Calgary Fair attendance falls short of last year
Calgary report notes fair attendance about 24 000 below last year's total. Weather was fine for exhibits, with two inches of rain earlier. Crop prospects look strong with a bumper cereal crop likely and solid demand for early apples harvest. Shipments compress to steady market. berries and dairy show mixed demand and prices.
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Calgary
Alberta
le G
Rod Gaspherries
Washington
Lb. C
Loose Prairie
Vancouver
Pound District Act Notice For Abbotsford District
Notice that the Pound District for Abbotsford in British Columbia will be formed under Section H if a majority of landowners do not file a petition within thirty days. Fifteen proprietors have objected and the Minister of Agriculture warns the district will not be constituted without timely action.
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Wilbreas
Abbotsford
Tiha
British Columpia
Segion 22
New Westminster
Lote
Fraser River High Threats Reach Nicomen Island Farms
Flooding on the Fraser River keeps level near 20 feet 4 inches at Mission as authorities report rising water and a broken Gourlay dyke. Nicomen Island farms face worsening conditions amid high water spikes and uncertain changes.
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Praser
Nicomen'Island
Igi
Nicomen Islands
Winnipeg Market Report Brisk Trade In Mixed Fruit
The Winnipeg market reports brisk business with several cars of mixed California fruit and vegetables received and likely the last. Oregon cherries arrived with small interior stock. express shipments of B C G were limited. Gordons Head strawberries arrived in first class condition, four mouldy berries noted in the final car but the trade was pleased and sold them readily.
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Winnipeg
Oregon
B. CG
Express
Gordon
Cloud Burst Destroys Homes on Cache Creek Road
Ashcroft reports a cloud burst at Cache Creek swept along the Cariboo road, seven foot wall of water carrying houses, barns, trees, and stock toward the Thompson River. Fifteen miles of road washed away, government camp wrecked, Indian rancherie wiped out, Tom Pare home destroyed, ten people left homeless, Yukon telegraph line affected but operating.
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Ashcroft
Cache Creek
Cariboo
Yukon
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Betiwe
Cloverdile
Langley Prairie
Murrayville
Aldergrove
Conlin
Abbotsford Garage
Kingsway
Zenith
de Palma
B.C
Abbotsford TC
A. E
Humphrey
Paylar
Mont
Chilliwack
R. Mewan
Boot and Shoe Repairer
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EW. Barrow
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Victoria
Fraser River
THE
Winnipeg Markey
Albert Lee
Albert Lee, Grocer and Balter
T.N. T
A. McCallum
Mackenzie's
Pilchard
Hobrook
A.G. Andrews Cash Grocer
B. C
J. W. Cottrill
Coal and Transfer
Ahe Forest
Abbotsford Lumber, Mining & Development Co. Limited
Bates’ Printing Office
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