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Newspaper
Nicola Herald
Location
Nicola, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
1
Prosperity spreads to the Nicola Valley as two coal companies advance to shipping coal. A higher land price policy could hamper settlement. open prices and rail service are urged to attract newcomers. Local figures James Corbett and M P Stewart noted. Alexander Faulds, M E, visited from Coutlee.
Reverend T H Wright will lead Christmas services at the Nicola Methodist Church with a morning service and an evening sermon. James Haddock of Ashcroft secured a large shipment in Nicola Valley. A court revision meeting is set for Friday the 21st at Nicola Court House. A D Macintyre arrives today. Nicola’s Christmas tree events occur Monday at Pooly’s hall and Christmas Eve lower Nicola entertainment and tree. Local justices of the peace handled Indian liquor cases. Emil F Voight of Princeton toured Nicola en route to Copper Mountain mineral claims amid ongoing litigation.
A Farmers Institute gathering will be held in Lower Nicola on Friday evening December 21. The agenda includes officer reports election of officers and general business. D Dodding presides J Solomon serves as secretary. Col Tracey C E of Vancouver visited Nicola last week to assess town layout water flow and Mill Creek falls and will provide a waterworks cost estimate. The townsite owners back the project.
Active development work continues at the Nicola Valley Coal and Coke Company with coal mining underway at Coal Gully and preparations for Diamond Vale. The prospectus outlines a $1,500,000 capitalization and a Vancouver-based board of directors. Shipments to domestic use have begun. plans include expanding to a shipping point and new branch lines in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Crow's Nest Pass route.
R A Kensie superintendent of the Treadwell mines will leave for the north after two weeks in Seattle in an unsuccessful effort to obtain coal for stamp mills. Nicola coal mines ready to supply local demand and help northern mines during shortages.
Nicola Public School closes this afternoon for holidays. Attendance stands at 31 munis and is expected to grow slightly when classes resume. Additional seating provided and arrangements made for extra items. A possible new site and landholdings are under consideration to expand capacity.
The Young People's Guild held a successful social at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Jackson in Quilchena on Tuesday evening. Members and invited friends enjoyed games music and charades with thanks to the Jacksons for their hospitality.
A Montreal despatch notes intense market activity as Canadian Pacific stock hits the 200 level for the first time, selling as high as 200.8 and closing at 201.1 4. About 2000 shares traded on the rise.
The transcontinental railway commission will invite tenders soon for five additional sections at the eastern end. Location surveys are finished. only offer forms remain to be completed.
T J Smith manager and president of Diamond Vale Coal and Iron Mines Ltd toured the Coldwater area this week. William Whyte second vice-president praised the property and said the company will rapidly open new sections in the western and Pacific divisions with pole men and superintendents focusing on productive shipments and funding.
Word from Vernon reports county court judge Spinks II has suffered another relapse and his life is despaired of. Friends across the province and Nicola Valley hope his condition is not critical and he makes a speedy recovery.
At a largely attended Conservatives of Okanagan convention on Thursday Price Ellison was unanimously chosen as the party candidate for the next provincial election. Premier Mc Bride attended and delivered a short address.
The city of Seattle and its suburbs total about 220 000 residents as plans begin for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition.
Dr C J Fagan blasts public apathy toward the British Columbia sanitarium project for tuberculosis treatment. He cites meager attendance at a key meeting, limited donations from only the wealthy and prominent firms, and a general lack of voluntary support for funding the construction. The effort risks abandonment without broader public backing and larger contributions.
Lowell Massachusetts officers found three year old Andree Beaulieu, son of eighteen year old Albert Beaulieu and Mrs. Beaulieu, a daily corncob pipe user since infancy. The report notes the mother’s stated ignorance of tobacco harm. An elderly man named Peter Thompson died suddenly at Penticton after time in Nicola Valley and work at Bright's camp.
The notice lists Christ mas shoppers and stores Nicola A R Carrington Blair Co Coutlee and G B Armstrong Lower Nicola offering Caristenan goods and satisfying buyers seeking presents for children or friends with items ready for sale.
Reverend D. K. Allan will conduct a morning service at Lower Nicola at eleven o clock and an afternoon service at Forksdale at 3 30 p.m. on Sunday.
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