The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-10-11
issued: 1911-01-18
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/nelsondaily/items/1.0383451/source.json
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note: CLASSIFIED ADS I CENT A WORD VOL. 9 NELSON. B. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18. 1911 NO. 233 I Mr, Johnstone Says Hon. Mr, Taylor J.s Favorable. ' ! CONFERS WITH LOCAL MEMBERS ; Premier Favors Kootenay Plan r - for Joint Water [i Districts. James Johnstone, who was chairman ijof the annual convention of the British 3 Columbia Fruit Growers' association, (returned on Monday night from Vic- I itoria, having attended the several con Inventions of the Fruit Growers' aBaocia- I; tion, the Stock' Breeders' association Bjand the Central Farmers' institute. Mr I; ilohnstone stated 'he was glad to get I back from tbe winds and cold of Vic- I itoria and Vancouver, for, though the lunereury was not so very low It was ■^sufficiently low to fill part of the bay In front, of the C.P.R. hotel with float- ling Ice. On the return trip, from the point where the Fraser river came Into flew, tee prevailed and even the swift Thompson was frozen over except In a tew spots where the water was dashing ihigh tn the air. If Bridge at Nelson j "When In Victoria," said Mr. John stone, "tbe most important work I took up, apart from the actual fruit business was urging upon members ot the government to support a measure which would soon come before them to bui'd i bridge over the Kootenay river at or ISear where the old C.P.R. wharf stands. I\ bridge at that point Is absolutely es- ■Sential for the Ibest Interests of Nelson lander present conditions and must be l.wentually built iby the government at I >o distant date as a ferry at ithe snlp- l/ard would be a perpetual expense to If he government and little better than ftiothlng. In the past I have always been j eady to oppose a Toad-through my pro A ierty as of no use, but am. now willing I'o submit to thlB Inconvenience for |Jhe public good. Now that tlhe C.P.R. 1 totel is built on the north side of the |\nm, the drive from there along the Tjo mile stretch of lovely orchards right Into Nelson will, tn a few years lit least, 'be the most charm…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0383451
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History: https://touchstonesnelson.ca
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text