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THE OLDS GAZETTE * * * * * Thursday, May 8th., 1941 Classified Ads. LOST —Boy’s ©. C. M. Bicycle. Finder please phone 36. 20-1t-c SRR RRS ESHER ES * WATERSIDE = Se RRR Se SEEDS SE Mrs. J. Watt had as her guest last week Mrs. MoPhall of Calgary. eee *e eH HH * EAGLE HILL * * * * vths “put Saotrison % Bone Kom Red Deer to visit her folks here. . ° * . s Miss Creidwin Ware left last week W. J. Elliott Retires From | Westerdale Municipality Hon. Dr. W. W. Cross announced this week that negotiations are pro- Agricultural Department Sets Current Mill Rate | ,ceaing with the federal gove pal . The retirement of W. J. Elliott 3 ‘The Westerdale municipal council connection with the salvage of scrap announced this week by Hon. D. B.| set the mill rate for the current year iron at the abandoned Brule roal mine Minister of Agriculture.| at a meeting held at Didsbury last | 200 miles west of Edmonton. If the MacMillan, Private Ken Armstrong, who is sta- Mr. Elliott is being superannuated on) Saturday. 300 tons of srrap there can be deli- Calga is taking a| May Ist after many years of service 4 nnn | tioned at Edmonton, had the misfor- for ry, where she ‘The rate for municipal purposes was | vered after collection at an economi— the th Training centre. ith the Depa: Agriculture. fo RENT—Unfurnished Rooms; gar-j tune to break his arm last week. course at the Youth, ‘Train ere meee ee ate . An re. |_| set at 11% mills; while the school rate | cal price, the province will see that den; just west of Station. Apply to MRS. was set at 9 mills. This is an increase of 1% mills on the municipal rate and a reduction of 1 mill on the school Mrs. Bert Johnson of Harmattan, is still our postmistress, while the injured folk convalesce. Her two sons, Victor ario Agricultural College of Guelph and came to Alberta with the C. P. R. Department of Natural Resources, He it is collected. At the present time some relief families have gone out to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller motor- : ed to Calgary on Saturday to bid fare- Olds, - Alberta. 2 well to their son Sidney now with the rate. It was pointed out that the in- | work at the collecting. a Air Foree, who left for the Pacific | and Philip, attend school here. oS i po ehloreage yoy one crease in the municipal rate was made : Togetag, eee, Galdere| ne aot cate! Ba. Sande and Jack Rove es fe at for the Vermilion School (2,0a"en the roads, This was in ac- | AUS LE gravel on the roads. This was in ac- cordance tg ® resolution passed at the annual meeting. It was decided that the councillors misfortune to lose a granary by fire which contained 700 bushels of oats. How the fire started is not known. s . . . * of Agriculture until 1937, when he was transferred to Edmonton to supervise Junior Activities and to direct certain phases of the Dominion - Provincial * * The school children entertained their parents last Friday afternoon by exhi- biting their project work and rehear- sing their parts for the school festival Hardware and Post Office. Reward if returned to Gazette Office. 20-2p Public Lunch ~..Gate... LOST—No. 5256 Alemite Grease Gun Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ford of Calgary, should make their annual inspection between John Weltz place and May- | to be held in Olds this pind were visiting the writer's home last — oan _ oo the best known. of the road this Thursday, after which city school. $5.00 reward for infor- Sars ee S week, Mrs. Davies, Mrs. Walsh and| , “icuiturists in the province. His long, the road program far the season will = ding to, 10 arTz The Glamis W. I. met at the home| son Bill, of Butte, were slso VisSiOTS | experience as ‘and teacher at; be laid out. artment of Public Works for two twin culverts west of Rugby school; 2 north BERRYDALE ing of “Mother McCree. of Mrs. J. Watt last Thursday after- | here. 20-1t-c Phone R602, Olds. | noon with fourteen members and six cine Sa sea rates —_ him ; Seminal Hogg ica appointed as visitors present. eeeeeee 6 ee 6 8) Oy wel ee yo gage aro ihc are cet ee paired oe ee S- | # | assistance to farmers in the laying out If you want a good meal or a lunch ter in Al condition; ice : ided apply Dep- in comfort, the place is the May be seen at| ‘The ‘subject of the round table talk|* * # # % % # # ee * % te ean “ Leeder P very reasonable. S af the schoot; one in the south west Mushroom Station. 