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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
5
The Manitoba Government calls a conference of reeves and officials to discuss grain storage handling sale and transport. Topics include Winnipeg Grain Exchange charter options restraint of trade government ownership of elevators and railway delivery obligations.
The notice states freight charges of one dollar per day per car for each day after the week expires until order fulfillment. Additional penalties apply for each day after forty eight hours the car remains on the siding near the loading station. A further deduction of one dollar per day per car applies for every day the transport to the destination takes longer than a forty mile per day standard.
The Rural Municipality of Miniota met at Hawthornes Hall on May 15 with the Reeve presiding and all councillors present. Motions included dismissing Mr Marshall's horse drowning claim, ordering a cement sidewalk at Hodnett's store, granting $20 to Winnipeg Children's Home, declining Tennant timber as unsuitable, seeking one third bridge costs from Hon H Agnew, adjournment to a Court of Revision, and assessing Jas Robinson of Crandell at $250. The meeting adjourned to May 29.
Garden Lodge No. 280 staged its first annual church parade on Sunday. After a preliminary meeting the members, led by the Hamida brass band, marched to the English Church where Rev Thomas delivered an engaging address. District Deputy G. Lanham and Hamida lodge members attended as a large audience filled the hall.
A teacher lectures on good conduct cautions against fault finding. Georgy reveals his father is a proof reader, prompting the teacher to say she will make an exception for his father. The exchange ends with the teacher’s coy acknowledgment.
Harvest work continues with wheat seeding done and plowing underway.Neighbors report chores indoors and out as women tidy up and prepare meals, while Sport and Snap recount hunting trips and a prairie fire nears west of town. Mrs Struthers is ill and wishes for recovery as locals send their regards.
The Arrow River report notes fair weather, wheat sowing finished and oats being sown rapidly. Local farming updates include Fleming Jr. with four inch wheat, renovations at J F Tennant and Co store, and Miss M Elliott visiting home. Post office hours face farmer opposition. church Sunday school moves to 2 PM with service at 3 PM. Rumor asserts Mr Blacklock will open Lake of the Woods elevator this week.
J Lelond’s housekeeper returns to work and he plans another match. Thomas Conover stays off his homestead trip west. W Allenby reports spring chicken fever and steam hatching. R Lelond’s team faces a rough road, but Richie says no trouble. Mr and Mrs Williams visit Two Creeks on Friday. N Robinson loses a valuable mare recently. Arrow River residents recall a prairie fire near loss with a $50 reward for leads. Master Charles Ellerington recovering from a slight illness. J Brown of Crandell works at Arrow River repairing Jas Conover’s house. The tone hints at suspicion over activities near Arrow River.
A New York telegraph operator received a Bridgeport message claiming John Jones New York and a child eight feet long and four feet wide. Investigators found the note described a banner's dimensions and inscription for a Christmas festival, not a birth.
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