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Newspaper
Estevan Progress
Location
Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
5
Land offering three miles from Estevan fully fenced. Available for cash or terms. Inquiries directed to Progress Office.
The notice lists Holiness 11 a.m. Praise 3 15 p.m. Salvation 7 p.m. Young People 2 p.m. on Sunday and Tuesday and Saturday 8 p.m. Ensign and Mrs Hedley V Jones are thanked as officers in charge.
Editorial outlines a mayoral race between Major Smith a long time town leader and record of service and F W Newcombe a 1910 arrival active in the Board of Trade. with no stated issue, voters must judge on personality and public service records.
The article notes six candidates for five council vacancies, with the last ballot position likely to incur a skip vote for variation. It mentions no Social Democrats or Bolsheviks, hints at a possible delinquent taxpayers candidate, and highlights town debt reduction and a proposal to spread debt via debentures while urging residents to pay down current obligations to lower future taxes.
A Canadian agriculture note urges farmers to disinfect barns twice yearly to curb animal diseases. It highlights sunlight, whitewash, and coal tar disinfectants, plus thorough cleaning, to reduce losses from tuberculosis abortion scours and parasites. Official guidance from Ottawa offers free instructions.
At a Monday meeting a vacancy on the school board led to a plan where women nominated a successor. If another female candidate emerged we would step down, and a telephone nomination would place a lady on the board to join the three male trustees in governance.
Three candidates vie for two vacancies with Mrs Gertrude L Rodgers, A E McKay and J A Smith. The piece argues for women’s representation amid differing opinions and notes Mrs Gesell's gradual recovery after illness.
The article quotes Minister of Agriculture T A Crerar on postwar meat trade. He says export markets will absorb Canadian beef bacon and livestock at firm prices, given European cattle scarcity and demand. He urges farmers to maintain war time breeding, conserve breeding females, and improve herds through careful sire selection.
John A. Reid, agent general for Alberta and former London representative, recently halted en route to Edmonton from Ottawa to see longtime friends Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith. Reid, once connected with the Northwest Territories government, remains closely tied to early western provincial history.
Local shop announces top dollar for hides with Kellys Hartress and Shoe Store offering high prices for animal skins.
Former Mounted Police staff sergeant Larry Lett, long in charge of the local detachment, was in town on Monday afternoon. Now with the Saskatchewan Provincial Police in Weyburn, he and Mrs. Lett have lived in Prince Albert since leaving the area.
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