11 Apr 1908
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Newspaper
Penticton Press
Location
Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1908
Page
1
The Canadian Bank of Commerce traces its origins to 1867, asserting a long history in Canadian finance. The article outlines its foundational roots and early growth within the banking sector.
Bank permits transactions by mail with any branch. Customers may open accounts and deposit or withdraw funds by mail. Out-of-town accounts receive full attention.
Local residents return from Kelowna and Victoria while new town projects, social events, and civic meetings fill Penticton. Tenders for a school well, a proposed Westbank post office move, and a Grand Ball for the Penticton Athletic Association are announced amid talks of regional railway labor demand and upcoming Easter matches.
William Stassell faced Justices Wade and Clement for stealing items from cabins of H Leir and Mr O Connell. From Leir’s cabin he took a revolver a hunting knife two razors and other trinkets. From O Connell’s he took a coat a pair of shoes a hammer and a clock. The coat identified led to the arrest by Constable Tooth. He pleaded guilty and received six months hard labor for each offence to run concurrently.
The certificate of incorporation for the Southern Okanagan Canning Co of Penticton has been received by directors. A growers interview committee reports at least seventy five tons of tomatoes can be counted on this year, which will be about all the factory can handle this season.
W I Welby will run a stage covering the Penticton to Keremeos route with departures at 5 a.m on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays connecting with the Great Northern Railway and Princeton stages at Keremeos. The return arrives in Penticton at 12 noon on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. F Royer runs Keremeos to Princeton and D J Innis holds the mail stage between the same points. When the railway reaches Princeton, Penticton stages will connect with trains at Keremeos both east and west and expect increased passenger traffic.
Holt Thomas Heselwood a Kelowna rancher applies for lease of described land in Isogoos District Yale BC. Description begins at a post on NW 4 section 16 township 2 and encircles 619 acres more or less with multiple 40 chain runs. Public notice dated January 21 1908.
The Board of Trade notes a sparsely attended discussion on Penticton incorporation and calls a formal public meeting to allow full debate. Taxation stays neutral. a petition by majority property interests is needed to push the process before June 18, 1908, for an effective date January 1, 1909.
The mild winter fears of early blossoms and late frosts have been erased by cool nights and light frosts. Buds stay unburst as they wait for warmth, delaying flowering. Orchard prospects look very bright with Penticton area two year olds starting to bear and growers expecting many peaches.
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