Bowser challenges Ross on the Commons platform in Ottawa
Attorney General Bowser repudiates Duncan Ross’s charges in the House and welcomes a public platform clash. Dominion House sees a key bill by Mr. Alcorn to amend the Dominion Election Act aimed at halting crooked elections and bogus ballot boxes. A production of correspondence on the G T P and the Metlakatla reserve is also approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowser
Duncan Ross
House of Commons
Ross
Dominion House
Alcorn
Prince Edward
Canada
British Columbia
Metlakatla
Stolen or Strayed Yearling Steer Advertised in 1907
Strayed to my ranch in fall 1906 a light red and white yearling steer with ears split and brands K on the right rump and 0 on the left shoulder. Owner may reclaim by paying costs and ad. If unclaimed within thirty days it will be sold to defray expenses. W H Harmon Voght Valley Merritt P C 30 December 1907.
Nicola Valley Conservative Association Meeting Notice
The Nicola Valley Conservative Association calls a meeting in Hyland's Hall Merritt British Columbia on Monday February 3 at 2 pm All Conservatives are invited Attendance requested Rie A Fraser President G M Brash Secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyland’s
Merritt
B. C
Rie
A. Fraser
G. M. Brash
Notice Amends Panther and Wolf Bounties in Province
The notice dated April 30 1907 amends bounty terms for panthers and wolves killed within the province. From February 1 1908 a bounty of 15 dollars will be paid for every panther and wolf killed, subject to stated conditions. By command Henry Esson Young Provincial Secretary's Office January 13 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Esson Youne
Annie Comes To Scrub In Lower Nicola Poem
A verse from Lower Nicola British Columbia depicts Annie arriving to scrub the house. The speaker notes her grumbling yet essential routine washing, with repeated images of baths, tubs, and guests. The piece blends Chinook and Siwash terms and reflects camp life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
Reward Offered for Damaged Brands in British Columbia
The Douglas Lake Cattle Co of British Columbia offers 1500 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who has obliterated any brand on their horses near Douglas Lake in Yale County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Lake
British CoLuMata
Yale
Jackson seeks land purchase under land act near Kamloops district
Francis William Jackson of Quilchena ranch manager intends to apply for permission to purchase 820 acres described by a rectangle bounded 80 chains west 40 chains south 80 chains east 40 chains north to the starting post near the corner of sections 28 29 82 and 33 in Tp 95 Kamloops Division Yale District. Dated October 22 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald Jackson
Merritt
Cor
Secs
Kamloops Division
Yale District
Point of Commencement
Francis William Jackson
Quilchena
Permisa
Kamloops
Point of
A. Jackson
Grand Central Hotel LAND ACT Kamloops Land Division District of Yale
Notice of intended special timber license applications by Frederick A. Kribs of Portland Oregon for large land parcels described by lot lines and coordinates near Princeton and Graveyard Creek totaling 640 acres, with agent details and dates in 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Kribs
Portland
State of
Oregon
Princeton
Graveyard
One Mile Creek
Frederick A. Krips
George Laidly
Mineral Act Notice of Improvements for Medal Fraction Claim
I J E Bate holder of free miner's certificate No B10482 gives sixty days from this date to apply for a certificate of improvements for the Medal Fraction Mineral Claim in Nicola Mining Division Yale district at Aspen Grove. Action under section 37 must be commenced before issuance of the certificate. Dated November 1, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicola
Yale District
Aspen Grove
Tanne Rastwood
Price Ellison
Yale
J. E. Bate
Bate
S.J. Bate
J. BE. Bate
Chiene land purchase request in Yale District
H. E. Chiene applies to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase up to 640 acres in Yale Division. Describes the tract bounded by Lot 294 with a defined 80 chain square perimeter and marked southwest corner. Agent: Barclay Bonethrone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale Division
Yale District
H. E. Chiene
Barclay Bonethrone
Stand By Mineral Claim Notice in Nicola Mining District
J. E. Bate as agent for S. J. Bate intends to obtain a Certificate of Improvements for the Stand By mineral claim at Aspen Grove in Yale District. Action under section 47 must be commenced by November 1, 1907. mining recorder notified.
Prospect for coal lands in Yale District described parcel
Thirty ay after date I apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to prospect for coal on lands in Yale Division Yale District starting at a North West corner post of Lot 293 marked "Barclay Bonthrone's South West Corner" and bounded by a square eighty chain perimeter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale Division
Yale District
Barclay Bonthrone
Notice of Timber License and Land Purchase Proposal
Sixty days after date I intend to apply to purchase 640 acres in Yale Division Lot 294 to James Corkle South East corner. Also 30 days after date we apply to license to cut timber on 640 acres in Nicola Yale section 28 90 22. Names James Corkle Barclay Bonthrone Robert Lyall Noy Andrew McGoran locator agent year 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works
Township
Nicola
Yale
Robert Lyall Noy
Andrew McGoran
John Collins Seeks Timber License in Yale District
Notice for John Collins of Canford BC a lumberman applies to the chief lands and works commissioner for a license to cut and carry timber in Yale Nicola division south half of Section 30 and north half of Section 19 township 90 range 22 Yale District dated November 15 1907 Locator John Collins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Collins
Canford
B.C
For Rent Four Room House Apply to A H Owen
A four room house is available for rent with inquiries directed to A H Owen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Owen
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Nicola Herald
W. H. Harmon
Voght Valley
Merritt, P. C
Nicola Valley Conservative Association
Lower Nicola
Deraleit
J. A. Menzies
Lower
A. O. Fourt
Pooley's Hall
T. Hester
C. R
D. K. Allan
DouvciAs Lake Cattle Co
J. B. Gruaves
Insurance
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Nicola and
J. P. Meyer
Nicola, B. C
ACT
Kamloops Land District
N. J. Barwick
Nicola, B
Grand Central Hotel
Ashcroft, B.C
Ashcroft
Grand Central
Geo. Ward
Prop
Land Act
Kamloops Land Division
District of
Frederick A. Kiibs
Kamloops Land Division—District of
FS. Hussey
Provincial Police
Provincial Police Department
Victoria
James Corkle
Wm, Riley
Nicola Lake, B. C
F.C. Paige
Canadian Carriage Co
Moline & Spleight
John Deere and
Fleury
Frost
Columbian College
New Westminster
B. D
W. J. Sterrett
B. A
J. P. Hows
Toronto University
W. M. Campbell & CO
P. R
Kamloops, Ashcroft
Nicola and Similkameen
Similkameen
G. C. Tunstall
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