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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1906
Page
3
A reflective piece urges parental example, especially mothers, to shape sons and sustain harmony at home. It argues marriage remains a strength, warns against drunkenness, and celebrates women as moral bedrock. The text quotes Ingersoll on women's power and ends with a London clergy note about Sunday preaching at East and West Ends.
The article details the East Kootenay Lumber Company operations at Jaffray and Cranbrook, noting millwrights J M Sissons and Syl Richards, daily output around 100000 feet, and plans for moulding work. It highlights new saws, steam tension, and the expected town growth around Jaffray as the mill expansion proceeds and competitors build nearby.
Items culled from the Herald of that date note Mrs. Morris’s departure to Cranbrook for Trail Creek News. Parties, games, and singing precede. The July weather, payrolls, and local trades are mentioned along with church services, school plans, and new buildings in Cranbrook including a Catholic chapel and a newRes the hospital venture.
Ottawa reports census estimates for Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba are nearly complete. Round figures show about 185 000 for Alberta 260 000 for Saskatchewan and 360 000 for Manitoba. The item includes a quoted exchange on trust business uncertainty and income safety.
The provincial Free Reading Room in the Watts block offers about one hundred new volumes across social science natural science useful arts literature travel fiction biography and history. Residents may borrow up to two books for two weeks with rules on renewals reservations and late fees. The room also provides newspapers magazines and periodicals and aims to be nonsectarian and welcoming to all.
Arthur Pigott of Cranbrook seeks a special license from the Chief Commissioner Lands and Works at Victoria B C to cut and haul timber on six hundred forty acres in West Kootenay described as starting at the north east corner of lot 5240 and forming a rectangle. The notice is dated August 16 1906 and states a thirty day waiting period after date.
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