The Miner
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2016-07-29
issued: 1890-08-30
description: The Miner was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The Miner was established by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. After leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, Houston established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. The Miner was published by The Miner Printing and Publishing Company, and the paper's longest-serving editor was D. J. Beaton. The Miner was published under two variant titles, the Nelson Weekly Miner and the Weekly Miner. In 1902, the paper was sold to F. J. Deane, who changed the title to the Weekly News.
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note: /') / j\ / ��������� t X v> 5^9 . // Only Paper Printed in the Kootenay -Lake Mining: Districts. For Rates of Subscription and Advertising See Fourth Page. m JfUMBEE 11. tfELSOff, BEITISH COLUMBIA, SATUEDAY, AUGUST 30, 1890. $4 A YEAE. TWO governments! inoictew.bv a. grand jury The first grand jury summoned in southern Kootenay had no-other labor to perform than wrestle with the report that they presented to chief justice Begbie; Onreading it, early on Monday morning, the chief justice is reported to have remarked that it was a little illogical to call attention to the district's immunity from crime and then turn round in the next sentence and strongly urge the immediate appointment of a constable at Ainsworth. On the whole, the chief justice said the report deserved consideration, and that the portions referring to the public land reserves would have his early attention. The grand jury was made up of men of undoubted worth, whose every interest is in this section, and while they returned no criminal indictments and asked for the abatement of not a single nuisance, which speaks well for the people in the mining camps on Kootenay lake, they presented a strong array of facts, which really mean an indictment against postoffice inspector Fletcher and his superior officers at Ottawa, as well as against the men who control and parcel out the public lands of this province. Below ',-., is the .report r-.'_'. THE DISTRICT FREE PROM CRIME. We congratulate your lordship on the remarkable immunity from crime hitherto enjoyed by our coihmuhity. O chiefly of hardy, industrious, enterprising men, who are here with the full understanding that they must look to the future development of the district for the reward of present labor and hardship. Our people have very high and, we think, well-grounded hopes that an era of great prosperity awaits us as soon as we can get rid of the obstacles incidental to our somewhat remote and isolated situation. We find nothing of the nature of crimi…
note: Print Run: 1890-1898 ; Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 49.5000000
long: -117.2832999
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : John Houston
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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