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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
1
Threshing continues with ideal weather and rising wheat sales. About 30,000 bushels in elevators and six farmer ships. price around 82 cents per bushel for a four-load haul. Mr J G McConnell threshing a strong crop. earnings 203.30 from four loads. Outlook improving daily.
A Canadian letter to the Hamiota Echo condemns a September 3 editorial titled The Difference. The writer argues the piece unfairly stereotypes Easterners and praises Britisher adaptability, urging fair treatment and restraint in future discussions.
Farmers in the district charged that elevator companies ordered buyers to drop special binning privileges, risking lower wheat grades and street prices. Losses could hit one to ten cents per bushel as mixed grades occur and smaller farmers face delays or forced sales. The Grain Growers Association plans a Saturday meeting at eight in the Council Chamber to seek a remedy.
The Municipality of Archie organizes to push a Local Option by law with petitions due next week. The by law will be advertised weekly in the Manitoba Gazette and Hamiota Echo through November until the vote. Evidence from a Colchester Nova Scotia election trial is cited to show liquor influence on elections.
The GalST mill and its elevators will operate under McConnell & Co while farmers decide on forming a joint stock company. Messrs McConnell and Basler have leased the mill property and will oversee all operations. Basler will manage the elevators, which are prepared for this year’s crop, and the mill remains open to serve the public.
A young man newly arrived from Prince Edward Island died last Friday in a threshing accident on Geo. McKay's outfit near Kenton. A board on the separator broke, dropping him into the machinery where his legs were amputated to the hip. He died en route to the doctors. The name could not be learned. he had sold a farm back east and planned to buy land in the west.
The death of Mrs Mary Ann Inman occurred at the General Core in Winnipeg last Friday. She was one of Winnipeg’s oldest residents and mother of the late Herbert Inman. Born in Sheffield England, she had lived in Winnipeg for twenty five years after emigrating with her husband’s death. Her children resided in Australia, England, and Manitoba. The funeral was from Christ Church in Hamiota on Sunday at one o'clock, with Mr Bott of Winnipeg attending. Pallbearers included Messrs Jas Milne Jno Nairn J A Neelands G A Basler Jos Lorimer and Jas Scott.
A family was startled by a nighttime figure seen on the lawn. The head of the house reported a floating woman, and other members confirmed the sighting. On inquiry the visitor claimed to search for her husband, and authorities or neighbors concluded she was a somnambulist. The visitor vanished through the gate into town.
Increase in commercial prosperity is urged as Local Option faces a Midland Ontario referendum. Merchants millers bankers and professionals claim higher business and cash payments after Local Option. an elector opposed to signing a petition warns it could ruin Hamio ta. The Diamond Medal Contest for North Western Manitoba will be held at Shoal Lake on Nov set with six contestants entered.
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