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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 30, 1894
Page
4
A letter to East Kootenay electors denounces outsider candidate Scholl while praising Col. Baker for district service and funding. The notice criticizes Scholl, highlights Baker’s ties to Victoria and relief work, and urges voters to reject the rival. Local updates mention Fernie’s return, Fort Steele bridge petitions, disappearances, theft, and immigrant concerns.
Our J.P.s have been busy during the last few days trying offenders for petty crimes. A pioneer of '64 got off with a fine of 4 dollars and costs for being drunk. An offender fourteen days with hard labor for stealing cigars. The charge against Norman Macleod for stealing a horse was dismissed. M. Phillipps J.P. is here from Tobacco Plains, he reports dull times.
In a 1894 letter from Golden British Columbia the writer asks the Windermere official Mr. Goldie to use local ranchers to clear logs from a wagon road after a gale. The correspondent argues local labor would be cheaper and reduce travel and contention, urging action by June 27, 1894.
The adjourned annual meeting of the shareholders of the Golden Lumber Co. Ltd. will be held at the company's office in Golden, B.C. on Monday at two o'clock in the afternoon for the election of directors for the current year. Dated Golden, B.C., June 6, 1604.
The candidate appeals to voters in East Kootenay to reelect him to the Legislative Assembly. He cites duties as Provincial Secretary in the Fraser River valley addressing flood relief and asks for understanding for his absence from his district until those duties are fulfilled.
The candidate pledges to oppose extravagant public buildings and officialism, criticizes the Nukusp & Slocan Railway policy, opposes paper railways, supports limits on Chinese and Japanese immigration, favors mining law simplification and smaller farm holdings, and calls for fair public works distributed without political bias. He urges voters to decide at the ballot box.
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