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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
8
Frank Fenwick is the victorious candidate in the Motnday bye election to fill the Blanshard council vacancy. Photo postcards of Rivers station appear at the Gazette Stationery.
The record lists School Trustees Chairman R N Dunsmore and Secretary T W Offen with ward assignments for five wards. It also shows Ward 1 officials T W Offen and J E Mitchell, Ward 2 R N Dunsmore and F W Buggat, Ward 3 T R Grieve with J 1 Couch, Ward 4 F Paddock and R W Sargent, Ward 5 HN J Varcoe and /. T Bowman. Town Council Mayor E Thompson with Councillors Ward 1 C Smyth and J McNeil, Ward 2 Li Wareham and L Wiegand, Ward 3 W Pitts and E Y Forman, Sec Treas G W Oliver.
A compact compilation listing prominent agricultural and farm papers including Do It Now The Family Herald and Weekly Straith Premium Picture two Manitoba Weekly Free Press two Western Home Monthly a Farmers Weekly telegram grain Growers Guide Canadian Farm Toronto Weekly Mail and Empire Toronto Weekly Globe Farm Crops Farmers Advocate Nor West Farmer.
Overview of homesteading rules in districts. Adjoining quarter sections by preemption at $3.00 per acre. Six months yearly cultivation to qualify for patent and extra acres. Preemption patent possible after homestead patent under conditions. Employment time as farm labourer in 1917 counts as residence duties. Veterans discharged overseas receive one day entry priority at local Agent’s Office. Discharge papers must be presented to the Agent.
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