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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
1
The district’s crop reports are pessimistic saying rain patterns have been erratic with three hot days stressing wheat and weeds reducing summer fallow output. Potatoes look fine but oats are poor and wheat not as bad as sensational accounts imply, with rain shortages and streaky showers affecting yields.
Additions list residents traveling and visiting relatives with dates and locations. Campbell leaves for Homecraft event. Mrs Feequeen attends Saskatoon convention. Westwood and Lambert visit relatives. Miss Wilson injured at Bellamy store. Ripples of The Stoleding Shav ow serial shown at Flite Theatre Wednesdays. Walter Macdonald leaves for Fish Lake trip with stops at Shandisty Macklin and Senlac.
The bylaw to raise funds for a revised waterworks system passed a poll showing a majority in favor. Council weighs options including lowering mains or expanding daily water supply to improve circulation during frost thaw. A CPLR supply and railway cooperation could drive additional machinery needs. Public meetings with ratepayers will follow more data on two schemes.
North Battleford area council minutes show regular session July 7 with Reeve Curtin and councilors approving road work grants totaling several dollars, a right of way purchase along GTP, and hospital visit discussions. Notes mention gopher poison controversy and police warnings to motorists in North Battleford.
Stullicker, located ten miles west of town, brought in an excellent Led Pyle wheat sample from a 21 acre field. The seed, sown this spring, shows uniform growth about three feet tall. with more rain, yield could reach twenty bushels per acre, marking this as one of the season's best samples.
Mrs Fling donated artificial flowers to the Red Cross Society. Mr Morten sold them for 4 dollars 20 cents within two hours. She plans to exhibit at the Wilkie Fair and donate the proceeds to the Red Cross after the fair. The executive expresses thanks for the practical donation.
The Wilkie Agricultural Society Fair offers prizes for a gopher tail collection contest. Monthly tails count toward a big prize with awards of 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 dollars and many smaller rewards. Tail value capped at two cents each.
Saskatoon Exhibition managers prepare for large crowds with extra trains from across the province and new buildings entrances and attractions. Automobiles and auto racing highlight the new features expected to draw visitors at the forthcoming five day event.
Mrs H B Whelpton and daughter of Moosomin are visiting Mr and Mrs Wm Whelpton for two weeks.
A Canadian soldier who left Canada with the first Contingent arrived this Saturday for a visit to his sister Mrs. R. Penland. He spent months in a military hospital in England after four severe wounds on the west front, was totally deaf, and had one hip shattered. Despite injuries he remains buoyant and offers a cheering word to all.
The Nottawa notes describe a July picnic at Swarthmore with egg and pony races tug of war and baseball. Lunch was served picnic fashion while the Swarthmore band played. Several visitors and residents are listed with minor injuries noted for Edith Morton who broke an arm after a fall.
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