09 Jun 1898
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1898
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Salle of Physicians and Sur fours of danccoln and Dallege of Rayaiaiane with Sargeant of Indian iasatit Railway. Names and places are unclear due to garbled text.
Prices low as the lowest and goods the very best offered. Finest stock on the market with new fruits arriving all the time. Call when you require anything.
The Maple Creek Agricultural Society sets Friday September 30 as the annual show date. The column reports new settlers, cattle and sheep ranchers visiting Maple Creek, a blacksmith venture, a model mansion build, arrivals from Four Mile Creek and Great Falls, and stray horse concerns with a humorous note about a circus pony offered as payment.
Our Own Correspondent reports on a calm June day in Swift Current as James Whiteford, once known as Jimmy Francis, travels from Willow Ranch. He shares a rugged past in the McKenzie and Peace river regions, service with the Hudson Bay Co, and a buffalo hunt escape from Sioux attackers where Malaterre was killed.
Tenders for 10 pounds of fresh maple wood for barracks use due by noon June 20 1898. Delivery weekly in cracks or rolls to Maple Creek Barracks N W M Potica. West tender not necessarily accepted. Maple Creek June 6 1898 B Moffatt supervisor Maple Creek District J N W M Py Maple Creek District.
Notice announces application to Lieutenant Governor in Council for an Ordinance incorporating Medicine Hat as a town municipality under The Municipal Ordinance 1897. Excludes subsections 40 and 41 of section 98 but adds words after removal. Territory covered includes part of Section 3 Township 12 Range 5 east of the South Saskatchewan River. Dated Medicine Hat June 9, 1808.
Local contractor Mr Yuill directs three dozen workers across several jobs including J Knudson T Terry and T R Huntley houses on the Esplanade. frame work on Thos Tweed residence proceeds. Elson and Cochran projects advance. school excavations complete as masons and carpenters move in.
Reports from the theater of operations indicate only light activity at the entrances to Santiago harbor as coastal batteries and fleets from Samtoson and Sheley engage in bombardment and defensive maneuvers with no major developments in the past week.
London May 30 reports Canadian cattle selling at around 10s, with prices steady in U S centile but down from the prior week. Liverpool May 30 notes poor cattle trade due to high supplies, with declines of 1c to 4c. sheep and Argentine offerings also slipping, Canadian cattle at 10c and Argentinian sheep at 6c.
The officers name key leaders including Sovereign Grand Master N G Ince deputy grand master Major Armstrong and grand staff. Toronto Was chosen as the next meeting place for the grand lodge with W M Lockhart W J Parkhill and Rev W F Wil Hamiltons among the listed officials.
May school report shows 258 enrolled pupils and 213 average daily attendance. Honor roll lists Lena Lean Nora Hargrave Gail Vans stone Helen Yuiil Maggie Mitchell Earl Pontes Mary Rae Belli McDonald Wita Porter Robin Armstrong Marle Hayward Eliza Bailey Tom Sprague Roy McDonald Jennie Mitchell Lissa Bargave Ferris Walton Mearle Gordon Ehon Cosens Veldott Douglas Don Munday Jack Porter M Nicholson Katie Rae Mary McCutcheon McLaren Ewart Porte Cosens Bert Munday E Rae Wilber Couper Marley McDonald
The piece notes high costs of Ottawa administration in Yukonn affairs yet reports receipts exceeding government costs. It states the Civil Superannuation Scheme is ended and promises to reform public service pay. It mentions the Franchise Bill's progress, and highlights Public Accounts and Drummond County Railway Committees shaping policy with limited perceived corruption. Also reports a Crow’s Nest railway accident and local ads for bikes.
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