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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 04, 1913
Page
2
Legal advertising rates listed at 12 cents per line for first insertion and a per line rate for subsequent insertions. The paper serves Abbotsford and the surrounding district with weekly journal content and notices.
The Fraser Valley Record discusses voting register urgency, road and bridge spending, and a proposal to revert large estates to fund public works. It critiques municipal lighting financing, calls for provincial tax changes, and emphasizes urban growth through moral, physical, and civic development led by better citizens in Victoria.
About 35 members of the Victoria Progressive Club gathered at the Balmoral for a weekly lunch to hear James Wood Pogue discuss the science of city building. Club president L P Maclean chaired the meeting and J L Beckwith introduced the speaker, who identified as field manager and director of the Sheldon School of Business.
London reports Mount Athos as the smallest independent European republic perched on a mountain near Salonika. It claims a seacoast, 21 monasteries, and an economy from selling crucifixes and rosaries. San Marino, high in Italy, has nearly 100 castles and a tiny army. Liechtenstein remains in perpetual nonpeace with Prussia since 1866.
Diminishing egg supply due to hatchery reservations and halted imports drives up prices at the weekly market. Traders expect 35 cents per dozen next week as farmers note higher demand. Also featured are towers seeds, potatoes, and fresh lettuce.
The market shows a notable drop in eggs while fresh meats rise with more greens and fish as spring nears. Duck eggs watch at 50 and 76 cents, salads and pigeons demand tepid, chickens scarce, apples sold between 1 and 1.25, potatoes steady 89 to 12 per ton, lettuce at 1.25 per box, cut flowers abundant with narcissus 25c a dozen, tulips 2c a dozen, carnations 20c a dozen, bedding plants six for 25c.
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