07 Oct 1886
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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1886
Page
1
An insurance agent in Qu Appelle located in the Northwest Territories offers fire life accident marine and carriage insurance services under the firm name H MacCaul.
Notice fixed for October 16 1886 for voting on a sixteen hundred dollar loan secured by school district properties. The document confirms the voter qualifications and declares no prior voting or rewards accepted by A X L Wismer chairman and trustees G H V Butler S Nelson. The notice was posted at Qu Appelle on September 7 and 8.
Portmaster General seeks sealed tenders in Ottawa by noon Friday May 19 1866 for a four year mail conveyance contract between Wallace and Whitewood Station via Yorkton Apronstrong Lake Crescent Boakview Killbrae Sumner Esterhaz Forest Farm. Service runs Monday and Thursday weekly with set departure and arrival times. Tender forms and conditions available at listed post offices and office of W McLeod Test Officer Winnipeg.
Sealed tenders addressed to the Postmaster General in Ottawa will be received until noon on Pride the 19th for a mail contract. Bids cover four years with payments per day and specify service between Mecetmin and from the lat January next, including schedule options for Redpath Hillburn and Moccemin with departures and arrivals at specified times. Conditions require bids as tendered with routes through Hillburn and Redpath, and the post office will review under the stated terms.
The report covers Northwest Councillor nominations after T. W. Jackson’s resignation with A J. Baker winning in part. notes City Hall Otway monument costing 65,000. Ottawa Cabinet decision on Seats Act fines used by cities. discussions among temperance leaders in Ontario about Sir John Macdonald and liquor policy with a possible provincial choice on liquor.
Mr Edward Keight of Morris writes to the Norwest Farmer expressing views on summer fallowing in Manitoba and the Northwest. He describes plowing seven acres in June 1884 and leaving it idle until July 20th with weeds presenting no seed, noting yields and manure usage. He urges farmers to consider manure use and cautions on farming practices and advice from Manitoba and Northwest farmers.
In Broadview a fire outbreak scorches farm buildings hay and implements across several farms. Residents note prairie fires causing extensive damage while authorities debate enforcement of a new law. The Mission church project with Rev George Vans and Rev Hugh McKay draws large crowds as services proceed.
Farmers report poor threshing returns while Greenville township searches for a new representative. John Taylor is unanimously chosen for a seat as a vacancy arises from Mr. Haney absence, and a successor to Mr. T. W. Jockmom is set to be elected soon amid unsettled prospects for settlers south of township 15.
The Government presents Moosomin, chief of the Creea band near Srattleford, with sixty sheep as a rewards for loyalty during the Uae rebellion.
Text shows a local political appeal urging votes for candidate G. 8. Davidson. It also notes arrivals of families and individuals moving toward the Northwest to claim land, and mentions cattle shipments from Moosomin, Whitewood, and Elkhorn toward Liverpool.
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