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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1931
Page
5
The Consolidated School District of Hamiota No. 697 is certified correct for $26,082 71. T H Clements, Provincial Municipal Auditor, dated August 29 1931.
Three pure bred Suffolk rams bred on the O.P.R. farm at Tilley Alberta sold at the National Wool Growers Sale in Salt Lake City on August 25 1931. Prices reached 190 for the two year old 250 for the yearling and 135 for the ram lamb, with the yearling ram second highest in the sale behind an English import. The rams traveled by express car via three railway lines and passed American customs in good condition.
A stylized poem names Anderson Moore Bailey Burgess Beattie Park ExCouncillor Park and Andrew. It praises leadership qualities and public service in a small town council setting with light verse and affectionate jabs. The piece notes dignity tact resolution and community voice in meetings.
A cattle and sheep event at the Dominion Experimental Farm Brandon on September 26 features feeder lambs, pig and dairy cattle demonstrations, and dressed poultry exhibits. The Brandon Fair runs October 7 8 and 9 with feeder lamb sales in groups of 25 and 50 and Dominion Live Stock Branch travel support for buyers purchasing carloads of at least 40 sheep.
The piece surveys Alberta foothill and Rocky Mountain ranch holidays offering authentic cowboy experiences. It highlights Kananskis Ranch owned by Mrs Bill Brewster, the 7. Ranch run by Guy Weadick, Lake Windermere Girls Camp, and E Y Ranch opened by Miss Emily Yates of Montreal with guests donning cowboy attire and learning roping knotting and mountain trail riding.
A 23 day winter cruise from Vancouver to Halifax sails November 21 aboard the Canadian Nations steamship Prince Henry. The itinerary includes calls at Victoria San Francisco San Pedro Manzanillo Balboa Cristobal Havana Bermuda and Halifax arriving December 13. Coast residents have shown strong interest with many applications for space.
The Theatre at Shoal Lake has been updated with heavy felt sound absorbing walls reducing echo and reverberation. Manager L. H. Cameron notes the improvement aids talking pictures speeches and dance music.
Mr Cameron expresses satisfaction with the theatre modernization and hopes the public shares his view that the venue should be the premier amusement spot in town. He has over eleven years in the motion picture business and aims to improve the local show experience.
The notice lists daily trains from Hamiota with east and west routes. Monday no east service. west to Minisota 6.50 pm. Tuesday service east to Brandon 7.40 am and west to Miniota 5.50 pm. Wednesday east to Portage la Prairie 7.40 am. no west service. Thursday west to Miniota 1.45 am. east to Brandon 3.05 pm. Friday no trains. Saturday west to Miniota 11.45 am. east to Brandon 3.05 pm.
A fragment describes a peculiar group in Victoria near the Empress Hotel and mentions Canadian children reading British poetry elegies. The passage asserts these items are unique on the continent and notes their acuturation in Victoria, but many phrases are garbled and unclear.
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