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Newspaper
Phoenix Pioneer
Location
Phoenix, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1901
Page
4
The page lists a flurry of local merchants and notices from Greenfield and nearby towns. Dentists, stores, and mines figure in items about sales, holiday goods, and payroll paydays. Residents include Mrs Rose, Mr Boyle, and managers at Dominion House and Reeves corner shop.
Boundary Creek License Commission will hold a session at Eholt next Monday. Grand Forks reports indicate a bridge completion by the fifth with trains to run over it and remarks on local church and hotel figures.
In Rossland and Nelson areas ten men including July Meiklejohn, R. J. Coulter, FW Gladden, and J. Ken Meiklejohn join Captain Leckie to enlist for service with the Canadian Mounted Infantry in the South African conflict. Several Boundaries residents are listed among those accepted and the enlistments have begun with preparations to depart.
The Phoenix Water Supply Co expands a domestic system with a 740000 gallon daily capacity. A 200000 gallon tank, 36 by 16 feet, nears completion on New York plains. A 15 horsepower boiler and 50 foot intake pipe are installed as work proceeds along Dominion Avenue.
Aging Snowshoe Mines director leaves Kodsland for London to supervise smelting work and mine affairs. He plans to spend winter in England consulting on mine installations. Possible cut in working force after January and risk to shipments unless Greenwood smelter additions finish. Cerranby smelter processed 4,818 tons last week and 276,6 tons to date. Sunset mine begins Grand smelter shipments. ore at 30 to 100 tons daily with $35 values found in west drift of 400 foot level.
A community dance at the Ahnents Department hall raised funds for boy soldiers helmets and supplies. The event featured music by Prof. Kanlfanan and Mrs Rickards, with proceeds aiding the fit boys. Also noted are church services, a meeting at the Pioneer office, and various local notices about upcoming events and businesses.
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