M. M. Stephens Denies Graft Claims In City Board
Letter to the editor from M. M. Stephens of Prince Rupert dated January 13 1912 denounces graft rumors surrounding the Police Board as groundless and challenges Mayor elect Newton to prove or forfeit $500 to Prince Rupert General Hospital under judge Young's supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Rupert
City
Board of Police Commissioners
Newton
Board of Police Commissions
Prince Rupert General Hospital
Judge Young
M. M. Stephens
Prince Rupert, B. C
Clements Promises Improved Postal Service for Naas Settlers
H B Clements works to restore mail for Naas Valley settlers after overland bags stalled at Kitsumkalum. Local Conservatives and Ottawa dispatches coordinated with Vancouver and Prince Rupert offices to route mail via Kitsumkalum Lake road and provincial trails. The effort, hailed as evidence of a model representative aiding small settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clements
Naas
Alyansh
Kitsumkalum
Naas Valley
Post Office
Ottawa
Vancouver
Prince Rupert Post Office
Kitsumkalum Lake
Hold Up Outrage Leaves Conductor Wounded in Vancouver
At 10 45 Saturday night two armed men robbed a Grand View Street streetcar on Venables Street and wounded conductor William Barker with a head wound. The car was moving toward the city. one passenger, a woman, was aboard. They fled in a motor car after taking the car controller. Separately, two men robbed a Hastings Street West grocery store of over 40 dollars. No arrest yet. a $1000 reward stands for the streetcar bandits. Barker's condition listed as recoverable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Grand View
Venables Steet
William Barker
Barker
Hastings Street West
Carl Avenue
Oil Plant at Tiahn Point Set to Reopen
Masset January 13 Special Correspondence reports the oil plant at Tiahn Point resuming operations after a pipe shortage halted work. Foreman Slater traveled to Vancouver for parts, and drilling has reached six hundred feet with favorable indications. With spring, additional activity on the property is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masset
Tiahn Point
Slater
Vancouver
Growth of Masset follows festive season and new developments
Masset reports ongoing holiday celebrations with basket socials dances and dinners. Proceeds from a Masset Indian Band social reached 110 dollars. Plans include a new hospital funded by Natural Resources Co and government support, Anglican Church construction near the schoolhouse, cannery and wharf at Naden Harbor, plus new settlers at Tow Hill and road work from Masset Inlet to Yakoun River mines with 200 miners expected in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masset
Harrison
Natural Resources Company
James Martin
Graham Island
Collison Avenue
Tow Hill
Masset Inlet
Yakoun
Land Surveyors Elect New BC Board At Annual Meeting
At the annual meeting of the British Columbia Land Surveyors the board for the current year was elected. President A. Cleveland. vice president W. Gore. secretary treasurer A. Roberts. committee members B. Harmon F Green N Townsend B Wilkie and J Cartwright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
British Columbia Land Surveyors
A. Cleveland
W. & Gore
A. Roberts
Harmon
Yukon magnate Treadgold plans multi million Klondike empire
Prominent mining operator A M Treadgold visited Vancouver en route to London to consolidate Yukon interests into a single corporation with about 10 million dollars in capitalization. He owns most hydraulic and dredging rights on Dominion Sulphur Gold Run and Klondike River, with plans to invest at least 2.5 million more in dredges and lines to exploit old placer ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon Gold Company
Guggenheims
Klondike
A. M. Treadgold
Vancouver
Yukon
Dominion
Sulphur
Gold Run
Flat Creek
Granville Mining Company
London
Treadwell
Growth of Sydney Building Boom in 1911
Sydney shows rapid expansion with 6 503 buildings completed in 1911 excluding public works at a cost of 3 656 795 pounds. Over the past four years 22 214 buildings were erected costing over 12 000 000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Water License Notice at Lakelse Creek near Lot 684
