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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1925
Page
7
A provincial fire marshal critic drew attention to the absence of the Grand Forks chief and lack of a head. The city council suspended the chief’s salary until a new chief is appointed, prompting the brigade to resign in a body with the deputy taking full power in the interim.
A tramp and his companion Potts face peril near Granite Gorge as a boulder nearly tips Potts over a cliff. Potts lowers water with a tin can while the younger man helps, then Potts roasts scavenged food for a bleak camp. The narrative notes the Gorge’s danger and the train’s night crossings.
Potts builds a lean meal beside a fire using improvised heat from two stones. He narrates the trestle’s dark past near Granite Gorge and Old Witch’s Mask, while Bob stirs the bubbling stew and waits for a satisfying bite. The scene blends culinary ritual with historic lore.
Invermere B C September notes report Mrs Alex J Dobbie and family leaving for the coast with her mother Mrs Tait likely wintering there. Dr Walker and team finish Windermere district survey for Ottawa mines department. Banquo? C P R officials including Beatty and Col Dennis to visit. Bungalow camp closed. staff travels. Marriage of Rev F Bertram Atkinson to Miss Winnifred Sinclair planned for October 28 at Christchurch Lake Windermere with Bishop Doull officiating. Reception at Kootenai Lodge. Honeymoon may be in Okanagan with relatives of Mr Atkinson. Gilbert Taynton of Imperial Bank Calgary on holidays with parents.
Mrs. A H MacCarthy awarded certificates to students under Miss Dora Bodecker for Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Music exams. Recipients from Wilmer include Mil dred Bell Juliet Vachon Margaret Tompkins Bernice Thompson Lillias Butterfield Carmen da Costa Marvin Tunnacliffe Frances Forster and Jessie Frater. Prizes honored perfect and regular attendance work and punctuality and neatness. Upland windermere couple Vernon and Mrs. Craig depart for Detroit for motor mechanics course.
Acting on information from a spotter police raided eight Kimberley locations on bootlegging charges. Four defendants pleaded guilty and were fined from 300 to 600 plus costs by Stipendiary Magistrate John Lea. The remaining cases were remanded.
Premier Gold Mining will pay a 400 000 dividend on October for stockholders of record September 18, elevating total dividends paid since March 1921 to 8 040 625. The release from Stobie Forlong & Co. notes frequent dividends and Premier’s prominent Portland Canal position with tramway and transport links.
The Premier mine holds a large share in the adjoining B C Silver company raising expectations of a possible working connection or consolidation. The firm is examining Dunwell Riverside and Forty-Nine properties for control. Wey Wood of Vancouver is heard as leading the company with Minor C Keith of United Fruit as major holder and vice president, and Isaac Untermeyer of New York as another large indirect holder.
FTC Chairman Huston Thompson testifies the Commission spent a year seeking criminal action by Attorney General Daugherty on Tobacco Trust evidence but received no response from the Department of Justice. The Wheeler Committee investigates Daupherty's old firm as attorney for the American Tobacco Company.
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