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Newspaper
Lumsden News Record
Location
Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
4
Local arrangements announce registration for the man and woman power of Canadart. General registration will be on Saturday June 22. Every person turning sixteen by the day appointed must attend at one of the official registration places. They must truthfully answer questions, sign the card, and have the deputy registrar complete the report on the back of the card.
The Red Cross Society asks Lomeden donors to deliver iron by the fifth of the month and to send agar beans and rice for French children. Three large cases were sent to France from Lomeden on Saturday. A Saskatchewan fund drive to raise one million dollars starts on the 11th with canvassing teams organized locally. A 25 donation grants life membership, as does a grain contribution from farmers. A week long campaign runs from the 17th to the end of the week to support wounded soldiers.
A large crowd filled Lumeden's opera house to bid on 205 quarter sections of school lands. Auctioneer Geo Westman outlined terms as parcels sold mostly at upset price with cash deposits and a nine year balance at six percent. Eighty one parcels went to local farmers, auctions closed by four with additional gipsy cross sales announced.
Disjointed report cites auction details with prices per acre and totals. Names listed include Cathey Craven White Grant Lemeton and others among bidders. The document records upset prices, fractional land portions, and buyers from multiple townships.
Two firms announce the lease of the Peed stable area Draying Vastness from Johnston Dougherty at Laarnerten They solicit a share of the business and request orders via phone or plowman for delivery and certification to their customers.
The report notes hot weekend with hundreds flocking to the lake’s west beaches where the water felt near ice cold. Sunday reached 86 degrees with a warm night forecast. Monday climbed to around 100 degrees under a west wind. Dust clouds moved in from the north with hints of possible rain.
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