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Newspaper
Hedley Gazette
Location
Hadley, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
4
Local residents and visitors frequent Keremeos with trips from Penticton Spokane Hedley and Princeton. A park picnic is planned for May 1 under the Women's Institute. Carloads of lumber arrive for a new Cannery at South Keremeos. A riding accident leaves Miss J Gibson with injuries after a cart mishap on a hill.
Coleman & Co. shipped the first car from the new spur at Similkameen Fruit Land Co. The car carried potatoes bound for Winnipeg. Mr and Mrs Vargo hosted the McCullums midweek. Local visitors from South Keremeos listed include Mr and Mrs D J Taylor and others.
Frank Hughes of Moose Jaw Sask and Wm J Maslin of Disles Sask buy 6 and 5 acre orchard lots from the Similkameen Fruit Land Company at South Keremeos. The Great Northern Railway extends a 400 foot side track and loading platform to serve the canning plant and growing freight. Nurses Keegin and Dimphey plan to settle nearby. A Colborne Ont expert, Chiyton Orser, builds a potato packing plant in the area.
The Valley growers plan 80 acres or more for this year with future expansion to pack soft fruits and possibly evaporated apples. A Great Northern Railway through service from St. Paul to Vancouver is reported for June, with South Keremeos as a flag station until then. John J. Weir of Regina purchases 10 acres there and joins Similkameen Fruit Land Co in selling land to Disley and other farmers. The Sunny Glen Fruit Growers Association reports 125 acres purchased and manager J. J. Gropp overseeing crops including beans tomatoes and potatoes in Winnipeg markets.
Members of an association operating under a co operative plan intend to plant about 60 more acres this season and about 50 acres of orchard next year. Several members will inspect the property this month to lay plans for their homes as part of the program. W H Hardy of Melville Saskatchewan, a holder of Gold Medals for intensive culture of apples and small fruits, will locate in the Similkameen Valley on a 10 acre orchard plot with his family to introduce intensive culture and run an experimental farm for the Similkameen Fruit Land Company Limited.
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