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Newspaper
Davidson Leader
Location
Davidson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
1
For sale half section five miles from Bladworth 160 acres broken. Listed by Juhenstem Bladworth. Prime farming land with good soil potential. Contact local listings for details and price.
Land Titles Act sale by public auction at the Empress Hotel in Davidson Saskatchewan on July 21 at 2 pm MST. The North West quarter of Section 2 Township 29 Range 28 West of the Second Meridian is offered, about thirteen miles north and east of Davidson with fifty acres cultivated. 20 percent cash at sale. balance per terms. Sealed reserve bid. taxes and seed grain liens only encumbrances. For details contact Mackenzie Brown & Company Regina.
Summary of land rules for homestead entry in the Canadian Northwest. Describes head of family or single male over 21, residence and cultivation requirements for three years, preemption rights, and patent conditions. Notes Lands Agency involvement and ministerial authority, with warning against unauthorized advertising.
J G Robertson writes from London in June 1917 describing letters to the Times and public debate on air raids Ireland and conscription in Canada. He notes hospital care in France and England, a severed leg, arm amputation, Red Cross praise, and plans to visit a friend’s mother while recovering.
Regina July 1917 acknowledgment notes $207.25 received from Trenton Women's Grain Growers Association bazaar, proceeds for the Belelan Orphan Fund. Secretary Mrs W W Hanson extends thanks to donors and countrymen for generosity and support to Belgian relief efforts.
The Dominion government will establish a sample market at Fort William within a short time. Officials say current conditions suit testing the market system as all grain moves through open channels and the move could affect market operations.
A. Norris, local Chevrolet dealer and blacksmith, awards a contract to Arnberg for a new garage on the west side of the blacksmith shop. The 42 by 60 foot structure includes a repair room and storage, with space for a pump, tank, air pump, lathe, and crane.
The Crops Report notes a expected bumper crop in parts but overall yields may reach about half a crop. Wheat storage estimates for 1917 range around 15 to 16 bushels per acre. Early grain progress stalled by frost and heat with dry conditions. rain is needed to improve prospects. No hail damage reported in Davidson district this season.
The Davidson Addictions with the Masons plan the annual Basket Picnic at Long Lake on Wednesday July 15. Members who wish to join should notify Melville Mann or B. C. Jensen before that date. Visiting brethren invited.
Mrs Norris thanks donors for the Red Crome event. Contributions include A Friend and Roy Durning with J Steele providing an ice cream freezer for the dance held at 1 Denislies's Mesars.
A community meeting in a town of about 600 residents aimed to raise funds for a project. Forty participants pledged $100 each, reaching toward a target near $8,000. The event drew a growing crowd and used an improvised street platform for speeches.
The Experimental Farms Report outlines work at the Central Farm Ottawa and fifteen branches across Canada. Volume I includes director’s overview and divisions on chemistry, field husbandry and animal husbandry. Volume II will cover horticulture, cereasm botany, bees, forage plants, poultry, tobacco, illustration of rations, and publicity. It notes costs of growing crops such as mangels 81.55 per ton, silage corn 1.45 per ton, hay 5.06 per ton, and discusses barnyard manure fertilization advantages and new seed strains with trials in oats, barley, peas, beans, and flax. Free copies available from the Department of Agriculture Publications Branch, Ottawa.
July 22 services listed across churches with 11 am public worship and Sunday School times. Rev. AJ Henderson presiding. details show multiple locations including Trenton and nearby congregations.
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