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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
6
Names arrive and depart as Abbotsford residents mingle with Vancouver and Vancouver Island visitors. Cyril Hutton-Harrop returns from England with his bride while Mr. Christie and John McCallum visit. new roads south of G N tracts. bee inspector My Todd touring Abbotsford. Alexandrus Hotel at Huntingdon furnished. several locals involved in church, business, and education noted.
Mr Sparrow plans to ship a fine batch of broilers to Lu nas on July 6 during Canada Day celebrations. The Matsqui Farmers Institute hosts a Dominion Day picnic at Municipal Hall Mt. Lehinin with foot races for married men women and children and a bugle war and football match. Music by Abbotsford Orchestra with admission priced at 1 dollar. proceeds benefit the Agricultural Association.
The Matsqui council debated enforcing a Noxious Weeds By law requiring cutting Canadian thistles by July 40th. It discussed the Municipal Rate By law, proposed taxes on wild land and real property, and questioned road funding amid rising assessments and land prices. The meeting also addressed light and power line safety before by law passage.
The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian church hosts a strawberry festival at Mrs McLemeny Jon’s home on Wednesday the 19th at 5 o clock. Tea ice cream and strawberries on offer. Everyone invited.
The Lac Loyal Orange Lodges of New Westminster district No 2 met on Tuesday evening the 11th, with nearly all officers present. A large gathering heard reports, and plans for July celebrations in New Westminster were noted. The next annual meeting is planned for Mission City in January. Abbotsford members hosted a fine supper after the session.
A hotel arrival ledger lists numerous visitors including W McCallum from Ney and Westminster, Dan Peterson from New Westminster, Thos Campbell from Chilliwack, J Nixon from Vancouver, N V Hanson from Portland, J D Whittier from Mission City, H Hutchenson from Dennison, H B Knox from Vancouver, Geo Phillips from New Westminster, F N McCrady from Burnaby, and many others from cities such as Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission City, Vancouver, and Edmonton, indicating broad regional travel. The compilation includes multiple individuals with last names like Campbell, McLean, Briggs, Gibbard, Pakenham, and Knight, reflecting a busy cross-border or intercity guest flow.
Seattle June 14 business men of the state financed tests the chemistry department of the University of Washington desires to make to determine the possible uses of for real by products and as a result a cat
Dr Henry K Banson associate professor of chemistry plans chemical experiments at the University of Washington using firetump stumps from Whattown County shipped free by the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound Railroad. Stumps will be reduced at Cadillac plant and returns used to prove substances of market value could pay for land clearing costs, potentially saving forestry industry large sums.
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