30 May 1901
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 30, 1901
Page
1
The Medicine Hat Trading Co Ltd announces a fresh stock of ladies boots shoes and slippers with 12 cases of pairs in latest styles and lasts offered at the closest prices for a limited time.
Odd sizes available to clear stock. Purchasers can buy Ladies' Oxfords at cost price to move inventory. Limited quantities remain.
H. G. Gooper offers water by barrel or weck and draying and teaming. Baggage handling is prompt. Legal coal orders filled. Wood products include blocks and shib cuttings. Slabwood and stove length wood priced per load, yard dry. Ranchers visiting town can have horses cared for and fed.
Notice of application to the Lieutenant Governor in Council for Letters Patent to form The Many Island Lake Sheep Ranch, Limited with offices in Walsh North-West Territories and Winnip es Manitoba. Capital stock 150 shares of 100 each. Applicants Campbell and Crawford claim first directors.
NorthWest Legislative Assembly members visited Medicine Hat on Thursday for a 40 minute tour ending at the waterworks and natural gas wells. They examined the gas heated boilers, saw a gas lit well, and learned about potential town heating. The Council and Board of Trade had planned further stopping over, but train connections prevented Regina arrival.
The adjourned council meeting attended by Mayor Finlay and Councillors Lina Trutchinson and Forster discussed financing the waterworks. A 20 year 4.3 percent debenture issue was proposed to raise about 41,000 to complete the system, extend it, and connect hundreds of households. Additional funds cover street extensions and hydrants while a gas by law for natural gas heating and lighting was noted. An expert was authorized to assess the gas project and cost. The water rate by law and rules schedule were to be reviewed Friday night.
Commissioner Perry of the N W M L P notes in a May 25 letter from Regina that police mounts will be purchased at Medicine Hat on June 1. An scheduling error omitted the date. a note is to be made for the June 1 purchase.
Mail clerk McCulloch of Calgary spent Monday in town for routine correspondence duties and local meetings.
The Council in chamber sat as Court of Revision with minor objections. Land Co. figures were cut reflecting less unsold land. Additions to assessment include Williamson Rae implement stock and others. exemptions list churches, schools, town and government properties. After adjustments, total assessment 786,639 with 105,350 exemptions, yielding 681,289 levy base.
A week of rain renews grass and cattle condition while church attendance rises as Mr Ridmonds grows popular in Josephburg and nearby settlements. New arrival Mr Wagner from England stays with Walter Blackburn. Mr Yagar and Miss Katie Weiss wed last week. Derby day anecdote adds local humor. ducks thrive in small lakes.
Lacrosse delegates from Edmonton Medicine Hat and Calgary formed a Western Territorial Lacrosse League with clubs from three towns. Calgary Medicine Hat meet June 12 in Medicine Hat for the first league match. A Winnipeg firm trophy will go to league victors and the champions may meet Eastern Territorial winners for the territorial title.
E E Clark is reelected Grand Chief of the Order of Railway Conductors since 1890. Barritson and Maxwell also retain posts. Chas H Wilkinson of Chicago becomes Grand Senior Conductor. Delegates to Grand Division will be paid $6 daily, funding and home building drives backed by new assessments.
The Canadian Forestry Association issues William Silvering's Surrender a practical guide on tree culture for the Western plains. Copies available from George H. Grey Winnipeg Secretary. Also notes The Doomed Turk by E Middleton surveys biblical prophecies with Ottoman and British fate. Price 50 cents cloth. Agricultural and Exhibition Co reports stock sale and upcoming incorporation papers. stock at 25 shares with 2 percent payable on allotment.
The Western Stock Growers Association offer spurred many wolf killings since April 1. The Macleod Advance reports $1,770 distributed by date covering 280 wolves: April 116 wolves including dogs six bitches ten pups 100. May totals 64 wolves with does ten bitches eleven pups 143.
A short list of various toilet soaps and prices appears, including Palm Toilet Victoria Peach Bloom White Heliotrope Hyacinth and imported Castile. Noted prices range from 25 cents to 75 cents per item with several soaps sold in cakes or multiple units.
A graduate optician offers free eye tests and promotional camera and Kodaks in a local retail feature. The event highlights affordable eye care and photography goods for customers.
About fifty Medicine Hat citizens joined Calgary for Victoria Day events featuring lacrosse, football, and a bands parade. The day included a luncheon, field competitions at Agricultural Park, a band contest with Calgary winning, bicycle and foot races, a fire brigade exhibition, and a grand Opera House concert ending the program.
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