Henry Newton Ross and John Bruce Johnstone announce an application to the Water Commissioner in Prince Rupert on February 5 1912 for a license to take and use one cubic foot per second from a small unnamed creek feeding Lakelse Lake for irrigation on the east half of the west half of Lot 684 Coast District Range 6. Dated December 29 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Newton Ross
Victoria
B. C
John Bruce Johnstone
Lakelse Lake
Copper River
Prince Rupert
Lakelse
Coast District
Henry Newton Boss
May Rich seeks land purchase in Skeena district
Cassiar Land District District of Skeena TAKH notices May Rich of Ladner B C intends to apply for permission to purchase 640 acres of land described as starting at the northwest corner of pre-emption N 497 then east 5 chains north 20 chains to Indian Reserve No 1 west 80 chains to Naas River south along the river 20 chains to start dated November 6 1911 dig June
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassiar Land
Skeena Takh
Rich
Ladner
B. C
S.C
Hains
Lees
Indian Reserve No. 1
Naas River
May Rich
S. N. Rich
Skeena Land District
Coast
Hugh A. Gourlay
Vancouver
Anton Salberg
Prince Rupert
Lakelse Lake
A.P
Fred BE. Cowell
Skeena
Queen Charlotte Islands
Gwendolen B
Burrowes
Gwendolen HB
Gilbert Burrowes
Jens Hangen
Masset
Mitchell Albert
Prince Rlpert
von & Stake
Thos. L. May
Prince ‘Ripert J. C
Chief Commissioner of Lands
Petralaium
Comwat
Ct Post
Krinlseviateen
Elaine
Chats
Homme
Fay
Queen Charlotte
Austin M. Brown
Graham Island
C. L
Skeena Land
GC. L
J. Martin Peterson
Towner
North Dakota
Williams Creek
John N. Kuhl
Martin Peterson
Fred E. Cowell
Theone Gange
Lindsay
California
Indian Reserve No. 11
Theone Gangh
Christie
T. C
Fiddler
Austtin M, Brown
CG. L
Skeend
Wover
Tarig
Josephine M. Witton
Viletorth
Eeenpalon Hougewife
Josephine M. Flitton
Miner Converse
Peabody
Kansas
Grafain Island
Notice of Coal and Petroleum Prospecting Licence Applications
I R D Robison B C and associates intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands Vancouver for licences to prospect for coal and petroleum on 640 acres in Omineca District Hazelton. Descriptions reference G T P Ry hub 6705 with multiple 80 chain legs. Staked October 4 1911.
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Omineca Land
Hazelton Division
I. R. D. Rori B. C
Son
Vancouver
Fiddler Creek
R. D. Robison
N.E.C. Per ‘I
E. Muir
Omineca Land District
Hazelton
WAKE
I. R. D. Robson
B. C
Chief Commissioner of Lands
S.W.C. Per T
EH. Muir
Widdler Creek
Robison
Muir
N.W.C
T. E&. Muir
R. D. Rorson
of Lands
Lorne Crees
G. I. I Ry
Auivey
T. &. Muir
Land District Hazelton Division Mineral Claim Notices
Public notices describe staking of coal and petroleum prospect lands by J R D Bori teens Financial Agent of Vancouver and R D Robison in the mineca Land District Hazelton area. Claims cover about 640 acres each with posts planted on Lorne Creek near G T P Ry and survey hub 6788. Dates noted: September and October 1911.
Lands to Purchase in Skeena District 1911 Notices
A compilation of 1911 notices by Hugh A Gourlay Anton Salberg J Mans Rustad Lars Anderson Gwendolen Burrowes Jens Hangen Mitchell Albert Thos L May Austin M Brown Theone Ganghe Josephine Flittton Miner Converse and others seeking permission to purchase lands along Lakelse Lake Williams Creek and adjacent Graham Island areas in Skeena District Coast Range 3 5 6 7 dates 1911 with described parcels and locations Victoria Prince Rupert Kitamaat Inlet Exhumat River and neighboring landmarks.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tler
Naden Harbor
Claxton
Wallace
Land Surveyors Meat
B. C. Society
Harry Atwood
Atlantic Ocean
J. R. D. Boriteens
Lorne Creek
T. P. Ry
W.C
T. B. Muir
J. R. D. Bortson
B. G
N.E.C
Mineca Land District
Mancell Clark
J. Mans Rustad
Kitamaat
Hans Rustad
Fred
Cowell
Lars Anderson
Anderson
I. Cowell
Jens Hansen
Skeena Wand
J. Austin M. Brown
U, L
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