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Newspaper
Nakusp Ledge
Location
Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1894
Page
4
Historic losses from annual forest fires lamented as millions in timber burn. Propose tougher enforcement against camp fires by prospectors and stricter protection measures to cut yearly conflagrations across the province. Government urged to act now for the next generation.
Captain Adams of Montreal, president of the Secu Union of Canada, visited Nakus last week. He attributes his freethinking to studies of Indian religions and abroad, criticizing his union for lack of zeal and few women members, whom he views as more emotional than men.
The article warns of developers buying land to build a comique in New Denver creating a third faction and cheap structures near the joint. It condemns licensing such dives and fears the project will drive away respectable settlers and corrupt morals.
Spokane residents send letters to the province by placing Canadian stamps on mail mailed from Spokane. They bypass local post offices to save three or four days, using boat routes up the river for passage to Alberta amid unrest in nearby states.
A hostile diatribe claims many Japanese are leaving the United States for Japan to aid in a war against China. The author portrays Japanese as quiet yet parasitic, accusing them of draining American wealth and crowding out native workers. The piece decries assimilation and blames them for harming women’s livelihoods in California.
The writer extols miners as intelligent and hardy while railing at town boosters and complacent merchants in Vancouver and Victoria. He condemns overbearing advertising and urges miners to dismiss critical polite society. The piece notes opium duty cuts in the United States ending local factories and pushing smugglers out of business.
A Spokane assessment drops by 19,090,000 in a year as a soapstone slide threatens the region. Officials note a granite like pace of time and citizens report hunger months, while a moving mountain threatens the Columbia river with 75,380,030 cubic yards of earth shifting an inch every 32 days. At this rate the slide would take about 4,100 years to complete.
Mine owners in the United States are released from assessment work for 18 4 by an Act of Congress. The provisions of the Act do not apply to South Dakota.
Sarmill announces new machinery at the mill enabling supply of rough and dressed lumber and shingles at greatly reduced prices to customers.
Fragmentary OCR shows a price listing for rough timber and joists including narrow and wide boards. Entries suggest lengths of 18 feet with prices around 11 pounds 0 shillings 0 pence, but legibility is low. Entities: 18 feet, pounds, shillings, pence.
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