Diamond Drill Arrives by Tuesday Steamer for Skidegate Operation
A diamond drill will reach here on the steamer due Tuesday from Vancouver. Mr. Girard orders scows ready to meet the vessel and move the drill and gear to the work site without delay. Mr. Greene influenced license pruning near Lena Maude Islands Nose Point for Vancouver capitalists. Walter Dass will supervise transport of equipment to the scene. O. P. Gill, known locally as Soapy, hosts a famed chicken dinner showcasing his cooking.
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Vancouver
Girard
F. C. Greene
M.E
Skidegate Inlet
Greene
Lena and Maude Islands
Nose Point
Messrs
A. J. Gordon
W. J. Leary
Walter Dass
O. P. Gill
Islands
Mr. Gill
D. A. Mcphee
Victoria
Robert R. Hedley
Moresby Island
Hedley
Tassoo
Lilly Scowcroft
Prince Rupert
Local West Coast News and Island Developments
Local items note Chas Hartie and Ed Hall’s west coast trip for yellow cedar logs. Deputy mining recorder Petrie S. Jack appointed for Queen Charlotte Islands and hospital grant rises from 300 to 500 annually. Triumph trawler sails to Vancouver with salmon and oil to become a hand line boat for halibut fishing as Aliford Bay gears up for the season.
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Chas. Hartie
Ed. Hall
Petrie S. Jack
Queen Charlotte
Queen Charlotte Islands
B. C
Triumph
Vancouver
Victoria
Aliford Bay
H. H. Cullis
E. Cater
News
F. J. Smythe
Masset Island development and religious efforts noted
Graham Island reports rapid activity with surveying and coal exploration underway. Masset hosts first Mass in the schoolhouse as Rev. McDonald plans chapels. new dykes at Delkatla to cultivate 500 acres and Massett townsite growth. Indians acquire engines and fishing boats. brass band instruments arrive and a local band forms under Alfred Adams.
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Thomas Carruthers
Masset
Father McDonald
Woden River
Sewell City
Queenstown
Thomas Nutcomb
Robert Stanley
Massett
Alfred Adams
Ocean Falls Lumber Co Seeks Quick Shipments to Islands
Ocean Falls Lumber Co represented by Fred Terry Satterford, guest at Premier Hotel, promotes G T P steamers service to ship lumber supplies directly to the Islands. The firm targets northern trade, cannery and other concerns, offering boxes, shingles, mouldings, lath, and lumber. Prince Rupert agent A J Burroughs noted.
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Fred Terry Satterford
Ocean Falls Lumber Co
Ocean Falls
A. J. Burroughs
Prince Rupert
Indians Gear Up at Skidegate for Dog Fishing
A group of Indigenous people at Skidegate works on equipment and training to prepare for dog fishing activity. They organize gear and methods as part of their traditional practice.
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Skidegate
Why Don't You Buy a Gasoline Engine
Advertisement touts COCHRANE selling gasoline engines with cheapest option plus best battery and spark equipment. Claims a reliable combination with $5 to $10 extra for upgraded parts.
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Cochrane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Queen Charlotte City Hospital
Egypt
J. L. Barge
Islander
Queen Charlotte, B.C
Graham Island
Delkatla
Dollemeyer
Massett Townsite
Oceans Falls Lumber Co
Beattie
Dept. Drug Store
D. Cochrane
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