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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
4
E D Barrow M P tells Stockbreeders Convention that producers should not be urged to suffer losses for patriotic aims. He argues farmers must know they are protected during marketing and safeguarded from whims of large Canadian packing houses, asserting marketing is as vital as production.
The first Canadian draft sent soldiers inland from the coast is under way across the continent. Military leaders expect a higher quality of troops from the 1st Depot Battalion Vancouver. Training was rapid, and Col. Montiambert and staff report excellent progress as new recruits head toward the battlefields. Local troops bid farewell at Mission with encouragement for a safe return.
At the opening session of the BC Stockbreeders Association convention in the Empress Hotel Victoria, A. D. Paterson of Ladner was re elected president for the twelfth time. W. T. McDonald was reelected secretary treasurer as voting appointed directors from Vancouver Island Lower Mainland and the Upper Mainland. Paterson urged action on the food situation while W. E. Scott spoke on Greater Production.
The text lists traits for several brands and a group W. A. A. in Pearsonville. It assigns practical interest and recklessness to Graphology Brandy and Soda while Peach es and Cream shows sublimity and social kindness. Blue Bell is linked to caution and benevolence with policy and calculation.
Mrs E Farr learns her son Private Claude Farr earned a Military Medal. A four table Whist Drive at Mr and Mrs B Mercer's home saw Mrs Mercer win the ladies prize and Mr A E Farr the gentlemen's prize. Miss E Farr took consolation. Mr FR Farley of Kerrigdale plans move from Vancouver after building a new residence. Ridgedale Red Cross held its weekly meeting at Mrs Jetin Reid's home.
Pte R Abbott of Mission City who left with the 131st came home Wednesday. Pte Gillis from Glayburn returned yesterday. Sergt Fred Plamridge, long at Esquimalt, received an honorable discharge Monday on his birthday and visited his parents. Pte Sandy Plumridge, back from the front last week, also visited his parents this week and looks well.
Contractor Dobie mobilizes many workers to clear wreckage from the Chilliwack Telephone Co system. Salvage runs include wire and poles as the trunk line to Connor and the Fraser River at Millar's Landing is let. Long distance line remains in service. city lines expected in about two months.
An émigré recalls leaving Germany for America. He contrasts conditions, labor, and housing in Germany with life in the United States. He notes initial hardship, currency, and the relief of privacy and fair treatment in America, urging Germans to seek better life abroad.
A German resident in Neillsville Wisconsin warns against fear and cowardice, praising American restraint and strength. She criticizes Germany as a world-dominant regime and says she would rather stay in the United States than return to Germany, calling it a hellish place.
The B C Dairymen's convention held in Chilliwack heard Prof P A Boving of the University of British Columbia stress soil fertility and bacterial action as key to soil health. J W Berry urged stronger market work for the Strasur Valley Mill Producers Association and called for a separate Market Commissioners branch under Agriculture to handle farm produce markets.
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