Tourists Bring Benefit to British Columbia
An estimate shows British Columbia will host up to 1,000,000 tourists this year, spending about 35 to 40 million dollars and supporting thousands of jobs. The tourism industry draws investors, requires roughly 50,000 dollars in publicity costs, and boosts growth in interior towns and Vancouver Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred Spaulding
Columbia
B. A. McKelvie
British Columbia
Edonati
Vancouver Island
Penticton
Okanigan
Osoyoos
Banff-Windermere
America
Vansolver Publicity Department
Annnally
Automobile Clauks
Vancouver Island Development Association
Carlo
Pessinger
Reginald Davison
Vancouver
CAO
Economic impact of tourism in British Columbia analyzed
A historical note estimates that tourists spend 35 to 40 million dollars in British Columbia with 50 percent of that for labor. It highlights wages paid to workers and farmers, along with hotel and amusement costs, reflecting labor’s share in tourism expenditure. Reports cite the B C Products Campaign and related groups endorsing this labor share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mento
Injense
B.C
Washington & Northwest Products Company
Oregon
British Columbia
1. C
Rod and Gun of Unusual Interest to All Sportsmen September
The September issue of Rod and Gun in Canada offers a wealth of sportsman information and entertainment. Rev W A Bradley presents The Clerical Fishing Party, plus birch bark usage and a Danoe Through The Wilds of Quebec feature. The issue also includes season tables, fishing features by Robert Page Lincoln, and articles by Landis Motley Walker Vinson and Batten, with a large Gang and Ammunition section and notes on the North American Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rod and Gun In
Canada
W. A. Bradley
Danoe
Quebec
Alfred Keator
Bonny‘ustle Dale
F. W. Williams
Martin Tunter
Robert Page Lincoln
Landis
W. C. Motley
F. H. Walker
J. W. Vinson
Gang and Ammunition
A. Mortimer Batten
Express Companies Seek Rate Increase Hearing Date
The Express Traffic Association of Canada has filed for a general rise in express rates and a hearing date with the Board of Railway Commissioners. I H Phippen, counsel for the association, says carriers are operating at a loss and supports a percentage rate increase to restore conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Railway Commissioners
Express Traffic Association of Canada
Winnipeg
I. H. Phippen
K.C
Panoramic Peak Views and Chinatown Gardens in Hong Kong
A travel sketch describes the Peak outlook and Public Gardens in Hong Kong, praising flowered slopes and scenic routes. It notes chair-bearers, coolies, and beliefs about photography as devil pidgin, with a quirky tip about paying for “wine money” to cover their requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
States
Negotiations on Pacific Great Eastern and CPR tie-up debated
Provincial ministers and CPR officials dispute reports of pending negotiations to lease or sell the Pacific Great Eastern. The piece suggests a potential merger of provincial railways into a transcontinental system, with CPR seeking Pacific access via Howe Sound or a Lilooet link, while government railways survey Peace River access for future traffic growth.
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Vancouver
Pacific Great Eastern
CPR
Peace River
Grand Trunk Pacific
Vanever
Canadian Northern
Canadian Pacific
Peace River Prairies
Seaboard
Peace River District
Edmonton
Government Railways
Pacific
Howe Sound
Ultiately
North Vancouver
Lilooet
Pacific Mtre at Eastern Linked to Transcontinental System
The source notes discussions implying potential alignment between Pacific Mtre at Eastern and a transcontinental system. It avoids presenting negotiations as finalized and describes the talks as step toward possible negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ince
Disabled Veteran Poet Arrives in Cranbrook on Wanderlust Tour
Llewellyn Paul Bode, 83, once with the R.CLASs and nicknamed the Poet of the Wanderlust, visits Cranbrook to sell his poetry volume Wings of the Wanderlust. Crippled from sleeping sickness, he travels Western Canada each summer seeking readers and supporters, hoping to provide for his wife and two children awaiting him in Northern Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llewellyn Paul Bode
Western Canada
Cranbrook
Alberta
Mr. Bode
Wislos
Ballide
Feuel
Renuis
Bode
Tie
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Fosdick
P.O
B. A. Moorhouse Amelc
Bolls. Proy
Land Surveyor Office
Armstrong Ave
Cranbrook , BO
W.a.ferrgie
Campbell-Manning
Drs. Green & MacKinnon Physicians and Surgeons Office
Armstrong Avenue
CRAD
F. B. Miles
Hanson Bik
F.m.macpherson
Undertaker
Norbury Ave
City Hall
Women’s Institute
G.W.V.A. Hall
F. Constantine
Taylor
KEY City Lodge
N.G. R. L. Burthh
G. Dingley
P.G
Knights of Columbus
Knights OF Pythias II
C. Godderis
L. D. Cafe
Davenport
L.D
van Horne ST. Opp
Kwong Chong
W. D. Hill
Montana
Cranbrook St
Bank of Commerce
ROD & Gun
Beattie-Noble Drug CO
Rexall
Cranbrook - BC
Harbor of Hong
Tsein Sha Tsoi
PSG
J. P. Bode
Beecham
Wrigleys
Inter
CAFE
Zenith Cranbrook
Frame
John Gard
Hanson Avenue
Big Butte Dairy Farm
FHONE
Nelson
Spokane
Fernie
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Wycliffe
Kimberley
Lee
Lake Windermere
Golden
Proctor
BAYER
WNI
Ayer
Bea
Bayer Crom
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