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Chilliwack Free Press

Location

Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Aug 16, 1912

Page

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Chilliwack Local Ads and Notices Highlight Summer Trade

Local notices list Ashwells promotions for fall styles and suits while J Knight & Co. sell horse feed and flour. The Free Press reports touring officials, school reopens August 26, and a Vancouver exhibition fare sale. Crime notes include liquor offenses involving Chinese and Indian individuals and a case where a boy of eleven is linked to a father’s illicit spending.

Ashwells J. Knight & Co J. W. Derby Johnson's Lillie Cordwood City Transfer Co Chilliwack Sardis Morden W. G. Lillie Vancouver B. C. Electric Railway Fraser Valley Baptist Methodist Cultus Lake Town's Grove G. H. W. Ashwell Free Press Colums Baptist Church J. T. Marshall Fong Sing Henry Yuen Popcum Henry New Westminster J. H. A. Pilkey Pilkey LeRoy Frank Arthur Napier Pilkey

Premier to Lay Corner Stone at Chilliwack High School

The chancellor plans to lay the corner stone around September in Chilliwack with Premier Sir Richard McBride likely performing the ceremony. Other notes include local business moves and a fatal tuberculosis case, plus recent hotel alterations and property sales in the valley.

Chilliwack High School Richard McBride

Big banquet in Chilliwack for Vancouver Progressive Association

The Vancouver Progressive Association plans a banquet for about two hundred members in Chilliwack on August 29. The event aims to present the association’s aims and to seek affiliation with the local Board of Trade in a move toward provincial scope. The gathering promises optimism for local interests and potentialities.

Board of Trade H. J. Barker Vancouver Progressive Association Chilliwack Progressive Association

Ashcroft Postmaster Honored With Gold Watch

W. H. Kipp and family of Ashcroft B C visit Mr and Mrs H Kipp in Westminster St. After ten years in Ashcroft and nearly nine as postmaster the townspeople present him a gold watch in token of appreciation and esteem.

W. H. Kipp Ashcroft B. C Kipp H. Kipp Westminster St

Wesley Scouts Return From Cultus Lake Camp 1912

The Wesley Troop of Boy Scouts returned from an eleven day camp at Cultus Lake under canvas. Scout master W. Abbott and Asst. Scout master C. A. Woodworth led a well behaved group with no accidents or sickness. The boys enjoyed swimming, games, and camp fires, and thank Mr. Eckert and Mr. Evans for transport and supplies.

Wesley Troop Boy Scouts Cultus Lake Mr. Eckert Mr. Evans W. Abbott C. A. Woodworth

Provincial Game Laws Regulate Hunted Birds by District

The revised regulations cover grouse in specified districts including Richmond and Chilliwhack from Sept 2 to Dec 31 with variations per area. Ducks geese and snipe may be hunted mainland and adjacent islands from Sept 2 to Feb 28, 1913. Pheasants, deer, and snow restrictions apply, with a six-bird daily limit and a snow condition rule.

Richmond Dewdney Delta Chilliwhack Kent Municipality Yale Comox Cranbrook Fernie Queen Charlotte Islands

Buckeye Ditching Machine Offered for Under-Draining Chilliwack

Tuk Valley Drainage & Contracting Co announces a new office in Hart Block Chilliwack inviting landowners to discuss under-draining options. The Buckeye Traction Ditcher can dig trenches up to 14 1/4 inches wide and deep to grade with a clean trench ready for tile or cedar box drains.

Hart Block Chilliwack Tuk Valley Drainage & Contracting Co.r Hf. Winslow

Womans Institute Picnic at Morden's Grove

The annual gathering under the Womans Institute and Farmers Institute at Morden's grove drew a large crowd. Games and amusements entertained attendees while the menu pleased the hungry. Mr and Mrs Morden hosted warmly. Rain cut the program short yet the event was praised as one of the season's pleasant outings.

Womans’ Institute Farmers’ Institute Morden’s Grove Morden

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