Fault found with Loomis and Oroville papers on smallpox stance
A reader praising Bro Pullin's fair comment cites a lengthy piece on the wallpox scare. The Oroville Gazette notes a Canadian quarantine ordered against the United States and urges accountability for lax preventive measures.
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Loomis
Oroville
Bro. Pullin
Lem
Buto
Washington State
Orovilly Gazette
British Columbia
United States
British, Columbia
Provincll Board of Health
Stampede of small-pox fears ends in valley quarantine lift
Vigorous measures stopped spread of small-pox in the valley's lower area. School reopened on Dr. Miller's permission after quarantine restrictions were eased. Barred houses are disinfected after the period ends. Public can travel between Keremcos and other districts, with quarantine kept on the railway until infected areas show clear signs of containment.
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Miller
Iite
Keremcos
Eam
Montague Named Manitoba Public Works Minister
Winnipeg reports Sen W H Montague has accepted the Manitoba cabinet portfolio of public works replacing Hon Colin H Campbell who resigns due to ill health. Montague will be sworn in today as Campbell retains his seat. Montague’s long career includes early eighties prominence and tenure as Secretary of State before retirement from politics.
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Winnipeg
W. H. Montague
Manitoba
Colin H. Campbell
Leutenant-Govenor
Campbell
Colter
Haldiawand
Clement Case Hearing in Vancouver Over Travel Expenses
Last week the Crown claimed $4291 in overcharges for Clement travel costs from Grand Forks to Vancouver while he resided in the city. Justice Casels presided with defense by Tapper Davis Bodwell. McLennan led the prosecution. The central issues were residence and whether the section had political origins. The judge reserved judgment due to the case's importance.
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Justice Clement
Vancouver
Cassels
Crown
Grand Forks
Charles Hibbert Tapper
DB. P. Davis
EK. V. Bodwell
F. S. McLennan
K. C
Montreal
Delayed Work Moves to New York for Board Review
Last week the plan to proceed on the Toll project was paused as directors seek full information on pleas estimates and costs. Mr Jones heads to New York after a late telegram to brief the board while staff prepare data and maps for a decision likely to shape a project costing around 200000 dollars.
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Mr. Jones
New York
Jones
Board of Directors
Jine
Penticton
Value of a Prospect in Mining Comments
The Daily Mining Record of Denver argues that no prospect is worth more than the cost to prove it up. The Mining Engineering and Electrical Record notes high speculative prices hinder British Columbia mining. It says most prospects require large capital to prove up and only about one in twenty may succeed, so investors should expect risk.
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Denver
Mining, Engineering and Electrical Record
British Columbia
Parcels Post Planned by January First
Ottawa reports the post office department aims to establish the parcels post system by January 1 though exact date not certain. Rates schedule drawn tentatively awaiting postmaster general approval. extensive detail required for regulations governing the system.
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Post Office Department
Ottawa
Syste
Postmister General
Kettle Valley Railway Tender Openings Near Osprey Lake
Vancouver reports that J Warren president of the Kettle River Valley Railway arrived from Kamloops with chief engineer McCullough. The hotel crowd watched as tenders were opened for the last sixty miles of track west of Osprey Lake. Warren expected a two part award after bids are reviewed. Construction elsewhere along the Coquihalla and Coquihulla routes has been progressing with grading underway.
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Vancouver
B. U
Navy
J. Warren
Kettle River Valley Railway
City
Kamloops
Tbe Systemy
Mie McCullough
Wiran
Kettle Valley
Osprey Lake
Warren
Hope
Fatal Pit Collapse Kills Penticton Laborers
About fifteen corporation workers in Penticton were in a pit by the Okanagan River when a bank failed and hundreds of tons of dirt slid in. Two wagons were being filled and men between them and the slide were crushed. Three named victims Janes Campbell James Boyce and Malcola Nicholson died and one man Weir was injured with a broken leg. Boyce left a widow and four children in Penticton.
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Corporation
Penticton
Okanagin River
Janes Campbell
James Boyce
Malcola Nicholson
Weir
Boyce
Pentictew
Incidental Quarantine Debate and Star Theatre Opening
The editorial questions a smallpox quarantine at the boundary line on G.W.N. trains, suggesting political motives to press the railway to run trains. It also notes the Star theatre opening with a 250 seat plan and a new aluminum curtain enhancing roving pictures.
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Avistaken
Oroville
G. WN. R
Boundary Line
Givat Northen
Victoria
Star Theatre
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