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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
8
After January 1 1905 all accounts to this office will be closed and placed for collection. Subscribers in arrears who have not made satisfactory arrangements will be cut off the list. This is straight goods and the above will be strictly adhered to thereafter.
Local and General notes report Mrs. McWhee as guest of Mrs. R Green of Pincher Creek. First Edmonton to Winnipeg CN R train departed November 20. Great Northern Railway offers special rates eastward with prices in ad. Justice Harvey to hold Supreme Court sittings at Lethbridge this week and again December 18. Holiday rail rates to western points promoted by CPR during the month. Reports of cattle losses from the storm rise. A Town Hall concert by the Holy Cross Church Ladies Aid is set for December 11 with tickets 15, 25 and 59 cents. Mail service on the C&E line continues with no remedy yet. Nanton News notes poor mail service along Calgary to Macleod. Contractors moved away from stepped work and machinery, delaying progress. C.Y.R. praised for Macleod. Dr. Egbert of Calgary to visit Macleod December 8 and 9 for eye fittings at Queen's Hotel. Col Macleod announces $500 be split between Pincher Creek and Macleod schools. no existing Fort Macleod school funds to be diverted. P. D. McTavish of International Correspondence Schools promoted to Brandon Man with headquarters at Nelson BC. Curling club met at Queens Hotel. G F Beere elected secretary-treasurer. teams chosen. enthusiasm high. A large crowd expected for winter play.
A Calgary to Edmonton north bound train was wrecked near Millett at 15 15 p m. Several crew injured including Engineer I Walker and Fireman A Dunbar. Mail clerk Glendening and express messenger hurt. Baggageman Carsop cut. Wreck caused by a broken rail with engine and cars displaced. mail car thrown forward, baggage car atop engine. Also notes a local Opera company performance and community appeal for a Christmas edition.
Friday's school entertainment drew a large crowd with standing room at a premium. Laurence Hicks gave a brief welcome, and the program showcased an orchestra selection, a greeting to the King, a popular action song by Ten Little Daisies, a recitation by Russell Whipple, a Japanese Love Song by Gussie Gardiner, and a Flag Drill by sixteen girls. Teachers' planning and labor received high praise from the community.
The program includes chorus Soldiers of Canada by the Glee Club, Buster Brown incubator by Winslow Hill, a ten boy action song Topsy Turvy, and orchestra selections. Mrs Plodding's Nieces features a scheme to wed her son to six modern daughters. Mary refuses, ending with family censure and a final God Save the King.
A 1905 year end notice warns that all unbalanced accounts will be turned over to collection as banks demand repayment. The manager, briefly sidelined by a pencil mishap, plans to revive the shop with marked down stock and new cash or short credit offers to entice settling debts.
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