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Newspaper
Penticton Press
Location
Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 13, 1909
Page
2
The Penticton Press publishes every Saturday in Penticton British Columbia under W J Clement. Subscription rates are one dollar per year in advance for local readers and foreign subscriptions cost one fifty per year.
The newspaper presents a discussion led by Mr John Robinson of Peachland on single tax as municipal revenue. It argues earning value of land, not property improvements, should determine assessments and notes near town land commands higher value due to convenience and market access. It predicts land speculators would feel the burden and invites further debate.
Premier Mc Bride pledges to submit the local option question to a plebiscite, then aids a royal commission move. Hawthornthwaite leads a resolution to delay the issue for a year or two, while the Okangan member Ellison votes against. Ellison resists Socialist pressure and defies the party line.
E S Lake writes from Penticton on March 9 1909 thanking J R Mitchell for representing the Queen and the London Lancashire Fire Insurance Cos He praises prompt fair settlement of a late fire loss noting adjusters honest estimates and courteous service from both companies and their agent. The letter attests to friendly business handling and personal kindness.
For sale business block on Main Street two storey with two compartments down stairs and hall upstairs price 2500 Lot 68 seven and a half acres on Fairview Road price 2200 J. D. McDonalo Potlatch Idaho
A fragmented OCR line shows a six o’clock bound time with numbers 448 and 408 and the sequence 830, offering no clear event or context.
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