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Newspaper
Moyie Leader
Location
Moyie, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 08, 1900
Page
1
A proposed Moyie development outlines an open project near Queen's Avenue and Victoria Street. The plan includes a 40 foot wide site for a new postoffice complex and adjacent business blocks. The venture ties into Perry Creek mining history with a large stamp mill expected to operate next season.
Ed Fah spent Labor Day in Cranbrook where Gard of Granbrook returned to Granbrook with Johnston Broe adding a new kitchen to the hotel. A large strike near West arrest is noted as doing good work. Miss Hill of Winnipeg visits Cranbrook on return from California. Moyie fire brigade fights a roof fire at Moyie hotel area. Ji Smith from South East Montana returns from Vittoria. Moyie Miners Union elects officers with Dimock as President and Smyth as Financial Secretary. union has about 60 members.
At the Liberal convention held in Revelstoke on September 5 W A Galliber received the unanimous nomination. The convention represented the entire riding with Hewitt Bostock the current member favored by many but declined as a contender. Galliber was generally seen as a likely candidate.
In Spokane, mining prospects near Cartonda align with a large ore shipment. The Red Men and Elks plan regional gatherings around October 5 and week later events mark the Spokane Industrial Exposition and laying of a cornerstone. Road work funds are set for wagon road extension and street improvements.
Luck P Luther recently arrived from Fort Steele to set up a laundry but fell while unloading furniture at the Lake Shore siding and broke his ankle. De Higgins set the fracture. The New Station project continues with the CPR foundation finished and 18 men employed as construction accelerates. At Moyie hotel a dance drew a good crowd and picnicers advertise bottled beer at Moyie Brewery at $1.78 to $2.50 per dozen.
In Moyie last evening Constable Lindsay arrested William Richard Roland Hocking on serious charges after a tense incident involving Miss Jane Montgomery at the Central Hotel. The case centers on claims of bigamy and the ensuing warrants and hearings in St Luke's City.
The Cranbrook notes mention ex conductor Jack Noble and others at Peri yard, preparations for a large cold storage near the works, and discuss the Machinists Union gathering. An old mine linked to early American mining camps is referenced, along with mentions of Winnipeg tensions and calls for reinstatement of conductors who refused to surrender punches and equipment. The report suggests potential system-wide disruption if demands are ignored.
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