Nelson Star Friday, June 7, 2013
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Opium den busted
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n the death of Gilbert Sproat at his residence in Victoria, British Columbia has lost one of the most noted of her few remaining pioneers. He was long known as father of the Kootenay and founder of Nelson and Revelstoke. In 1885, Mr. Sproat moved to the Kootenay and took up residence at the spot where Nelson now stands. He was appointed the same year stipendiary magistrate and gold commissioner for the Kootenay. His decisions as gold commissioner gained for him a reputation as a just and painstaking officer. Revelstoke was first called Farwell by Mr. Sproat, named after his friend, surveyor A.S. Farwell, before being renamed by the C.P.R. In 1890 Mr. Sproat returned to Victoria where he lived a retired life.
Dateline June 23, 1913
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oday the KootenayColumbia Preserving Works will commence jam making for the season and the Nelson Jam Factory will also begin operations early this week. On Friday the field foreman of the Doukhobor colony, which owns the Kootenay-Columbia factory, returned from a visit to ranches on the West Arm, where contracts have been made to pick strawberries, the Doukhobors paying for the fruit on the plants, and on Saturday some 20
children passed through the city on their way to Willow Point and Hallerts to begin picking operations. Reports of a very heavy crop are coming from all quarters and J.A. McDonald, proprietor of the Nelson Jam Factory, estimates that he will receive from 10 to 15 times as many strawberries as last year.
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Touchstones of Nelson — Greg Scott
Dateline June 6, 1913
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Dateline June 23, 1913
urglars who entered J.O. Patenaude’s jewelry store late on Friday night got away with about $1,000 worth of rings, watches and pendants, and although the city police are working on several clues thieves have not yet been captured. Entrance was made at the back of the store through a broken window into the cellar. From there they entered the store through an unlocked door. Nothing but the empty trays from which the jewelry had been taken remained when the store was opened at the usual hour on Saturday morning. Mr. Patenaude declares that he has a very satisfactory clue as to the identity of the persons concerned in the robbery and advises them to return the property at once.
Dateline June 25, 1913
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isplayed on the table in front of the magistrate’s desk at the city police court yesterday morning was one of the most varied collections of opium
manufacturing and merchandising material that has ever been raked in by the Nelson police. The “dope” and other material came from a house in Chinatown in which lives Get Chong, who was charged with having opium in his possession for sale. Poppy seeds from which is manufactured opium, utensils for converting the seed into the drug, crude opium, opium in the form of little red pills and enclosed in vegetable fat, the usual pipe and lamp for smoking, addressed envelopes for mailing to persons living outside of Nelson and scores of other paraphernalia from the joint were piled on the table. The opium alone is estimated to be worth many hundreds of dollars.
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Dateline June 4, 1913
wat the dandelions is suggested as a summer war cry for the Nelson Improvement Association by a prominent citizen of the city. This year the yellow pest is to be seen in great numbers on almost every street and alley, while some of the vacant lots are thick with the weed. Already flowers are dying off and leaving behind the fluffy seed, which flies far and wide, setting in flower beds, lawns and other places where it is least wanted, and it is urged action be taken to destroy the weeds on the city property and compel owner’s of lots to do something to prevent the spread of this nuisance.
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The Nelson Star is running new crossword puzzles! The answer for Wednesday’s paper will be printed in Friday’s paper while the Friday answers will be published in Wednesday’s paper. FOR RELEASE MAY 15, 2013
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
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June 5, 2013 For the benefit of Kootenay Lake area residents, the following lake levels are provided by FortisBC as a public service. Queen’s Bay:
Present level: 1748.51 ft. 7 day forecast: Up 0 to 2 inches. 2012 peak: 1753.78 ft. / 2011 peak: 1751.71 ft.
Nelson:
Present level: 1746.41 ft. 7 day forecast: Up 0 to 2 inches.
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Levels can change unexpectedly due to weather or other conditions. For more information or to sign-up for unusual lake levels notifications by phone or email, visit www.fortisbc.com or call 1-866-436-7847.
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