Five Good Men and the BC Fruit Industry
Martin Burrell speaking for Yale Catibee highlights Canada’s three main fruit firms. Grand Trunk's Express empire shows uneven profits and limited new investment while BC fruit faces competition from American imports. Burrell urges closed packaging laws and universal fruit marking rules to shield Canadian markets. Continued on Page Three.
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Fae
Bonrd
Canada
Grand’ 'Tenak “Pache Expres
Canadian Express Company
Grand Trunk
Railway Commission
W. J. Stout
Dominion Express Company
British Columbia
Cochin
Barrell
Dominion
Martin Burrell
Prairie Provinces
Hidden Creek Mine Poised to Ship Ore Soon
Vancouver report: M T Pickard of Hidden Creek Mining says ore shipments could start on short notice as development continues at Goose Bay on Portland Canal. Copper market conditions delay immediate shipping but future volumes will rise. mine owned by M K Rodgers of Butte, allied with Mares Daly in past disputes. Rodgers has also begun development on a gold property on Prince of Wales Island.
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Vancouver Province
D. Pickard
Hidden Creek Mining Company
Jim Portland Canal
Hidden Creek
Goose Biy
Porthind’ Canal
M. K. Rodgers
Butte
Mares Daly
Heinze
Pickard
Prince of Wales Island
Railways and the West in Canadian Growth
Victoria Tins discusses James J. Hill and the Great Northern while Railway World notes Western Canadian expansion costs. Expenditures total about eighty five million dollars this year, with Canadian Pacific Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern also investing heavily, signaling a booming railway era and rapid nation-building.
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Victoria
James J. Hill
Canada
Great Northern Railway Company
Railway World
United States
Western Canada
British Columbia
Praine
Canadian Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk Pacific
Great Northern
Canadian Northern
West
Foronto Globe
Pice
Ani
Similkameen to Fraser Road Aids Summit Camp Prospects
The Provincial Government urged to back Col. Robert Stevenson and extend the Hope to Summit Camp road. The link between Fraser and Similkameen valleys would unlock agricultural and mining areas, attract investors, and enable ore transport to Hope. The road could also serve railway supply needs and enable a Spokane trip via Tolumeda, highlighting regional development.
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Robert Stevenson
Similkameen
Hope
Tacoma
Summit Camp
Railway Pass
Tolumeda
Spokane
Similkiameen Valley
Timber Men Visit the Coast on Millionaire Excursion
A Michigan timber party arrived in Vancouver by train, touring the coast and praising its forests. Led by Professor J E Roth, they urged protection and prudent development, noting British Columbia’s vast reserve timber and proposing reforms to restrict speculative grabbing. The group, including a noted forester and press representative, pressed for government action to safeguard timber wealth.
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Michigan Timber
Portland
Seattle
Vancouver
Great Northern
J. E. Roth
University of Michigan
Forester
Pinchot
United States
Cornell
Jindson Clark
British Columbia
Liwiberman
Spectator
Wenatchee Line Sanctioned Branch to Wenatchee Route
Olympic January 7 item reports the Great Northern Railway filed a certificate authorizing a new branch from near Wenatchee, running along the Columbia River through Chelan and Douglas counties to connect with the Oroville branch in Okanogan county, about 134 miles total. The project envisions construction and operation to begin soon.
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Great Northern Railway
Secretary of State
Wenatchee
Columbi River
Chelan
Douglas
Okanogan and
Columbia” River
Great Northern
Oroville
Okanogan County
Exposition Opens to Big Seattle Crowd at June 1 Start
Seattle’s Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition draws rapid attendance, surpassing early estimates with more than 90,000 visitors by June 1. The fair runs until October 16, offering airship views, the Pay Streak, Midway nightlife, Cascades and Geyser Basin lighting, and nightly concerts. June 18 marks beginning of busy weeks ahead including British Columbia Week, California Promotion Day, and Grand Lodge meetings, with daily parades, drills, life-saving demos, and aerial displays planned from dawn to midnight.
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Seattle
Pacific
British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Exposition City
California
Grand Lodge
Pacific Coast
U.S
Army
Navy
Howe
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C. A. Jackson
L. Co
Brock Penticton
W. H.T. Gahan
B.C
Excessive Express
Yale-Catibee
J. W. Edmonds
Ansurand and General
Buibance Company
Enticton
Glarke Wat
Hedley
R. H. Rogers, May Bol
Vuknon, B.C
Hotel Penticton
Traveh
A. Banasits
Piswsticrow, Bic
Grand Union
Hedley, B. C
ALF. & A
Hodley
Canu
A. Megraw
Nen
Agent Fore Mutual Lite
Hhidnan Jay Tnanrance
Columbia View
Lmurance Co
Calgary Firet Insurance Co
Tondon & Takashiry Fira Ins
Ocean Acuident and Guarantos Co
United Wireless Talegeph Co
Princeton
Railways
Canadian West
C. Plr
Fraser
Robert ‘Stevenson
Wenatchee Line
Ramor
Olympic Ia
Jane
A. Y. P. Exposition
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