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Salute to Kimberley - Page 5

From 1925 - 1999 we have chosen a few newspaper clippings for each year.
We hopy you enjoy the selections.

Wild ducks were abundant. In 1909 they hauled logs from adjacent to Morrison sub, in the winter logs were piled on a sled and moved by horses and taken to the Mill pond.

McDougall townsite was named for the late superintendent, Major Clarence McDougall. Prior to 1921 the old road to the top mine used to run through it from the right side of Mark Creek over looking the creek going up the valley, past the bunkhouses. In the summer of 21, four avenues were cut and burn't and 2nd and 3rd avenues were swampland, caused by Sullivan Creek. The No 1 bunkhouse was the first to go up and Alex Chesholm of Fort Steele and the Late McLellan were the first guests. The first cottage was built by Mr. Sylvester and Frank Conrad of Moyie with Vic Cond and Family to take first residence at McDougall followed by George Ellis and MJ Evans.

Cominco (CM&S) manager's house in Townsite

1925

The Lighter Side

The parade constables, Kilgour, Derbyshire and Crerar, created a laugh when they arrested the minister of the Union Church, Mr. Chapple, for the alleged offence of being drunk and disorderly. Our informant asked us "Did you ever notice when seated in a railway train and your car was standing still, when a train alongside was passing it gave you the sensation that you were moving?" Possibly someone knows what he was driving at.

Death of Mrs. Wm. Meacham: pioneer St. Mary's resident

News reached town on Wednesday evening of the death, on Saturday of Mrs. William Meacham. Mrs. Meacham had been living with her husband on their ranch about fifteen miles from Marysville, and five miles up the river. Details to hand at this writing are very meagre but it is believed that death was due to rheumatism, from which she had been a great sufferer for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Meacham are pioneers in this part of British Columbia, and are known by a great number of residents.

On Wednesday evening several Kimberley men left town to bring the body in and have it prepared for burial, which will likely take place this weekend at either Cranbrook or Kimberley.

The late Mrs. Meacham went to the ranch on the St. Mary's River a bride about fifteen years ago, and has remained there ever since with her husband, who has lived in the St. Mary's district for about thirty years or more, Mr. Meacham now having reached advanced years, and being physically unable to take word out of the death of his wife. He was compelled to wait for several days before a passing woodsman chanced to call at the house, and left immediately to bring help from Kimberley. The Meacham ranch is a well known rendezvous for sportsmen in the open seasons of the year, but at this season the place is isolated and difficult of access. Sympathy is being expressed on every hand for the aged husband who is called upon to pass through such an ordeal in the evening of his life.

Phone system here will be in operation by end of November

An outlay of $15,000 company is installing service to serve town section first; initial capacity of one hundred phones.

As announced to the press, it is expected that the telephone system being installed by the Kootenay Telephone Lines Ltd., will be ready for service about the end of the present month. Intending subscribers are requested to apply to the head office of the company in Cranbrook for connection with the system, and for the installation of their phones. The rates to be charged are the same as in force at Cranbrook, and there is in addition an initial installation charge. The company announces that there will be a sixteen hour service for the present, and during the present winter only the townsite area of Kimberley proper can be served, with a capacity of about a hundred phones. Two phones may also be operated at Chapman Camp on a single line, but it will not be possible to extend a general service to that area at present, nor is it likely there will be any service to McDougall Heights or Blarchmont Park this season, though provision may be made for connection with the hospital.

The outlay required to put in this system is in the neighborhood of $15,000, it is authoritatively stated. If the development of the business warrants it there is no question but that the telephone company will prove equal to the situation, and make extensions as they are called for.

BLACK FOREST HAUS OF GIFTS

With the installation of the system in Kimberley there will be a considerable improvement in the long distance connection between this point and Cranbrook, and there will be two lines in use for this purpose, a through copper circuit, and an iron circuit on which will be put a few intermediate phones. All the Kimberley phones in the future will be connected with the local, exchange, thus leaving the lines between the two places free for long distance connections.

While the service offered is not perhaps all that the people of Kimberley would like, it is a long step in the right direction, and will doubtless mean the beginning of bigger developments in this direction.

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Salute to Kimberley - Index Page

Front Cover  -   Inside Front Cover

Page One 1896 - 1910, -  Page Two 1900 - 1911, -  Page Three 1912 - 1920, -  Page Four 1921 - 1924, -  Page Five 1925
Page Six 1926, -  Page Seven 1927, -  Page Eight 1928, -  Page Nine 1929, -  Page Ten 1930, - 
Page Eleven 1930, -  Page Twelve 1931/32, -  Page Thirteen 1933 - 1936, -  Page Fourteen 1937 - 1939, -  Page Fifteen 1940, - 
Page Sixteen 1941/42, -  Page Seventeen 1943, -  Page Eighteen 1944/45, -  Page Nineteen 1945/46, -  Page Twenty 1946/47, - 
Page Twentyone 1948, -  Page Twentytwo 1948, -  Page Twentythree 1949, -  Page Twentyfour 1950/51, -  Page Twentyfive 1951, - 
Page Twentysix 1952, -  Page Twentyseven 1953, -  Page Twentyeight 1954/55, -  Page Twentynine 1955, -  Page Thirty 1956/57, - 
Page Thirtyone 1957/58, -  Page Thirtytwo 1958/59, -  Page Thirtythree 1959 - 1961, -  Page Thirtyfour 1961/62, -  Page Thirtyfive 1962/63, - 
Page Thirtysix 1963/64, -  Page Thirtyseven 1964 - 1966, -  Page Thirtyeight 1967, -  Page Thirtynine 1968 - 1970, -  Page Forty 1970, - 
Page Fortyone 1971, -  Page Fortytwo 1972, -  Page Fortythree 1973, -  Page Fortyfour 1974/75, -  Page Fortyfive 1975, - 
Page Fortysix 1976, -  Page Fortyseven 1976, -  Page Fortyeight 1977/78, -  Page Fortynine 1978, -  Page Fifty 1979/80, - 
Page Fiftyone 1981/82, -  Page Fiftytwo 1982/83, -  Page Fiftythree 1983/84, -  Page Fiftyfour 1985, -  Page Fiftyfive 1986/87, - 
Page Fiftysix 1987/88, -  Page Fiftyseven 1988/89, -  Page Fiftyeight 1989 - 1991, -  Page Fiftynine 1991/92, -  Page Sixty 1993/94, - 
Page Sixtyone 1995, -  Page Sixtytwo 1996/97, -  Page Sixtythree 1997/98, -  Page Sixtyfour 1998/99, -  Back Cover

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