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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
1
A reflective piece argues that older manufacturing valued honesty and resisted adulteration, contrasting past crafts with today’s more impure methods. It praises old fashioned soap making, describes a three pound bar and its accompanying dish cloth, and notes a trial bar priced at twenty five cents.
The report lists charges and remands from June to early June in various cases including theft of horse and steer, drunkenness, and false pretenses, with notes on Pike's drowning and Brouelette’s arrest. It also describes a mountain slide risk near Frank, coal mine issues, and rescue efforts affecting horses and miners.
School report lists students with scores across grade levels from Sr V to Class C. Notable names include Maggie Bates Marjorie Hilton Fred Grier Bertha McLachlan Robbie Barnes Eddie Ryan Bessie Jaffray Russell Whipple Bertie Patterson Jessie Jackson Gussie Gardiner Irene McCarthy Lilian McCarthy Peter Black Mary McDonald Dora Westhaver Keith McFarquhar Jessie McAllister Hugh Black Frank Westhaver Willie Baker Walter McGibbon with equal or high marks in 600 500 and 400 ranges.
A complete program of events for the Edmon ton Industrial Exhibition spanning June 30 through July 2. It lists races by date with specifics on race type, distance, format two in three or three in five, and purse amounts from 50 to 600 dollars, including a high jump event.
Frank Landslide geologists Messrs R Brock and R P McConnell sent to Tur tlemontain report to Sir William Mulock minister of the interior. McConnell estimates 60 000 000 to 80 000 000 tons of rock fell, debris covering nearly two square miles.
Ottawa correspondent Frank Oliver states that Alberta will be divided into four constituencies starting at the boundary. The proposed boundaries run from High River to Bowden, then north to Leduc and north of the township line near Leduc. He adds he is recovering from illness and expects to resume duties soon.
Cries for a first class barber, sport days planned for July 1, and baseball practice every night. Settlers unload seven cars this week as locals update homes with new additions, renovations, and visits from Macleod and Calgary figures.
Amid the Frank disaster the Canadian American company mine entombed five horses. One horse remained alive after exactly thirty one days without food or water, rescued by workers who penetrated 5000 feet into the shaft. Four horses perished from starvation. the living animal survived despite grim conditions.
High River Eye-Opener reports Macleod sprinter George McFarquhar attempted to outsprint a western C P R engine last Sunday. He faded but his rival, still in steam, waited for him to catch up as trainers and spectators watched. McFarquhar now taunts a race against any living tortoise, preferably a dead one.
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