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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
4
Notice appears weekly from the office on Main Street Russell Manitoba. It references a four year term in advance and identifies the publisher.
The Winnipeg Grain Exchange faces a loss of confidence after a charter amendment. Membership values have collapsed from $2,650 to around $1,000, building work is stalled, and contractor payments lack funds. Manitoba Grain Growers resolve to act, hoping new management will restore the exchange’s original purpose for grain growers.
Parliament questions royalty paid on timber in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba with 1906 and 1967 rough totals. A temperance critique notes policing saloons may shift to other vices. A government bulletin exposes drug price contrasts between departmental stores and druggists in Winnipeg. An invention offers a grain shocking machine that attaches to binders and builds shocks on a rotating table.
The machine has undergone successful tests and can build and place shocks precisely. In one test it operated at high speed and still positioned the shock perfectly. The inventor claims the machine will cost little more than hiring labor to shock 300 to 400 acres of grain.
An amusing note from a Winnipeg teacher recalls a pupil named Johnny who faced calls for cleanliness. The boy’s mother replied with a laconic jab saying Johnny is not a rose, don’t smell him, learn him.
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