Chapter II: Part 2

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| | Elkhorn | Qu’Appelle | Regina | Battleford | | Calgary Industrial | Red Deer
| Brandon. | Industrial, Church | Industrial, Roman | Industrial School. | Industrial, Church of | High River Industrial. | School. | Industrial School,
| | of England. | Catholic. | | England. | | | Methodist.
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Material in | | | | | | Brick ven. (girls), frame | Stone, not in good condition, | Stone and brick well
building. | Brick and frame | Brick | Brick | Brick | Frame | (boys). | floors mostly good. | constructed.
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Heating | Furnace | Hot water boilers and | Steam | Furnaces | Furnace and stoves | Furnace and stoves | | Smead Dowd in parts and
| | some stoves. | | | | | | stoves.
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Water | Wells and windmills. | Well and gasoline | Lake Qu’Appelle and | Wells unsatisfactory. | Wells pumped to tank. | Well engine pumps to tanks. | 2 Pease combined hot air | H. P. pump from wells
| | pumping engine, | well. | No soft water. | | | and water. Had to close | to tank water to
| | 1½ h.p. | | | | | up rooms. (Cold). Well | basins in kitchen.
| | | | | | | (good). |
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Sewerage | Outdoor earth closets | Outdoor earth closets | Water closets indoors, | Baths and sinks drain | Outdoor privy vaults. | Baths and basins indoors, w. | W. C. sewer to river, | Outdoor dry earth
| | | separate | to cesspool. No | | c. in dormitories, outdoor | protected against reflex | closets.
| | | tank. | indoor closets, | | earth closets. | in high water. |
| | | | outside box closets. | | | |
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Ventilation | Smead Dowd system | Most windows vented | Very inadequate | No special attempt at | Windows and openings | Windows, 2 stoppers in chimneys | No special means but windows. | Smead Dowd in partial
| on bluff. | in central shaft in | small vents in large | ventilation. | in attic. Not good. | closed very inadequate. | Air space adequate | operation in many rooms
| | part. | dormitories. | | | | for number present. | very defective.
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Location | Overlooking Assiniboine | Near Elkhorn town | Beautiful location in | Fine site near creek. | ‘Beautiful’ on bluff | In beautiful valley of High | 4 miles from Calgary in | Beautiful location on
| at Brandon. | | Qu’Appelle valley. | | over Battle river. | River. | valley of Bow river. | banks of Red Deer.
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Land | 320 acres | 380 acres | 5 acres in valley, ¾ | 920 acres two miles | 640 acres | 100 acres mostly in valley and | 275 acres | 640 acres for hay, plus
| | | section on bluff. | from Regina. | | balance of 1,550 is bluffs. | | 500 acres.
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Cultivation | 166 acres | 75 acres in addition | 350 acres | 131 | About 100 | 138 acres | About ¼ cultivated. No | 325 acres.
| | to grounds. | | | | | school this year, all boys |
| | | | | | | working. |
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Products | See annual report. | 1,200 bush. wheat, | 130 wheat, 125 oats, | 2,300 oats, 80 barley, | 60 Acres, 6 acres of | 14 acres wheat, 1,000 tons | See annual report. | 2,000 wheat, 2,000 oats,
| Wheat, barley, oats, | 640 oats, 300 barley,| barley, potatoes. | 1,500 wheat, 300 | garden and potatoes. | hay, 20 acres turnips, 60 | | 1,000 barley, 1,500
| &c. | 350 potatoes, and | | potatoes. | | acres of oats, 34 acres | | potatoes, 25 flax.
| | vegetables. | | | | barley and large garden. | |
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Grant | | | | Wholly by government. | | | |
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Fire-escapes | Pipe with hose | McRobie’s, 2 babcocks | McRobie, extra escapes | McRobie fire | Tank fire hose, broad | Tanks, pipes and hose, | Standpipe and hose from tank, | None, except stairs and
| | hose to all floors. | to verandahs. | extinguishers. | gallery. Good. | babcock extinguisher. | also fire extinguishers. | windows to balcony.
