Fraser Valley Chinese Farmers Debate Land Use Rules
A Vancouver Island style letter to the editor argues against Chinese immigration into agriculture in British Columbia. The writer urges legislation to bar Orientals from owning or leasing farmland and from selling vegetables beyond personal use, claiming white farmers will be driven out and markets ruined. The piece cites local Chinese populations in New Westminster and Vancouver and decries perceived competition from Asian labor.
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China
Fraser Valley
Ufe
New Westfinisies
Vancouver
Canada
U. S
B.C
Meanest Man in the World and Local Appeals Noted
A reader letter complains about a subscriber who asks for obituary copies and marriage clipping while asking to stop his paper due to costs. The piece also includes a Dewey-area observer’s critique urging farmer and fruit grower organization amid Chinese vegetable growers impacting Prager Valley trade and coast city markets.
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Campellsville
Iy) News-Journal
Iy Neies
Lebanon
Distribution of Seed Grain and Potatoes 1915 16
The Honorable Minister of Agriculture announces a free distribution of superior grain and potatoes to Canadian farmers for winter and spring. Samples include spring wheat oats barley and field peas, sent from Ottawa. Potatoes come from multiple experimental farms with Ontario and Quebec supply. Each farm must send a separate signed request, one grain and one potato sample per farm, no printed forms accepted. Fire at Ottawa cereal building may limit distribution.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Grain and potato seed applications addressed to Ottawa farm
Applications for grain and Ontario Quebec potatoes must be sent to the Common Cerealist Central Experimental Farm Ottawa without postage. Include clear need, experience, and soil type. Potatoes from other provinces should go to the nearest branch Experimental Farm, postage prepaid. J H Grisdale Director Dominion.
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Ontario
Quebec
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
J. H. Grisdale
Dominion
Matsqui Council Ledger Details Extensive Road Work
The Matsqui council itemizes payments for bridges, roads, ditches, and weed cutting across Ward I II III, including Mt Lehman road repairs, Long's bridge work, and plowing. Totals exceed 376 dollars with numerous names such as J Morrison Bradner Supply Co John Cray and Ward II lines listing providers, labor, and materials plus clerk and delegate expenses.
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D. B. McDougald
Mt. Lehman Road
J. A. Morrison
Long's Bridge
P. Jackman
Percy Phillips
Phillips’ Hill
Nicholl
R. Donaldson
T. L Baker
M Cameron
J. Fanset
R. Brough
C. Welland
A. J. Horne
W. L. Stewart
B. Pope
Lee
J G. Pope
A. Smafley
D. Heslin
A. B. Wagner
N. B. Brough
City Council Reconsiders Road ByLaws And Tax Plan
Finance committee report approved and cheques cleared. A bylaw creating a 66 foot wide Page road and designating Nicholson and Schroerer roads in Section 14 was reconsidered adopted and finally passed. Council will introduce a bylaw for tax relief on payments from September 30 to November 30 1915. Adjournment set for 11 am Saturday October 16 at the clerk’s home to discuss finances.
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Henan
Abbots, Timber & Trading Co. Ltd
Ward Tit
Matsqui Village
Schmitz
James Hutchinson
Ward
James Clark
T. EB
Taylor
W. Logan
G. W Taylor
J Sanderson
J. Christenson
J. McNeil
James Truseler
W. Reeves
A, T&t. Co. Ltd
Beaton
Andeen Road
Nelson Machell
Page Road
Nels Fore
Fore Road
R. Mercer
Riverside Road
Johnson Cannon
S. Yeomans
Joe Frederickson
Crist
Harris Road
Carl Fiodin
Elmin Plodin
C. Svard
Wallace Street
P. P. Halverson
Br Dalton
Sim
G. McTagiart
Sim Road
J. M. Igeland
T. B. Jensen
Carl Pole
Thos Goodchild
W. H. Robinson
Alex Beaton
H. ©. Page
L. Burn
H. Spilling
P. A. Johnson
Paul Elin
Dick Parker
John Pace
Manuel Nordin
Burnett & McGugan
Mercer
Mercer and Beharrel
Dickinson & Buckerfield
Skouge
Phinney
Gus Farman
L. DeLegalle
Lehr
H. Skouge
John Chiato
Ison
R. M. H. Bensin
H Watkins
K. Gillies
G. Waltere
Thos Bradner
Join Murray
T. F. Seldon
L. DeLasalle
C. T. Purver
John Swanson
R. A. Baynes
G Pox
A. C. Gustafson
Jack Sylvas
Bam Young
Clayburn Company Limited
HL. C. Benson
Gus Buyse
N. Auburn
MM. P. Rolf
Abbotsford
Chilliwack
A. Cruickshank
M.Z. Melander
A. McCallum
R. Owen
Elliott-McCallum
Nicholson
Schroerer
Melander
Abbotsford Post: Local Beat Job Printing Patronized
The Abbotsford Post, the only newspaper serving Abbotsford, reports on local printing patronage and community business support. Editors emphasize its role as a dedicated source for Abbotsford news and events.
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Abbotsford
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The
Post Publishing Company
J. A. Bates
Vpriday
J. H. Grindale
Dominion Experimental Forms
Hmself
Dewdhey
Drs. Gilbert
Gilbert
Matsqui Council
Mission City
Matsqui-Sumas Board OF Trade
Chas. Hill-Tout
S. A. Morley
Wm, Roberts
Old Creamery
the Royal Studio
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