Masset Inlet News Reports Local Meetings and Developments
The Masset area reports a Conservative parties meeting on November 21 to unite under new officers. Settler activity includes a sawmill near Sewell City and wharf projects at Massett townsite, with marine rights planned at the inlet entrance. Indigenous families relocate to Queenstown as trail developments and townsite surveys continue. a divorce petition is filed locally.
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Massett Inlet
Sewell City
Mr. Watson
Woden River
Delkatla
Massett
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Nose Point rancher James Bell dies by dynamite
James R. Bell, a Nose Point rancher on Graham Island, blew himself up with dynamite several days ago. His body was found near his cabin after letters to a local party, one unsigned, indicated he wished to leave his property if anything happened to him. Bell, known for eccentric habits, came to the island two years ago, with a reported brother at Stewart.
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James R. Bell
Nose Point
Graham Island
Queen Charlotte
Joseph Renner
Maude Island
Bell
Renner
Stewart
Randol Acquitted by Prince Rupert Court
Lester Randol a young white fisherman was charged with assault causing bodily harm to William Matthews an Indian on his boat near Massett on 7 September last. The jury at the criminal assize court in Prince Rupert returned a verdict of acquittal after hearing the evidence.
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Prince Rupert
Lester Randol
William Matthews
Massett
Death of Mexican Tom Hodges at Prince Rupert General Hospital
Thomas Hodges known as Mexican Tom died at General Hospital Prince Rupert last Saturday after months of illness. He sustained a leg fracture from an accident near Massett, later facing complications. Hodges helped pre empt land on Graham Island with Antoine Cromp and ran a ranch at Tiel River then Cape Ball before freighting to the East Coast.
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General Hospital
Prince Rupert
Thomas Hodges
Tom
Massett
Graham Island
Antoine Cromp
Tiel River
Tiel
J. Walsh
Cape Ball
Saville Named Resident Manager at Slate Chuck
Mr L Saville arrived from Vancouver to act as resident manager at Slate Chuck for the British Pacific Coal Company last week.
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L. Saville
Vancouver
British Pacific Coal Company
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Juskatla Inlet
Condon
Henry Edenshaw
Indian Reserve
Queenstown
Mr. Tingley
James Martin
T. L. Williams
Messrs
Adam and
McQuaker
Stewart Bay
Kumdis Slough
Messert Inlet
Skidegate Inlet
Eliza Chapman
John Chapman
Nash
Star Realty Company
Alfred Adams
Massett Brass Band
W. J. Condon
Daniel Martin
J. F. Macdonald
Scotland
Mr. Macdonald
British Columbia
A. Ross Fraser
Pender Island
Ain River
Farmer Ends His Life
Randol
Beattie
Dept. Drug Store
Iver Johnson
Hammerless Stevens
Cochrane
D. Cochrane
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