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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 17, 1950
Page
5
In a penny arcade tale, Evelyn Marshall visits a pawnbroker for a collector’s navy Colt revolver. She chats with George, a mechanic and former reelist, and invites him into her warm apartment, revealing a wary flirtation over trust, guns, and a shared past shaped by poker losses.
Illustration shows a sun ready princess dress for a beachcomber, pattern 4833 in sizes 12 through 42 with a 35 inch fabric yardage. Easy to sew with complete illustrated instructions and 25 cent price. Order by writing size name address and style number.
Western Briefs report a spawning camp set at Lac la Ronge aiming to gather 100000000 eggs for Fort Qu Appelle and Montana. Fisheries officer F S Mitchell and a five man crew expect over 90 percent to be pickerel eggs during the season.
Manitoba floods delay Alberta spring tree planting shipments with lilac bushes from Morden unavailable until fall. Other stock including poplar willows evergreen and spruce have been sent directly from Indian Head Saskatchewan and Oliver Alberta nurseries.
More than $1,500,000 in road surfacing work across British Columbia drew a flood of bids to the public works department. The largest single contract was for Vancouver Island roads, valued at about $400,000, with work to be completed this year.
Dan Collins of Fort William is catching fish in his flooded basement after sewer water backed in. He reports a fine catch and plans to eat them for dinner, noting the odor carried by the water.
The document states an estate value attributed to Abraham Lincoln totaling 110 thousand 974 dollars and 62 cents. The figure appears in an archival note with a reference code 2831.
LETELLIER Man.-A St. Jean resident devised a method to move cattle from flood zones. He attached a rope to his horse tail tied three cows to it and rode into town as the animals swam through six feet of floodwater.
The Financial Post notes rising rural electrification across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and Calgary Power plans hundreds of new farms and factories to gain service. Manitiba provincial grid expands with Winnipeg River hydro projects. Saskardean debentures fund growth while a possible Ontario Boundary Falls study and South Saskatchewan River project seek federal support. Premier Campbell warns demand may exceed production after Pine Falls.
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