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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1912
Page
10
Farmers in the Kootenays and Okanagan are urged to apply organic fertilizers late summer to 800 pounds per acre for berries and small fruits to promote crown and bud formation. Fall dressings aid future yields, while excessive moisture can hinder wood maturity. High phosphoric acid and potash levels are recommended, with caution on labeling accuracy.
Calgary streets paved with Bitulithic have raised city standards and aided urban growth. Since the first contract three years ago, traffic favors these roadways, with observers confirming the paving represents the best in modern road design and quality. Bitulithic and Contracting, Ltd is noted as a major local developer.
Michael J. Styan reports William Redmond will sail from Ireland to attend the United Irish League of America convention in Philadelphia later this month. Redmond asserts the Home Rule battle is won in Great Britain, while predicting passage in the House of Commons and rejection in the Lords, signaling a two year struggle ahead with continued support from Irish abroad.
Lethbridge Alberta September 17 Chief Gillespie is dismissed along with Inspector Silliker and Detective Egan. A new chief will be hired promptly to reorganize the force before the Dry-Farming Congress. The license and police committee will meet to recommend a replacement. aldermen supported the motion.
A. W. Robbins of Blairmore oversees Alberta government work on the wagon road through the Crows Nest Pass. The Coleman to Divide stretch becomes a single smooth trail, with a double east from Coleman to Burmis. The Frank slide route will be widened for all traffic, as grades are reduced and the road prepared for touring autos. A troublesome four to five mile section west of the Divide in British Columbia may be repaired by the BC government.
The guest praises a stylish setup as the host reveals the price. The rig costs five hundred dollars with an additional one hundred fifty for furniture to match.
Mrs Harry B Bye of Mount Forest Ontario reports great relief from kidney bladder and stomach troubles after using three boxes of FIG PILLS praising the remedy as the best she has tried. Available at dealers for 25 or 60 cents or from The Wig Pill Co St Thomas Ontario. Cranbrook Drug and Book Co Ltd stocks them.
Edmonton Sept. 11 H H Conroy of the Indian department says Fort Good Hope eight miles south of the Arctic circle yielded a large potato crop. M R Card at Fort Simpson reports wheat oats barley potatoes and other vegetables. Saw mill underway cutting sixty thousand feet for agency buildings. Conroy also visited Fort McPherson far north where trappers reported a good catch.
Oregon Agricultural College argues bread baking at home saves money and yields cleaner, healthier bread. Dean Henrietta Calvio compares costs, fuel use, and time, noting home loaves cost about 0.37 per loaf versus baker’s 0.50, with a one-pound loaf. she acknowledges time and busy schedules affect decision.
A public ad extols Zam-Buk as the most wonderful recent discovery, claiming it kills microbes, stops pain, and stimulates healthy tissue to cure wounds and skin disease. It cites a Montreal claim of eczema cure after twenty five years, notes price at 50 cents, and offers a free trial box via mail order from the Zam-Buk Co. Toronto.
The piece contrasts home made bread’s high nutritive value and appeal with bakery bread’s tendency to be under baked and overly acid. It warns of dyspepsia from under baked loaves and questions bakery sanitation, urging readers to consider home baking for better sanitary conditions, beyond small cost gains.
The Mississippi Valley railroads pioneered using burnt gumbo as road ballast. Muddy clay, fired with wood and coal slack, becomes hard red gravel. At about thirty five cents per cubic yard, it forms durable roads that shed mud and snow and resist weeds. Experts say five years of work could make main country roads as passable as paved city streets at low cost.
Classified locals list sale items including fifty Rhode Island Reds and a piano, plus horses, a mill and sawmill gear, a steam poler, and warehouse space. Also missing dog notice, rental and job ads, and the executors notice for December 3 1913 with claims process.
For Sale One Matheson locomotive firebox boiler on wheels 40 inches diameter by 16 feet long inspection 100 Also one Oxford Engine 11 by 11 to be seen at Benedict Siding one mile east of Mayock BC For further particulars apply to Leask Johnson Elku BC
Notice is given to all claimants against the estate of Otis Staples who died about August 5 1912 in Spokane Washington. Claims must be sworn and delivered prepaid by December 8 1912 to the solicitors for executors C Bayard Staples Elmer Lowell Staples Charlie Otis Staples and F William Green with the claimant's name address particulars of the claim and accounts and details of securities if any.
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