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Established | 1887 | 1888 | 1884 | 1891 | 1884 | 1884, 1890 (boys) | 1896 | 1893
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Founder | By government. Staff | By government. Staff | By government. | By government. | Government. Staff (9). | Government. Staff (10) | By government. Staff (6). | By government (cost
| (8). | (10). Total salary, | Staff (16). | Staff (8). | | | | $60,000). Staff (7).
| | $5,818. | | | | | |
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Accommodation | 25 | 100 | 230 | 100 | 80 | 125 | 40 allowed, 45 in June, | 80
| | | | | | | 1898. |
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Attendance | 98 | 97 | 235 | 56 | 59 | 45 (boys), 38 (girls) | 19 boys | 78, July, 1906.
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School population | Not on reserve | Not on reserve | Near reserve | Not on reserve | Not on reserve 15 | Not on reserve. Difficult | Not on reserve, nearest 13 | Not near any reserve.
| | | | | miles from nearest. | to get. Pupils rather | miles. |
| | | | | | decreasing in number. | |
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Age of pupils | 4 to 18 | 12 to 18 | 7 to 18 | 10–18 | 6–18 | 14–19 | 13–18 |
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Number entered, | 4 | Two or three | | 4 | 4 | Three (3) | None. Reduced from 27 |
1906–7. | | | | | | | to 16. |
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Discharged, 1906–7. | 3 to leave for colony. | 7 discharged, none on | | 5 | Number grown up and | 7 discharged | 11, 1 ran away, 1 stole |
| 2 tubercular phthisis. | account of sickness. | | | left last year. | | horses. |
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No. tuberculized | 2 with glands, 2 with | Two (2) | 15 sick with scrofula | 4 scrofula | None noticed, 10 with | 7 girls, 4 boys | Two (2), (1 one sent to | Four with scrofulous
| eye trouble. | | and 1 consumptive. | | impetigo contagiosa. | | Morley Sanatorium). | glands (4).
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Deaths, 1906–7 | None | One (1) | | One (1) | | No deaths in last two years. | One died (1). | Six died (6).
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REPORT ON THE INDIAN SCHOOLS OF MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES.

TABLE VIII.--STATEMENT SHOWING SUMMARY OF CONDITIONS ON INSPECTION OF 25 BOARDING SCHOOLS.

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Name. | Material in | How heated. | Source of Water Supply. |Method of Sewage Disposal. | Quality of Ventilation. | Location. | Amount of Land. | Amount Cultivated. | Amount of Products | Fire Protection. | When begun. |By whom built.|Accommodation. | Present | Present School | Age of |Number entered | Number discharged | How many Tuberculized. | How many Died
| building. | | | | | | | | | | | | | Attendance. |Population on Reserve. | Pupils. | 1906–1907. | 1906–1907. | | 1906–1907.
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Morley. |Frame addn. 1900; |2 very old |Spring; flows to building.|W. C. indoors drain to |Very poor; 1 fresh air pipe, |On a hillside, 6 miles |1,437 stony. |Only 10 acres. Hopes to |No statement; garden stuff. |Pipe and hose. |1887. |Methodist Ch. |45 allowed. |16 boys; 17 |100 pupils. |6 to 18 |7 pupils. |3 pupils. |5 by exam. Dr. Lafferty reports |None.
|very much out of |furnaces. | |ravine. Also outdoor W. C. |3-in., drawing foul air to |from Morley Stn. | |have 100 acres; green | | | | |Boys’ ward now |girls. | |years. | | |20 per cent. |
|repair; floors | | |Baths. |furnace to be reheated. | | |fodder. | | | | |over-crowded | | | | | | |
|old. | | | | | | | | | | | |with 16. | | | | | | |
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Sarcee Bdg. Schl. |Old frame |Stoves. |Water by pipe to kitchen |Buckets to carry away |Old, small windows in low |On Sarcee reserve in a |Small garden. |Only the garden. | | | |By C. E. |25 allowed. |5 boys; 6 girls. |12 on reserve not at |6 to 14 |1 pupil. | |1 died after being sent home. |1 died. A
|building. | |from windmill; this out |slops; outdoor earth |dormitories. |valley of Elbow. | | | | | | | | |schl. |years. | | | |number died in
| | |of order. |closets. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1905-6 of T.B.
