Wycliffe Notes and Departures Near Cold Front
Special correspondence reports Mr. and Mrs. Chas Smith sailing from Montreal for England to visit relatives for months. Ena Crosby and Mrs. Fisher visit Crosby family in Oldtown. Heath and Van Blarcom guests at Perry Creek hotel. Many locals leave due to mill closure. Cranbrook, Stillwater, and Minnesota trips noted. Bob Treen enlists with Cranbrook boys bound for the front. Clark becomes station agent replacing Gene Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, Smith
Montreal
England
Old Country
Ena Crosby
Fisher
Golden
Robert Crosby
B. van Blarcom
Lethbridge
Perry Creek
Oldtown
A. B. Lane
Dublin
London
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Ambrose Staples
J. Bithell
C. McDonald
T. Honeyford
Wells
St. Andrews Church
Cranbrook
St. Mark's Hall
Vancouver
Fred Davis
Spokane
Cook House
Monk
Stillwater
Minn
Damon Foster
Geo. Davis
Hugh Buchian
Sawyer
Idaho
South Dakota
Sterling Staples
Christianson
St. Paul
Harry Albertson
Miss Sallie
Minnesota
Mrs. Albertson
Kingsley Doe
Jack Braithwaite
Gene Phillips
Clark
Christinanson
Creston considers survey for Kootenay flats reclamation
The Creston board of trade urged Premier McBride to back H F Muerling for a United States survey position to reclaim Kootenay flats if provincial help is provided. Meanwhile local news notes Edward and Edna Klingensmith’s August visit to Elko, Labor Day dance at Catholic church, and CP agent R M Reid's Edmonton trip for family illness. Waterworks overhauled. plum crop 1914 export under way but expected 40 percent below 1913. potato crops hurt by dry weather, few cars available. tomato shipments heavy. A Lindley opens a branch warehouse at Erickson for potato carloads. Registrar of marriages ER C Gibbs reports August brides exceptionally few.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of the Interior
Idaho
Kootenay
Creston Board of Trade
McBride
H. F. Muerling
United States
Edward Klingensmith
Elko
R. M. Reid
Canadian Pacific Railway
Edmonton
A. Lindley
Erickson
ER. C. Gibbs
Fernie visitors travel to Roosville on Labor Day
Elko reporter Fred Roo notes contractor W. H. Dicken and two sons with Geo. Letcher of Home Bank from Fernie spent Labor Day at Roosville. The writer, visiting Tobacco Plains, met an American tourist returning from Berlin who described his trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Dicken
Geo. Letcher
Home Bank
Fernie
Roosville
Tobacco Plains
Eureka
Berlin
Elko notices mix humor and warnings of unpaid bills
Local items report Elko Water Light and Power directors warning that nonpayment will cut services, plus assorted society notes. The column covers Ottawa trips, rail agents, European royalty musings, mail service concerns at Roosville, Labor Day events, and brand registration rules for cattle and horses in British Columbia with official details.
Lumber King John Robertson Visits Fort Steele
John Robertson, the millionaire lumber king, struck town Tuesday in Fort Steele. William Ross took his car to Cranbrook for overhaul but was cited for speeding. A surprise party for Mrs Lon Clark drew about twenty guests. Whiat and gawkes featured as principal events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robertson
John
William Ross
Cranbrook
Bill
Steele
Lon Clark
Whiat and
Gawkes
Stock Brand Act in British Columbia Stated
A new act passed March 4 1914 establishes stock brands as evidence of ownership for horses and cattle. It sets that a recorded brand creates prima facie ownership for the tenure period allotted and imposes penalties on branding stock with unrecorded marks or aiding such branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder
Coplas
W. T. McDonald
Recorder of Brands
Victoria
Province of
British Columbia
Dr Devan French Pills and Phosphonos for Men Ad
An old advertisement offers Dr Devan's French Pills for women at five per box or three for ten with mail order options through St Catharines Ontario. Phosphonos for men promises vitality and nerve support at eight dollars per box or two for five, via drug stores or mail. Tank Scodall Cave Co. and Beattie Murphy Co. Ltd. are listed as agents in St Catharines Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Devan
Dave
St Catharines
Ontario
Tank Scodall Cave Co
Catharines
Beattie-Murphy Co., Ltd
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Lodge and Society
Cranbrook Lodge
I FB
A.M
H. Hickenbotham
W.M. J. L. Cranston
Sec
Royal Black Knights
Baker Street
Wm. Matthews
Frank Carlson
Loyal Orange Lodge
P.m
Royal Slack Knights of Ireland Hall
R. S. Garrett
W.M
W. C. Dunstan
F.ity Lodge
Fraternity Hall
E. H. McPhee
S. L. Coop
N.G. Fin
W. M. Harris
Durham
1.C.C.F
R. W. Russell
H. White
A.C.F., Companions OF the Forest
Carmen's Hall
Sharp
A. Laurie
C.C
A. Guthrie
Sec. P. O
Pytitlas Cranbrook
B.C
Alex. Hurry
Halsall
Maple Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Order OF Foresters Court
Maple Hall
Yim
John Shaw
Carl
Pearson
Rethren
Overseas Club
BE Y. Brake
J. J. Lower
Women’s Institute
B. H. Leaman
J. Shaw
Treas
O. Box
THE
Cranbrook Poultry and Pet Stock Association
A. B. Smith
W. W. McGregor
P. O
Cranbrook Farmers’ Institute
A. C. Smith
Alb. H. Webb
Old Gym
W. F. Gurd
Richards St
Thomas T. Mecredy
Cranbrook, B
Drs. King & Green
Physicians Office
Res
S. Armstrong
F. B. Miles
Hanson
Cranbrook Cottage Hospital
Maternity and General Nursing Garden
Salmon
P. O. Box
J. G. Cummings
Cominion and
Provincal Land Surveyor I. C
H. Yorke Parker
Alberta
Mr. Parker
Kootenay Orchestra
Mrs. Edmondson
L. M. Smith
Fenwick Avenue
Cranbrook Orchestra
Mrs
Arnold Wallinger Cranbrook
Geo. H. Ashworth
John G. Mitchell
P. D. Box
Calgary, Alberta
Herald Office
W. R. Beatty
F. M. MacPherson Undertaker
Norbury Ave
City Hall
Peerless
J. Taylor
Wycliffe
Creston
Chass, Parker
Lethbridge Coal
Imperial Ol Co
Star Cleaning Works
Armstrong Ave
Montana Laundry
C. F. Nidd
Methodist Church
R, Dixon Carpenter
Joe Marapodi
King Edward's School
Cranbrook, B.C
Behdael
Rei
Mina V. M. Cherrington
McPhee
Beecham
Bold Everywhere
le Beace
Fred Roo
Elko Water, Light & Power Co
Jos. Austin
C.P.R
Ottawa
Ed. Sweet
E. B. Holbrook
Elko's
Coal Creek
Jack Downing
Washington
Europe
Jim Thistlebeak
U. S
C. J. Ayre
Muriel
Manitoba
Johnson
Finlay Creek
W. J. Duncan
Ted Cretney
Chas McGrath
Fort Steele Trading Co
G.R. Evans
Horse Shoe Lake
R. F. Myles
Tobacco King
Lin
Ben
St. Mary's
Finlay Robson
R.L.T. Galbraith
Fort Steele Presbyterian Church
J. H. Walker
Masonic Hall
Fort Steele
Nelson Fruit Fair
Nelson, B.C
J. A. Irving
G. Horstead
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