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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1909
Page
3
District 222 dispatches compile brief items from Bright Correspondents and various newspapers. The page highlights regional notices, brief society items, and concise reports from multiple towns and agencies.
Creston residents report logging camps resuming work near Port Hill owned by J. P. Dunn and Bonners Ferry Lumber company crews. Rev. P. C. Hayman moves into a new Hillside road home built by Jim Richards and RE Payne. Also: store foundation by L. A. Speers, hospital funding pleas, and local social moves with residents to fairs and events.
Fer nie police chief A Sampson was in town on official business while George Johnson of North Star Lumber returned from Fernie. Local residents and visitors include A Armstead of Hosmer, Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan from the coast trip, Clarence Muirhead from Fernie visiting Inghams on Sheep Mountain, and Cranbrook visitor J Liddicoat. Jack Johnston recovering from typhoid at Cranbrook hospital, James Houston ill with fever and a relapse, Norman Houston accompanying J Patterson to Okotoks, and several Elko residents visiting Spokane Seattle and Jaffray with Mrs. Griffith and Miss Adolph shopping in Elko. W L Foisy returned from Spokane and Seattle as well.
F H Sherman former district president arrives in the city this week and checks into a hospital seeking better health. He is described as quite ill but hopes to recover with good care. A subscription drive is started to assist with expenses.
Delmaurez from Fernie planned a Moyie Lake propeller demonstration with a working model today or tomorrow but a fall while assembling the model left him with a dislocated right shoulder. The demonstration is delayed a few days. Local fire hall meeting approved payments and tower and chimney construction.
Movements of several figures through Cranbrook include Arthur Lind Donovan and Fred Pensor departing for Calgary, Gordon the government inspector visiting midweek, Peckham leaving for New York, Purdy of the Canadian Bridge company in town, and Mr Wright of Fairbanks Chicago on business. A heavy rain improves crops and clears dusty streets, aiding gardens.
Franc Paper items report fall pack outfitting for the Flathead from Crows Nest. Spokane visitors seek Maple Leaf interests. Mrs Emmerson returns from Europe. Fred Livingston heads to Edmonton for Alberta College. Engineer John Williams learns of his father’s death in Illinois. A rare Miners hotel burglary netted about seventeen dollars. Various residents, including Cranbrook visitors and "Darling" family bereavement over son Dudley, spark townwide sorrow. Continued on page six.
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