Hedley News Highlights and Regional Updates
Hedley and Nicola area notes detail Misa Billiott's return from Keres moos, Merritt expansion with a Bank of Montreal branch, and Lehrer business moves. Peck McSwain appears in town with changes in style and travels. local fires, accidents, and ongoing mining, irrigation, and road repairs are reported alongside municipal and agricultural updates.
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Misa Billiott
Keresmoos
Wim. McIntyre
Merritt
Findlay Fraser
Nicola
W. A. Maclean
Loi ‘Patton
Prairies
B. C
Alberti
Bank of Montreal
A.W. Strickland
Nigola
Peck McSwain
Fernie
Harry Swan
Kettle River
New Brunswick
Ernest Waterman
J. P
Princeton
Vermillion Forks Mining Co
Q. D. B. Green
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Victoria
EE. Barr
Oroville
Toin
Washington
Okanagan
Wenatchee
Henry Creek
Russian officers Stoessel and Bogtoll to be released from imprisonment
A pair of Russian officers Stoessel and Bogtoll imprisoned after the war for not licking the Japs are scheduled for release. In Ottawa a man was fined for giving his son a cigarette. Talks push for a Regina law school and medical faculty.
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Bear baiting tale on the Grey Lady voyage north
The Vancouver note recalls Messrs Arthur Dodd and EA C Studd sailing the new motor yacht Grey Lady for a coast cruise possibly to Alaska. They allegedly carried rancid butter as bait to lure a rare bear, prompting health officers to consider a nuisance stop. A humorous ode mocks the plan.
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Dodd
Tia
Wieta
Mercantile Marine
Tinkar
Bradshaw’s 82 Acre Ranch and Mine Venture
The piece details Bradshaw’s 82 acre ranch with a roadside inn on the bench and a mine near the Atidy area. It notes his Fifteen Mile creek water right enabling fertility, two orchards with blooms, cleared bottom land growing vegetables and hay, and annual hay yields approaching four tons. The report emphasizes industry and planning as keys to success.
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Bradshaw Farm Plans Expansion and River Improvement
The landowner Bradshaw expanded his estate adding about 40 acres of cleared and timbered area using a stump-puller to remove stumps. A small yet powerful machine can lift over fifty tons aiding land clearing. A railway runs along the riverbank, aligning with the property to minimize disruption.
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