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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1932
Page
1
C E Cornish of Melita was at home over the weekend. Mr and Mrs W L Hodnett spent Sunday with friends at Awanesa. Feeling the pre season activity, hundreds laid off last fall were back to work as the season resumes.
A number of local Oddfellows attended a special degree meeting held in Brandon on Friday night last.
The police will strictly enforce a rule requiring all drivers to carry a 1932 license. Checks will target people driving autos without the specified license per pound price lists and company multipliers noted in the Groceteria-Dutch sets.
Under a new agreement, about 35,000 members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees on six Canadian railroads will accept a 10 percent wage reduction starting May 1 for one year. The settlement aims to reduce costs during the economic strain facing the rail system.
A brief local notice promotes using small advertisements to trade or sell items. It invites readers to invest a tiny sum to reach potential buyers or sellers in the neighborhood.
Many farmers expect heavy fertilizer use in the district with keen observation on outcomes by those who did not plant themselves, awaiting neighbors’ trial results and effects.
Jim Henderson earns the Veteran Honor Emblem of the Order of Beilroad Telegraphers for 25 years of membership and receives the award yesterday. Local congratulates him on the milestone.
Seeding has commenced in the district as farmers stay busy. Hopes rise for a good harvest and grain prices to move higher than current levels, easing profit prospects for producers.
Mrs Sugden traveling with her mother Mrs Hawthorne and sister Mrs RK McKibton left Friday for Chicago. They were escorted as far as Brandon, where her mother and sister accompanied her before continuing to Wawanesa for a short visit.
Gold mines of Canada produced 798,332 fine ounces in March valued at 4,099,892 dollars and shipped to Ottawa's Royal Mint. This compares with February's 196,781 ounces valued at 4,068,637 dollars, showing a marginal rise.
Up to December 3 last a total of 88,483,348 had been distributed to Western Canada farmers under the 5 cent a bushel wheat bonus. The figure covers payments on 769,668,968 bushels of wheat, per grain commissioners' report tabled in the House of Commons on Monday.
The crewmens calls and steamship activity marked the start of the 1932 Great Lakes navigation season. Sailors, atevedores and rain crews prepared for duties as harbors opened and vessels resumed movement on the lake routes.
A new timetable goes into effect May 1 for the Canadian National Railway. The Winnipeg train departs at 12.09 p m and arrives back from Winnipeg at 3 15 p m, providing daylight service.
The crew Masonic headquarters to house British Freemasons and honor fallen brethren. The vast memorial uses five thousand tons of steel and nearly 100000 tons of Portland stone, cost over 5000000 dollars, and spans two and a half acres along a full street. Initiated by the Duke of Connaught who laid the foundation in 1927 with a Wren maul, it stands on the former Freemasons Hall site in Great Neen Street. The design includes a main inner temple for 2500 and fifteen lodges for about 4000 more, plus offices. A subscriber visited the site.
A local official praised the Horticultural Society for plans to hold an exhibition and urged residents to back the project with exhibits and donations to ensure strong support and success.
Advertiser T. H. Stewart seeks cattle herding for the summer at eight dollars fifteen per head. Apply at once by phone number 14 6 in Miniota.
For sale bronze turkey eggs weighing 16.21 pounds and 37 pounds priced at 25 cents each. Contact Mrs. John Wythe at phone 19-3 in Miniota.
Seed prices including Sweet Clover seed Siberian Artie White Blossom No 2 at four dollars per hundred. Buda flax priced at one dollar fifty cents a bushel. H E Forster listed with phone 295 Beulah.
For sale A C No 21 barley grade No 1 Reg No 51 2245 germination 98 pure 45 cents per bushel at granary John Wythe phone 193 Miniota
Miss G NeLeahan spent the weekend at her Kenton home. Mrs Jas Wiggins left Wednesday to visit her daughter Mrs Miller at Minnedogs.
Reg Attwood keeps busy renewing shingles on the roof of Mrs. R. B. Wallace's house, with steady work and careful handiwork noted by neighbors.
General seeding across the district continues with most of the wharf area to be sown by week’s end. Farmers report steady fieldwork and expect near full coverage as work wraps up.
Members invite reports about their group’s events and actions to keep the district informed and engaged. Sources encouraged to share meetings programs and community outreach efforts for coverage.
Miss Mitchell travelling secretary of the WMS will speak at an open meeting at the United church on Wednesday afternoon at 2.30. All are welcome.
The Hamieta Y P players present The Attorney for the Defence in the Community hall on Wednesday night at 8 30. Adults 3 50, children under 16 2 00. Don t miss this play.
A Saskatchewan man looked at local farmland last week with plans to buy. The speaker notes Manitoba’s strong farming record and predicts more visitors from drought areas will move here since the district has not suffered a complete crop failure in 50 years.
Last Friday and Saturday the farmers unloaded a car of seed oats. Reeve Lynch did the weighing and John Spalding managed the settlement business. Fred Townson shoveled successfully amid the usual standers. Oats sold to farmers at about deeper bushes and shipped by A E McKenzie Co. The oats were good but contained a considerable amount of wheat mixed in.
The Sunday school executive met Tuesday evening and appointed committees for Mothers Day events. Training for pageant participants begins immediately. Flowers for Mothers Day are organized by Jessie Eliott and helpers. A combined church service is set for May 11 at 11 30. A memory work policy allows marks only if a pupil attends Sunday school.
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