R. M. Wilson, a brother of Jim’s lived on 20-4-13. He built one of the
largest brick houses in the district and was well known among the
organized farmers and held a number of permanent positions. Another
pioneer of 1880 was Murdoch McQuarrie on 19-4-12, who kept the first
post office in Marringhurst. They also kept a stopping place and many
old-timers recall the hospitality given them by Mrs. McQuarrie and the
late Wm. Galloway and wife on Sec. 30-4-13. Among his effects he
brought with him was a Harvest Reaper, the first in the he district.
Other early settlers were: S. Thompson, John Flannigan, 4-4-12, A.
Gibson 6-4-12, J. Greaves 20-4-12, Wm. Web 18-4-12. Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Webb and son Bruce reside in the same old farm.
The late James Cavers was also another old pioneer who settle at the
east end of the Lake on 12-3-13. His sons Douglas, James and William
reside in the same section. Their chief occupation was
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hay making and many tons of hay were
shipped to other parts of the
country by the Cavers brothers. From the list of old pioneers from 1878
to 1900 the largest number has passed away and those living have left
the district and only a few remain. We will try and
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Old Shop Sold
Layton's, at Windsor, England, a confectioner's known to Etonians
everywhere, and owned by the Layton family for four generations, is to
be sold. The store has held a royal warrant nearly 200 years, and is an
Eton tuckshop.
Forest birds and animals pay for food and shelter by helping to protect
the woods from disease and insect pests.
Interesting Stories of the Early
History of Baldur
TELEPHONES
Progress continued in various directions. The first telephone in
1899 possessed by Dr. Cleghorn connected his home to the store. Mr. P.
F. Curtis, also brimful of ideas, extended a telephone wire running
along the telegraph line from his store in Baldur to his store in
Greenway. In 1906 the Bell Telephone Company enlightened the people by
installing telephones in 14 rural homes, connected up between Glenboro
and Baldur. In 1907 the farmers east of Baldur decided to build and
operate an Independent Telephone line running east of Wolsely School,
then north to J. S. Conibear's.
After that the Municipality extended throughout the districts and
finally the Manitoba Government took charge of the telephones which in
1904 were located in the downstairs of Dr. Cleghorn's office; then
later in 1910 moved upstairs until the Telephone building was built in
1928. Miss Snidal has been chief operator in the late building from the
time of opening until the present day.
COMMERCIAL GROWTH
1904 was not noted for any real advancement in the commercial growth of
the town. The various lines represented did a fairly good business
- the sudden and unexpected visitation of rust in the middle of
the year had a| tendency to make the farming community restrict their
expenditures to actual living limit. When the harvest was threshed and
high prices obtained
for inferior grades, coupled with a heavier outturn than was
anticipated, trading immediately became brisk. In the building line the
magnificent Methodist church was erected at a cost of nearly
$11,000.00. A warehouse was built by Mr. Thomas E. Poole, hardware
merchant, and a number of other local improvements made to premises by
others. In the following year a new school was built, costing
approximately $9,000.00, and a parsonage for the English church and the
residences numbered approximately sixty.
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