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Newspaper
Silverton Silvertonian
Location
Silverton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 14, 1900
Page
4
A hotel at Sandon near the railway station and wharf offers good service and comfortable rooms. Miss Ida Carlisle oversees the dining with seasonal delicacies. Henderson & Gething proprietors. Sloan City.
The column urges government building of trunk roads in Silverton to Red Mountain and the Rockland area while criticizing Eight-Hour policy debates. It notes Slocan City celebration of July 12, the Battle of the Boyne, and questions the reasons behind the observance, asking whether loyalty or royalty motivated the display. It also discusses subscription details and local mine prospects.
The letter discusses dropping anniversary parades and honoring soldiers, endorses a feasible wagon road route along Silver and Alpha mountains to serve mines on Silver Mountain, warns of natural hazards, and notes xenophobic sentiment and the passage of a Chinese head tax bill. It also laments mackerel shortages in Nova Scotia and possible meat shortages in Slocan.
Fragmentary verse recalls freedom from urban cares in a rural highland mood. The lines hint at escape from rent and toil toward quiet peaks, but the full meaning remains obscured in the damaged text.
A lyrical fragment detailing the healing power of the mountains. The speaker finds freedom and calm in nature, praising the spear of trout, deer, pine shade, crystal brooks, and the dreamlike leisure of high elevations. Attributed to Jas Burton Adams in the Denver Post.
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