New School Regulations Here Yet to Determine Teacher Salaries
The district will set teacher salaries with state aid of 40 dollars monthly plus a district supplement equal to one half of any increased amount up to 100 dollars per district per year. If the average salary rises to 50 dollars, the government adds 5 dollars and the district pays 5 dollars. Government housing will be provided in rural districts lacking schoolhouses. Trustees and an Auditor will be elected with rules on eligibility and tenure.
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Kovenay
Lumber tariff debate at Edmonton session prompts relief call
Testimony by J. Fletcher of Ellersley argues against protection for British Columbia lumbermen. He says Alberta millers gain less from timber licenses than BC millmen, and farmers cannot afford lumber priced at 42 a thousand feet while oats bring 23c a bushel. Witness asks for cheaper lumber and shingles to ease living in log houses.
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Tariff Commission
Edmonton
J. Fletcher
Ellersley
British Columbia
Al-berta
Vletcher
Alberta
Norton Presbyterian Church Sunday School and Choir Event
Norton Presbyterian Council Sunday School and Bible Class 104, evening service at 8. Young People Society meets Friday evening at 8. All are welcome. Rev G Ross, Pastor.
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Presbyterian Council
Young Peoples’ Society
G. Ross
Provincial News Roundup From British Columbia
Provincial government seeks lenders for a ridge project across the Kettle River at Carson. Typhoid fever spreads near Phoenix. officials urge boiling milk and drinking water. Boundary mines project 1995 ore output near one million tons. Several teachers earn third class certificates at the provincial Normal school. Premier McBride to return to Victoria on December 2 from the eastern trip. St Eugene restores work for men laid off. Moyie town busy again. Campbell of Victoria receives a $5000 annual annuity from a Scottish-born donor. Columbia and Western to build two short branches in Rossland linking with Red Mountain line via Third Avenue. A Cranbrook youth confesses plans to kiss his girlfriend before leaving. she orders him out. Miners' Hotel at Morrisey Mines destroyed by fire. 12,000 cost, contents valued at 15,000. BC Electric Railway pays annual dividend to employees under profit-sharing scheme. Glanders outbreak at Jaffray leads to 24 horses destroyed after testing. Coroner inquest into infant William Duncan’s opium poisoning prompts health board inquiry into sale of proprietary medicines.
Devising News From Fragments and Reader Tips
The piece laments incomplete local coverage and urges readers to share arrivals departures and local happenings. It argues editors rely on tips and not mind reading, comparing news gathering to a dairyman pumping for milk.
Weer for sale at the Waldorf in Milwaukee ad
The item named The Weer is advertised for sale at the Waldorf. Listed price is two dollars. The notice appears in the Ymir Herald.
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Milwaukee
The
Waldorf
Atlas For One Dollar From Great Northern Railway
The Great Northern Railway offers a 56 page atlas with up to date maps of numerous states and regions including Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and more. It contains statistical data, shows railway lines, and is priced at one dollar plus 31 cents postage to any address by sending payment to F J Whitney Saint Paul Minnesota.
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Great Northern Railway
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
British Columbia
Oregon
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Alaska
Hawaii
Japan
Philippine Islands
China
United States
F J Whitney
St Paul
Minn
Spokane Falls & Northern Ry Schedule Fragments
Train timetable fragment shows times for Spokane Falls & Northern Ry with trains listed at 9:45 a.m. 7.20 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. from Nelson to Grand Forks and Phoenix. Other entries include Republic and Grand Forks connections.
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Spokane Falls & Northern Ry
Points
Rossland
Nelson
Grand Forks
Republic
Spokane
Northport
Phoenix
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Unise
Tis Ae
Church
Norton
Provincial News
Kettle River
Carson
Boundary
Provincial Normal School
McBride
Victoria
St. Eugene
Moyie
Andrew Campbell
Victoria B. C
Railway Commission
Columbia and Western
Red Mountain Company
Third Avenue
Cranbrook
Sam
Morrisey Mines
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Ihe
Jaffray
East Wheatenay Lumber Company
Bell and Warnock
F. DeRosier
Pearson and
Jowell
Frank Glover
William Duncan
Chamberlain
Attorney General’s Department
Fagan
Provincial Board of Health
Ymir Herald
Miss
Y Mie
John Philbgert
Spokane Rossland
SAVE
Atsi
TIMEE
Seattle
Tacoma
Pacific Goast
St. Paul
Chicago
New York
Touriny
East and West Daily
Reo. FY &N. Railway
H. A
Jack Nan
Sy G. Fo
P&t
W. Riverside AV
Spokand
Ymir
Johnston
Bell
Campbell
Xmas Goods
Ymir Drug and Cigar Store
Yiir
Carey
Ullioty
Il McInnes
Ymira
Montreal Herald
Ware
Harmer
Fine Club Fen
Kootenay Coffee Co
Cosmopolitan
Esmandgement
Mining Magazine
Liberty Street
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