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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 15, 1921
Page
5
Report from London discusses forming a colony for ex officers and their families in the Lillooet district of British Columbia. About 80,000 acres would be developed under a company with half the capital stock subscribed by regular investors and the other half issued to British settlers.
In Lillooet, Mrs. Foster runs an 82 acre estate, the province’s standout farm. With an Indian helper and a niece, she balances alfalfa, grain, and hay to feed her dairy cows and poultry. Her orchard yields apples, peaches, melons, and berries, and she ships hundreds of boxes to markets along the coast. Her bees aid fruit success as she markets fresh vegetables to hotels and beyond.
Windermere pioneer Mr. Randolph Bruce joined a Nelson gathering with mining and shipping representatives from the Kootenays. Participants included Paul Lincoln of Noble Five Mine and Trail Smelter officials J. J. Warren and S. G. Blaylock. Discussions covered matters related to the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company and listed Kootenay properties.
Custom smelting talks outline mutual understanding. Saskatchewan will invest at least 2.5 million dollars in road construction in the coming year. Hon A McNabb minister of public works announced. Toronto reports a large shipment of road repairing machines to Palestine by Sawyer Massey Co. Kingston Jamaica placed an order for road machinery worth about 40 thousand dollars. this follows an earlier 80 thousand dollar shipment to the same destination in spring.
George Leadbetter, prominent signwriter, has significantly brightened Cranbrook’s business district with new and renewed signage. His portfolio includes work for B. C. Goyt Liquor Store, Hanson Garage, Ratcliffe & Stewart, the Patricia, Delaney & Sinclair, and many others, with notable projects at the Palace of Fine Arts and the Empress Theatre, Lethbridge.
The Rex Theatre presents Before the White Man Came featuring Chief White Elk and Princess White Elk in person with prologue and epilogue. Chief White Elk, a Cherokees chief and polyglot lecturer, offers songs and a dance. A matinee will include an Indian life quiz with prizes for correct answers. Montreal reports a surge in cattle and sheep exports despite Britain’s cattle import ban.
Scene from the play Before The White Man Came features Chief and Princess White Elk in person at the Rex Theater next Monday and Tuesday with likely audience attendance and performances.
A Vancouver daily questions where the bright girls of history went and cites an alleged humorist claiming some were treated with doses or paregorics as a jab at the future generation’s brilliance.
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