23 Aug 1900
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
1
A fatal accident at the T Stephenson ranch five miles south of Walsh on August 15 results in the death of 13 year old D Tommie McDonald. He stumbled on a sage bush while fetching a water pail, fracturing his skull. He was a cousin of Mrs Stephenson and was buried at Medicine Hat.
James Fisher William Lowe and Richard Smith passenger engineers from Medicine Hat were in Cranbrook Tuesday evening on a fishing trip to Southeast Kootenay. They were hosted by Billy Venables and Hugh Brock. Fisher owns several fast horses and may bring one or two to fall meetings. Stewart of Medicine Hat visited his brother Geo Stewart in Orangeville and departed west yesterday. he has been in the west since 1884 and thrives in ranching.
The Calgary Herald quotes a London Ontario critic on Calgary as an English town in disguise. It derides remittance men for pretending to ranching skill, mocks the painted Indian fakirs, and praises Calgary’s growth amid Rockies’ foothills. The piece notes population shifts, horse prices, and a wary view of Calgary’s future.
Mr. Kennedy representing Western Canada Woolen Mill Co. visited Medicine Hat to assess site potential for a $100,000 capital woollen mill near the Northwest wool district. The project would employ skilled workers with a $5,000 monthly payroll, use local natural gas and coal, and require tax exemptions and free site. A board committee pledged support and a decision is awaited after further talks with Calgary and Nelson. The report notes a subdued second night for the "Hot Time in Coontown" show.
The Medicine Hat Agricultural Society met in the reading room on August 18 1900 with W Cousins presiding. Minutes and secretary treasurer reports were adopted. 1899 activities, livestock imports and exports, crops, and weather were reviewed. officers and directors were elected and committees appointed. the meeting adjourned subject to the president's call.
Dr. Calder and partners propose a consumption sanatorium modelled on Gravenhurst Ontario with cottages on the hill above Medicine Hat. The project markets public ownership as a welfare benefit, amid local talk of a 40 600 debenture vote for a municipal waterworks plant passing by a wide margin. Copper News notes a patent oven door feature in the Happy Thought Range and F F Busteed's surveys at Kootenay junction.
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