Labor Men Discuss Prospects of Labor Candidate
A sizeable Labor meeting in Loggers Hall debated entering the political contest for the constituency. G T Moir and W Hon Hlerson chaired, with Mr. Sherman of Fernie urging unified labor action. An executive committee will report next meeting and Cranbrook Labour backs cooperation across the riding to nominate and support a Labor candidate. An election delegate session is set for Saturday the 29th at 6 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loggers
G. T. Moir
W. Hon Hlerson
Shermin
United Ming Workers
Fernie
Sherman
Cranbrook
Messrs
J. H. Cameron
Scott MacDonalde
Hughart
Logeer’s Hall
Pernte
Ronell Expected in City This Week Public Meetings Soon
An executive meeting of the Cran Iwook National Liberal and Conservative Association will be held Friday evening in Härraw. It is expected that Dr. Ronell MP, the governing candidate, and Mr. Sher Wool Horeliner of ernie will attend. Campaign plans will be arranged and other matters discussed. Public meetings may be announced soon. Local government forces have opened committee rooms in the Hanson block near the Ufnnlige Studio for organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cran Iwook National Liberal
Connervallve
Hiarraw
de. Thonnell
Sherwool Horeliner
Ernie
Areroluey
Hast Kootenay
Hanson
Ufnnlige
Gils
D Macharhine
Ohne
Musical Society Proposed for Cranbrook
Cranbrook residents are invited to form a musical society to promote instrumental and choral concerts and a social club. Interested persons should add their names to Mr J B Haglayn, a druggist. A general meeting will be called if enough interest is shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aele
J.B. Haglam
Board of Trade urged to oppose new provincial tax plan
Cranbrook Board of Trade received a Vancouver Board of Trade appeal urging strong opposition to a proposed one percent personal property tax and new income tax. The plan would shift personal property tax to municipalities, with the province keeping income tax power, potentially easing municipal finances but prompting protest and demand for more details. The Cranbrook board sought further particulars from Hon. J. H. King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Trade
Victoria
Cranbrook Board of Trade
W. M. Harris
Vancouver Board
Vancouver
B.C
Cranbrook
Vancouver Board of Trade
Board of ‘Trade
J. H. King
Wr ‘M. Harrié
Western Conservatory of Music Opens in Cranbrook on Novem ber First
An announcement from Cranbrook previews the opening of the Western Conservatory of Music on November first. Associates include Messia, Lee Edwards, and Bruce Robinson. Edwards, violin teacher, Jersey City native, trained at Chicago Conservatory of Music, served as military band organizer in the Great War, seeks pupils for orchestral work later. Robinson, piano and organ instructor, has seventeen years in musical business with Royal Academy of Music training, Canada-bound for thirteen years with organ, piano, and orchestral experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Western Conservatory of Muse
Messia
Lee Edwards
Bruce Robinson
Jersey City
Chicago Conservatory of Mualo
Kiwards
Partington
Royal Academy of Music
London
England
Canada
Are You On The Voters List In Cranbrook
Mr A J Balment is appointed Registrar for Cranbrook urban centre to add names to the voters list. The last revised provincial list is the basis for the Dominion List. Balment will register from Oct 31 to Nov 6 at Hanson Block opposite the post office, daily 10am to 10pm with lunch and supper breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Balment
Cranbrook
Balment
Hanson Block
Court of Revision
Stormy sailing for government in sight for session
In Victoria the early session meets with sharp government denunciations from Liberal Independent and Labour voices. Protests target the liquor warehouse deal in Vancouver the beaver pelt scandal and the beer question while Mrs Smith faces a drag on dominion politics. Taxation municipal aid and port duties are debated as Premier Oliver navigates a delicate political path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Perry
Hanes
Guthrie
Labor
Fort George
North Vancouver
Newcastle
Oliver
Vancouver
North
Pleasant Sunday Service At Presbyterian Church
A large congregation enjoyed a bright singing service in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon. J. W. Liteh and Mr. Roper addressed the gathering, and Mr. and Mrs. G. S. MacIntosh leave today for a brief visit in Spokane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Fey
J. W. Liteh
Mr. Roper
Mra
G. 8
MacIntosh
Spokane
Cranbrook Seeks Local Patronage for Conservatory
Forty pupils in Calgary and a wife met Professor Nidd, late of Cranbrook, while Mr. Robinson and Mr. Edwards run the Western Conservatory of Music. They appeal for Cranbrook citizens to patronize. only a limited number accepted with moderate terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alta
Nidd
Cranbrook
Robinson
Edwards
Western Conservatory of Music
Retail Merchants Pass On Proposed New Provincial Taxation
