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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1905
Page
8
A provincial column mocks idle leisure and the town’s critics while defending local morality and public spirit. It contrasts gentle satire with respect for honest office, notes on figures like James Ryan and Vic Rollins, and jokes about crops, fortune and temperance society leaders.
A newspaper item quotes readers sharing travel memories and observations from Britain and Canada. A note mentions a fine hotel for sale in the district, with applications to a Herald office.
A Cranbrook page reports goods sales from Wm F Tate & Sons and Hutch showing hotel business bargains. Local arrivals include Cook recovering from rumblings of umbago and Melnnis visiting from Elko to handle business. Ashcroft potatoes and Okanagan apples arrive. carloads from Vancouver and His Majesty’s CPR train plans noted. Auction sale for Mrs Brown’s residence stacks up step by step. Church services and Thanksgiving events highlighted with special sermons and charity for neglected children. Local business, real estate, firefighting inspection by Neil Renwick, and road contracts with Breckenridge & Lund noted alongside hunting trips and winter plans. Mahoney Brothers comedy acts announced with Marysville and Wardner dates.
The contract was let yesterday for an extension of 250 feet to the Frank Smelter to be built of brick and stone. This supports Mr. Fernau’s confidence in the development of the zinc properties of British Columbia.
The Cranbrook Caledonian Society held its first general meeting at the Good Templars hall on Wednesday the 8th inst. A large turnout joined in organizing the society as Chieftain OF Snath praised the gathering and Scottish history. musikalists Miss Mo McCready Rev. W G Fortune and Mrs G H Barclay impressed attendees with traditional tunes and songs. The next meeting is November 1 at 8 pm with free membership for those of Scottish birth or descent.
A social event in Kimberley on Tuesday evening October 20 marked the 23rd marriage anniversary of James Findlay, manager of the Sullivan mine, and his wife. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Mellor of Marysville, Rev. W. G. W Fortune and wife, Mrs. Paula Handley and daughter Nellie, and Mrs. R Joyce of Cranbrook. Mr. Findlay presented his wife an elaborate cabinet of silver amid many beautiful gifts.
Mr. Kempton a Windermere rancher sent a vegetable consign ment to the Herald via stage driver Frazer. The display included a cabbage 45 inches in circumference a 304 inch turnip potatoes six to the peck and fine tomatoes and Ben Davis apples. The lot showcases Windermere soil fertility and marks the district as a premier vegetable raising area.
C P Hill of Hillcrest Alberta traveled to town early this week to consult with the C P ER engineering department about building a spur to his coal property. He is described as a top Western Canada itinerant entrepreneur who has found success in timber iron real estate gold and now coal. He believes in hard work over luck and is said to enjoy travel with his gifted wife, chasing opportunities across regions for months at a time.
Chicago capitalists have reviewed Bull River Power works and plan to reorganize the enterprise to its full development. Authorities say the move aims to unleash the water power at the falls and to extract gravel gold nearby, with potential expansion into Cranbrook and Fort Steele regions.
Miss Mary Macdonald announces she has started dressmaking and general seamstress services. Will come out daily if desired. Address opposite Crows Nest Laundry, 25-13w.
The undersigned offers first class timothy and upland prairie hay ready for shipment. Prices are not $10.00 and $5.50 per ton F. O. B. Olds Alta. Contact W. Dean Olds Alta for details.
J C Greene predicts McBride administration stays in power with rumors about a future lieutenant governor. Names mentioned include Worsnop Peters Wells Brown Galliher Ross and Riley but appointment doubtful. Also notes on counterfeit Canadian dollar, fresh hen fruit price, poles and wires, upcoming electric light, Calgary games, Jol W Connor crab apples, hops market, George Wells going to Nelson, and mining contests in nearby towns.
Ducks abundant in sloughs and char fishing in the Columbia River is good with notable catches. The K C R is being built as graders work. Wilmer plans a church choir and ponders water shortages in Wilmer Creek while suggesting diverting Troyer Creek to relieve drought. Whisky supplies appear ample for winter amidst a water famine scare.
A London Tit-Bits tale notes a church sermon moved a crying woman who finally confessed the clergyman’s striking image reminded her of her dying donkey. The anecdote highlights unintended personal associations during preaching.
Take notice that thirty days after a cate intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works at Victoria for a license to cut and carry away timber from lands in East Kootenay District. The starting post is at the northwest corner of lot 6230 group one. The description moves south 80 chains west 80 chains north 80 chains east 80 chains to the starting point. Dated September 12 1905.
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