaught tunnel project through the Selkirks. He was a prominent figure among railroad men in the province.
Canyon City ranchers have been major buyers in the district, now assessed as just placed on the market by the Land Settlement Board at Lister. Purchases to date total nearly 300 acres.
From the viewpoint of contemporaries, debates on America’s access to Canadian resources and U S pulpwood imports contrast with Harvard's announced Rockefeller funded public health school. The letters praise American influence while noting trade barriers and the need to prevent sickness and premature death through improved public health research.
Extracts report John Leask returning from Lardeau country and A Leitch’s daughter mourning her father’s death in Manitou. Rev F W Auyatiche of Neo pawa will lead Bap churea next week. W D Hill hires a new clerk who will start after years away. R Lounsbury and A Jolliffe form a dairy partnership adding cows. Moyie placer gold excitement arises from Lamb Creek pan results. Fenwick and Johnson prospect south of Moyie report iron and three claims. Boy Scout movement planned in BC with Major Robson touring to revive it in Cranbrook. Walter Harwood resigns Fernie manager post. Norman Reid becomes manager. Harwood family plans coast move. Fernie friends regret.
London Free Press argues Canada gains by retiring Arthur Meighen only to install W L Mackenzie King or T A Crerar. It praises Meighen's talents and integrity, contrasts King and Crerar, and endorses Meighen as the sane, proven choice. Leonard Jecks travels to Lethbridge and Calgary for holidays.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes with simple directions for dyeing or tinting garments and fabrics at home. It claims the dye works on wool, linen, cotton, or mixed goods, resists streaking and fading, and offers guaranteed satisfaction with druggist guidance.
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