Lake Shore Hotel Ad Promotes Luxurious Amenities
An advertisement highlights a hotel beautifully set on the lake shore offering top wine liquors cigars and superior hotel accommodations to guests seeking refined leisure and comfort.
22 Nov 1894
Page 1
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Newspaper
Nakusp Ledge
Location
Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Nov 22, 1894
Page
1
An advertisement highlights a hotel beautifully set on the lake shore offering top wine liquors cigars and superior hotel accommodations to guests seeking refined leisure and comfort.
The Alpha Mine on Four Mile Creek resumes export with three carloads sent to Omaha and a rising tonnage. Kootenai and Lytton each delivered large loads totaling 295000 pounds at 14750 dollars. Three carloads were re shipped from Roseberry after the steamer W Hunter. Le Roi mine sent 44 tons to East Helena valued at 2200 dollars. Lanc Gilliam shipped 252 tons from Kasle valued at 2550 dollars. Locally, shipments remain steady.
Horace Smith a halfbreed who shot a white man named J McKay in a quarrel over a squatter's right near Loomis Washington has fled into this province. McKay survived when the bullet passed through his arm and lodged in his breast pocket in his pocketbook.
Following the Halloween success the Hotel Nakasp prepares an elegant Thanksgiving spread. Mrs. Whyte supervises details and guarantees to all who attend the best.
An event notice states dinner will be served from 6 to 8 with attendees informed of the schedule. The fragment confirms a meal window but lacks broader context such as the event name host location or date.
Selby Smelting Co ore buyer C Porter of San Francisco, in Slocan from Spokane via Lytton, probes Cariboo Creek discoveries. He gathered rock samples at Nakusp from Capt Troup, calling them promising and taking specimens for assay. Porter plans an early return to the camp.
Engineers survey the Dalles on the lower Columbia as nine miles of ship railway route. Landowners are reportedly reasonable about claims and work should finish within a year. Together with the Cascades canal, the waterway will open far distances on the Columbia and Snake rivers. The Nakuspi area stands to gain major benefits from the projected project.
Engineer Mohun reports the Nakusp and Slocan Railway is practically finished with trains in service over 37 miles. Ore shipments amount to three to six carloads daily as the line reaches Revelstoke and Nakusp. Bridges and road bed are solid. a two and a half hour full run is anticipated once fully equipped, with wharfs and freight sheds under construction.
Rossland expects a smelter soon as Trail creek may host the works. Transport costs to Tacoma and beyond run high, while local ore could be treated for about 4.50 per ton at Le Roi, prompting debates over shipping ore versus building a local plant. Northport pushes for a smelting edge, but Spokane may lure smelters, shaping regional competition with Rossland and Butte stakes.
A Slocan veteran recalls Mark Twain during the Nevada era at Aurora And the Virginia City Enterprise era. Twain lived in a cabin with two miners and scraped by on pork and beans while faking wealth with empty cans and dry bottle labels to fool neighbors. He later faced renewed hard luck and found Hartford schemes less successful.
An aged widow Mrs Breeden died at Three Forks and was buried Sunday. Rev A J Gaebel officiated. She left a son and daughter who reside in town.
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