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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
8
A public meeting is scheduled at Town Hall on Thursday June 16 at 7 30 p.m. to discuss waking arrangements for a fitting celebration in Elvers marking the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation of Canada. All citizens are urged to attend. R N Dunsmore. For
About 600 canvassers will take action on June 15 with 90 captains and equal numbers of meetings to organize the campaign. Saskatchewan Pool elevators average 132000 bushels per house and have handled over 77500000 bushels last season across 587 country elevators with 20000000 bushel capacity. Manitoba Pool elevators average over 180000 bushels per house.
The Memorial Committee seeks volunteers for Sunday at 10 am to carry chairs and planks and help arrange seating on the roadway. Seats on the platform go to school officials and local committees. veterans will form a surrounding line. Citizens may reserve land east of the grounds for school children.
The United Church last Sunday featured carnations pansies and blossoms donated by Miss Bradley of Daly. Carnations were given to shut ins after the service. No services in Daly or Pettapiece next Sunday due to the Memorial unveiling at Rivers where a 7:30 pm service on The Unknown Soldier will include special music and local assistance.
Only four or so people joined a cemetery cleanup on Wednesday as clouds and rain disrupted plans. Organizers hoped for more volunteers but weather kept turnout down and activities brief.
Development plans in central Manitoba include two million dollars for mineral area work and improved transportation. Revelstoke Muskrat Fur Breeders' Association fences 160 acres for muskrat industry expansion. Eight hundred Swiss families are expected to settle Western Canada in 1927, with notable settlements in Notre Dame des Lourdes and Stettler. Canada's chemical industry posts a 7.5 million dollar sales increase in 1926 to 120.37 million from 113 million, across 533 plants. Ottawa's memorial carillon arrives in May for the Victory Tower, weighing 53 tons, cast in Croydon. Banff Springs Hotel expansion promises a 600-room facility by next season, with north wing ready May 16. The Fukuoka wireless station in the East opens, cost over 300 thousand, handling nonemergency traffic. In 1926 provincial highway spending totals 45.56 million, with 29.59 million for construction and 15.99 million for maintenance over 46,824 miles.
The New Outlook announces a Dominion wide celebration for Canadas sixtieth anniversary. A million dollar Confederation Special train will depart Toronto on June 36 with eastern passengers, travel twenty one days through western cities, and be hosted by local communities including an July 1 motor trip to the Prince of Wales Ranch at High River from Calgary.
The Fourth Annual Farm Boys Camp runs July 4 to 9 during the Brandon Summer Fair and includes a Live Stock Judging Competition. Boys may join by notifying O C Harvey by phone. Attendees should join free classes at Brandon Experimental Farm and the Asylum Farm on June 11 and a Field Day on June 14 with expert instructors from the Agricultural College.
Immigration to Canada for the first ten months of the fiscal year ending January reached 118 199, up 55 percent from the previous year. January alone totaled 4 164 with 899 British, 905 U S, and 2 360 from other countries. Returned Canadians from the United States reached 60 898 for the period. The minister of customs announced extending free entry for U S motor tourists from 30 to 90 days with a two 30 day extensions possible upon Bona fides and recommendations, signaling a larger tourist movement ahead.
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