Drink-Crazed Indian Shoots Father in Main Street Reserve
Penticton Herald reports Basil Jack, an Indian youth about 21, allegedly drank heavily and shot his father on Main Street Reserve Sunday morning with a Colt revolver. Demonic Jack was found wounded and taken to hospital. police and local searchers pursue Basil Jack as a dangerous fugitive in nearby woods.
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Main Street
Jack
Basil Jack
Ther
Wyles
Penticton Herald
Geological Survey Work Continued Near International Boundary
Geologic notes describe Oligocene ternary rocks north of the boundary and prospecting on Kruger Mountain lode deposits. On the US side, two deposit types exist: disseminated copper near granodiorite and vein gold deposits driving district production. Canadian lodes are mainly copper-rich disseminations. Details derive from Gold Dust Mining and Dividend-Lakeview holdings. continues on page two.
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Kruger Mountain
United States
J. B. Ampleby
Washington Geological Survey
Comany
Lakeview
Europe Ablaze War Powers In Conflict Across Europe
News bulletin reports four major powers in war, with Britain and Canada in a special session, Turkey and United States declaring neutrality. It notes Belgium's violation of neutrality, mobilizations across Europe, and early battles including German invasion of Belgium and Russian-German naval clashes. US mobilization hinted as global tensions rise.
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Europe
Great Britain
Turkey
Anil
United States
Lord Kitchener
Hague
Belgium
Balkans
Russia
Germany
France
North Sea
England
Baltic
Gulf of
Pinland
Japan
London
Sweden Hay
Britain
Wilson
Obituary for Angus Ma ron of Hedley Province
The death of Angus Ma ron occurred Saturday at his daughter Mrs J Fraser home. A Nova Scotia native who spent years in the Maritime Provinces before moving west he served in Fenian Raids. Funeral Sunday drew large attendance with Nova Scotia tributes. Rev Father Chronel Grand Forks conducted services at house and grave. Pallbearers Dan McKinnon Don McKinnon Jack Fraser J McDougall R McDougall Geo Gilbert. Survived by wife and three children Dan Con and Mrs J Fraser all of Hedley.
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Angus Maron
J. Praser
McKinnon
Nova Scotia
Maritime Provinces
Father’ Chronel
Grand Forks
Pall Bowers
Dan McKinnon
Don McKinnon
Jack Fraser
J. McDougall
R. McDougall
Geo. Gilbert
Dan
Con
J. Fraser
Hedley
Creditors Meet For Tuck Chinese Restaurant Closure
Creditors of the proprietor of Tuck Chinese Restaurant are summoned to meet at B O Restaurant Haynes Street at 2 80 oclock on Saturday August 8th to present their claims.
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Tuck
B.O
Haynes St
Wireless discovery aids mines and rescues deep underground
Wireless telegraphy now penetrates earth enabling subterranean mineral depth finding and messages from 1000 feet below to a point a mile and a half away. It promises vast mining value and safer rescues for entombed workers, with potential benefits for British Columbia's untapped resources.
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Germini
British Columbia
Card of Thanks from Hedley family
Mrs. McKinnon and daughter Mrs. J Fraser and sons Don and Dan thank Hedley residents for their kindness and sympathy during their recent bereavement.
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McKinnon
J. Fraser
Don
Dan
Hedley
Relative war strength across major European powers
A dated comparison ranks Russia as the land power leader with about 5.5 million soldiers, followed by Germany at 3.2 million and 1 million extra reserves. France 4 million, Austria 2 million, Italy 1.2 million, Britain 730 thousand, Serbia 249 thousand. Britain’s navy tops the list in vessels and manpower, with Germany second, then France and Russia. Serbia has no navy.
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Great Britain
Britain
France
Germany
Belgium
Austria
Russia
Servis
Montenegro
Lord Kitchener
Tuy
Serbia
Roussia
Italy
Servia
Austrian
Hungary
Mining figures show big increase in provincial output
The annual ministerial report for 1913 lists total mineral production at 30,296,298 dollars, second only to 1912’s record. East and West Kootenay districts rise, with notable gains in Slocan, Nelson, and Trail Creek. Boundary district falls from 1912. Lode mines yield gold 5,627,400, copper 7,004,480, zinc 324,421. coke valued at 1,720,270.
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East Kootenay
Kootenay
Ainsworth
Slocan
Slocan City
Nelson
Trail Creek
Boundary District
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Glarke Hedley
B-c
Herbert G. Freeman
Notary Public
British
Columbia
Tomson
Mon
Western Canada
Cammell Laird &Co. Ltd
Sheffield
Eng
Hentry Street
Vancouver
B.C
N. P. Mite
M. Simogson
A. FE
Montutin Fontaentyrhell Hedley
A. Creelman
H. G. Freeman
Fraternity Hall
Hedley Lodge
Knowles
W. ML
C. Christiana
J. L. Masters
Wilbott
Oroville
North Main Street
R. P. Brown
Land Surveyor
P.O
Penticton
P. W. Gregory
Colubleia Land Surveyon
Princeton
Star Building
Ernest S. Silcox
Walter Clayton
Rte
Hilliard
Geological Survey
Charles Camsell
Yale
J Beale
White St
Daly Ave
Princeton, British Columbia
Inter
Sir Edward Grey
Brussels
Quebec
George
Portsmouth
Wireless and Mining
Maine
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