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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
12
Officials report farm labor demand will surge for harvest but supply may fall short. Immigration halls show record numbers of applications with 20 000 to 25 000 expected to be needed, yet employers face uncertainty locating available workers. Eastern migrants faced a hard year last season and many returned home, a trend likely to deter newcomers to western grain growing regions.
Reports from Winnipeg indicate two survey sites Fort Churchill and York Factory will define the railway terminus. Engineers prepared profiles maps and schedules while evaluating harbor accessibility and ice-free periods for commerce. Directors announced profits over 56 000 with plans to apply gains to stock capitalization.
Canadian government annuities aim to ease poverty in old age by allowing deposits to post office savings banks or Ottawa, earning four percent interest and converting to an annuity between fifty and six hundred dollars. Annuities start at age fifty five with weekly payments as low as twenty five cents, offering steady support for those with limited incomes.
The Grain Growers Grain company convened its third annual meeting to review progress, elect officers, and discuss next year’s crop plans and cooperative goals among farmer members.
The council adjourned and will reconvene on Monday, August 16, with multiple financial entries including payments to Henry Menhot, Ant Bennett, Donaid Lamm, and others totaling various small sums. Names such as DM Canard and W. Rabemak appear in the record alongside miscellaneous monetary amounts and docketed items.
O M rats of steel car company at Pricere Pa are determined to start plant and strikers are prepared to oppose with firearms. Ne RPats a Winniper lawyer is fined the PR for 25 600 for penalty assessed to have been rendered in effectuating a settlement of the strike of mechanics last fall. It is said CPR left the 2Nce to ton. Robt Rovers does not recognize Me Potts in the matter.
A Russell municipality council meeting at Rosochi on Friday July 1 accepts committee bids to build a bridge between sections 4 and 9, township 21, range 29. discusses routing a new road, purchasing right of way, and arranging a survey with local officials and the P BR company.
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