15 Oct 1908
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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
1
A local ad touts assembling a complete English dinner service by purchasing individual pieces. Prospects can start with a single plate and gradually build a four‑place setting, highlighting twenty patterns in stock. Items previously sold at 340.00 have moved to make room for new sets this June.
A letter from Cranbrook reports Conservative candidate Mr Goodeve used Japan as a political weapon, alleging a Japanese colony and land sales. Frank Oliver refutes the claim, noting the Dominion government refused Japanese settlement contrary to the treaty. The exchange, dated 1908, underscores tensions over immigration and party tactics in the Kootenays.
The Thorold Post argues that newspaper production is expensive and demands steady funding. It outlines costs from paper and metals to typesetting and presses, and notes pay for workers and ongoing expenses. The piece urges readers to accept papers as a costly essential and support the industry.
The Cranbrook Herald urges every speaker in the campaign to receive a fair hearing, reflecting the Boundary Creek Times editorial stance on balanced public discourse.
John Houston notes Kootenay district has nine seats in BC legislature yet Vancouver and Victoria nine dominate key roles like premier attorney general and finance minister. He argues Kootenay members are mere whips and water carriers for distant interests, blaming voters for passive representation and urging better candidate selection to gain real representation.
Over the past year Cranbrook officials under Alderman Ryan have overseen drainage ditch construction, sidewalks, grading, and new crossings and bridges. Mayor Fink and the seven aldermen, Hunt, Jackson, Johnson, Baker, Henderson, and Ryan, are praised for prudent, uncontroversial administration and securing public approval.
Hugh Gilmore ex MPP and Waterous Engine works representative visited Cranbrook on Tuesday after a five month European sojourn. He toured the British Isles France and Italy including London Edinburgh Dublin Rome and Naples. In Dublin he attended a notable horse show and praised London's police traffic management. He contrasted Rome and Naples noting Vestvilis’s quiet period amid volcanic activity.
On Tuesday evening October 20 at 8 o'clock John F Smith will give an illustrated description of his trip to Scotland England and France in the Presbyterian school room. He brings colored lantern slides of places and objects of interest and will explain them as they appear on screen. The lecture, under the Young Guild, will include an offering to support its work.
To whom it may concern the jewelry business has been sold to Haworth Bros. Please settle your accounts promptly. The proprietor expects to leave Cranbrook around October 20 and has arranged for books to be collected by their solicitor after that date.
Rossland letter from F J Deane, Smith Curtis campaign manager, denounces Tory misrepresentation in Nelson News coverage. He details failed attempts to arrange joint meetings with A S Goodeve across Creston Moyie and Rossland, asserts Curtis offered full public exchanges, and accuses Goodeve's camp of withholding consent. He cites witnesses and dates September 21 29 1908 to support the claim.
The Liberal government restores peace by a skillful compromise on the Manitoba school question. With calmness returned, it begins laying the foundations for a great nation through prudent, intelligent policy.
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