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Newspaper

Penticton Press

Location

Penticton, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Aug 08, 1908

Page

4

Peachland Social Notes Say Hello To Visitors And Locals

Mrs and Miss Buchanan of Winnipeg left for home after two weeks with Mr and Mrs A D Ferguson. Chas Burgess from Toronto visited. J S Heales of Penticton enjoys cannery work. Dr Smith treated Mrs Garraway who is ill. Alexandra Keating recovering from a arm injury. Rev A T Robinson and Rev Jas Lang attended services. Mrs Johnson and daughters returned to Kansas. D Gibson bucked off while fishing but walked home. Logan family moved to cottage. Wilson and Beverage plan a five acre lakeside cottage. Ritchie and Hardie manage cannery and packing house. Lipsett family visited from Manitoba then went to Naramata.

Miss Buchanan Winnipeg A. D. Ferguson Crow's Nest Pass A. T. Robinson Summerland Messrs. Wilson & Beverage Alta Ritchie Hardie Lipsett Manitoba Naramata

Local notices and travel errands in Hedley region

The Great Northern Railway plans to run into Hedley by December. A lost fountain pen should be left at the Press Office. Subscriptions to the delegates' entertainment fund are invited. A. J. Thomas began a week or two lake trip by rowboat, camping at points along the route. A church service supplements morning prayers tonight. Mrs. Greenslade’s child nearly drowned last Friday. rescue by W. H. Oliver. Miss P. Samson plans a Victoria trip before returning to Winnipeg. John Mahoney and Thomas Huden visited Keremeos last Friday, bringing back fruit, wheat and oat heads from Francois Surprise Farm three miles from Keremeos.

Great Northern Railway Hedley P. Samson J. R. Mitchell Victoria Winnipeg John Mahoney Thomas Huden Keremeos Irancois Surprise

Terms on all the above one quarter down

The Southern Okanagan Land Company Limited offers payment terms requiring one quarter down and one quarter each year, with interest at 6 percent on deferred payments.

Grain and orchard noted in Mr Surprise’s estate

The report describes irrigation free grain with large heads and oat heads twelve to sixteen inches long. It also notes Mr Surprise maintaining a fine orchard with fruit varieties suited to the local climate.

Surprise

Reflecting on Value Versus Skill and Capital in Everyday Work

A passage contrasts art, skill, business, and capital with examples from E S Lake, I O Delong, Norman Hill, and W T Shatford. It notes a grant to Penticton for river dredging and mocks the worth of forged wealth like signing a bank cheque. It ends with Okanagan Nursery Co Ltd of Penticton, B C.

Norman Hill Penticton W. T. Shatford Okanagan Nursery Co., Ltd Penticton, B.C

Havana Cigar Syndicate Eyes Kelowna Factory Expansion

P A Samon of the Havana Cigar Syndicate Winnipeg visited Penticton to promote the Kelowna branch factory. The plant opened July 19 with six cigar makers and as many staff, producing 3000 cigars daily, with plans to reach 10000 daily and move operations from Winnipeg to Kelowna. The syndicate will buy all leaf grown locally at about ten cents per pound, and seeks broader tobacco cultivation.

P. A. Samon Havana Cigar Syndicate Winnipeg Man Penticton Kelowna Samon Okanagan

Tobacco culture pitched for Kelowna growers with open air drying

A syndicate promotes growing tobacco between fruit trees on any soil with no shed drying. Plants can be air dried and stored in company sheds after curing, lowering barriers for growers. The Kelowna syndicate offers plants on notice and aims to expand magazine ventures with Calgary and Victoria capital, appointing Mr. Godenrath as managing director and Major McMillan as secretary treasurer.

Samon Kelowna Ceylon Alaska Charles McMillan Victoria

Westward Ho August number opens third volume with varied content

The August issue of West ward Ho features numerous stories and articles, including a pen sketch of Sir Wilfr ed Laurier by the editor in Men I Have Met, Bonnycastle Dale on Birds in Flight, and J C Harris of New Denver recounting Exploring a B C Glacier, continuing Burnett’s series.

Wilfred Laurier Bonnycastle Dale J. C. Harris New Denver B. C. Glacier Frank Burnett

Leghorn Cockerels Offered From Imported Stock

Several choice specimens of pure bred S C White Leghorn cockerels from imported stock at Kent s Lakeview Poultry Yard.

Kent Lakeview

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Peachland Mr. Burgess Chas. Burgess Toronto J. S. Heales Mr. Heales Alexandra Keating Nash Mrs. Logan Lawrence Fountain Baker’s J. W. Edmonds A. J. Thomas Okanagan Land Skaha Penticton Flats Okanagan Lake Beach Lake Skaha Beach E. S. Lake Art. I.0 Delong Fruit Growers Attention The Fraser Valley Nurseries Limited Burnaby Lake J. J. OA Fee Rott Jones G. E. Clayton L. C. Hill F. J. Hart John Lee P. O. Box B. C Galarneau & McKenzie Builders & Contractors E. J. Finch Main St Golden West Soap Golden West Wash Golden West Eer Premium Standard Soap Company, Limited Calgary Alberta D. Sinclair Ellis Street STON Wepowe
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