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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
3
Public safety guidance urges caution for summer swimmers after drowning incidents. It lists rules such as not swimming after meals, avoiding isolated areas, swimming with a buddy, checking water depth before diving, staying near shore, and cooling off with back floating and gentle movement when cramps strike. It emphasizes practicing safe techniques and staying calm if clothed or fatigued.
The White Star Canadian service is fully booked for second class through May 3 and steerage through May 7 ensuring twelve thousand British emigrants will sail to Canada. A major dynamite blast, claimed as the Grand Trunk Pacific project’s largest, occurred at Burns Lake using five tons of dynamite and 45 tons of black powder. John L. Nelson was named superintendent of dredging in British Columbia by the Department of Marine and Fisheries, succeeding H. A. Bayfield.
The Canadian Canning Company will hire twenty four Scottish girls for the Fraser river cannery and nine local Scots to fish during the salmon run. Quarters will be set for white workers and a factory on site will produce cans with a capacity of 160 000 per day, a first for the coast.
A Railway Commission decision last week cuts western express charges by about 20 percent effective July 15. Eastern rates stay unchanged. The ruling, led by Chairman H L Drayton, finds western rates unreasonable and aims to ease freight for the Prairie Provinces and British Columbia, with special rate reductions and a boost for the coast fruit industry.
At Port Moody Liberal meeting J G McConnell of the Saturday Sunset and the Morning Sun Vancouver refused the Liberal nomination tendered for the Dewdney riding. He favors Yale as a possible future seat and says winning Dewdney would be a bold Liberal slap at the Premier. The Record notes McConnell declined the nomination, likely due to hoping for a more suitable riding.
The Mission City Choral and Dramatic Society gave a second turn to Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pinafore in Imperial Hall. The cast, led by Sir Joseph Porter and Josephine, delivered lively performances with strong choruses and applauded encores. A repeat show on Saturday drew another large crowd praising the staging and actors.
Vancouver buyers dominate a busy week of property deals. Catherwood and Watson sold about twenty acres of fine fruit land on the Silverdale Road. J S Paul and family moved to Mission City and acquired 10 acres of the Reade estate on Silverdale Road. Dr Hall of Vancouver bought 10 acres of the Mitchell property and may open a dentist office in Mission City while pursuing chicken-raising and small fruits.
The Dinpress Canning Company of Vancouver has started a building for processing fruit this year and plans a larger plant next year making Mission City its headquarters according to Record.
The Morton property south of the C P R rail line between the track and Fraser River has been sold to Ardell and Kircher of Vancouver. Beatle retains the section north of the track. The new owners plan not yet disclosed development including potential real estate offices in Mission City and possible manufacturing use, aided by nearby shipping and cheap electricity.
A humorous meditation on trout fishing compares anglers to artists and critics, arguing the sport relies on deception and hospitality as the trout is lured with salmon eggs. The piece casts fishermen as braggarts and declares deception in fishing a mild vice.
A seven month old Grade Jersey heifer strayed to a residence on December 1. Owner must pay for notice and board to reclaim. Contact G. C. Kenney at 14 miles east, mile north of Wye Station.
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