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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
3
Readable pricing details show infant sandals sizes 1 to 3 and 1-2 priced at 75 cents per pair, child’s sandals sizes 4 to 7 at 85 cents per pair, and sizes 8 to 10 priced around 1.00 to 1.60 per pair.
A lyrical piece praising May and rural labor. It contrasts spring's bloom with farming toil, noting birds nesting, sow and hen husbandry, and the farmer's dawn to dusk routine. The verse celebrates the farmer, the sow and hen, and ends with a call to honor labor with banners and work.
A playful yet chaotic May editorial laments flies swarming in homes and farms. The speaker imagines housewives and children enjoying spring while swatting insects and digging worms along the creek, balancing humor with pest pride.
Matsqui council discusses a Langley road link with the Pacific Highway and six days of work by petitioners. A $250 appropriation for the Berger road is tied to the International Boundary line road, with land owners to provide a 66 foot free road allowance. Officials address railway siding, telegraph pole removal, exhibits funding, subdivision plans, damaged bridge, and shingle mill ditch repairs.
A forwarded item claims John D Rockefeller purchased Ford Motor Company assets and aims to manufacture cheap autos at about 200 dollars, enabling street workers earning 2 50 a day to own cars while gasoline prices would rise, boosting Rockefeller's profits.
Application to the province's Chief Attorney General seeks to push forward prosecutions under the Lord's Day Act. Hon. My Bowser has the matter under consideration with a decision held in abeyance pending resolution of technical points from police court rulings on prior convictions.
Post Office Inspector Greenfield of Vancouver plans a thorough tour from Vancouver to Chilliwack to inspect conditions in the Irager Valley area for the proposed rural mail delivery system. He will report to the government on needed improvements as tender deadlines pass without word.
Councillors authorize $400 for gravelling on the Townsite road funded by Western Canada Power and sign subdivision plans for Block 9. Matsqui Agricultural Society receives a $200 grant amid calls for voter input. Other motions cover land purchase, lumber, road improvements and a railway fence issue. The Court of Revision is set for May 17 at Lehman.
The Minister of Agriculture unveils a policy to revive the stock industry aiding new settlements. A dedicated Live Stock Commissioner will oversee distribution of well bred stallions bulls rams and boars owned by the department but placed with local associations under strict veterinary and maintenance conditions. Local breeders benefit through purchase in province and strengthened markets while avoiding disruption to private breeders with existing superior sires.
The writer argues Fraser Valley is under advertised for its scenery climate and soil. They say Vancouver and New Westminster should promote the valley alongside their cities to attract migrants and create local employment, noting Vancouver’s heavy city marketing attracts emigrants. They advocate naming Fraser Valley with Vancouver in ads to guide new residents to a fertile, developing district.
A seven month old Grade Jersey heifer strayed on December 1. Owner may claim by paying notice and board. Contact G. C. Kenney, 1 mile east and 1/2 mile north of Wye Station.
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