Labour Day events and regional notes across British Columbia
A roundup from Summerland to Kamloops and beyond reports on labor picnics, miner unions preparing for Labour Day, water versus whisky concerns in Revelstoke, new corporate ventures in Rossland, and a coal strike near Nanaimo. It notes Dry Belt in Hedley, a 100000 dollar drug firm in Rossland, a railway bridge safety remark, medical figures in Ashcroft, and other local happenings including a murder near Quesnel and residents traveling from England to visit relatives in Princeton.
Prohibition of Elk Hunting Sets Dates in British Columbia
Executive Council in Victoria issues game protection orders under the Game Protection Act. Elk hunting in the Columbia Cranbrook and Fernie districts is banned until August 31, 1911, and on Vancouver Island south of a line from Little Qualicum River to Alberni Canal elk and Mountain Sheep bans run to August 31, 1911. Duck and snipe shooting is allowed on Vancouver Island from October 1, 1909 to February 28, 1910.
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Columbia
Cranbrook
Fernie
Vancouver Island
Little Qualicum River
Alberni Road
Alberni Canal
Yale
Westminster
Removal of game birds on Vancouver Island in 1909 order
An order removes cock pheasants quail and grouse from Vancouver Island and adjacent islands from October 1 to December 31 1909 excluding North and South Saanich municipalities. The July 22 1909 order for provincial game protection is rescinded.
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Vancouver Island
Saanich
Reward Offered for Train Robbery Suspects Near Ducks Station
The Provincial Government offers 2500 reward for the arrest and conviction of four men who held up a C P R train seven miles east of Ducks station around midnight on Monday June 21 1909. The leader is described as 5 ft 7 or 8 in tall about 140 to 145 lb with a black cutaway coat and brown overalls. The other three are larger and wear heavy boots. Sheriff Wentworth F Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ducks Station
Wentworth F. Wood
Hats offered at half price for rail construction workers
G B Armstrong's store advertises summer hats at half price for 1000 men working on the Nicola Kamloops and Similkameen railway project. Line up for Labor Day at Quilchena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicola, Kamloops and Similkameen
G. B. Armstrong
Quilchena
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British Columbia
Summerland
The
Kootenays
Kamloops
Phoenix Miners’ Union
Revelstoke
Provincial Conservative Association
Kamloops Knights of Pythias
Rossland
Goodeye Bros
Hedley
Haslam Creek
Nanaimo
Turn
Spokane
Lethbridge
Givan Hamilton
Ashcroft
Victoria
Lawson
Williams
Vernon
Kelly's Lake
T. A. Blair
Barkerville
Wm. Blair
Stanley
Fort George
Armstrong
Agnes
Quesnel
James Dier
Kaslo
Seattle Fairgrounds
Anna Bale
J. Peppie
Chas. F. Law
Vancouver
Bulkley
Aldermere
Nelson Brewing Company
Kootenay Lake
North Vancouver
C. H. Thomas
England
Princeton
Fraser River Mills
Fraser River Mills Company
Diamond Vale Supply Co
J. Q. Leonard
Executive Council Chamber
B.C
Nicola Valley
J. Solomon & CO
Coutleh, B.c
Uilobeana
Joseph Guichon
Merritt
A. J. Coutlie
Schlitz
Calgary
G. E. Hugh
Herald
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