31 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Hedley Gazette
Location
Hadley, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1910
Page
1
The Makura liner reports steady service 1349 miles from Cape Flattery and 1500 miles from Vancouver with 70 degree seas and a light breeze. It is in latitude 82 56 north and in contact with Honolulu and Vancouver, expected to reach Honolulu by noon Saturday.
A portion of Lower Okanagan life is sketched with Easter events and local plans. Mentions of Sunday School at Fairview, residents moving to Penticton, a funeral at Cliff Ranch for Andrew D. McKenzie, and engineers surveying the Oroville to Penticton line. Improved water supply and fruit prospects at Okanagan Falls Vasseaux Lake Kaleden and Cliff Ranch frame hopes for a busy year. A P N Hamiltonian description of the valley praises fruit potential and the Penticton Railway bill.
H W Schotlemmer of Rossland patents a rock drill chuck that saves over 25 percent compared to the old design. It auto tightens with air, requires no bolts, lasts four times longer, and releases with a tap. Tested by Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada for twelve months with praise from management and machine men.
Machinery firms sent representatives to Hedley to bid on installing a 275 kilowatt generator with a cross driven steam engine or water wheel, three 180 horsepower boilers, and related fixtures. Bidders include Robt. Hamilton Mfg, Goldie & McCulloch, Canada Westinghouse, Allis Chalmers, Canadian Fairbanks, Babcock Wilcox, Canadian Rand, and others.
The Hedley Gold Mining Co reports a baptism of its new compressor by steam and water. After trials under light and full load, steam was disconnected and water power used with stable operation. Grounded by a lower water supply in cold weather, pumps drills and air system run smoothly. a brief steam trial is planned before full water operation resumes for the season.
A 20 man survey party led by C F Hanington completed the preliminary line survey for the Canadian Northern railway from Yellowhead Pass to New Westminster, noting satisfactory gradients. Engineers plan further details after arrival in Vancouver while surveying near Cranberry Lake on the divide between Tete Janne Cache and the North Thompson river valley. The maximum grade reported is five tenths of a percent.
In Princeton on Thursday March 21 a double wedding united four local youths. H. H. Avery Jr. wed Miss Eliza J. Carson of Pavillion B C and A. H. Davidson wed Miss Olive Martin of Princeton. The couples served as bridesmaids and groomsmen for each other. The party plans a wedding trip to Spokane and Seattle.
Golfers and newcomers are invited to a meeting about a local four-tee club at the Hotel Similkameen tonight Thursday at o'clock. All interested in taking up the game are welcome to attend.
The Board of Hospital Directors acknowledges additional donations to hospital funds from LG MaeHiitheso ABC Mie Lowe and others totaling R900.
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