Abbotsford Scene Bright with Visitors and Gatherings
Local residents hosted and visited across Abbotsford and nearby towns. UK guests Mr and Mrs R Brown and family stayed with H Brown. Eleanor Loveday from Vancouver visited. numerous meetings and socials occurred including Caledonian Society, Embroidery Club, and church events. Labor Day trips to Cloverdale and Vancouver plus hospital news and harvest festival plans fill the week.
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R. Brown
Harvey
Bellingham
H. Brown
Eleanor Loveday
Vancouver
E. Ruthig
Roach
C. Smith
New, Westminster
Hitsman
Elmer
Oregon
Poole
Central Park
Conway
Hughes
Mission
Cottonwool Beach
Karuse
Everett, Wash
W. Little
McMenemy
A. Thompson
A. Aytes
B. Leary
Norman Sumner
Cultus Alte
Caledonian
Masonic Hall
W. Fox
Abbotsford
Stow
Mr. Norris
Georgie Stow
Annie McCrimmon
Embroidery Club
W. J. Gray
Missionary Conference Planned Across Westminster Region
The Haliex Aid and Missionary Society met at Mrs Odivall's home with a large turnout. Members agreed to meet at Mrs Parton's home Friday to sew a quilt for the Missions. An all day Missionary Conference will be held in Abbotsford with representatives from New Westminster and Chilliwack auxiliaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haliex' Aid and Missionary Society
Odivall
Melaites
Mra It
Parton
The
Missionary Society
Te Washminster Presterial Missionary, Society
Abbotsford
Hieard
New Westminster
Chilliwack
Sparrow by now selling bran at 150 per sack
Sparrow announces bran priced at 150 per sack with immediate availability. Local distributor states supply steady and customers urged to place orders promptly.
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Sparrow
Weekly report highlights harvest and threshing across provinces
The report notes widespread harvesting in Prairie and Western provinces with favorable weather. Wheat yields vary by region from below average in some eastern districts to above average in British Columbia, with detailed district assessments for Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina, and Winnipeg. Fruits and vegetables show good progress with apples, peaches, plums, and tomatoes moving toward expected quality.
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Prarie
Weo
Albarta
Dept. of Agriculture Ins
Quebec
Ostaria
Bronswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island II
Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Calgary
Saskatoon
North
Saskatchewan
Regina
Winnipeg
British Columbia
Okanagan
Vancouver Island
Canadian Pacific reports grain loaded 1922 23
The Canadian Pacific railway reveals a crop year comparison showing a 60 million bushel rise in all grains over 1921 22. From September 1 1922 to August 31 1923 total grain loaded at inter points reached 213 196 209 bushels across 143 445 cars towed, including 120 988 cars carrying wheat totaling 175 909 282 bushels and 22 426 cars of coarse grains totaling 37 286 920 bushels.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sparrow Begins Bran Sales At One Fifty Per Sack
Sparrow announces bran sold at 1.50 per sack with customers urged to purchase soon as demand grows.
Beekeeper Seeks Civil Action Over Destruction of Equipment
Cloverdale report shows Wilfred M. Smith filed a $1 562 claim against the Department of Agriculture after inspectors destroyed his beekeeping gear in Surrey during June. He may sue if unpaid. Smith won the Hudson's Bay gold medal for best honey at the Vancouver exhibition despite losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloverdale
Wilfred M. Smith
Surrey
Department of Agriculture
Smith
Hudson's Bay
Vancouver Exhibition
Happily Wedded at All Saints Church
A pretty wedding was solemnized at All Saints church last Thursday afternoon uniting Randolph Appleby and Irelie Portsmouth. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. H K K Greene and followed by a reception at the bride’s home before they depart for the coast. They will reside at Dewdney where the groom ran a fruit farm. The couple were attended by Misses Sheil Connellan and Karo Appleby with Rank Appleby as groomsman. The couple receive many well wishes from Mission City and Dewdney. An inspection of railway lines in the Peace River country is under way for the Alberta government by James Kennedy and B. Cartwright, with a full investigation planned into road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints Church
Randolph
la S. Appleby
Irelie
Chas
Portsmouth
H.K.K. Greene
Lappy Qonpile
Coast
Heg
Dewdney
Sheil
Connellan
Karo Appleby
Dyidesnatis
Rank Appleby
Mission City
Peace River
Albera
Messrs
James Kennedy
B. Cartwright
Alberta Population Growth 1900s to 1921
Between 1900 and 1921 Alberta’s population rose from 73 000 to 587 644. About sixty percent of residents are of British origin reflecting large immigration and settlement during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Oliver admits Ottawa against B C on dumping duty
Premier Oliver reports a telegram from Jacques Bureau the federal customs minister recommending a regulation to curb evasion of the dumping duty on fruit shipments. He says BC growers and prairie consumers oppose each other making effective action hard to secure cooperation for total elimination of dumping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Oliver
Jacques Bureau
British Columbia
Powell River Company to Build 26 Homes at Powell River
The Powell River Company plans to erect twenty six residences at Powell River costing about £100,000. Hodgson, King & Marble, builders of a butler hough at Powell River, have secured the contract for the first ten houses under the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell River Company
Powell River
Messrs. Hodgson
King & Marble
Butler Hough
Commission to study pulpwood export embargo in Canada
Premier King announced that the government appointed commission to inquire into the advisability of an embargo on pulpwood exports from Canada will begin its activities very soon. The discussion centers on limiting shipments of pulpwood abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
King
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Poultry and Eggs
J. J. SP
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Fred G. Maynard
M. J. Iusley
Maynard
Seattle
T. Little
A. Taylor
Edmonds
Wash
A. George
Vancouver Hospital
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Huntingdon
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Kidd
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Wye
R. Gilmore
Morrow
Leslie Trethewey
Harrison Springs
Mills
Sumns Prairie
Garley
St. Matthews Church
M. H. Jackson
St. Georges Church
Broughton Hag
E. Gordon
Bella Coole
James Taylor
Paul Taylor
Wancouver
Hore
Bank OF Mondara
Beerkepper
Agriculture Dept
J. K. McMenemy
Evelyn McMenemy
Nanaimo
Sim Trethewey
I’. BH. Trethewey
A. C. Salt
B.C
Albert Lee
Baker and Grocer
A. McCallum
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Deta
Fraser Valley Record
Appleby
Portmoute
Chilliway
Whendock
Aldergrove
Richmond Mission City
Agassia
MR. Oliver
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