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Newspaper
Nicola Herald
Location
Nicola, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
2
The Nicola Valley in Merritt, B C, aims to showcase its cattle ranches, mining and fruit industries with a first Victoria Day public celebration on May 25. The event draws interest from across the valley as the town seeks growth and enterprise amid provincial political shifts and graft allegations against the Laurier government.
Summer will see extensive mining activity across the district with copper properties showing promise as transport improves. Coal firms operate at scale, pushing many mines toward shipping status and substantial employment, while Duncan Ross seeks re election for Yale Cariboo liberals.
After May 1st I will deliver fresh milk to Merritt in both summer and winter. All persons desiring to receive milk should notify the undersigned.
Lifelike enlargements from sitting or old pictures finished by hand. Prices reasonable. H. Priest Merritt.
The notice proclaims a selection of beef and mutton always available along with fresh fish eggs and vegetables for shoppers seeking quality groceries at the market.
The Lands and Works Department cautions the public that the Prince Rupert townsite near the Skeena River mouth is not at the Grand Trunk Bay Railway terminus and not the townsite jointly owned by the British Columbia government and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company.
After sixty days from first publication John E. Bate of Aspen Grove Yale county British Columbia intends to submit to the chief commissioner of lands and works a plan under the River and Streams Act to improve Coldwater river from its junction with Nicola river to Railroad Pass about 25 miles and to remove obstructions and permit driving logs timber and rafts and collect tolls. Affected lands include Coldwater river Voght creek and multiple Lots Groups and Indian reservations in Kamloops Yale districts. Dated February 28 1908 Joan BE. BATE.
Oldest established mainland British Columbia nursery offers reliable seed and tree varieties at seasonable prices. No borers or scale, no fumigation to damage stock, and direct buying available. Catalog free includes fertilizers bee supplies spray pumps sprays cut flowers and more.
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