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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 18, 1910
Page
2
Barkerville reports potatoes at 12 cents a pound and eggs at $1.25 a dozen with scarce hay near $80 a ton. Oats are 7 cents while northwest oats run 10 cents per pound amid supply constraints. News also notes provincial appointments and calls for Nelson to push Kootenay agriculture growth.
Details from A Carney reveal a major deal by Carney Bros and Gardiner Kaslo with the St Paul syndicate to gain half interests in coal measures and sixty square miles of timber near Crow's Nest Pass on Alberta side of the boundary. The syndicate with five million capital backs a $3 million railway construction guarantee and $1 million coal development fund. Iron measures may form a separate deal while a company is formed.
The Lightning Creek Hydraulic company employs about one hundred men on a new ditch from Milk Ranch Pass to Amador Creek on Lightning Creek. Construction aims to finish by fall with a 400 foot rock drive planned this winter and hydraulic elevators to be installed next summer. The firm also plans operations on the South Wales claim in spring next year.
Dr. G A B Hall outlines steps to combat infantile paralysis in Victoria. He surveys authorities and asks physicians for case counts and outcomes, aiming to classify the disease as infectious and advocate isolation and fumigation to curb spread. Hall cites Nelson experience and supports early hospital isolation and fumigation for contaminated rooms.
Hugh Wooley, 20, of 398 Heatley Avenue Vancouver, died after an accidental discharge of a double barreled gun in the woods near Spanish River. His brother Milford carried him eight miles and 100 miles by water to the city. The gun stock shattered when a porcupine was struck, exploding the barrels and wounding Wooley. He left a widowed mother, four brothers, a sister, and three married sisters.
Victoria reports that Samuel Gibbs of Lillooet has resigned his commission as justice of the peace at the attorney-general’s request. Gibbs had previously handled a liquor law case where a guilty resident was lectured and released rather than fined, leading the department to enforce the liquor act strictly. The attorney-general concluded Gibbs’s usefulness as a magistrate had ceased, and the resignation was accepted immediately.
A young man introduces his fiancée to his Scots father who proclaims he has better taste than she. An amused editor spots a shabby visitor seeking work as a writer, and the printer jokes about his own trades. The scene ends with a quip about controlling the door and job printing.
In a Ladysmith visit General Louis Botha delivered a unifying speech recalling the war period and urging a forward looking policy. He praised past enemies as fellow countrymen and spoke of building a united nation from the two great races.
George Hie and Robert Corlett of Little Canyon BC farmers announce intent to purchase 80 acres in Skeena Land District Coast Range V. Description begins at a post on the southeast island below Little Canyon near the Skeena river. Date August 1 1910 A19.
Charles Rubidge Dunsford of Fort William Ontario announced intent to purchase 640 acres described by a post seven miles south of Lot 227 southeast corner, then 80 chain east, 80 chain south, 80 chain west, 80 chain north, returning to start. Agent: Arthur Robertson. Dated August 20 1910. Fee: $30.
Norman M. Patterson a grain merchant of Fort William Ontario gives notice of intention to proceed with a land purchase project on Queen Charlotte Islands starting seven miles south of the southeast corner of lot 227 and one and a half miles west from a short line. The plan includes a westward stretch of 80 chains, a southward 80 chains, and an eastward return. Dated August 20 1910. Amount stated is $30.
Take notice that Benjamin Ostrander of Fort William Ontario grain merchant intends to apply for permission to purchase land described as starting 344 miles west of shore line then south east corner of Lot 227, proceeding east 80 chains south 80 chains west 80 chains and north 80 chains to the starting point dated August 20 1910.
Two notices reveal land purchase applications in Coast District Range Five with buyers EH Lucas and W G Withh-sided seeking 640 and 320 acres respectively. Each description lists starting posts, compass directions, and chain measurements, dated September 22, 1910.
Public notices list multiple Fort William residents including Thomas Samuel Smith Nelson Noel Smith Be N Bosworth Mary Smith Frederick Babe Edward Robert Wayland William Curtis Lillie John Russell Smith Agnes Smith Sidney Smith Ardagh Smith John L Davidson and Alexander C Moffat applying to purchase described lands near Lot 227, with posts south of the southeast corner, 80 chain boundaries and 640 acre claims dated August 20 1910. Each entry specifies occupation and claimant location in Ontario and Manitoba.
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