1507 EDMONTON DAILY
DEC 24, 1907

FERGUSON, Joseph
CUNNINGHAM, Sam
STEWART, Dan
MEARON, Sid
OLSON, Bell
OLSON, Nick
ST. JACQUES, Sam.
ST. JACQUES, Xavier
McGRATH, George


Lesser Slave Lake, Dec 5 Your 
correspondent has just returned from a 
trip through the Prairie River 
settlement, This country is settling up 
very fast. Nearly all the threshing is 
done. The crops have turned out fine. A 
sample of oats was seen at Joseph 
Fergusn's which goes 42 lbs. To the 
bushel. Things have been lively in town 
the last few months Revillion Bros. Have 
built a fine new dwelling house, put a 
picket fence around their property and 
gave all their buildings a thorough 
overhauling. Sam Cunningham has built a 
big dwelling house 28 x 25 and two new 
feed stables. Sid Fravess has build a new 
feed stable and house. Dan Stewart has 
opened up a new saddlery store, Sid 
Mearon built a new house and stable, Bell 
and Nick Olson, a new livery and 
feed stable, H.B.. Co. a fine big sore 
house. The next thing will be  a fort 
nightly mail. One month is a long time to 
have to wait for mail.

Ottawa, Dec 24, Sam St. Jacques, one of 
the proprietors of the Burnswick 
hotel, and a brother of the late Xavier 
St. Jacques, dropped dead in the hotel 
while attending to his duties today. He 
was about 45 years of age, married, but 
no family. Heart disease caused the 
death. 


Vancouver, B.C. Dec 24, George McGrath, 
timber cruiser, who spent five days 
without food, marooned on Texada island, 
was almost dead from hunger and 
exhaustion when picked up by the tug 
Chinool, McGrath's former companion 
was blown to sea and undoubtedly drowned.