23 Oct 1914
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Newspaper
Tisdale Recorder
Location
Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 23, 1914
Page
1
The Tisdale Trading and Milling Co electric light plant should start operating by week’s end with meters installed in wired buildings. Current expected to be switched on in a few days, though town illumination may wait until early next week if no unforeseen issues arise.
The Tisdale stockyards are crowded as farmers from surrounding districts ship cattle and hogs to local buyers. Buyers pay high prices and farmers report fair treatment, signaling continued expansion of the district’s stock industry despite space limits.
Waldo of Bowesmont North Dakota arrived on Tuesday with two cats of settler's offers and has taken up land in 4813, indicating a new pioneer claim in the area.
Timothy Cotter a Berlin School District teacher was arraigned on three charges for hunting without a license carrying loaded weapons in a vehicle and hunting on Sunday. The first charge was dismissed as Cotter was a nonresident entitled to hunt without a license. He was fined $10 and costs on the other two charges. A constable encountered him driving along Government road with a .22 rifle across his knees and a heavier rifle in the vehicle.
Minutes from the Connaught No 457 meeting at New Osgoode School on Saturday note a water well request and a review of surtax exemptions for Vanlosser land Marsalis Argall Seekings. Appointments of municipal constables Hanna Pearson Bullock Jones approved. Various correspondence on stationery costs monuments scales and debentures discussed with next meeting set for Preston School on Nov 14.
A dispatch reports 518 homesteads taken up in Western Canada last week, with 1913 showing larger total by only twenty two despite heavier immigration. The data suggest a long era of prosperity as the world seeks Western Canada for food, lasting well after European peace returns.
A Tisdale correspondent criticizes the town council for delaying an electric light plant. He argues brighter streets attract visitors and settlers, notes the electrician offered no reasons, and warns that frost will hinder future pole work if action is not taken promptly.
A. H. Renner returned from Winnipeg. R. M. Dilly named successor to Rev. A Pollarc at New Osgoode. J. C. Sibley travels to Edmonton for his sister’s wedding. W. Hoye works on Davidson and McRae land. An Orange meeting is planned at Forester on Wednesday 23th. Land seekers arrive from Southern Saskatchewan. Dominion Lands sub-agent active. An auction sale near Charles Brady’s on Nov 2.
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