At a Cranbrook Retail Merchants Association meeting held Tuesday in City Hall the group unanimously upheld its rule and forbade Heiiine travel among members. Members debated the personal property tax and provincial plans to shift collection to municipalities. They supported the provincial association to oppose the tax and favor an income tax alternative. The group will meet monthly on the Tuesday before the 16th. President J H McPhee received a telegram urging municipalities to oppose the personal property tax and back income tax proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook Retail Merchants’ Association
Retail Merchants’ Association
J. Ah, McPhee
J. H. McPhee
Vancouver
Public letter criticizes Meighen and Mackenzie King stance
Extracts from a letter by Brigadier General Dyer of Marquette to the Minnedosa Tribune discuss Canadian politics. He praises Arthur Meighen as prime minister material but rejects protectionism, questions Liberal leadership, and criticizes Laurier era railway subsidies and grants to McKenzie & Mann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer
Marquette
Minnedosa
Arthur Meighen
Canada
Quyver
Halifax Herald
Mackenzie King
Laurier
Rudolphe Lemieux
Grand Trunk
Canadian Northern
McKenzie & Mann
Birth of a Daughter in Cranbrook
In Cranbrook on October 28 a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. F. Kimkensmith of Yahk. The local Chess Club meets each Monday at the YMCA with new talents emerging as players brush up openings. A ladder series has been drawn with rules permitting challenges and a fortnight for games. The drawn order includes Chalmers Harrison Williams McConnell Beale Garrett Mrs. Garrett Weston Turner Black Staples Clark Fergie Barrett Innes Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chess Club
Chalmers
Harrison
Williams
McConnell
Beale
Garrett
Weston
Turner
Black
Staples
Clark
Fergie
Barrett
Innes
Simpson
Liberal press in Ontario and West withering support for King
A long analysis notes reduced backing for Hon W L Mackenzie King from Eastern and Western Liberal journals. It cites The Toronto Globe and Kingston British Whig as repudiating King and predicting poor prospects, while Brantford Expositor and Woodstock Sentinel Review shift to independent stances. The piece suggests Liberal cohesion is fractured ahead of elections, with Ontario showing strongest disaffection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal
Ontario
West
W. L. Mackenzie King
Wilfred Laurier
Toronto Globe
Canada
Globe
Meighen
King
Kingston British Whig
Quebec
Maritime
Ontaro
Great Lakes
Union
Brantford Expositor
T. H. Preston
Mackenzie King Liberals
Expositor
Capital
Woodstock Sentinel Review
Hamilton Herald
Ontar
Armistice Day Dance Taken Over by G B C Club
The G B C X Y Z Club of this city assumes full management of the Armistice Day dance to be held November 11 at the Auditorium under the G W V A. The club promises a premier social event with original decorations and flags for Armistice Day and urges district residents to attend or buy tickets from club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.W.V.A
G.B.C. X.Y.Z
Poppy Day Essay Prizes Offered by G W V A Cranbrook
The G W V A Cranbrook branch offers prizes for essays on the Flanders poppy for district school children including King s Gate to Jaffray with 10 and 5 dollar prizes for best essays and a 10 dollar prize for high school writings. Entries due November 9 to Poppy Flower Committee Cranbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.W.V.A
Cranbrook
Kingsgate
Jaffray
Poppy Flower Committee
Ith
France
Flanders
Methodist Church Weekly Calendar
Sunday next 11 am Divine worship subject A Study of Christs Morals Soloist Miss Sarvis 12 noon Sabbath School 730 pm Divine worship subject A Strange Fact Soloist Mrs Arthur Wallace Quartette Mrs Ashworth Mrs BE H McPhee W Shepherd F J Lodge Tuesday pm Young peoples meeting High School Night address by Principal Wilson Thursday pm Midweek service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Sarvis
Arthur Wallace
Ashworth
Mra
H. McPhee
W. Shepherd
F. J. Lodge
Young Peoples
Wilson
Mrs Mary Johnson Arrives From Old Country in City
Mrs Mary Johnson arrived in the city last Friday from the Old country and is staying with her brother Mr Steele. She formerly resided in North Dakota and has been in the Old Country for the past two years. Coast papers announce a meeting of the Railway Commission to take place in this city shortly with sitings planned in the West Kootenay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Johnson
City
Old Country
Mr. Steele
Johnson
North Dakota
Coast
Railway Commission
West Kootenay
Drunk Scots Friend Recalls Fireside Chats and Teasing Banter
A fragment from a Scots dialect column recounts an evening with Tam McAllister and Geordie MacWhuastle. The narrator describes mood, weather, and the lingering effects of drink as a fire engine approach, then welcomes Tam with tea and oat cakes before the page ends with a teaser of a continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malster
Masel
Geordie
Georciu
Dunfermline
Edith
Burlington Watch
Tam McAllister
Tam
Mleburn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fort Steele
Calgary Herald
F. Kim- Kensmith
Yahk
Eastern Press
Methodist Church
Saundy
Dr. Bonnell
CG. W. V.A
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!