20-tfn | was “Something Canada.has given ©) 4, a Foss spent last week at the) Alberta. ¢ corner of the municipality; two S. W. PUBLIC.LUNCH CAFE 7 on “ noes of his daughter, Mrs. J. L. Berk-| Mr. Eliott has many living examples | of 6-33-25 and 8. W. of $-82-2-5. : FOR SALE—Brome Seed; 9¢ per lb. Roll Sal wat ee oan Bye of his work in the province, in the| A grant of $160.00 was made to the New Pri 20-24p 7 ‘phe 217 ; en. | pings ‘Corp. chas “Richard soni ieft for the ewisea euittanee Foon in an es Calverton Ares for thelr, social, work. ~ eg , Bowden. were read. f ce’ 1 Correspo! Depart- . BOARD AND ROOM—In fully modern dclesste 10 attend the W. conven: Bost or in Calgary for the | eee oe eee tak comraeed | ee eet in ar ae | ICE CREAM SAD Ae ae aan ae a Ca oy gop ee ee ee |_| All Flavors = Ty was decided to send a small gift| the .week-end-in Calgary, guests at vice of the A Print. Bricks only--.-- 20c ‘Those who know Mr. Elliott will re-| ¢; . sated to Mrs. Bradley of Westward Ho, who gret his leaving, but will wish hi hese things ‘into. consideration, we FOR SALE—Starlight raspberry plants the Fisher Williams’ home. ; we strawber-.| has been on the sick list. : estimate that the total moisture ocon- _ ond eee. per 100; purple and yellow| Miss Nicholson showed samples of Harold Anderson left last week for in he eS So |e eine oier e ea a Iris, 6 for 25¢. of artificial flowers manufactured from | the Youth Training. school. He was i. is about 10% under the longtime ave- ICE CRE AM. , c SMITH, different materials. She also read a| accompanied to Coalgiary by Wnis Wife | een | TALE. Tt must be borne in mind, how- Biggest cone in town for - 19-22-p » Netook, Alberta.! paper on “Corkcraft.” and mother. . sown on about 50% summerfallow, and | ever, that the longtime average wheat : : Mrs. Thompson sponsored a contest oe = to . ort. that ‘the | 7 about 50% stubble. It is probable, yield of 16.5 bushels to the acre has, —————_— FOR SALE Nice Broilers at 18¢ per| which was won by Mrs. W- Davidson |. We are pleased to rep however; that this to the | during the past few years, been in- littte daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Ross is gradually improving though it may be a couple of weeks before she leaves the Holy Uross Hospital. * Wong Pond :: Proprietor © creased by probably two bushels to the ‘Telephone 150 acre, owing to the widespread use of spring wheat varieties that are not damaged by stem rust. after the draw. The afternoon prize was also won by Mrs. Davidson. Mrs. Bredin assisted the hostess in serving a delicious lunch. tb. live weight; or 24¢ Ib. dressed. . W. D.-SMITH, 19-2t-p Phone R607, Olds. government’s wheat acreage reduction. policy, wheat will be sown on 75% sum- merfallow and. on only 26% stubble. This means that the moisture con- served by summerfallow. during last summer and the fall before that, will have a greater weight than = upon the final yield. per acre, whi means in turn that with a given amount of rainfall the yield per acre most. pro-| bably will- be higher for this coming | crop than it has been on’ the average in the past. (The average yield per Jacre for the past two years. was 18.5 bushels, and the rainfall for these two Olds, Alberta. - EEE FOR SALE—Garage and Lot. For fur- ther particulars apply to: MRS. A. E. , Olds,’ Alberta. Scotty: Ross. will graduate from the Technical School ‘this term and will probably leave for the East where radio experts are much in demand. * = * * * . Services were held at the church on Sunday with Mr. Christie as pastor. Quite a number were on hand to wel- come the young student who was 4a general favorite here last. year. ss * e« * Mr. D. H. Campbell and Mr. Geo. e % % Se SRR ERR SF . SUNDRE NEWS _. * kk RR EK RK KR RR Hughie Pearce’s new garage is com- ing along fine. . Cd 18-3t-p FOR SALE—Cleaned Victory Oats, ger- mination 95% in 12 days; ‘Certificate No. 70-4470; 35¢ per bushel. Also limited quantity of Kathadin Pota- toes; at 60¢ per bushel. E. H.-YEWELL, Phone R1519, Olds. * * . * Miss Jean Jackson is home now. She 16-tin spent a nice vacation at her brother's years averaged together was slightly nnn | Home in Brant. Hawson are enjoying camp life .at| above normal). Be FOR SALE—Aberdeen Angus Bulls. gee SS Se Grand Prairie, where they have been] The precipitation which occurred last Apply to: . Mr. and Mrs. E. Ferguson and sister | stationed recently. i fall, in teriis of the normal or average, : McKAY BROS., | Helen; spent the day in Innisfail with ose SS in. Alberta was 82%, in Saskatchewan 18-23-p Lobley, Alberta | friends. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Grant celebra- | 77, and in Manitoba 115%. eee 8 oe ted their 25th wedding anniversary on Saturday, May 3rd, Many friends and neighbors called during the afternoon For this present growing season from April 1st to April 28th, inclusive, the precipitation has been, in Alberta 42% FOR SALE OR TRADE— Two good horses. Can use lumber or Congratulations go to Mr. and Mrs, Delos Burk on the birth of a son: posts. Apply 2 Mother and baby are doing fine. and evening, § | og only of the normal, in es : , Cross sewing meeting. was|.112% and in Manitoba 175%, giving a 19-20-p ee Alberta.