i THE CASCADE RECORD VOL. I. CASCADE, B. C, JANUARY 14, 1899. No. 10. IN AND AROUND CASCADE. LAST THURSDAY'S ELECTIONS In Nelson, Rossland, Grand Fork* A letter was actually received and Gresnwood. from Nelson in four days time this Incorporated cities held annual week ! elections last Thursday with the Contract Let For Round Timbers For Harvey Harris has arrived from Contract Has been Let For the Pay­ following results: Greenwood to take charge of the In Rossland A. S. Goodeve was tlie Wator Power. Cascade branch of P. Burns & Co. master's Office. elected mayor by a majority of 104 The printing plant for the Re­ over H. S. Wallace. The entire public Miner, to be issued by John Goodeve aldermanic ticket was R. Rei«vis, passed through Cascade elected. BARBER AND DANA SECURED IT this week. TO BE ESTABLISHED IN CASCADE It was thought yesterday, from Next Tuesday evening a regular dispatches received that H. G. Nee- lands had been elected mayor of Will be Used in Constructing the 350-foot meeting of the Cascade Taxpayer's Association will be held at the town- Thereafter All Sub-Contractors, Station Men Nelson, but later adviefs state that Uam-Is the Equal of 500,000 Feet in site office. and Other Railroad Men Will Transact John Houston succeeds himself by Board Measure. J. E. W. Thompson, of Fernie, the narrow majority of 6. With arrived in Cascade this week and one exception, the Neelands alder has accepted a position with Messrs. manic ticket was elected. There Last Monday the contract for Gaine & Roy, of the Yukon Store. was considerable excitement during It has been generally understood the day. cutting and delivering the round A. H. Bremner, manager of the in Cascade for some time that the timbers for the 350 foot dam now In Greenwood Thomas Hardy Dominion Supply Co., left this headquarters of Mann, Foley Bros., was elected by a majority of 41 being constructed just above the morning for Spokane, to visit his & Larson, the contractors for the cascades of the Kettle river, by the votes over Mr. Smailes, the liberal family for a few days. Robson-Penticton branch of the ticket being victorious. Dominion Mining, Development Columbia & Western railway (C. Agency Co., Ltd., was awarded to Ira Black will soon begin con­ At Grand Forks L. A. Manley struction work on a cottage in the P. R.) now building through Cas­ was elected Mayor over Robert E. M. Dana and David P. Barber cade, would soon be moved to this of Cascade. rear of his hotel, to be occupied by Harvey. his family and that of his brother city. This was considered the logi­ Some 15 or 20 bids were put in cal outcome of the completion of a couple of weeks since, after the Julius. Townsite Restaked Archie Johnson, of the law firm the work of the contractors on the advertisement for same appeared eastern end of the line. Some time last fall Ross Thorn p in the Record. The bids were sent of Johnson & McDonald, of Nelson, son, the father of Rossland, staked was in the city this week, return­ Nothing tangible was known, by Engineer Anderson to the office however, Until this week, when Mr. a townsite of 320 acres at the mouth of the company in Nelson, and ing from a trip through the Bound­ of Baker creek, on the east shore of ary country. Shepherd, in charge of the large after due consideration it was de­ storehouse here, received orders to Chiistina lake. It is located on cided to let the contract to Messrs, Sawyer Bros., formerly peddlers erect an office building at once. the mineral claims in which D. C. Dana and Barber. of water in Cascade, have secured a Accordingly he called for tenders, Beach is interested. The contract is a large one and contract to haul the lumber for the of which there were quite a 11 urn The 25 per cent, of the purchase calls for 60,000 lineal ieet \,\ round new $10,000 hotel to be put up at ber. ' The contract was awarded to price was paid to the chief com­ timbers, or in the neighborhood of Columbia. G. L. Woodard, A. E. Hitchcock, missioner of lands and works, but 500,000 feet, boiird measure. There G. W. Williams, of the Kettle A. J. McDonald and E. Hildebrand, other regulations were not com­ will be nearly 2000 of these timbers River Stage Line, took 10 horses and is to be finished within ten plied with. Several days ago C. all told, the lengths varying from through to Republic this week. days. The building will be 24x36 A. Baldwin, of this city, relocated 25 to 40 feet according to specifica­ He will hereafter use 4-horse teams feet in size and will accommodate the property for townsite purposes. tions. Mr. Dana, in