Similkameen Canning Venture Urged by Local Director
Mr J Je Armstrong of the Keremeos Land Company visited the Gazette with samples from the Similkameen Canning Company at Keremeos. He touts tomatoes as the start of a promising regional industry, notes weed clearance challenges, railway delays, and progress on grading with a steam shovel to advance track laying and roadbed ballast.
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J. Je Armstrong
Keremeos Land Company
Gazette
Similkimeen Canning Company
Keremeos
Similkameen
Armstrong
Amstrong
Land Company
Wil
Koremeos
Steel In Molson and Coming On From Boundary Delays
Boundary papers confirm Molson reports that steel has reached Molson. Delays from two customs hold ups hindered progress as officials delayed appointing a boundary officer at Molson. Trainloads of bonded construction material could not move until seals were removed. The convoy later dispatched faced slow public momentum but construction gains momentum overall.
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Molson
Batoms
Boundary Line
Cinardl
Taal
A Hard Nut to Crack Beavers Challenge Atherton Dam
In a comical local note, Mr. Atherton fights a beaver led dam below his own on Sintec river. He built a hydraulic ram to raise water but beavers constructed a rival dam that drowns out his business. Beavers cannot be fed before 1910, leaving Atherton to seek a remedy.
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Atherton
Atherton Corner
Mr. A
Boundary and Twenty Mile Mines Make Economic Turn
The Boston News Bureau cites rising Boundary Creek mining profits as the Boundary and Twenty-Mile camps gain rail access. It notes three major producers Granby, Dominion Copper, and British Columbia Copper expanding output with new furnaces and plans to shift to electric power, boosting daily tonnage and lowering costs.
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British Columbia
Boston News Bureau
Greenwood
Phoenix
Hedley
Columbia & Western
Robson
Midway
Arrow Lakes
Christing Lake
Brooklyn
Great Northern
Ferrie
Boundary Creek
Deadwood
Mother Lode
New York
Boston
Nelson
Vernon
Karmloops
PLA
Granby Mines
Dominion Copper Company
British Columbia Copper Company
Granby
Providence
Skylark
Dis Minion Copper
Granby Ci
Granby Co
Dominion Copper Co
Whder
Treasury
Sam
Boundary
Giroux
Sean Power
Geologist Evans Reports Prospect Holes in Hills
Mr. H. P. Evans conducted a reconnaissance trip through the hills for several days seeking geological insight. He studied the Oregon formation and showed interest in bornite occurrences on the property, challenging prevailing prejudice against the mineral.
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H. P. Evans
Oregon
Evans
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E. Walker
Alex. Laird
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J. M. Christie
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London & Lancashire Fire Lis. Co
Ovcan Accident and Guarantee Co
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Charles 2
Shaw
Dominion and Provincial
Laxp
Gazette Office
R. H. Rogers
Vernox, B. C
Oliver & Gladden
Civil & Mining Engineers
Hedley, B.C
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B.C
Hotel Penticton
A. Bauses
Pesrtorox
1.C
H. A. Wright Boot & Shoe Maker
Grand Union Hotel
Jas. Clarke Watchmake
Hedley,g.c
Curtis
Itkamoor Valley
Okanagan Nursery Co’y, Ltd
J. F. Rowe
Treas
Steel
News Bureau
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