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Newspaper
Moyie Leader
Location
Moyie, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1909
Page
1
In a remarkable effort Decatur triumphed 2 to 1 over Veentue after 20 innings. The game extended play time to over seven hours, marking a historic professional long form in baseball history.
F G Long the shoemaker has begun excavating on the corner lot opposite the Kootenay hotel for a new building of about 30 by 10 feet on one story. The structure will be divided into two store rooms with a boot and shoe shop on one side and the other for rent.
Payroll stands at 40 000 dollars and will be paid next Thursday June 10 at the St Eugene mine. Workers still met their pleques and can cash them at the town bank.
The Tinporiad Bank of Canada began business in Moyle on Tuesday morning with Sinetat and Grable of Cranbrook Bank arriving from Nelson to oversee charges. The central hotel building houses the new facility as Tinporiad expands in the district, with strong business activity noted in Mayo.
A Moyie bakery advertises a Hubbard portable oven with 16 inch capacity for 100 loaves every 30 minutes. The unit, costing $200, is described as having a brick sole and a candle of the lotus pattern on the widget, shipped from Toronto.
A drowning occurred near the Porto Rico Lime Company saw mill area where Charles Diamond, about 50, was swept under and not yet recovered. Rescue efforts using dynamite failed. Diamond, brother of the deceased, was notified and traveled to Cashmere. A friend, Dan McLean, reported the accident and attempted to locate him as boats and divers probed the water.
Local Moyie and nearby town brief: families, arrivals, and visits from Spokane to Alberta. Names include Blaylock, Boyd, Dillock, Monkhouse, Miss McQuade, and Mrs Goldwin Stewart. Telephones installed, social events planned, and a judge held debts court. Travel includes Spokane to Calgary and Vancouver trips.
A looming Dominion Day celebration at Mogie draws attention with active committees and sizable fundraising. A Cranbrook band will perform. funds are pledged for various events including Caledonian sports and football. Next meeting Friday at 7:30 p m will allot remaining amounts and finalize staffing for booths and activities.
Mining companies will hold annual meetings at Aurora Mining Milling Corp and United Mining on June 7 and June 9 respectively. Officers will be elected and other business discussed at McGreter Hall and Motey Hall in the evenings.
Fragmented notes report Dr Hansen of WEO in North Dakota visiting Mogie and meeting with Dr Sten Hansen. The owner of the Manhattan hotel and Flatiron building is tied to a store location linked to James Crosby. After leaving, Mev Tlanten studied osteopathy, opened an office, and now enjoys a good practice.
Local church figures held a social at the communal hotel to celebrate the completion of a large new rooming house opposite the Toterna. The building will host services and preachments as plans unfold with Collis and Mrs Bil Lee among those attending.
New uniforms arrive for Moyie football teams Gere and can be seen in Roberts Massinger's window with Kerrigan cip. The suits, maroon and white, will be the official colors of the team, who won at Cranbrook last year.
R B Scott disposes of his Moyie residence and plans to move with his family to Vancouver in about a month. The property is sold to J A Macdonald.
The courthouse will receive substantial repairs including exterior and interior painting. The jail portion will be whitewashed and R. McClure is contracted to perform the work.
The ladies of the Catholic church will serve ice cream with strawberries berries and cake at Morley Hall from four o'clock Thursday evening. Many settlers are arriving by train and locating near Arrow Lakes during the misty June period.
At their Wednesday night meeting Moyie Masonic Lodge elected GT. Ma Gragor W. M. as a delegate to the Grand Lodge session convening at Vancouver on June 17th.
J B Armstrong and John Reid along with county officials met Tuesday near Moyie to arrange building a new important road through the river valley. The plan aims to improve transportation and enable better access across the town.
The tender deadline for the new opera house project has been extended. Bids will be received until Tuesday at noon, with the next Monday at noon as the final extension date. The extension applies to all tenders for the building work and related construction.
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