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Newspaper

Wilkie Press

Location

Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada

Date

Jun 07, 1917

Page

13

Saskatchewan Political Meeting Highlights Wheat and Franchise Debates

A Saskatchewan gathering covered free wheat policy, school and temperance issues, and women’s suffrage. Speakers cited provincial progress since 1908, noting rural municipality growth and 260 cooperative elevators. Attendees were urged to vote, with remarks on past graft and calls for informed female participation.

Martin A. P. McNeb McConica Kerrobert Saskatchewan

Plowing Match Prizes At Wilkie Agricultural Society

Prize list for the Wilkie Agricultural Society plowing event includes men's gang plow first prize 18 dollars and second 14 with third 8, men's walking plow first 12 second 8, best kept team by a servant, boys gang plow first 12 second 10 third 8, boys sulky first 9 second cash awards and best handled team by boys noted.

Geng Piret Peine

Conservatives Take Up Local Issues in Wilkie Meeting

A Conservative gathering in Wilkie addressed local issues including the placement of the Judicial Centre, opposition to Liberal actions on the Creamery site, and criticism of the government as hostile to the town. Col. Bradshaw spoke on Prohibition, the Doherty Act, and language in schools, advocating English instruction and noting support for women’s safety measures.

Wilkie Bradshaw Col. Bradshaw Provincs Liberal Party

Narrows store advert promotes Jackfish Lake resort travel

A progressive store keeper at the Narrows in Jackfish Lake advertises in the Pres to attract Wilkie district visitors. Most campers rent cottages on the Meota side and cross the water for fishing. the Narrows store now offers complete customer service for vacationers.

Narrows Jackfish Lake Wilkie District Jackfish Meota the Narrows

Library at Narrow Lake Government Travelling Library

The Narrow Lake unit offers fifty top books kept by Mrs. Jen Lloyd as librarian. Books may be loaned to tender applicants by direct request to her.

Jen Lioyd

Secret Draft Speed Bylaw Aims to Limit Town Vehicle Speed

Incomplete notes indicate a secretary was told to draft a speed bylaw capping motorist speed at twelve miles per hour within the town. A deputy reportedly carried a document to an interview connected with a local oversight body in Regina.

Eilis Regina

Local notes from Battleford district

Items report church and community news. Rev G A Setherland left for Montreal for a Presbyterian convention. E B Spark family bid farewell at the depot before moving to Camrose Alberta. Rural Deanery meeting at Red Pheasant drew about ten Anglican ministers. Large Indigenous attendance heard Rev A J Williams speak on China missionary work. Private Albert Horst transferred to the Canadian Division Training School in France and invites Wilkie residents to write.

G. A. Setherland Montreal Presbyterian Church E. B. Spark Camrose Alberta Battleford Red Pheasant A. J. Williams China Battleford Press Albert Horst France Prase

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