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Blackfoot. (Old Suns) C. E. |Frame. |Stoves. |Wells; all bad. |Outdoor privies. |Only windows; very |On river bottom. |On reserve, 7 acres.|2 acres. |Only garden stuff. | |1884 old |By C. E. |50 allowed. |17 boys; 18 | |6 to 15 | | |Only 3 pupils not under care of |1.
Bdg. Schl. | | | | |defective; crowded | | | | | |bldg.; 1894 | | |girls. | |years. | | |physician. Most are tuberculized. |
| | | | |dormitories. | | | | | |boys’ bldg. | | | | | | | |So many were sick at hospital |
| | | | | | | | | | |closed in 1901.| | | | | | | |that the classes were interrupted.|
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Blackfoot. (Crowfoot) R. C. |Frame. |1 furnace; rest |1 well; not used; has |Outdoor privy closets. |Only windows; no evidence of |In valley of Bow river. |5 acres. |3 acres garden; 2 |Only garden produce. |No fire-escapes, except |1900. |By R. C.; |30 allowed. |33 pupils. | |6 to 16 | | |Health fair; general health |
Bdg. Schl. | |stoves. |caved in; water brought 1 | |any attempt to ventilate. | | |potatoes. | |inside stairs. | |govt. gave | | | |years. | | |indifferent. |
| | |mile from river. | | | | | | | | |$2,500. | | | | | | | |
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Blood (St. Pauls) C. E. Bdg. |Frame and logs. |Stoves. |Good driven well in |Outdoor privies. |Only windows; no attempt at |In valley of Belly river |161 acres. |25 ac.; 2,500 trees |Garden products and oats. |No fire-escapes, except |1893. |By the Ch. of |80 pupils. |33 pupils. |162 pupils. |6 to 17 | | |No sickness this year says Dr. |None.
Schl. | | |gravel. | |adequate ventilation. |opposite Blood reserve. | |planted; grounds graded. | |inside stairs; no | |England. | | | |years. | | |Edwards. |
| | | | | | | | | |extinguishers. | | | | | | | | | |
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Blood (R. C.) Bdg. Schl. |Frame. |2 furnaces. |Well with force pump to |Outside privies. |Windows; vents in attic |In valley of Belly |10 acres. |8 acres. |2 acres of garden; 6 potatoes.|None except inside |In 1885 a |By R. C. Ch. |42 pupils. |42 pupils. |162 pupils. |6 to 17 | | |Health good, according to Dr. |None.
| | |kitchen. | |closed. |river, on reserve. | | | |stairs. |mission. | | | | |years. | | |Edwards. |
| | | | | | | | | | |Present | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |school, 1895. | | | | | | | | |
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Peigan (C. E.) Bdg. Schl. |Frame. |Pease furnaces. |Good well. |Outdoor privy vaults. |Windows and vents into attic |On Powder creek, just |40 acres. |Only 2 ac. (garden) |Garden produce. |Only inside stairs. |1898; |By the Ch. of |30 pupils. |31 pupils. | |6 to 17 | | |3 with scrofulous glands. |2.
| | | | |either end. Attic windows |outside res’ve. | |cultivated. | | |previously a |England. | | | |years. | | | |
| | | | |open; good attempt. | | | | | |mission and | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |day school. | | | | | | | | |
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Peigan (Sacred Heart) R. C. |Frame. |Stoves. |Good well. |Outdoor privies. |No attempt at ventilation. |In valley of Old Man’s |2 acres. |2 acres. |Garden products. |Only inside stairs. |1897; |By R. C. Ch. |30 pupils. |34 pupils. | |5 to 16 | | |2 with scrofulous glands. |1.
