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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
4
The author notes harvest hiring will be competitive with high wages and frequent disputes between employers and workers. He predicts many breach of contract cases and emphasizes the value of a written agreement to clarify terms and ease dispute resolution for both sides.
The column urges careful gun handling during hunting season. It highlights that guns are often loaded and warns never to point a gun, keep fingers off triggers, and avoid entering rigs or crossing fences with a loaded weapon. The piece stresses vigilance to reduce accidents and mentions a related poem with safety pointers.
Farmers report townsfolk shooting on farms, breaking fences, and leaving gates open. Some intend to prosecute trespassers this harvest after crops were damaged. Magistrate Houck handled a breach of contract case when Wm Kemp sued Norman Young for no show, Young paying court costs as a warning.
A notice announces a hearty welcome at the Methodist Church Sunday School next Sunday. Moses' last sermon to the children of Israel will be made interesting. Long service starts at 2 clock sharp. be on time. Dominion Government instructs post masters in Canada to receive any pictured items outlined with dust to protect post-office stamping machines.
A wedding performed at the home of Mr F Finney linked Lavinia Finney to William Finney and Barbara Grant as sister to Mrs Finney. The Rev T Strachan presided as bagpipes played into the night. A second ceremony united Kathy Mackay of Hamiota with Arthur Kirk as Rev H G Crozier officiated. The couple will travel by train to Winnipeg and beyond.
The Grand Trunk Pacific reports rapid steel laying 120 miles west of Portage and aims to finish four months of line work this year. By then Saskatoon Rivers townsite south of Oak River will become a divisional point, attracting new residents daily as shipments ready for grain season.
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