Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 15, 1925, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press Winnipeg saturday August 15, 1925 settlers to Golden Jubilee ,00 will gather at Gimli first party in West settled from Iceland will programme arranged mow were s 3 Jinni Are under Way to a prep la 3 Noo visitors. Hor.0 citize1sh5 5port carnival Sherburn Park opening saturday aug. 15 at 1.30 . And every evening till sat. Aug. 22 the biggest show this year with or. And mrs. Harrison s famous diving girls Harry Zimmerman s band Box revue Midsummer boxing and wrestling championships Jack Peppi a manager. Ferris wheel Many other big attractions. Guests will include such of the origin Al settlers us Are still living As Well As men and women of note from the various icelandic settlements through out Western Canada and the United slates. Invitations have been extended to sir Jasinek Aikins. Lieutenant governor of tiie province to Premier John Bracken to mayor r. H. Webb of Winnipeg to Vilna hour Stefan son the Arctic explorer was unions the first babies Horn in the District and to the danish norwegian and swedish consuls. An esp eel Billy appointed representative. Of the Trovei a mint of Iceland will deliver and wishes to the old timers from their motherland. Replica of first Cabin at this Golden Jubilee will be shown a replica of the first settler s Cabin rudely built from logs felled in the Virgin forests on the West shores of Winnipeg also an accurate re i or the House boats in which the settlers floated Down the lied River past the turrets Twain on the last Lap of a weary journey from far away Iceland to this prom ised a formal programme of toasts or sinal poems and music will be car ried out during the afternoon. A specially trained choir of 120 voices under the direction of professor b. Thorlakson will sing icelandic National and popular airs while children s choir of 60 voices will Ren Der Canadian sonars and the National Anthem. The Alverton band will play at intervals throughout the Day Tho Toast list the Toast list includes the follow ing t. Thorson Dean 01 the school Winnipeg. Ode to j Johnson Wesley College. Winnipeg. I ode to s. Bjornton 1 i the b. B. Jonson. D.d., ode to the s. J Johanneson. Lunar. Ode to the Jon Ker nested Winnipeg Beach. It. Varan win i Nipes. Ode to Jonas a. Sigurdson Church Bride a sask. Greetings from Iceland an and i h. Varan author and i journalist of Sci Kjarvik and former j resident of Winnipeg. The mayor of Cioll Elnar a. Jon non himself a son of one of the three original settlers still living in the town of Gill will preside and act As Toast master. Special train a special train has been arranged i Cor from Winnipeg to convey All who i wish to attend. It will be met on i arrival by the Alverton band and i citizens when a procession i formed. The main float in this pro Cussion will be the Houseboat. It will come up from the pier and join the Parade at the Corner of Centre Street and first Avenue and will wind its Way North to Park Street and West into Gimli Park where the Celebration will be held. Meals will be served in the rated Church Parish Hall and refreshments in the Park. Committee in charge the committee in charge includes the following b. Thordarson Gimli. Cd airman b. B. Ilson Gimli. Tary w. Arnason Gimli mayor e. S. Jonason b. Own Darson councillors j. J. Helmund on. P. Magnuson and g. Felsted All if Gimli. Skafti arson Husack 3 b. Peterson Arnes g. Sigmund san Una Una a. Thorvaldson Rev Erton Reeve of s. Sigurd on g. Oddleifson Gey sir i Ingjaldson arbours Thor. Of Man Arborg g. Magnuson Fram nes j. Sigurd sri Vidar the Winnipeg members of the committee Are b. I. Baldwins of b. P. Jonsson. O. Thorgeirson a. B. Olson and e. H. Fafnis. H. Flack native of City and District was son of Rev or. John Black Pioneer minister of West Mink seeks refuse in fort William store creates consternation until Cap tured by cup pea zoo chief Canadian despatch fort William aug. 14. A Mink chased by a dog took Refuge this Rrt orning in Chappie s depart mental store at the main business Corner of the City causing conster nation among the Young ladles of the dry goods department to which it made its first clash sending them on to the counters witty skirts tightly drawn Down As close to their Ankles As they would come. Charlie Boyle undertook to Dis possess the Mink of the dry goods Section with a pole and Billy the Mink leaped lightly into the window where he found himself in. Company with a display of furs including scarves and neck pieces Rfade from his relatives and thinking himself among friends proceeded to make himself at Home. A Cage trap was secured baited and set in the window but the Mink was too wary so an . Call was sent to Chippewa Park and h. Merrifield Boss of the Chippewa zoo was called Tipon to effect a capture managed to get. The Little animal removed from its position where it had been an attraction for hundreds of spectators. General admission 1ft cents 1 u Only j. U Secre treasurer r k s. Jonas ii Ujj. Jona Naon. Clerk h. Benson and t. Thor Teeth Good dentistry at Low Cost Teeth extracted As near painless As modern science and equipment will per Mit. Lady attendants. One Day for out of town new Teeth that look better and feel better take advantage of my Low or. D. R. Jacob a2td associates v Brandon declares Niagara Falls slowly committing suicide associated press despatch Washington aug. Niagara Falls is slowly committing suicide according to Secretary of Commerce Gloover who declared today it was important that the United states and Canada should reach some agreement to prevent further diver Sion of water from the Falls if Theli Scenic grandeur was to be preserved to posterity. James Hunter Black died at head ingerly yesterday at the. Age of 65 years he having been born january 27, 1860, at Kildonan. He was a son of Rev. Or. John 31ack, the Pioneer presbyterian min Ster of the red River settlement. Or. Black spent his whole life on the Prairies and was one of the few now remaining who belonged to pre confederation Days. He Farmed n Kildonan in the eary Days and Hen spent Many years in ranching n Manitoba and Aberta. For the ast 20 years he