Chronicles of Boundary Country from the pages of the Boundary Creek Times Volume IV, No.24 – August 20, 1898
➤ Bank of Montreal – “The Bank of Montreal will open a branch in Greenwood in a few weeks. After carefully sizing up the different towns of the district, its officers decided that Greenwood is the financial, commercial and mining centre and the branch for southern Yale will be located here. The various officials came in by way of Grand Forks by buggy. Bank managers are usually corpulent gentlemen, living witnesses of the efficacy of good fare. One of the buggies could not stand too much bank avoirdupois and collapsed at the Winnipeg mine. The buggy was repaired and the travellers reached Greenwood without further mishap.”
➤ Off to War – “Mr. J.P. Harlan leaves to enlist in the regular army of the United States and fight for his country in Cuba. Mr. Harlan belongs to a family of soldiers and in all probability he will make a mark for himself in Cuba unless he is unfortunate enough to be a mark of a Spaniard. Even if he returns as General Harlan, he expects to re-visit Boundary Creek.”
➤ Kettle River Wagon Road – “Along the main Kettle River, the West Fork, Canyon Creek and the other numerous tributaries of the Kettle above Rock Creek, have been located many claims that give promise of being developed into rich and permanent mines. It is not too much to say that the Kettle River section will yet become a mining district almost, if not, as important as Boundary Creek district proper. It is a district which ought to receive every encouragement… and a wagon road is an absolute necessity.
“If the road is constructed, it will encourage claim holders to develop their properties.”
➤ The Bells are Ringing - No More – “The police have issued a fiat that horses or cattle sojourning in the city must not carry bells. The night is no longer disturbed by untuneful cowbells. If the police could invent a scheme to silence the half a hundred curs which make the night hideous, they would earn the gratitude of the majority of the citizens.”
➤ And Now a Look at the Weather – “It was decidedly warm during the past week. The thermometer fairly sizzled with the heat and it was almost necessary to place it in an ice-box to the keep the mercury below 100. The following record from the Midway government office gives an idea of the exceedingly warm weather. The records from August 1st to August 9th follow: 97, 101, 89, 90, 95, 100, 102, 105, and 97.”
➤ New Construction – “Mr. Corrigan is building a two-storey block on Government Street for Mr. F.S. Barnard (ed. - future Lieutenant- Governor of B.C.). The building is 50x25 feet and the ground floor will be used as a store. To the rear of this building, a very neat residence has already been constructed.” (ed. – that “neat” residence became home to the telephone company for 50 years and now is a private residence at 263 Longlake Avenue).