Municipal Council Minutes June 18 Proceedings
The Reeve and Councillors Mark Power and Barnes attended. Minutes of previous meeting read and adopted. Communications from J A Nesbitt reclaim for flood damages and from Lakeshore Telephone Co franchise read and disposed. 15000 inches reserved on Okanagan River acknowledged. Heaton’s Agency and McKrie Ells worth Co letters acknowledged. Parks committee reports grand stand completed for 225 dollars. works committee repairs to sidewalk near Hotel Penticton noted. Subdivisions By law and Fire arms By laws read third time. Clerk to inform Lakeshore Telephone Co of franchise consideration. Rifle Association notified to remove range due to public safety. Nesbitt informed no claim accepted. Ellis St grading tenders opened. decision to hold for two days. Mark seeks to repair Main St beyond schoolhouse. One plank sidewalk planned along lakefront with 2x4 connections. Meeting adjourned.
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Mark
Power
Barnes
J. A. Nesbitt
Lakeshore Telephone Co
Commissioner of Works
Okanagan River
Heaton
McKrie-Ellsworth Co
Parks Committee
Works Committee
Hotel Penticton
Barnes-Power
Lake Shore Telephone Co
Power-Barnes
The
Rifle Association
Mark Barnes
Nesbitt
Ellis St
Main St
Penticton Letters Praise Town Spirit and Water Plan
A Penticton reader from 1909 lauds the local community for unity and fair treatment of Indigenous residents, praising annual sports prizes and the absence of factionalism. The letter also urges discussion of a gravity domestic water system and calls on ratepayers to push for quicker development, warning against apathy and delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penticton Press
Board of Trade
Penticton
Peachland social notes reveal regatta visits and local gatherings
Peachland residents hosted and visited for a busy week with visits from Okangan College figures, regatta attendance at Naramata, and a large strawberry fete by St. Margaret's Guild. Attendees included Mesdames Town Lang and Miss Babbitt, Lieut. Gov. Bulyea, and families from Kelowna and Summerland. The week also saw Premier McBride’s pass through, a strong Sunday rain, and plans to attend Penticton sports on July 1.
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Naramata
Peachland
Mesdames Town
Lang
Miss Babbitt
Bulyea
Wilson
A. N. Pope
Beach Avenue
St. Margaret’s Guild
T. Guy
Mr. Garroway
J. Drought
Allen Grove honors wagon road work by Thomas Armstrong
Thomas Armstrong completed the season’s work on the Marron Valley wagon road on June 24 1909, finishing a lengthy project noted in Allen Grove.
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Thomas Armstrong
Marron Valley
TENDERS WANTED FOR GIANT POWDER CO MAGAZINE
Tenders invited by A. H. Wade agent for Giant Powder Co Penticton B C for erecting a peeled log magazine with specified dimensions 15 by 12 by 8 feet rear and 10 feet high front and roof earth covered, iron clad doors vents and dovetailed corners with June 17 1909 deadline.
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Penticton
A. H. Wade
Giant Powder Co
Penticton, B. C
Notice to horse owners on recreation pasture rules
The notice directs owners of horses pasturing on the recreation rounds to notify the Municipal Clerk and obtain a permit before turning in horses. Unauthorized horses may be impounded. pasture fee set at $1.00 per month or part thereof by order of Municipal Clerk Chas Were.
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Chas
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Campbell
San Jose
Main’s Pharmacy
Chase. Burtch
P. O
Southern Okanagan Land Company
Layritz Nurseries
Victoria, B. C
A. EE. Boyer
Kelowna
B.C
Cockshutt Goods
Adams
Cockshutt
Cail
S. T. Elliott
Ray
STUDI
Rowcliffe
E. J. Finch
Main Street
British Columbia
Canada
Mwbee Hctum
Ynots Knab
Elay
Henry Johnson
Okanagan College
Summerland
Winnipeg
Burtch
Jack Wright
Hamilton Lang
N. A. Pope
Alex. Miller
Lula Brown
E. Lang
Manitoba University
Glen Road
Ed. Taylor
Paul Brown
John*Gummow
Misses Hood
Wm. Urquhart
Mr. Martin
F. C. Callendar
Richard McBride
R. L. Allen
Penticton Hardware CO
Brown Brothers Company
Ontario
Okanagan Valley
Niagara District
Chas. L. Trotter
Brown Brothers Company, Nurserymen, Ltd
8Th Ave
Vancouver, B. C
Allen Grove
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