| Mrs. L. Ferguson spent the week-| , Tre Red Sto Pact at Sting ome | combined figure for the fall and grow- — end in Calgary visiting with her sis- ing season for the three provinces to- ters, Misses Mildred gether, weighted for wheat acreage, of beanie approximately 85% of normal. This means that the present moisture con- dition of the stubble land which is now being seeded is 85% of normal. Sum- of Mrs. V. Shanks. The ten ladies present spent the afternoon in knit- ting and making garments for refugee children. Mrs. F. Gordon will hold the next meeting on Thursday of, this week at the A. Leonard home. FARMERS—The Olds Agricultural So- ciety has distributed 3,000 pounds of seed. and still has a little alfalfa, ’ timothy and orested wheat for sale. For your requirements see: STAN EDWARDS, Phone 123, Olds. and Edith Miller. * * * Our shoe doctor, Jack McDougal, has the mumps. He is, however, coming along fire. * s s . : : am — Re-Shingle Your Roof Now We have the necessary shingles at the lowest prices. _— DON’T DELAY, ORDER TODAY —: _Craig’s'Lumber Yard Telephone 44 Olds, Alberta oe * * * s . Mrs. Stan Dean, who is a patient in the Holy Cross hospital, is coming along fine and expects to be home this. week. 2 20-ltc probably = seeded, has now relatively a better lectric Fence In- sulators, $1.79 yer 100. Gem Electric Fencers $18.00, complete with bat- teries, ground rod and 50 insulators. RADIOCRAFTS, : 20-tin Phone 37, Olds, Alta. SPECIALS FOR CASH THE WORLD OF WHEAT s « 8 @ @ i —— ‘ ' A well-attended school fair meeting | By H. G. D. Strange, Director of “The was held in Sundre on Friday, Crop Testing Plan ae The fair will be held on the 10th of September. - ture from the rains of last summer and of the fall of 1939. (These. parti- cular rainfalls were normal) 3 : . At this moment, then, The yield of wheat is governed main- ly by rainfall, which helps to make plant: food available to the growing ss. e = 8 taking all (Mr. William Parker, secretary-treas- School Fair kind expressions of sympathy and kindness shown us during our recent also for the beautiful ae urer of the Association, | crop. ; ? One 7 Ton Platform Scale (used) | spent Saturday it’ Ca'gary on school) Summerfallow, when it is done well, . 4 : 3 ; : Ce One 8 ft. Single Disc (used) fair business. conserves raimfall and so makes more a : : . One Cook Range ( shape) EA Oe Te ‘moisture hence more plant food avail- ; $ see One Platform Seale (used) A community concert will be held|able.. Summerfa‘low, therefore, in- . i : eS 4 One Disc Plow (used) in the Sundre Hall on Saturday, May | creases the yield per acre. - : . : : ey : : : One Cream Separator (used) eg 2 8.30. p. m. for the benefit = i can be — hn summer- : ARE eee FARM BUILDINGS: i the Cross. This. concert: will fallow is actually a method of storing : Cw ; es L. F. OSTERGAARD put on by the surrounding schools. wheat in the soil instead of storing it “Ss 4 " 1 A Ask for me at Herb Milne’s. Service oe 6 Oe in the bin. . : : : 5 Station; Olds,. Alberta On Thursday of last week the Sun-| ‘The increase of wheat yield on sum- i ‘ Soe See - : : ; — dre high school: softball team played| merfallow depends upon the amount| - : bs i a9 ~ = CARD OF THANKS against Harmattan. The game. ended |.of rainfall that the summerfallow has }. IN i D : 9 d Sere. ee a score of -9-6 im favor of the —— and this one —_ nes Re 4 j BS ‘ atter team. . well the summerfallow . is. kept free : : F : ; : 5 Poin Dng hiding eg a ae from weeds (because, weeds fea! the : | oo: a The teachers met ata special meet-| stored up moisture from the wheat : au : ing on Saturday and completed pans for holding a community concert on Saturday, May 17th, for the benefit of the Red Cross.. Each school will take part and give a part of the program. They also planned for the annual track | meet to take place on June 13th, at Sundre, in which. ail schools will par- ticipate. : plant) and depends also upon how early'in the season the summerfallow is' done. There will be more summerfallow done this year’ than ever before in the history of Western Canada. It is es- sential, therefore, that summerfallow should be done early, in May if pos- sible; in order to conserve the late May and‘early June rains; it }s also neces- ‘sary that summerfallow shall be kept as free from weeds as possible, with- out: however disturbing the soil: any more than is necessary, because when the soil is disturbed precious moisture is evaporated into. the. air. * * ‘ ‘The following factors