Hedley notes and ashore details on town life
Hedley news item covers Blake Wilson in town from P Burns & Co and many locals like Bert Jones and family arriving from Vancouver. It notes coupled moves, work shifts, ore sampling at Golden Zone, stove pipe fire scare, and a party for Miss Lowndes with a geologist visit by Mr. Broadbent of the Canadian Geological Survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake Wilson
P. Burns, & Co
Bert Jones
Vancouver
L. H. Patten
Okanagin
Mess
J. Marshall
Child
Marghall
J. Neill
Sterling Crank
Alberta
Avbine’Maddin
Boudury
Arthur
McKinney
Tix
Tom Henderson
Manitoba
Tom
Hedley
Bib Lom
da. Brown
Gazette
Seattle
Ottawa
Geological Museum
Sdyier
Miss Lowndes
R. L. Broadbent
Canadian Geological Survey
Kingston
John Gladden
Kingston and Metropolitan
Broadbent
Hausing
A. P. Low
Hedley Ore Not Suited to Fancy Specimens in Hedley Camp
Hedley ore yields over two million in bullion in four years with limited stamps and largely mineralized country rock. The ore bodies appear as irregular deposits rather than true veins, often resembling common rock but carrying high mineral content. Misleading sulfides like mispickel and sulphides prevail, and heavy mining waste has vanished down the tramway to stamps, explaining why Hedley remains unattractive to specimen collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tedley
W. A. Carlyle
Hedley
Liege
Hadley
Valley booster letter urges unified regional exhibit drive
A letter from GS L. appeals to the Keremeos Gazette editors and local boards to unite Kernmeos, Princeton, Hedley and Kovon in promoting a valley wide exhibit of mineral, agricultural and industrial resources. It calls for a joint bulletin funded by vested interests and seeks backing to attract U.S. capital, with the Great Northern Railway offering free nationwide circulation of district write ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Dewy
Shar
Beautiful Valley Land Co
Keremvos
Keremees
Princeton
Hedley
Kovon
Feen
Keremeos
Gener
United States
B.C
Willey
Penticton Bits With MP Shatford Visit And Lemon Mixup
Penticton notes recount MP Shatford arriving by the coast boat after late sessions. Towns shares an amusing tale about a resident requiring a quarter dozen lemons sent to her home, prompting delivery and a later misadventure with a dry lemon and a maid’s altered request. The incident hints Penticton as a lively, gossip prone community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Shatford
Shatford
Towns
Tom
Penticton
Local Option Debate and Town Improvements Highlight Penticton Scene
The text discusses the local option temperance issue and compensation concerns for hotel owners facing license loss. It notes perceived drinking patterns, calls out property value losses, and critiques town improvements including an east-side footpath and Ellis Street work, with humorous aside about a wandering domestic fowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Penticton
Okanagan
Ellis Street
Noth
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Perri
Merritt
Tervill
Daly
Mrs. Terrill
Hedl
W. J. Parkes
Jas
GEO
Lawrence
The
Shatford’s Ltd
R. J. Edmond
Great Northern
John Lind
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