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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 10, 1888
Page
4
Page lists various traders and agents including BULYEA Flour and Feed, A. McKENZIE Fruits, MILLIKEN & Co., COLLINS Shoes, A. McRAE Storm Millinery, A. SUTHERLAND Photo Artist, WISMER Tinware, WEIDMAN Organs Sewing Machines, and CANADA N.W. LAND CO. agent Leslie Gordon among others.
The town printed a bustling page of notices. Mentions include Whiting Bros ice cream season and waterfowl close season. Earle dramatic company and municipal council minutes. WCTU meeting summaries, Rev Langill at Winnister, police transfers, and upcoming church events are noted along with a prairie fire east of town and wool fleece prize plans. A Saturday town visit by M N W C member R Crawford is announced with public works details and an agricultural society meeting scheduled.
In 1888 season opening, H. Peck and G. N. Dobie squads clashed with a final score noted. At Mr R D Strong’s home the club elected officers including J P Beau and G S Peak as treasurer and secretary. The Fielding committee, dues set, and that Field have sole selection of eleven were enacted. Playing members urged to attend practice for a forthcoming match as letters A to K begin the lineup.
A notice from Lizzie Agent for Townsite Trustees appeals to residents of The Progress area to help stop unlawful tree felling on the Townsite. Timber is a key attraction and foliage aids sanitation by absorbing noxious gases from sloughs and decomposing vegetation. Citizens are urged to provide information to prosecute offenders.
Mr D L Scott announces candidacy for local legislature amid circulating requisition for John Secord signatures. North-West Prohibitory Alliance executive committee plans Gospel temperance meetings in churches next Sunday at 4 00 to 4 45 PM, starting with the Methodist church.
The item notes a herd law taking effect on the 15th, Bell Farm Co seeding 2000 acres, and residents planning a single cattle herd. Major Bell shows shooting skill, a prairie fire south toward the reserve is reported, farmers seed, and crop prospects look good. Health inspector work is questioned amid town stables filth complaints. Mr. Moore’s bakery expands offerings. Superintendent McKay drives planting at an experimental farm with ten workers. A petition seeks a bylaw to fund a flouring mill by public vote.
W D Perley M P for East Assiniboia seeks a Dominion grant to eradicate gophers in the Northwest Territories. Backed by agricultural spokesmen, municipalities and settlers hope for rescue to aid pioneer settlement and climate adaptation. Perley then discussed Manitoba Northwest grading with Hon Costigan and aims to convene delegates in Ottawa on the 15th to discuss a fair classification.
Mortgage sale of a 25 acre cultivated farm with a log house and stables located about four miles south of Indian Head on the C P R main line. Further terms and conditions available on sale day or from auctioneer or Andrews Carbert & Andrews solicitors Winnipeg. Dated Winnipeg May 1 1988.
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