Moyie City Notes Highlight Mine Work and Local News
Moyie City reports work starting at the Lake Shore mine with double shifts and a 146 ton bin filling as ore shipments loom. A C Nelson visits to inspect and praise ore showing about 25 feet deep. St Eugene mine plans a concentrator early next year. Local police pursue a forged check suspect, while residents recover from illness and plan for winter travel and insurance business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moyie City
Lake Shore
A.C. Nelson
Mogie
Queen of the Hills
Wallinger
Nelson
Cronin
St. Eugene
John McMahon
St. Eugene Hospital
C P R Officials Visit Cranbrook as Line Advances
The C P R officials led by Sir William Van Horne visit Cranbrook on a rail line progress tour. They inspect yards roundhouse and depot plans, note preparations for turning over Cranbrook to the operating department, and announce trains will run from the depot rather than temporary yards.
A Great Walk From Kuskonook To Cranbrook
E C Egan and A D McRea two renowned contractors of the Crows Nest line, rode no train due to orders but set out to reach Cranbrook. They left Kuskonook at 11 on Saturday and arrived Sunday night, covering 85 miles in a day and a half. They walked 58 miles on Sunday, a local record. Egan believed they would have caught the Van Horne special if they continued east toward Macleod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Egan
A. D. McRea
Crows Nest
Kuskonook
Cranbrook
van Horne
Egan
McRea
Macleod
Secur ing a School for Cranbrook Meeting Held
A Cranbrook meeting of residents interested in securing a school convened Saturday at the Canadian Bank of Commerce rooms. Trustees chosen were George Bremner J W H H Smythe and John Hutchison with Hutchison named secretary. Plans were made to hire a teacher and the Church of England building will serve this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Smythe
Canadian Bank of Commerce
George Bremner
J. W. HH. Smythe
John Hutchison
Hutchison
Church of England
Sash and Door Factory to Open Under Leask
Machinery for the sack and door factory operated by George Leask is on the ground and being set in place with hopes of starting by November 1. Building work including dry kiln will proceed, then production of sash doors mouldings and brackets will begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Leask
T. Forrest
Donald
Baker Street
Nelson
Forrest
Herald
Leask
McInnes & Co
Messrs
Love and
Shaw
Church of England
Presbyterian Church
Gov. Hanson
Fyre
North Star Bakery
Armstrong Aveue
Editor F FE Simpson Embarks On Vacation From Tax Herald
Departed for the States F FE Simpson editor of Tax Herald leaves Tuesday for his childhood regions in the Mississippi valley and Colorado for about a month. He helped launch The International at Wardner eighteen months ago and later led The Herald at Cranbrook. The paper wishes him well and looks forward to his return at the end of holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. FE. Simpson
Tax Herald
Mississippi Valley
Colorado
Wardner
International
Simpson
Cranbrook
TH Herald
Benedicts
Godays
Bou Voyage
Furniture sale at Cranbrook and Fort Steele
Just received at C A Gilpins a large car of fine furniture including upholstery and iron bedsteads. Stock held two weeks at Cranbrook, after which time the balance will be moved to Fort Steele. Make selections now while stock is complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Fort Steele
Mining notes and obituaries from East Kootenay region
Mining reports from Coal Creek and Cranbrook describe rich ore shows and assays with values up to 12,869.89 in gold and copper. Obituary notes detail John McMahon’s death at St Eugene hospital after fever, his Moyie City life, family, and business ventures. Robert Jaffray and party visit Cranbrook, then depart westward by train. Pioneer Hardware announces stock. townsite office work progresses on Baker street corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Pieper
