Yorkton, Assa. — The station buildings, including tanks, etc. are now almost completed, most of the carpenters having gone east. Among the buildings now in the course of erection at the new town site may be mentioned: Two stores; Messrs. Livingstone and Thorston; a stone school house, size 20 x 30 feet and a livery stable. Several others have stated their intention of building. There is an opening here for a good hotel. Dr. Watson of this place, who has been attending the Indians at Fort Pelly, reports a large number of scarlet fever there, but all doing well. Delegates from Dakota, who were here some weeks back, say that a number of families from that part will settle near here next spring. Several wells have been dug on the new town site, and an ample supply of good water obtained at an average depth of eighteen feet. Mr. Wesley Jackson of Toronto, late of Wallace, is expected here shortly. He is bringing in a carload of horses. Owing to the exceptionally heavy yield of grain this year, the threshers are making slow progress. Revival services are being conducted at Orkney by the Revs Lawford and McKay. The Yorkton flour mill is running full time. The Yorkton school closes on the 18th inst.
(Assa. – short for District of Assiniboia, North West Territories. The flour mill referred to here is the one situated at the first Yorkton site, 4 kilometers north of this present site. One can learn a lot of history by reading news columns of various small localities published in a neighbouring city or large town There was often a correspondent from small places sending in the news, or there was a roving reporter looking for stories).
Contact Terri Lefebvre Prince,
Heritage Researcher,
City of Yorkton Archives,
Box 400, 37 Third Avenue North
Yorkton, Sask. S3N 2W3
306-786-1722
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