Life in Nakusp highlights and local chatter
Life in Nakusp reports camp breaking by Hugh Mann around the 28th. R E Lemon from Nelson visits on Tuesday. Ore shipments rise to 25 tons daily toward Kaslo. Lytton returns to head of the lake in the morning. Fourteen men build a trail to the Surprise mine. George Hughes rumored to have bought the Idaho mine. Telegraph wires down on west Nakusp. 2,600 sacks of ore await shipment at Freddie Lee mine. CP Railway surveyors run lines up Sandon creek. Captain Short of the Lytton leaves for Kaslo with Lemon. S P Tuck named Kaslo city clerk replacing H Anderson. D McBeth plans wintering on the coast, chiefly Seattle. McGillivray and J T Nault travel on Arrow from Revelstoke. Ten teams haul goods to head of the lake. Christmas mail heavy with presents. J Parker, New Denver news agent, visits town. T Roadley heads to Seattle for holidays. Lemon declines halved Rice mine share for a Sandon creek townsite. R A Fraser leaves for Kaslo with J Walsh. Léland House to host Christmas turkey dinner. W Sampson lauded as Nakusp & Silver Railway Co hero. Miss Agnes Horton ill at Madden House dining room. K Thomas returns from Kootenay rail work for C & K N Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Lemon
Nelson
Kaslo
Lytton
Surprise
George Hughes
Idaho
Nakusp
Freddie Lee
D. McBeth
Seattle
D. McGillivray
Revelstoke
J.T
Nault
J. Parker
New Denver
T. Roadley
Sandon Creek
R. A. Fraser
J. Walsh
Léland House
D. McDougald
W. Sampson
Nakusp & Sivean
Agnes Horton
Madden House
Local notices from Nakusp and nearby towns
F Locasto plans to leave for Revelstoke next week to open a first class barber shop and bath house. A and Mrs Thomas consider a Christmas dinner at their hostelry. T Mowbray heads to Ashcroft with a sluice piping contract. Hugh Mann expects a 1029 ton winter haul for a major mining company. Mr and Mrs Madden host a Christmas week gathering at Madden House. The Luton returns from the south and repairs ice ready hull at Robson. A snowman prank yields a revolver discharge. Mrs W C Muirhead’s birthday party at Columbia House draws 30 guests with late dancing and midnight refreshments. The Surprise mine in Best basin sells for 1000000 to Chicago buyers Russell and Jenkins with Alexander Smith of Kaslo arranging. Nakusp News Depot reports fruits and oysters arriving for Christmas, with limited poultry to prebook for holiday dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Locasto
Revelstoke
T. Mowbray
Ashcroft
Hugh Mann
New Denver
Jackson Group
H. Madden
Madden
Luton
Robson
Prospect House
W. C. Muirhead
Columbia House
Nakusp
Chicago
Russell & Jenkins
Alexander Smith
Kaslo
Nakusp News Depot
Hammond
Architypes and Steel Engravings In Stock For Framing
Retail note indicates a large quantity of architypes and steel engravings are kept in stock with pictures framed to order. The emphasis is on ready inventory and custom framing services for customers.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Capt. Short
The
R E. Lemon
S. P. Tuck
H. Anderson
Neelands Bros
B.C
J. E. Walsh
Bourne
Baios
Genetal ‘Merchants
New
Denver
Revelstore
Dodgers
Koot
Enay
Nakusp Ledge
Nakusp, B.C
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