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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
3
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The eve of the big game season brings the Fall Hunting Number of Rod and Gun in Canada from W. J. Taylor Woodstock Ont. This year stories cover moose and deer plus fox bear wolves with a paper by John Arthur Hope on deer of North America. Besides big game, fishermen canoeists campers mountaineers and other sportsmen find varied content.
The list of appointed returning officers for Manitoba constituencies includes Dauphin John A. Fortune Gilbert Plains Lisgar Thompson Craig Darlingford Macdonald James H. Black Headingly Marquette John W. Thomson Minnedosa Portage la Prairie Wm. I. Smale Carberry Provencher Joseph H. Clement St. Boniface Souris John A. Salisbury Melita Winnipeg W. J. Donovan Winnipeg with Brandon and Selkirk still without named officers.
John Mc Neely of Medicine Hat Milling Company warns a serious grain blockade is likely as car shortages hinder threshing and storage. Elevators along the line fill rapidly and the CPR cannot supply enough cars. Calgary Milling reports no major car shortage yet but some cars are in poor condition.
It is probable the Thanksgiving Day date will be November 9th, aligning with King Edward's Birthday. The note reflects a shift in holiday timing based on royal observance.
Rain has finally extinguished the persistent forest and bush fires threatening the Port Arthur district for several weeks, averting danger to the area and town.
A $50,000 fire destroyed the Canning Factory of the South Big Canning Company in Picton on Friday last, wiping out the entire plant and its operations.
August bank returns show improvement over prior period with rising confidence reflected across business circles. Indicators point to a subtle recovery in financial sentiment and activity.
It is understood on good authority that Lord Strathcona the Canadian high commissioner is anxious to resign at an early date.
George Henry Freeman, former Guards officer, declares bankruptcy and admits losses over five years. He lists $250,000 lost on training stable betting, $150,000 on the Stock Exchange, and $250,000 in a motor car venture. The total losses reach $1,000,000.
The Farmers Elevator at Rosebank Manitoba was burned to the ground early Monday night. Thirty thousand bushels of district farmers wheat were destroyed before help could stop the blaze. The grain, mostly No 1 Northern, was insured for 25,000 and the elevator carried 4,000 insurance.
Clarke the Doncaster mayor earns notoriety after declining a royal invitation to the St Leger Day events. He states his conscience forbids attending the racecourse, while the King’s equerry failed to persuade. Public reaction in Doncaster is largely unfavorable.
The Mauretania rode a heavy Atlantic storm for over half an hour after a propeller blade flew off crashing through decks and buckling floors. Water flooded the adjacent compartments as passengers trembled while the engines stopped and the ship wallowed. It is believed the blade created a hole in the hull.
Hon. J. H. Agnew, provincial treasurer, returned from Montreal and Toronto after selling 8,345,000 of telephone bonds, 40,000 of Drainage District No. 17 bonds, and 140,000 of Municipal Commissioners bonds. Prices beat bids, yielding a net gain to Manitoba of over 13,000.
Miss D. Corley visits the country. Mrs. Bert Williams and Barnet Barnett visit Beulah. W A Sargent misses Crandall train and helps harvest. Two orange trees grown from seed near Beulah. Bert White drives a fancy turnout from Miniota. G T P faking out from north to fill slide. Cutting and threshing dominate farm work. Ringland Stowe finish waterworks near the slide and plan westward travel. Chas Beard helps Ringland threshing. a horse finds its way home. More news promised next week from correspondents in each gang.
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway launched its first passenger service on 666 miles from Winnipeg to Watrous and Watrous to Wainwright with mixed trains three times weekly and twice weekly segments. Timetables show departures from Winnipeg at 8:80 a.m. and routes via Portage la Prairie Rivers Melville Lazare Kelliher Lemans Nokomis Watrous Allan Earl Scott to Wainwright with specified southbound and eastbound legs. An agent on each train sells tickets and accepts car orders.
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