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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1926
Page
3
Jock Stewart quits football for farming joining Sid Hunt to run about 100 acres with 15 milking cows. The pair plan a dairy business while Stewart still makes daily rounds delivering milk bottles, leaving soccer fans noting his absence on the Blues and Whites team.
The note hints at Jock possibly appearing in one or two home games while he and his partner pursue a new venture. It wishes them luck in this move.
In Lamont Alberta a five year old Russian girl named Annie learned to sing "Jesus loves me" through a breathing tube after diphtheria surgery. Chaplain Rev. C W W Ross taught her to sing despite fear. Her care was funded by Canada United Church charity viewed as practical service.
A young United Church minister sent to an Alberta community began playing pickup games with locals. After a bumbling first appearance he moved from left field to third base and stayed the rest of the season, with the annual baseball picnic serving as a turning point.
Pre emptions allow British subjects over 18 and aliens intending to become British to claim vacant Crown lands for agricultural use with five year occupancy and $10 per acre improvements. Purchase rules set minimums of $5 per acre for arable and $2.60 for grazing with timber lands and leases for homesites and industrial sites. Grazing districts manage ranges under a Grazing Commissioner with permits based on numbers and established ownership.
In the seventh inning the rival communities clashed as he arrived at bat. A three bagger and a fervent prayer saved his standing. He proposed a Baseball Sunday at the refreshment booth with the sermon The Baseball of Life and every team member pledged to attend. The church then resembled a Toronto street car at rush hour with team play and sacrifice hitting guiding the discussion.
Canadian Manufacturers' Association figures show 1,719,282 cases of salmon were packed in British Columbia in 1925, the only year in which the total did not exceed the previous year. The 1924 total was 1,745,313 cases.
The association has shipped 2 000 bushels of registered Marquis wheat to Buenos Aires Argentina for seed use in Argentina's agricultural program.
A one million dollar sawmill is being erected near Vancouver by Capilano Timber. It will have a daily capacity to cut 250 000 feet of lumber and produce 200 000 shingles. The project signals expansion in regional timber industry.
The Can adian National Railways announces a new observation point at mile 10.73 Tee Jaune subdivision for passengers to view Mount Robson. Mount Robson, highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, rises to nearly 13 000 feet above sea level.
In a tense exchange, Dr. Gordon questions a patient about prior work as gold gleams from the drill’s end. The man curses, confessing a mix up with a Saskatchewan seed grower’s tag seen on his collar.
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