Bdg. Schl. | | | | |Crowded dormitories. |river on reserve. | | | | |previously was | | | | |years | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |a mission and | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |day school. | | | | | | | | |
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Hobbema (Ermineskin) R. C. |Frame. |Stoves. |1 well; cistern in attic. |Outdoor privies. |No ventilation save by one |On the reserve. |160 acres. |40 acres. |10 ac. potatoes; garden stuff.|2 canvas tubes; good. |In 1881 was |By R. C. Ch. |50 pupils. |54 pupils. | |5 to 16 | | |1 with T.B.; 2 with scrofulous |
| | | | |6-in. duct. | | | | | |a mission; | | | | |years. | | |glands. |
| | | | | | | | | | |since 1895 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |a boarding | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |school. | | | | | | | | |
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St. Albert Bdg. Schl. and |Frame. |Furnaces and |Well. Engine to tanks; |Outdoor privies; some |No adequate ventilation; |Beautiful site on bank |320 acres. |200 acres. |Bushels:--1,250 barley; 4,520 |Outside verandah for |1889. |By R. C. Ch. |230 in all. |68 pupils. |Not on res. |5 to 18 | | |A number. |
Orphanage. | |stoves. |hot and cold water. |indoor closets. |some vents open in ceiling; |of Sturgeon river near | | |oats; 1,500 wheat; 2,035 |escapes; good. | | | |(Indians | |years. | | | |
| | | | |dormitories all over-crowded.|village of St. Albert. | | |potatoes. (4 men work here) | | | | |educated in part | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |with whites.) | | | | | |
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Saddle Lake, R. C. (Blue |Frame. |Stoves. |3 wells, 1 with broken |Outdoor privies. |Windows; have opening into |Good site on high ground |6 acres. |3 acres; as garden. |Garden stuff. |Outer stairway to lobby. |A mission |By Ch. |40. |48. | |5 to 16. |3. | |6 with scrofulous glands. |
Quill) | | |windmill; not very | |attic--closed, rooms close. |on reserve. | | | | |until 1891. | | | | | | | | |
| | |satisfactory supply. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Onion Lake, (St. Barnabas) |Frame. |Stoves. |Well in bakery; good |Outdoor privies. |Windows only; girls’ |Fine location, near |10 acres on reserve.|2 in garden; 8 in oats. |Garden stuff. |Fire-exting’rs. |In 1891 a day |By Ch. |50. |16; also 37 | |5 to 17. | | |1 boy with scrofulous glands. |
C. E. Schl. | | |supply. | |school-room crowded; boys’ |agency on reserve. | | | |Balconies. |school bdg. | | |whites and | | | | | |
| | | | |good. | | | | | |schl. since | | |half-breeds. | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |1896. | | | | | | | | |
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Onion Lake, (Sacred Heart) |Frame. |Stoves. |Good well and cistern. |Outdoor privies. |Windows; some openings into |Fine location, near |4 acres. |2 in garden; some oats. |Garden stuff. |No fire-escapes; are |1895. | |60. |35 and 17 | |6 to 17 |3. |1. |2. |1.
