Penticton letters reveal cemetery rules and town concerns
Readers report that the English Church burying-ground will only bury English Church members in the future while other denominations are barred. The Penticton Board of Trade site for a cemetery remains unsettled, prompting public criticism of delays in town planning. A. W. Baird and Mark Manchester visited, J Cronshaw recovers from an eye injury, J Davis plans a new printing establishment, and a singing school and opera rehearsals entertain residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Penticton
J. Davis
San Francisco
Davis
Summerland
Green Mountain Boarders Return and Local Refreshments
Mrs T Swift and her son return to Vernon by Monday's boat while Rev A Cameron of Keremees passes through. Mrs W J Farleigh visits Penticton this week. W J Clement of the Press recently traveled through the area. Louis J Goodchap was in town Friday and Saturday on business. A son was born at Penticton on November 1 to the wife of R L Allen, postmaster at Green Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Cameron of
Keremees
W. J. Farleigh
Penticton
W. J. Clement
The
Press
Louis J. Goodchap
B. C
R. L. Allen
Green Mountain
Okanagan Visit and River Navigation Petition
Residents of Okanagan Falls report visitors to the Alexandra Hotel and a circulating petition urging the Dominion Government to render the Okanagan River navigable to Dog Lakes at an estimated cost of about 50 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandra Hotel
T. Barker
B. A
Penticton School
F.C. A. Brainherd
Penticton
R. Cottrette
Toronto
J. Ritchie
Summerland
H. P
D. Brown
Osoyoos
Fraser Campbell
C.’ Keller
B. Kruger
Myres
Dominion
Okanagan River
Okanagan
Dog Lakes
Dog Lake
Okanagan Lake
Llewelyn Webster
Wm. Smythe Parker
England
Purchase Notice for 10 Acres in Similkameen Yale District
Sixty days after date we intend applying to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 10 acres of land in Similkameen Division of Yale described as starting at the north west corner of lot 190 group 1 Osoyoos then 900 feet south along the west boundary of lot 190 to the Dog Lake shore line then about 600 feet to the south boundary of lot 189 group 1 and then north easterly and southerly along the south boundaries of lots 189 and 197 to the starting point for agricultural purposes W T Shatford Penticton B C Oct 24 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Similkameen
Yale
Messrs. Arnott and Hine
Okanagan Falls
Bps Lake
W. H. Legge
Victoria
B. C
C. H. Wilson
Nahum
Walter H. Legge
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works
Osoyoos
Dog Lake
John J. Cochrane
Moose Jaw
Sask
F. E. Jones
J. Cochrane
H. L. Jones
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Tus Pexticron Pri
the Penticton Press
Naramata
Mark Manchester
A. W. Baird
Southern
O., Limited
Queen Charlotte Islands
Vancouver
City Hall
Notich
Warwick Arnott
William Baker Hine
W.O. W. Okanagan Camp
Woodmen’s Hall
Bills St
J. W. Edmonds
Richard IF. Parkinson
British Columbia
Pakview, B.C
Hotel Penticton
A. Barnes
Penticton, B.C
S. D. Hine
Fairview, B.C
W. T. Shatford
Penticton, B. C
Galarneau & McKenzie
RON Win
Office Lee’s Block
North Vancouver
Pacific Coast
Lonsdale Avenue
Ellis Street
Westminster Avenue
Arthur K. Grant
Maywood P. O
Fairview
Penticton Road
A. Hamilton
Coldstream Estate Co., Ltd
Vernon
H. Harlow
Portland
Ore
Fire and Life Insurance
A. E. Bennett
Martinson & Co
Beneft
Penticton Hardware CO
J. R. Mitchell Real Estate & Insurance Agent
Penticton Stage and Livery Stables
Keremeos
Sedley
Princeton
Clanagan
Great Northern Ra Y
W. BE. Welby
Prop
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