Revelstoke townsite dispute and regional updates
Arch ie Currie visits Arizona while Harry Bourne spends days in Nakusp. Nelson banks cut savings rates to 3 percent. Nakusp ads sell house and furniture. Revelstoke train timing disrupted by late boat. Local fire wardens named for Three Forks. Lapsed hand injury from chopping wood. Agnes Horton heads to Salt Lake City via Nelson. Trail Mercantile Co. now run solely by A Lynch after partner J M Stewart’s death. Lytton to Robson schedule and Nelson steamer command changes noted. OC and K N Co lowers Nelson to Kootenay lake passenger rates except Pilot Bay. Monthly mail service proposed Fire Valley to Nakusp at 85 per trip. Thompson river cattle shipped from Lytton to Three Forks. Weather hints of cold will freeze Columbia River, enabling Wigwam transfer by sleighs. Education Department distributes Aberdeen visit account to schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lynch
Trail Mercantile Co
Rossland
J. M. Stewart
Lytton
Robson
Nelson
Victoria Adopts Lady Aberdeen Address As Wholesome Advice
In Victoria, emphasis rests on the wholesome guidance offered by Lady Aberdeen in her address to the young. The speech highlights moral and civic instruction and urges virtue and responsibility among youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Lady Aberdeen
Railways grant ore rate concessions at Trail Creek
Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways have reduced ore shipping rates for the Trail Creek camp. Carloads of 20,000 pounds from Northport to Everett or Great Falls smelters will be hauled for $7 and $8 per ton, down from $9.50 previously. The move aims to boost shipments of lower grade ore and raise profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
Trail Creek
Northport
Everett
Great Falls
Tramway to the Mines Opens Prospects for Concentrator
Capt. N. D. Moore reports return from Duluth with Mrs Moore and the Misses McFarlane. The concentrator aims to operate by the 15th to process minerals. Next year a gravity tramway over a mile long will connect the concentrator to multiple mines, vastly boosting profits by utilizing thousands of tons of concentrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Moore
Duluth
Moore
McFarlane
Ore Haul Contract Ties Trail Creek to Spokane Man
Advices from Trail Creek report War Eagle tribe awarding a mining haul contract to James Clark of Spokane for 1,000 tons of ore monthly from the mine to Northport. Clark, a supplies and materials dealer, will maintain a blacksmithing setup and employ 15 four horse teams. Ore shipments will run mainly to Helena and continue through winter. The deal stirs Trail Creek camp chatter as Le Roi company also contracts a similar ore quantity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trail Creek
War Eagle
James Clark
Spokane
Northport
Clark
Helena
le Roi
Miner T Walker Seeks Coast Capital For Slocan Projects
T Walker, a veteran prospector with experience from California to Mexico, plans to attract coast money for two Surprise lead claims and other ventures. He calls the Surprise lodge the best underground lead in the country and aims to establish a mining office in New Denver after Christmas in Vancouver. He will press Minister of Mines Baker on mining issues and move his family to a cottage in New Denver in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Walker
California
Cariboo
Alaska
Mexico
Vancouver
Mr. Walker
Walker
Baker
New Denver
Mixed General Goods and Supplies List from Local Store
A comprehensive inventory enumerates items in stock including clothing and textiles such as underwear, hosiery, ready made menswear, hats, and linens. Household and grocery goods cover cereals, coffee, tea, sugars, canned fruits, jams, syrups, soaps, cigars, tobacco, and spices. Hardware and tools list includes saws, axes, nails, screws, iron, paints, and glassware along with cutlery and crockery.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Archie Currie
Arizona
Harry Bourne
Revelstoke
Nakusp
Nelson Banks
H. N. Coursier
A. J. Gaebel
Haslo
Three Forks
P. W. Lowes
H. H. Pitts
Ira Wack
E. Vanderburg
Agnes Horton
Salt Lake City
H. ©. Summel
S.F.& N.R. Nelson
Slocan
Sanderson’s
OC & K.n.co
Kootenay Lake
Pilot Bay
Fire Valley
Thompson River
Lyttons
Billy Perdue
Columbia
Lord and Lady Aberdeen
R. Strathern
Kaslo City
B.C
Kootenay
Placer Claims
N. Fitzstubbs
Nelson, B.C
STOKE
O.k.s,” and
Cordovast
Imperial
Brand of
AVING
T& G
Peter Genelle & Co
Nakusp, B. C
General Merchants
Melton & Ser
F. W. Jordan & Co
Nakusp, B.C
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