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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
4
Prince Rupert gas engineer Alexander Ohman announces intent to lease twenty acres on Aristazable Island in the Skeena Land District. The description starts at a post on the east shore and outlines a rectangular boundary near Sand Spit Point with dates noted as April 18, 1916.
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company notifies under the Navigable Waters Protection Act that it has deposited site descriptions and warehouse plans for Prince Rupert Harbor in front of water front Block G. After one month the company will apply to the Minister of Public Works in Ottawa for approval and leave to construct the warehouse. dated Winnipeg May 25, 1916.
Advertisement seeks Spruce logs in large quantity with good size and at least 30 percent scaling. Provide price, quality, and earliest delivery to C. P. Coles & Co. in Vancouver.
B. C. Undertakers engage a First Class Undertaker graduate of an international college, holding Canadian and American diplomas in embalm ing sanitation disinfection and bacteriology. Office and Parlours No 11,4.
Geo A Clothier visits for a few days while Public School Inspector Lord returns from interior travel. D G Williams of Rocher de Boule mine is in the city. Mrs La Trace leaves for the east for several weeks. T P Lake of Carlisle carne in on business. M C Drew of Victoria arrives by steamer. Robert Renwick from Victoria arrives by boat and train. A Z DeLong from Vancouver investigates B C Packers cannery insurance. W McAdams of Edmonton visits for mining near Rocher de Boule Mountain. Capt Nicholson of G T P, on the Prince George Alaska run, heads to Skagway. R B McGinnis of Dolly Varden mine visits Alice Arm. D W Bone of G T P steamship staff makes initial Prince George trip north. Charles Balogno resumes piano pupils. phone Blue 408.
The Methodist Sunday School plans an annual picnic at Digby Island with the Thomas Crosby steamer transporting picnickers. The G T P mail schedule shifts with a Friday evening next mail. Ackerberg donates Carnival pedestal for Friday drawing. Prisoners of War Fund sale features Mrs Peck and Mrs Mc Leod selling home cooking on Friday.
Vancouver crowds bid farewell to the 102nd Battalion North British Columbia known as Wardens Warriors as they board trains for England. The mobilized men, mostly personally selected by Lieut Col Warden, leave from Comox Spit aboard the Princess Charlotte amid holiday observances in Comox Union Bay Courtenay Cumberland and Campbell River. A wedding in the customs office and returning soldiers presence highlighted the farewell.
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