Cranbrook
Steele
Egan
Nelson
St. Eugene Hospital
John McMahon
John McMahhion
McMahon
Moyie City
Moyie
Grand Parks
North Dakota
East Kootenay
Frank
Farge
Jack
The
Herald
South East Kootenay
St. Eugene Mission
Robert Jaffray
Toronto Globe
W. G. Jaffray
Aaron Cox
Peterboro
E. W. Cox
Canadian Bank of Commmerce
West Kootenay
Smythe
Baker Street
Hanson Avenue
Messrs
Palmer and
Oliver
Cariboo
Yale
Koot ‘Entay
Nelson & Bedlington
Kasio News
Northern Pacific
Bonners Ferry
Boundary Line
Kootenay
Trades and Labor Councils
Rossland
J. M. Kellie
Revelstoke
Nelson Economist
Kellie
Archdeacon McKay
Dontald
B.C
Dawson City
Hunter Creek
Charles H. Mackintosh
British American Corporation
Cranbrook Growth Prompts Business Meeting in Town
Cranbrook surges with new construction and expansion across South East Kootenay. The article notes rising mining activity, railway investment, and growing population driving demand for goods and services. A Cranbrook business meeting is set to discuss fire and police protection, health, customs, and other needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Customs House
McVittie & Hutchison
Hanson
New Denver to Get Opera House and Local notes
In British Columbia many town updates highlight New Denver building an opera house. Reports mention Moyie’s steamer name, railway activity, timber scrutiny, and local marriages. Various towns record school attendance, mine wages, and road surveys while rail hotels and nondiscrimination chatter currents loom.
Returned to the Territories After Police Reorganization
Inspector Saunders of the mounted police leaves the Crows Nest district with two officers remaining at Cranbrook. No officers will be stationed in the towns and provincial constables will be appointed. The force praises the team for maintaining order during the long dispatch line. Also, General Rios reports 4000 insurgents surrender to Spanish authority in Vizcayas. Annie M. Fowler, Red Cross nurse in Cuba, will marry Alber Van Scelle of the Red Cross staff on Leopold II’s service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunders
Mounted Police
Crows Nest
Macleod
Seargeant Clopy
Corporal Hilliam
Cranbrook
Rios
Vizcayas Islands
Annie M. Fowler
Red Cross
Cuba
Alber van Scelle
Red Cross Society
Leopold In
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A. Cox
Bi. Walker
Gen
Mane
Jurguadeu
J. W. H. Smythe
Sherlock & Bremner
General Merchandise
Toronto
Redacos
Exaniwe
Queen’s Hotel
Eee
E. C. Clarke
Royal Hotel
Calgary
Nelson, B. C
Henry Thraughout
J. C. Brown
Armstrong Ave. Cranbrook
Ki. C
J. E. Marchildon, Prop'r
Cail
Hill's
Crows Nest Pass
Coal
J. H. Laidlaw
Klopp
B. Harrington
James Cronin
Spokane
A. W. McVittie
W. S. Cranston
Ottawa
Ryan
Cranbrook Hotel
Sir William van Horne
Saskatchewan
Champlain
R. B. Angus
W. W. Olgilvie
Peterson
McGills University
E. B. Asler
M. J. Haney
Mr. Alexander
Whyte
R. J. Whitla
Winnipeg
Wm. Cross
D. F. Coyle
Edmonton
Round House
Railroad Notes
Mansfield
John Traser
Earnhardt
C. J. Campbell
Theodore Harwood
Clinton Campbell
Gauvreau
No. 22
Cranston
Egan and McRea
Sash and Door Factory
C. A. Gilpin's
Mines and Mining
C. P.R
Kootenays
Boston
Gilbert McMillan
Coal Creek
McMillan
Sand Creek
Eugene Hospital
Pioneer Hardware Store
She
South
C. R
N. Hanson
James Grier
Armstrong Avenue
Manager Smythe
Bank of Commerce
Leroy Sage
Conumpia Riven Lame Co., Ltd
Golden, B.C
British Columbia
New
Denver
New Denver
Silverton
Bos+tock
LeRoi
Roth
Martin Foley
Mary Ryan
Moyte
Railroad Imen
Brooklyn
Raw
Sayword
Columbia River
Great Norther Railway
Cattanach
Whitewater
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