Cariboo Mystery Still Resonates

Posted by twpaterson on Nov 6, 2023 in Articles | 5 comments

NOTICE!TO ADAH HALDEN AND ARTHUR HALDEN:  Take notice that you have been sued in the Country Court, holden at Quesnel, by David Arthur Clark, and that a copy of the summons has been filed for you in the Quesnel Registry of the said Court. You are required to dispute the said action by filing a dispute note in the said Registry within twenty days of the first appearance of this advertisement.  EDGAR C. LUNN, Registrar.First appearance of advertisement is on the 8th day of January, 1921. Downtown Quesnel in the 1920s. The missing Halden family lived on the outskirts. —www.pinterest.com Such was the legal notice posted in the Quesnel Cariboo Observer on Jan. 8, 1921. There’s nothing really out of the ordinary about this legal advertisement of a century ago.  But there is something very, very unique about this...