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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 12, 1925
Page
5
Mason and Risch advertise direct factory sales of high grade pianos with easy terms. Each piano is inspected before delivery and the seller offers to call and discuss in the customer’s district.
Rev E Land preaches at 11 o'clock with the topic Expectations. Sunday School follows the morning service. A 7 o'clock service of thanks closes the day. Chumah United Church hosts Sunday School at 2 pm and a service of thanks at 3 o'clock. Midweek service at Knox Church Wednesday 8 pm.
The Knox United Church marked its anniversary as a major church day with Rev Philip Barker delivering a heartfelt sermon. Morning service focused on The Christian Life, with Sunday School and Bible Class, followed by an evening service praised for good music and uplifting fellowship. Weather was ideal and the church was filled to capacity.
The Knox Church event led by W. E Rogers drew a full house with morning and evening anthems and a Vancouver trip lecture. Ladies prepared a bountiful anniversary supper at 5 pm, then 8:15 pm program included solos by Gertie McConnell Percy Moore D Van Aletyne Wm Kirk and a finale with God Save the King.
Poultry raisers are urged to attend a Killing Plucking and Trossing demonstration directed by A C McCulloch at the Orange Hall Hamiota at 2 p m on Saturday November 21 all intending to ship poultry this year through the Manitoba Poultry Marketing Association should attend bringing a bird and a rug or soft material to cradle it
In the last fiscal year 3 843 homestead entries were granted in the Prairie Provinces covering about 614 880 acres, plus 710 soldier grants of 113 600 acres total 728 480 acres. Canada’s wheat exports to China and Japan over the years are noted. forecasts expect higher figures for the current year. The Grand Challenge Cup will be contested at Place Viger Hotel Montreal on November 15 as part of the First Aid Championship of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Plans for the 1925 Eastern International Dogsled Derby include increased prize money to attract more teams from the West and the United States. Fire Prevention Week October 4–10 prompted a CP broadcast urging thorough cleanup of premises. The London Outlook cites Canada’s outlook for steady agricultural workers with enterprise, and emigrant letters encourage settling 3 000 families in Canada.
Hamiota council met with all members and the mayor presiding. They set nomination and poll dates for 1926 mayor and council seats and trustees of the school district, plus a ratepayers meeting. The finance committee recommended payments including police salaries, scavenger, street lights, gas, bylaw copies, taxes, furnace repairs, coal, tax titles, a society grant, and other minor charges. The council approved the accounts and adjourned.
The piece notes a surge of Christmas travel from the West to the East with warm memories pulling travelers home. Canadian Pacific Railway reports many inquiries for December reservations and will run special trains from western centers to Atlantic liners. excursion rates apply December 5 to January 5 across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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