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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1910
Page
4
Philip McDonald announces plans to apply to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for a six month renewal of the Huntingdon Hotel licence in Huntingdon B C commencing July 1 1910. Notice dated April 27 1910.
Mr and Mrs J A Blair returned home Sunday from a week at the coast. Mr Hamill of P Burns Company who was hurt by a runaway team at Pelingham soon after voting trends is able to work again. Mr Brown of the V V F staff left for Vancouver Monday morning. Mrs Walter Wells returned Monday from Chiliwack where she had been visiting her sister. Mr Alex McCallum who bought the Atkinson place south of town is adding a house. he expects to move soon. Mr Thomas Hartnell of the Lincoln Lumber Company at Langley was in town on business and pleasure. Mrs Baldwin and children are visiting friends at Bellingham this week. Mrs Shireed arrived Wednesday from Vancouver where she was visiting her daughter Miss Shereed. Mr Alex Cruickshank was in town Thursday.
Mr Weir visited Vancouver friends this week to meet Mr Russell regarding placing a car station on Oil Company land and related work promised by the BC Parafin Oil Company. Mr Law and Vancouver leaders toured the drilling operations and urged regular Great Northern train service between here and Westminster.
A new Presbyterian manse is planned with a subscription drive already raising funds. $600 has been subscribed as supporters hope to provide a comfortable home for Rev. J A Campbell if he remains in the community. Nearby, friends of Mr Jack McLean note he twisted his back at work and is now in New Westminster hospital.
Mr and Mrs Holcomb are well known in Abbotsford, having resided here for many years. If Jack Anderton, the chauffeur, hadn't run down a dog, he might have been forgiven for maturing at high speed as people left church. He too had left church after church behind.
The latest theory suggests Halley’s comet gas may irritate the nose and throat. Once a source of awe it is now portrayed as a nuisance provoking sneezes.
The poet's dinner features the author of Tenraide ters represented by Spring Onions. A question to Harry asks if he has any.
A long hotel arrivals column lists guests and origins including E M Murray Vancouver Mrs Welch Vancouver D Porter Vancouver S F Ball Missouri L F Williams Westminster and many more names and hometowns. The notice reads like a social register entry detailing travelers and their locations from cities such as Seattle Spokane Tacoma Chilliwack Matsqui Revelstoke Dublin Ireland and London England.
Tenders have been called for sixty miles of road from New Westminster with work to begin immediately. Completion is set for June 1, 1911. The project includes bridging grading masonry track laying ballasting and erection of a telegraph line.
Abbotsford buzzes with Vancouver speculators as many properties change hands in recent weeks. Land values range from $50 to $175 per acre and town lots from $75 to $800, with expectations that prices will surge in a week or two.
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