Job Printing Orders Prompted by Local Demand
Local merchants and citizens sought prompt attention for job printing needs as a growing demand in town spurred timely service and reliable turnaround.
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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1937
Page
4
Local merchants and citizens sought prompt attention for job printing needs as a growing demand in town spurred timely service and reliable turnaround.
A Herald note relays Hon. W. R. Clubb urging vegetable donations for drought-stricken Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Railways will transport carload donations to designated points, with communities like MacGregor organizing loading. Cars may carry potatoes root vegetables dried beans peas canned goods and even chicken feed. perishable items should be packed carefully.
Wheat cutting is finished in the prairie provinces with production estimated at 160,040,000 bushels across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Manitoba's output is expected to be the highest in fifteen years as threshing advances and yields and grades are reported satisfactory. Oats and barley yields are high and pastures are in good condition.
The Dominion wheat crop totals 188,191,000 bushels in the first Ottawa bureau of statistics estimate. Spring wheat accounts for 168,999,000 bushels and fall wheat 19,192,000 bushels, with prairie provinces sharing spring wheat at 164,000,000 bushels among Manitoba 53,000,000 Saskatchewan 35,000,000 and Alberta 76,000,000. The overall crop is the smallest since 1914 when 161,000,000 bushels were harvested from markedly smaller acreage than 1937.
The North Norfolk Council convened in MacGregor with all members present and Reeve Campbell presiding. Alex Borcany asked to open a ditch south of section 110 to drain into a nearby ditch, and a committee including Reeve and Councillors Robinson, McPhee, and Jeffrey was formed to study the southern ditch option and report next meeting. Rev S R McLeod spoke about shipping concerns.
Lam plans piano classes in Sidney Austin and Macaregor if enough pupils enroll. Apply Miss Drew at C M Bos 187 Carberry.
fragmented ad-style text mentions J Perewal MaCKinn and Malcolm E MacKinn with a telephone contact 23, MAUHKEGOR, and a general note about men at Austin every fray and money to loan.
Council discusses assisting a Central Committee to load vegetables for dried out regions. Applications for old age pensions for Sam Cheney and Pete Johnson approved, R. Small denied. Several financial actions approved including a $6,000 payment for Thos Seaman’s road delegation expenses. Authority granted to collect hospital accounts and seed loans. A bridge project east of Sec 31-11-11 proposed with a 30 foot span and local labor preference. Council adjourned to Austin for Friday Oct 8.
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