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Newspaper
Ymir Herald
Location
Ymir, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1905
Page
4
A 1905 piece discusses rising mail order houses and their impact on retail. It notes Timothy Eaton and other firms expanding to Vancouver and Winnipeg, shifting buying to wholesale and reducing need for counter clerks. It argues small retailers face tougher competition as delivery and bulk purchasing evolve.
Reports indicate the Canadian Pacific Railway plans a new main line from Golden along the eastern upper Columbia toward Fort Steele. Construction would start soon with track laying along the Crow's Nest Pass route, pushing east of Golden toward the upper Columbia river. Pacific Division official Mp 2. Marpole declined to confirm beyond noting a line is to be built sometime.
The Lands and Works Department announces cancellation of the Reserve under the Columbia and Western Railway Subsidy Act. Crown lands within the reserve will open for sale settlement lease and disposition three months after first publication in the British Columbia Gazette. The line from Golden toward Fort Steele is planned to start construction this summer and complete by August 1, 1907.
Notice to delinquent co owners Charles G Simpson and transferees that labor of 307 50 has been spent to hold the May Blossom mineral claim on Brown mountain 2.5 miles southwest of Ymir in the Nelson Mining Division. If not contributed within 90 days the claim will become the subscriber s under the Mineral Act and section 4 of the amending act.
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