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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
4
A garbled OCR passage lists names and terms like Midot Owl and Ne Was, with vague references to hearing, events, and a prize of $2. It reads as a chaotic collage of persons, places, and potential tasks without clear narrative or context.
The Red Cross Auxiliary reports receipts the past week from J. J. Sparrow FLO00 Bitte Thi TEL and others totaling five thousand dollars with an observed subtotal of one dollar. The treasurer notes the funds aid ongoing work and expresses satisfaction with progress. Public interest hints at social gatherings and home cooking as community life continues.
The Sumas council debated road funding and tax collection at a Saturday meeting. Municipal Clerk Yarwood warned rate payers must pay taxes promptly or a tax sale would be ordered at the September 7 session. Foreman wages were settled at 94 a day after negotiations. A resident urged broader road upgrades near Kilgarde Works, noting unsafe possible falls and advocating more culverts and less bridgework to span ravines.
A speaker warned the council that timber bindings are a false economy threatening war and horses in a few years. He urged pressing the Indian department to address Ute Kilgarde road urgency, admitting the task seemed far distant amid ongoing conflict.
The regular meeting of the School Board at Mission Public School discussed staffing and appointments. Trustees Ferguson, Clark, Fraser, and Lampard were present. Miss Zella Topper moved from Silverdale to Division II Mission Central, Miss Helen Bates appointed at Silverdale, W. G. Gamble named principal of Mission High, an assistant teacher position to be advertised, and pupil names requested.
Trustee J. A. Lampard announced raises for staff at Mission Technical School and several public schools. The janitor’s pay rose from 40 to 100 dollars per annum, while teachers in Division IV and V at Mission Public School Ferndale Public School also gained 60 dollars annually. Salaries and accounts totaling 1287.20 were approved for July payments.
A Portland despatch reports crop experts warn of a long dry spell damaging the potato crop in Washington Idaho and Oregon. Acreage estimated at 256000 across the region, with total output seen near 47.4 million bushels, up from last year’s 46 million.
The minister of agriculture Hon. B. UW. Barrow spent this week in the district. The remarks described a horse as almost a thing of the past, reflecting on lingering rural practices amid changing times.
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