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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
2
The Abbotsford Post is published every Friday by the Post Publishing Company. Advertising rates are available on application. Legal advertising charges apply per insertion with fines for later listings. The paper positions itself as loyal to the government and community.
A deputy minister of agriculture urges Western Canada to enter the One Thousand Dollar Stilwell Trophy for the best exhibit of potatoes at the American Land and Irrigation Exposition in New York from November 3 to 12, 1911. Exhibit quality, uniformity, and official yield surveys will determine the winner.
Police court reports from Prager Valley detail the crackdown on Indian berry pickers east of Mission City. Magistrates Verchere and Murray handed imprisonment and fines after a sobriety inquiry into whiskey sales to Indians. several individuals, including a Mataqui Indian and a half blood, were cited for drunkenness and possession.
A mix of light anecdotes and local color recounts arrests for alleged liquor violations and a whimsical tale of Isaac Watts and a clever boy in a Fraser Valley Record style column. The piece blends humor, school life, and rural scenes with brief moral reflections.
Mr. Gerald Ketcheson secures a position on the C PR R ay mail clerk east of Calgary. Miss Florence McTaggart of Vancouver spends the summer at White Cottage. Mr. J. G. Michielay appointed Dominion Express agent for the coming summer at this point. Mr. P. L. Ketcheson travels to Vancouver on business. Mr. E. A. Earle is on the six list. Mr. G. Ross, former express agent here, stops over Sunday en route to Revelstoke. Mr. Donald McGillvray of Abbotsford spends Sunday at Idlewyle. Miss S. A. Mills spends the weekend in Vancouver. Mr. C. Croke of Mission City takes the census. Mr. Clifford Slack of Abbotsford spends Sunday here. Mr. F. Stratton of Vancouver spends a few holidays here.
Tobacco Leaf Hellsbore Paris Green Bluestone Sulphur Potassium Sulphide and other summer sprays are advertised at Sluphen's Drug Stores for garden pest control and plant protection.
On Friday evening Mr David Rees married Miss Sarah Waller at All Saints church. Rev Weatherdon conducted the ceremony with Miss Harris as bridesmaid and J A Haddad as best man. The couple will reside in Mission City.
Help wanted for immediate purchase or hire of a good-sized camping tent. Applicants should contact X. Y. Z. for details and arrangements.
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