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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1921
Page
3
The Made-in-B C campaign will meet in Vancouver on Monday to arrange a Cheer Up Week in November. The event aims to lift gloom in local businesses and keep industries operating through winter, helping ease unemployment.
A White Wyandotte, B162, made a major impact at the Sidney Experimental Station with high egg production. Hatched May 1 1917 she laid 182 days later and produced 267 eggs in a year, averaging 25 ounces per dozen. Her progeny, including pullets 702 and 638, carried strong records into 1921, showing transmission of the trait through the female line. Superintendent E M Straight notes inbreeding through the mother is key to sustained production.
In a junior league match last Saturday Cumberland Juniors and Cumberland High School drew 1-1. Bond opened for the Juniors, Walker equalized for the High School, with Fouracre and Bolly among the standouts and Mr. Wilson refereeing to the satisfaction of all.
A South Wellington meeting formed the Second Division Football League with W McDonald as president P Maffeo as vice president and C E B Bowlsby as secretary treasurer Eight teams attended and a full schedule was drafted detailing matchups from October 30 through January dates at South Wellington and surrounding towns including Cumberland Lantzville Northfield Celtics N Wellington Ladysmith and Davenport.
A Seattle firm won a contract to erect the new Elks Temple in Portland at a cost over one million dollars. The steel structure will rise as high as a ten storey building with a granite base and brick terra cotta exterior.
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