Dominion Laws Spark Doukhobor Exodus To Colorado
In British Columbia two thousand Doukhobors may move to Colorado where they were promised broad religious liberty. The province reports other items including a Vancouver broker Reginald Cameron Brown dying in Seattle, a skylark import program, and the establishment of a Proctor farmers' institute. Also noted are a Darwin theory test on a John Hopkins monkey, a Kamloops deaf and dumb man regaining speech, and railway expansion plans including a C P R double tracking project through the Selkirks. A new orange-scented anesthetic is reported, Vienna hosts a large Eucharistic Congress, and a library cornerstone ceremony is planned in Victoria. Edmonton receives a large fur shipment bound for major world markets.
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Dominion
British Columbia
Colorado
Reginald Cameron Brown
Vancouver
Seattle
Victoria
Farmers’ Institute
Proctor
J. B. Watson
John Hopkin’s University
Andrew Forsyth
Kamloops
Calgary
Selkirks
Rodgers Pass
Coal Notices on Skeena District Proposals by Buck and Rae
Sydney Charles Buck of Naden Harbor seeks a license to prospect for coal and petroleum over 640 acres on Graham Island Ozard Bay with an 80 chain square starting at C S 7170. Thomas Rae of Naden Harbor also seeks a 640 acre coal and petroleum prospecting license in Ozard Bay with a similar 80 chain square around C S 7172.
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Sydney Charles Buck
Naden Harbor
C. S
Ozard Bay
Graham Island
Sydney Charles Ruck
Thomas Rae
Molitor Seeks Lease on Skeena Tide Land in 1912
I Jean L Molitor occupation farmer of Queen Charlotte intends to apply for permission to lease tide land described as 20 acres more or less. The tract lies 40 chains northeast from Lot 874A S W corner with lines 20 chains west 10 chains south 20 chains east and 10 chains north back to start. Dated August 8 1912.
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I. Jean L. Molitor
Queen Charlotte
S. W
T. L
Point of Commencement
Joseph L. Molitor
Everett Harvey Lea
Vancouver
Province of
British Columbia
N. W
Wilson Creek
Rennels Sound
Queen Charlotte Islands
Skeena
Wilfrid Vere Doughty
Skidegate
Q. C.I
Canneryman
Kison Harbor
Moresby Island
Thomas W. Symonds
Grimsby
England
W. H. Humphrys
Wilfrid Doughty
B.C
N. E
Alifor Bay
Walter Rudge
Sandspit
N.E
Copper Bay
William Fraser Applies to Purchase 40 Acre Maude Island Lands
Notice states William Fraser of Queen Charlotte British Columbia a carpenter intends to apply for permission to purchase lands described as a 40 acre parcel on Maude Island beginning at a post 20 chains west of the reservation southwest corner then around a 20 by 20 chain square.
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William Fraser
Queen Charlotte
B. C
Carpenter
Indian Reservation
Maude Island
Water License Application on Kluny Creek at Moresby Island
Wilfrid Doughty of Skidegate applies for a license to take one cubic foot per second from Kluny Creek for industrial use. Water drawn about 1.25 miles upstream will divert to Lot 4 on Moresby Island. Notice posted June 27, 1912, with file to be opened in Prince Rupert Recorder’s office.
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Wilfrid Doughty
Skidegate
Q.C.I
Eee
Prince Rupert
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Francis Joseph
Vienna
Thomas Taylor
Parliament
Edmonton
North Country
London
Paris
St. Petersburg
New York
Boston
Coal Notices
ACT
Queen Charlotte Islands Land District
Frederick N. D. Rosher
Fall River
Charles E. Pomeroy
S. C
J. B. Gillatt
P. O
A. M. Miller
C. H. Orme
Eastman’s
Kodaks
Rexall
Northern
P.O. Box
A. W. Edge
Wee Jeanie
Capt
Haan
Islander”’ Office
Aime
Comptroller of Water Rights
Parliament Buildings
A. W. Carter
BE. C. Stevens
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