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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1903
Page
4
The columnist urges Cranbrook to address public disorder and corruption. They argue for quarantining filthy dwellings and holding syndicates accountable for harms, criticize selective morality, and advocate nationalizing vice to stabilize work and prevent strikes, praising local reformers.
The Herald offers prizes for readers who guess the closest to the vote cast in the South fall. A Nast Kootena exhibition opens at the Bort Stools Mercantife.
The W F M S of Knox church welcomed ladies from other churches for a Tuesday afternoon program on India. Mesdames Reid Darling Mc Leod and Griffith sang and presented articles on India's missionary work. A display showed work by Indian women and children. Refreshments followed a pleasant gathering.
Hugh McGinniss a temper at the Cranbrook mill of East Kootenay Lumber Company slipped while driving a pole car loaded with logs. The wheels crushed both legs with a compound fracture on the right and a double compound fracture on the left. He was rushed to St. Eugene hospital and is expected to be laid up for some time.
The Crows Nest Coal Company reports August payroll exceeding 160000 dollars, about 9000 dollars more than July. Figures by site include Coal Creek Michel Morin and others with amounts such as 7664.00 and 8891.00, plus 1600.188.25 for additional entries.
The employer of Leask & Slater treated J. C. Slater to a large oyster supper at the mill last Saturday night. Slater has returned to his former home in Ontario. The company expressed appreciation for his faithful service and his departure was marked with warmth.
Last Tuesday a sizable landslide at the west end of the former slide undermined the remaining Hutte. Residents were frightened though no injuries were reported.
Blairmore Times Breckenridge and Inn complete contract work on Grassay Mountain railroad and settle wages. Friends bid farewell to Mrs. C. BE. Reid as she departs for Cranbrook on Thursday morning’s train for a new home and life.
A. Chartrand, a local baker, announces plans to open a confectionery store adjoining his bakery. The shop will offer a full stock of candies, pastries, and related sweets. Call and see him for details.
Brief classified notice seeking a boy to work in a local store. Applies at The Herald office for details and employment phrasing.
Dr Bell veterinary surgeon visited the camp yesterday. Lumber has begun for twenty five cottages at the new townsite to house coke oven workers. Mine output rises daily with yesterday a record breaker and a daily average nearing one thousand tons. Ch G Moffatt has been appointed a justice of the peace for British Columbia. A jail and court house are still needed.
The James Creer house to be sold at a reasonable price and on satisfactory terms. Apply Herald office for details.
Quotations list from Beale Hutchison and Elwell brokers Cranbrook B C and nearby points. Includes Bayle Consolidated Star Roll American Bond Golconda Crows Nest Coal St Eugene Mines and Camadian Gold Picts AM with various mining and coal entities mentioned.
G P Tisdale opens an all night lunch counter promising day and night meals. He has built on his store’s success and aims to make the new enterprise a lasting success.
House on Baker Hill available at $10 per month and a cottage off Baker Street for $7. Rentals and sales are listed at the rate of charge upon application.
House for sale described as a small room house on Hill with two 88 foot lots. Furnished and low cash price. Apply at Townsite Office.
The text outlines principal and interest on lands, with lands at varying prices per acre paid in ten instalments. It lists instalment amounts for 160 acres at different prices, schedules payments across years, and states a ten percent cash discount for full payment at purchase and six percent interest on overdue instalments.
The firm outlines townsites including Elko Cranbrook Kimberly Aldridge Kitchener Creston Proctor Nelson Gerrard Lemonton Castlegar Cascade City Grand Forks Kolt Greenwood Midway Nakusp Arrowhead Revelstoke Donald Kamloops with payment terms cash balance due in six and twelve months plus interest. For details contact W M Frost Gateway Montuan R R Bruce Wilmer BC Hyde Baker Cranbrook BC J T Burgess Kitchener BC Mallandaine Jr Creston BC KK Stocker Cascade BC F C Elliot Trout Lake City BC Calgary Alberta.
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