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Newspaper

Abbotsford Post

Location

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Date

May 11, 1917

Page

4

Matsqul Council Appropriations and Road Plans

Council approves several road funding moves including $100 for Township Line east of C P R, $300 for Clayburn screening plint, $300 gravelling for Aish road, consider tenders for Township Line grading, and notice bylaw 1917 tax rates for railway and phone properties. Rebate deadlines set September 30 and November 30. Dyking crossing cost to be charged to the dyking district.

B.C. B Melander-Phinney Ward IL Pemberton Road Owen Dyking Ossing On

By law adoption and monthly meeting notices cited

The by law marker was reconsidered and finally passed and adopted and signed by the reeve and clerk under the corporate seal. Bills for one month were read and passed. Bis may be read at the semi monthly meeting but are only passed at the regular meeting the first Saturday of the month.

Fright Fire Destroys Farm Buildings in Fraser Valley

In Fraser Valley the Horning fire devastated Mrs. G A Watson farmstead. Mrs Watson and Miss Apps escaped uninjured but deeply frightened as flames took hold. They crawled from a loft window and jumped to ground. The blaze damaged a stable and chicken coop. loss is partly insured.

Fraser Valley G. A. Watson Miss Apps

Unloads Another Car This Week Me

Unclear OCR text describes unloading actions and a Ford factory or depot setting. The readable fragments mention Margitt and other persons loading words and a sequence of unloading tasks. Unable to extract a coherent event with clear entities or dates from the fragment.

Margitt Adaller

Rhubarb Shipments Set by Hatzic and Valley Growers

Hatzic growers ship rhubarb this week and can load another car the next week. Eraser Valley growers plan to ship a car of rhubarb on Friday. Orders from Vancouver area request no further shipments for now.

Hatzic Tsa Shire Eraser Valley Vancus

Unclear text fragment on trade and markets

Fragmentary OCR describes markets, ads and mentions vendors and trades. It references Vancouver and Canada with mass products and potential mine topics, but the readable content is garbled and lacks coherent events or names.

Fragmented Text Reflects Local Debate On Welfare

The readable portions show a discussion about community concerns and a resident named Ye dosyulio? The text hints at political questions and objections to a proposed measure. It mentions a Kalngt and breeding pools, suggesting local governance and resident worries without clear names or dates.

Amd Uyak Lily Ercabours Lily Ercabours Suis Ding Himself. Sle Don't Dike Etn Che Mather

Dewdney Doings and Coast Visits Reported

Local notes list visits to the coast by Mr rel Uuller and Mrs T My Huirsing, attendance at a Vancouver carnival, and a wedding near Vancouver. Bear hunting near Hutzie Prairie and mountain goats spotted in the Bue Lake region are mentioned along with heavy snow and new wheel buggys reducing wheel count and grease use.

Rel Uuller Teft Geo. Newton Watco Vancouver T. My Huirsing Flr Robt. Peacock Hutzie Prairie Tira D. Fellows Z. M. Cox Meg. Henry Watson Albert Johnson Mazel McIntosh Tle Coast Dereidy Vanaciver Rues Chas Erly Lake Bonehir

Community Social Notes At Deroche And District

Mrs Trembly hosted a Wednesday afternoon gathering with friend Mrs Perk of Vancouver. A pleasant afternoon was spent as neighbors discuss local settlers and progress on Fraser River works. A district unveiling and evening concert were planned to honor the event.

Fraser

Eidoné Cur Rathoaus Wallwaee Seria Foe

Fragmentary OCR notes describe a train or passage event with references to passenger movement and a partial history. The text mentions a timeline around Ney Seustrietion and a Canadian rail history context, with unclear outcomes and locations.

Fragmented financial note on ATV Roth 9 and 16 Wak totals

Fragmentary OCR text mentions ATV ROTH 9, 25027, 071, andy she toily with numbers 109,659,088. It notes a total wyaratl 16 Wak and 8.0 per cent of ross, with unclear references to Gepeises, suggesting a damaged financial record or balance summary.

Vigaba ATV Roth Andy She Toily Cecil Hue Wyaratl Liat Operallik Gepeises Ito Ross Quia Ee Evpensut

Old Rome Papell and the Life of a Town in Print

The piece meditates on a local newspaper as the town’s compass and mirror. It praises the daily paper’s reach into rural life, editorials, and countryside items while urging readers to value its imperfect but truthful portrayal of people's struggles and aspirations.

Harper's Muvuntar Hale Mikes Ecole Pot Coley Cho Bay Chicke Grover Theodore Vale of Steara Galifornia Limited Elianea Eplel Hitle Pest

Lands to be opened for homesteads on modern Oregon coast

Act of Congress dated June 9, 1916 revests title to sale lands in United States. Two million three hundred thousand acres opened for homesteady and sale. Timber and agricultural lands described as containing the best land left in the area.

ON & Portland Rateroad &Co Ghant Congress

Bates and Port of Portland Land Map Note

Fragmentary notice describes a map showing sections and descriptions of land parcels in Portland Oregon. Mentions post office box 610 and the Grant Lands company with a one dollar grant token.

Ualtad Bates Inaida Portland, Or

Notch Partnership Dissolves in Abbotsford Garage Co

Notice to whom it may concern states the partnership between Swift and GA Ryall under Abbotsford Garage Co in Abbotsford town Urligh Columbia ends by mutual consent on the ninth day of May 1907. The undersigned acknowledges the dissolution and involvement of the partners.

Novich A Swift GA. Ryall Nine Abbotsford Garage Co Abbotsford Urligh Columbia Aecolink Abbotarord

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J.G. Copping Pioneer Meat Market Abbotsivrd, BC Vancouver Island Kootenay British Columbia Telephone Co. Limited Albert Lee Grocer Matsqul Bere’s Rhotbark Budag Battar Prado Deroche Eidoné Rathoaus Rome J. H. Jones Hunerul Mission City Hugh McBride Alexandria Huntingdon Emery Abbotsford, B.C A. J. Henderson & Sons Alexandria Hotel JM. Murphy Propriett
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