has been engaged in mercantile being connected with Francis limited at head ugly and being until recently president of p. And b. Cash stores limited in Winnipeg. Of Pioneer Stock or. Black was of real red River Pioneer Stock being connected with the Rosss Sutherland Taits and others of the Pioneer Kildonan families. He was of a singularly Genia disposition going through the world with a. Perennial smile. He was widely known in All parts of the Prairie provinces. He was one o the few pre confederation Manitoban who took an Active Par in the Public affairs of the proving during its whole history. He knew practically every Man who took prominent part in provincial affairs from the beginning. _ he leaves surviving his widow two Sisters mrs. F. H. Francis p head ugly and mrs. Thomas Laid Law of Winnipeg and one brother j. Harry Black of Morden. The funeral will be held on Sun Day there will be a service a head ugly at the family residence a 10 . And a service at old Kuldo Nan Church at interment Wil be in old Kildonan cemetery. Truck plunges from embankment Woodstock ont., aug. Lockhart a Blenheim township Farmer was almost instantly Kylle thursday night when a truck h was driving toppled Over a 25-Foo embankment pinning him under Neath. Revenue seize liquor american Revenue officers raided the St Tram which crossed the Amerl an Border full of american legion Aires and spectators on the station platforms at Emerson and no yes Fere treated to an orgy of bottle mashing part of the victims. The officers searched All Luggage arge Small but made no at empt to search the persons of the travellers. The raid and sad to say put the whole legion harvesting is general.4-according o a crop summary issued by the Manitoba department of a agriculture harvesting is general Chr Jugl oat the province. In the South fall Rye Cut ing began Between and 30, and Barley cutting commenced two or three Days later. Throughout the same areas wheat Cut tent began the first part of this week. Id the North West districts the crops Nutting having not yet begun. This is expected to Barley and Rye however aug. 1 5. Are in full swing. Tart about operations two More donations. Announced vice inst orphanage at Middle the Philan who yesterday sent 5n pail up shares two More Winnipeg Sei Tut ions the and the old folks Home Church have benefited by Thropay of a. R. Man Letho of the a. R. Company to the former and to the latter the gifts were acknowledged by the sister Superior of the Orff manage ant by mrs. Charles Little chairman of the Board of the Home. I the Siste Superior of the orphanage stated that the benefaction will used of Extension which is satisfactory to the will elect compary president and other officers of the Man Tolja pulp and paper Mills wll be elected at a meeting to toe held in Winnipeg on August 19, according t a statement j. D. Me Arthur provisional president. H stated that All material for the Mil and other buildings would be Bough in Winnipeg. He went on to say tha the Mill would probably have a Ca Palty of 400 tons before work i when the Board of directors is called for next week or Mcarthur said tenders will be Calle for. He expressed the Hope that Winnipeg firm would get the con tract. Ower Case in hands of Ottawa engineers finance committee considers pro posed appointment Manitoba Power interests will lace their Case for control of Tainy Ake Levels in the hands of Robert Lea and s. Lea Ottawa. He joint committee submitted its a commendation for appointment of he two engineering experts to the Ivlo finance committee yesterday afternoon together with the info nation that a figure of had Een set As the maximum expend ure for the experts services. This Means the City the Winnipeg elec rec railway company and the pro government will split the osts three ways paying each. Dem Bers of the finance committee were not prepared to endorse the appointment without consent of the ital cities committee and referred the matter to that body. The question of this year s appointment to the Board of valuation ind revision will hang fire for an other week. Aid. J. A. Mckerchar informed the committee he was unable yet to make any report on the appointment and asked leave to hold the matter in abeyance for another week. J. Hunter Young is the re tiring member and his term of office expired june 30 of this year. Owing to a split in the Council Over Selec Tion of a person to nil the vacancy no action has been taken yet. A sub committee of the finance com Mittee is considering applications however. Purchase of government annuities increasing can Minn pretty Iasi Titch Ottawa aur. 14 increase of seventy nine new contracts is shown the number annuities issued during the fiscal year ended March 31 last As compared with the corresponding twelve months ended March 31, 1924, a fording to stat stick available in the department of labor. During the year Mirch i 1925, 488 new annuities were Pur chased while the total receipts for the year in question on All annuities in effect aggregated the number of government annuities in Force on March 31 last was a steady increase it is stated taken place in the number of new annuities purchased since May when the Branch became part of the department of labor. Duke of Manchester wants divorce suit heard in France Cable Paris aus Duke of Man Chester who filed application for divorce at Nice on july 25, insisted i today that he la entitled to have his action for divorce tried in the courts. This statement was in answer 10 a churn advanced by Duchess solicitors in London recently Eliut a divorce by a French court would in no Way affect Tom Validity of the Mavri ilk of the Duke and Duchess according to English Law. The in pc a lawyer. Leroy h. Be Laney tonight confirmed a statement that no divorce has yet been granted. To the Duke but reiterated client decision to fight the curb through an end on this of tic to Iannel. Me at Market 367 Portante phonea8220 to let new building Donald Ellice Donald and Ellice is an Ideal location for retail stores. Heavy Street car and pedestrian traffic assures Good business. New building up to Date in every respect. Ready september 1st. Keason Ible rent. Portage and main. A2341 uui1u ;