an interview, on that end of the line. the contractors. Paymaster Wood­ The property is well situated, and informed the Record man that it will undoubtedly be of value when Contractor Glaze of Midway, who man and Purchasing Agent Mc­ would require'about all of the fir ; Leod and their assistants. the Elmore and other valuable and tamarack timber within a mile has been east since June, was in neighboring mines are placed on a and a half of the dam site to fill Cascade on his return this week. Mr. Shepherd, with Geo. K. shipping basis. the contract. He was astonished at the growth of Stocker, selected a convenient loca­ the town in the last six months. tion for the paymaster's new office, Threw It Up The contractors are well known which will be located just below locally, having been residents of Chas. Van Ness, a well known the brow of the rise on Main street, Last Tuesday Messrs. Philbrick the city for a considerable length resident of Grand Forks, died there east of the Commercial hotel. It and Sawyer Bros., who have had of time, and are amply able to on Thursday. His remains were will be accessible from the store­ the monopoly of the local water carry out the contract. The price taken to Nelson yesterday by his houses and will also be convenient business up to last week, and had for the work is not given out. The partner, Mr. Marks, for interment. for the large number of sub-con­ been charging all the way from contractors expect to keep eight or Pneumonia was the cause of death. tractors, station men and others ten men busy for a couple of 35c to 50c or more per barrel, pull­ Cascade now exchanges register­ who must necessarily go there to ed off their two teams and quit the months, and they have already be transact business. gun preparations for carrying it ed mail with Rossland, this mail business. Joe Tracy, who recently out. heretofore going to Grand Forks Mr. Shepherd states that the re­ started in to deliver water at the and thereby entailing much need­ moval from Brooklyn to Cascade uniform price of 25 cents per barrel, In a Short Time less delay. All registered mail for will probably take place after the is using one team and taking care H. T. Wilgress, right-of-way the south and east will be trans­ next monthly pay day, which is of all the business offered.' He in­ mitted by the new route. agent for the C. P. R. for the Bound­ January 20th, next Friday. There­ forms the Record that he is doing ary country, was in the city Mon­ King Rees, who has been mana­ after the bulk of the business of the contractors will be transacted quite well, and has no kick coming- day on his return from Victoria. ger for P. Burns & Co. at Cascade, School Board Matters Mr. Wilgress is the gentlemen who will hereafter have charge of the in this city. first recommended Cascade City, books of the company for both James Martin, M. P. P., haa above all others in this section, I'IS Grand Forks and Cascade. He Skipped Across the Line written to Chairman D. D. Fer­ a smelter site, and whose recom­ leaves for the Forks and Greenwood Vinoenzo Cierelo is the euphoni­ guson, of the local school hoard, mendation has been acted upon. today with Mrs. Rees. ous name of an Italian who threat­ saying that the recently forwarded A Record representative asked him ened to carve a number of fellow petition had heen given to Supt last Monday how soon he expected Officer Dinsmore sent word to countrymen, at the railway camp Pope, of the Department of Educa­ active operations would be started Officer Darraugh on Wednesday of Jos. Deros, a few miles up the tion, and would receive early at­ on the construction of the smelter that Frederick K. Hughes, held on lake last Wednesday. The threat­ tention. The petition asks for the plant here: a charge of passing a bogus check ened parties came to town to swear creation of a separate school dis­ "Well," said he, "I understand in Cascade, had been unable to get out a warrant for his arrest, but trict for Cascade, and also for the that it is likely to begin within a bail and would be taken to the jail before Officer Darraugh could make erection of a suitable building for very few weeks, now—just as soon at Midway. out a warrant and secure Cierlo as school purposes. It appears an as the preliminaries can be gotten H. S. Turner, formerly publisher the first lodger in the new jail, that though these needs would be sup­ out of the way." oftheDurfur (Oregon) Dispatch, individual had made tracks for plied by the provincial govern­ was in the, city Thursday, accom­ Uncle Sam's domain, and is now ment.