have tended to}: raise price: Prospects of Japanese and bereavement; floral. tributes. eee Cs is st ay: J am ‘CARD OF THANKS The executive of the Home and School Association wish to thank all those who contributed to the program at the tea and food sale on Saturday, May 3rd. . : SAYS AGRICULTURE _ IS WAR CASUALTY It is now disclosed that Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King wrote in Janu- ary to the Premier of Prince Edward Island saying, “In a sense, through the loss of markets in continental Europe, | Manchurian wheat crops below normal. the Canadian farmers have become) It is reported that 8) has: purch- casualties of the present war.” And ased an additional 14 million bushels the publication which is recognized as Lof Argeritine wheat (payment to be the official voice of Canadian business ;spread over 5. years); spring seeding interests (Canadian Business, publish- | operations two to three weeks behind | ed-by the Canadian Chamber of Com- in Balkans and northern and western merce) has a very good article in the| Europe. current issue stating that “Agriculture! The following factors have tended to is Canada’s first major war casualty | lower price: Germany - has occupied on. the home front.” : Yugo Slavia and Greece; Broomhall With the Prime Minister and mem- | estimates -sumplus. wheat supplies of bers of his cabinet, Canadian: business- | Canada, Australia and the Argentine men and Canadian farmers all agree-|cn April Ist were 40% higher than ing = nee is a war casualty ne. year; — aie excellent in Sate Hit mus' a fact: The question then Argentine and. acreage unchanged BABY CHICKS ai is “Why?” Mr. King gives one rea-| from last year. tet Government approved and inspected || 50n: Loss of markets in_ continental aay quSe now hatching every Monday. phage meee us be frank about it. : : . OSS an markets is only on Innisfail Electric Hatchery pn Hg Box 233, Innisfail. Phone No. 148 INSURE IN SURE INSURANCE Get your fire insurance at cost. . Keep your money in Alberta by buy- ing Government Insurance. HL. A. Samis, Authorized Agent _- Block South of Bank. Olds, Alberta. Ace you as proud of your farm buildings as you are of your well-conditioned fields, crops and live stock? McLean Cartage PHONE 17 — EVERYTHING IN CARTAGE — Phone us your orders—that’s all. It pays in more efficient operation as well as in personal satisfaction to have your farmhouse, barns and other build- ings in good repair and well equipped. If you need money for improvements, you are invited to call upon us. We shall be glad to give you full information. BANK OF MONTREAL Searle Co’s. Precipitation Report No. 1, For 1941 The wheat crop+af.the Prairie Pro- vinces is now being seeded, and the harvest next fall will depend mainly |, upon the total,amount of moisture available to the crop. This moisture includes the rains which fell last fall, the rains which will occur during this growing season part of the reason. The other part is neglect of agriculture in national poli- cies of the present government headed by Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King. The first is, of course, beyond our con- trol. The second, however, is entire-y within our power in Canada to rem- edy if we would face it. The Canadian people are providing the federal treasury with the largest CHIROPRACTOR H. S. RAMSEY, =.4., D.c., rh.c (Doctor of Chiropractic) KEMP BLOCK — OLDS — PHONE 13 oe “Hours: ~ tax De the noanaa aus Domi-| from April 1st until about August Ist, ' 9-12 am. FUL ; SPINAL | 2-on. That huge budge’ ance our | and, in the case of seeded land which ; 2-5 pm. ‘Anciwais | ar programme is responsible for the | has been summerfallowed, the ealne “A BANK WHERE SMALL ACCOUNTS ARE WELCOME” ALL WHITE HELP Dinner & Supper Specials comparative prosperity of industry and inion government casualty rather than a war casualty.—H. H. Hannam, in the Rvral Co-Operator. which fell last summer and the pre- rule, to be of. much value as far as producing crops is concerned). Usually the Western wheat crop is - i _— — aL tes oe 7 that is the fall of 1939. Buy 5 udget (Snowfalls which occur between Nov- : AN n Don t Say Restaurant finance’ agricultural production, as they | ember Ist and April 1st, while helpful WAR Olds Branch: F. W. DERSON, Manager Say “Ralph’s Royal Coffee | 2*¢ financing other war industry, agri- | in filling up sloughs and making water 5 SAVINGS ‘ Shop” ‘ culture would not be a casualty. *| cvailable for human needs and for CERTIFICATES i In reality then agriculture is a Dom- | livestock, have not been found, as a - MODERN, EXPERIENCED BANKING SERVICE. .. the Ontcome of 123 Years’ Successful Operation
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