District notes from Elko and surrounding districts
Fred Roo reports social and business news from Elko Wallspel and nearby towns. The piece notes arrivals, land purchases south of Elko, dances at Baynes Lake, investors from Calgary and Winnipeg, hunting parties, and local commerce including a potential Sleepeasy Mattress plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Roo
Edge
Wallspel
Mont
Biko
Lethbridge
Alta
I. May Roo
South Country
Wm. Murdock
Calgary
Roosville Valley
Winnipeg
Kiko
Hawaiian Musical Novelty Co
Eiko
Sleepeasy Mattress Company
Carl Ingham
Gordon Hockley
Elko Board of Trade
Victor Campbell
Knob Hill
Alex. Birnie
Aberdeen Livery Stables and Artage Company
Elko
Tobacco Plains
Pik
Orr
Witherspoon Claim Land Notices From Early 1900s
Public notices reveal T C Witherspoon locator actions on several parcels near Lot 7507 7501 and 1507 in Kootenay region detailing 640 acre blocks with specific chain length boundaries and dates in 1912 1913. Archi Belden John Virgo and other agents listed as witnesses or locator officials.
Wardner Social Roundup and Local Incidents
Wardner special correspondence reports visitors from Cranbrook Bull River and Fernie on business. A CPR mill night watchman Lou Manning suffers a badly fractured jaw and is hospitalized in Cranbrook. Patrick Dwyer funeral in Cranbrook with burial at Roman Catholic church cemetery. Local residents, illness, travel, and hospital visits noted among Wardner and Bull River names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Bradley
Cranbrook
Kassie
C.P.R
Bull River
Calgary
Skead
Fernie
Elmer Carver
Wardher
Philler
Patrick Dwyer
Lou Manning
St. Eugene
Robert Wilson
Wardner
Gaffney
Chester Lyon
Kalispel
A. Manning
Killingsworth
Creston
I. KE. la Pointe
Baynes Lake
P. P. Herric
Lagrippe
Stephens
P. Lucier
Kimbal
McLean
Rankin
Bull Tiver
Dwyer
Lucy Sheppard
Geo. Wilson
Patrick Twyer
A. Lund
F. W. Horgess
Dow
Otto Wisner
Louie Larson
Corbin
Larson
Fred Leard
Manning
Low
Prospect for coal and petroleum near Witherspoon claim
Notices describe land parcels staking up to 640 acres near Lot 7507 and the T. C. Witherspoon claim with specified boundaries. Included are locator T. C. Witherspoon, agent John Virgo, and witness Archie Helder, dated 1912. Also listed are a land purchase application by Benjamin B. Ralph and an available Oxford Engine for sale at Benedict Siding, BC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
South East Kootenay
S.E
N-W
C. Witherspoon
Witherspoon
John Virgo
Archie Belden
S. W
T. C. Witherspoon
South East
Kootenay
S.W
S.F
Wieber
Archie Helder
Benjamin B. Ralph
Winnipeg
Man
Elk River
Oxford
Benedict Siding
Mayock
B. C
Leask & Jolige
Elko
Monthly meeting notices for Carmen's Hall group
Meets in Carmen's Hall on the third Thursday of each month at p.m. sharp. Mrs. Lulu Hayward serves as Recording Secretary and W. B. McFarlane as Chief Ranger. Visiting brethren are welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. McSweyn
W.M. J. S. Peck
Knights of Pythias
H. White
D. F. Rodkey
Carmen's Hall
Wm. Henderson
C.R. L. Pearson
Independent Order OF Foresters
Lulu Hayward
W. B. McFarlane
N. A. Wallinger
Carmen's
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tom Whalen
Napanee
Downing
Wilson
Princeton
N.J
J. J. Lancaster
Co-Operative
Roosville
James Miller
Pat Burns
Calgary Scotchman
Merchants Bank
Flagstone
Haynes Lake
United States
Royal Manistee Galloway Alcoholic Society
Fruitlands Ranch
M. Phillipps
J.P
John Redmond
South Fork
Hugh McInnes
Agnes Loretta
Rock Creek
Virginia Blossoms
Horse Shoe Lake
Lela Boss
Riverside Avenue
Idaho
Pittsburg
Canada
Geo. L
KR. Stone
Dorothy Davis
St. Andrew's Church
Fenwick Avenue
Baker Street
The
Land Land and Development Company
P. Lund
Coal and Petroleum Notice
Voal and Petroleum Notice
Oratridy
Callortag Fawcett & Campbell
Fernie Land District
Dr. Martel
Hotel Coeur D'Alene
Spokane, Wash
Europear
Perilay
Howard St
Front Ave
Coeur D'Alene Company
Prietors
Jabob Goetz
Harry F. Baer
Mies
Marion Rumecy
Masonic Hall
Aor
Society and ‘Church Directory
Cranbrook Lodge
A.M
Carscent Lopar
H. Fe, Stephens
N. G
New Fraternity Hall
Twa
W. M. Waris
Bec'y
Durham
Maple Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Fraternity Hall
Rebekahs
Alma Liddicoat
N.G
A. &. Parker
Ancient Order OF Foresters Court Cranbrook
C. Credbin
Loyal Order OF Moose
Royal Black Knights Hall
Garrett
Ancient Order OF Foresters
Pride of
Beattie Murphy Co., Ltd
Business College
Northwest
H. C. Blair
Ist & Madison
East Kootenay Butcher Co
East Kootenay Reared Co
P. Wood
International Geo
Lonarny
British Columbia
Kingsgate
B.C
NEAL
Eferta
Neal Institute
Ranbrook
W. F. Gurd
Columbil
Warvey, McCarter
MacDonald & Nisbet
Smal Bank
DRS
King & Green
Armstrong Ava
Mewleys
Cranbrooks
F.B. Miles
Uto
Hanson
H. E. Hall, D.D.S
F. Parks
Cranbrook ‘Cottage Hospital
A. Salmon
P. O
Armstrong Ave
B.C. Land Surveyors
McVittie & Parker
Fort Steele
Home Bakery
Norbury Ave
City Hall
Joe Marapodi
J. G. Cummings
Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor
F.C
Cranbrook, B.C
J. T. Laidlaw
C. Land -Surveyor
Frank Dezall
F. S. Rosseter AM
Can. Soc. C. FE
Cranbrook Drug and Book Co
P. D. Box
Cranbrook, B. C
F. M. MacPherson
Frank Provenzano
Montana
O.P.R. Btano
Babes Tedou
Kelley
Great Museum
Howard Atbeat
Cranbrook-Fernie Farmers’ Institute
Ginz
MacbowaLp
Mor
F. T. F. Parry
Imperial Oil
Hume Nelson's
Babe
GRO. P
B. Tomekin
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