R. C. Schl. | | | | |attic, closed. |agency on reserve. | | | |fire-extinguishers. | | | |half-breeds. | |years. | | | |
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Thunderchild, (Delmas) R. C. |Frame. |Stoves. |Well. |Outdoor privies. |Only windows; no attempt at |On ¼ section adjoining |100 acres. |Good crops on the farm. |Good crops. |2 exting. inside stairs, |1901, a |By Ch. |20. |22. | |6 to 16. | | |1 with consumption, 1 with sc. |
Schl. | | | | |ventilation. |reserve. | | | |no escapes. |bdg. school | | | | | | | |glds. (both boys.) |
| | | | | | | | | | |originally | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |started in | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |1879. | | | | | | | | |
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Emmanuel Col. (Prince |Frame. |Stoves. |Wells. |Outdoor earth boxes. |Windows; no special means. |At suburb of town. |200 acres in town; |65 acres. |Wheat, oats and vegetables. |No special escapes; only |1895, a day |By Ch. |100. |47. |Not on reserve. |6 to 18. |6 on acct. of |6 on acct. of poor |None present; had been sent away. |1 of T.B.
Albert) C. E. Schl. | | | | | | |belongs to Ch. | | |stairs. |school. | | | | | |poor health. |health. | |
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Duck Lake (R. C. Schl.) |Frame. |3 furnaces. |Wells. |Girls’ closets off |Rooms crowded; air reheated |Located 1 mile from Duck |100 acres. Govt. |60 acres. |300 bush. wheat, barley and |Only inside stairs. |1895. |Was a mission |100. |106. |Not very far from |7 to 18. |3. |5 to leave this year.|No. scr., 1 with apparent T.B. |1 died of T.B.
| | | |dormitories but outside. |by furnaces. Poor. |Lake station. |land; ½ sec. of Ch. | |oats. | | |first, then | | |res., 2 or 3 whites. | | | | |
| | | |Outdoor privies for boys. | | |land near by. | | | | |by Govt. | | | | | | | |
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Gordon’s C. E. Bdg. Schl. |Frame and logs. |Stoves. |Wells. |Outdoor privies. |Only windows; air space good.|On 3½ acres on reserve. |½ sec. owned by |5 acres. |Oats; potatoes and vegetables.|Only stairs. |1890. |Was a church |35. |29. | |6 to 16. |8. |1. |3 with scrf., 2 treated in |
| | | | | | |scl. lying 1½ miles | | | | |mission first.| | | | | | |Touchwood Tent Hospital. |
| | | | | | |distant. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Muscowequan (Touchwood) R. |Stone and logs. |Stoves. |Wells; by windmill to |Outdoor privies. |Windows and attic openings; |On Ch. land adjoining |2½ sec. |110 acres. |Bushels. Wheat, 1,600. Oats |Tank in attic with hose; |1895. |By Ch. |30. |33. | |7 to 18. | | |3. |
C. Schl. | | |tank. | |some attempt at ventilation. |reserve. | | |1,200. Barley 250. Hay 250 |no special protection. | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |tons, potatoes and vegetables.| | | | | | | | | | |
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Crooked Lake (Cowessess) R. |Frame. |Steam boiler. |Wells and gas engine. |Outdoor privies, drain to |Mainly windows; some vents |In valley of Qu’Appelle. |¼ sec.; 40 acres in |100 acres. |Bushels. Wheat 2,000. Oats |Tank in attic with hose; |1898. |By Ch. asst. |65. |45. | |6 to 16. | |2 sent to Qu’Appelle |2. |
C. Schl. | | | |river. |to attic. | |valley. | |800. Potatoes 400. |no outside escapes. | |by Gov’t. | | | | | |for operati’n. | |
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Round Lake, Pres. Scl. |Frame. |Furnace and |Wells; also river. |Outdoor closets. |Windows only; but left open |In valley of Qu’Appelle. |320 acres. |100 acres. |All in farm crops. |No special escapes. |1884. |By Ch. |80 (too many.) |36. | |6 to 18. | |None. |None. |None.
| |stoves. | | |systematically. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Keesekoose (St. Philippe) R. |Frame and logs. |Stoves. |Wells; insufficient. |Outdoor privies. |Windows only. |Adjoining Keesekoose |160 acres. |30 acres. |Wheat, oats, barley and |No special provision. |1901. |By Ch. |30. |25. | |6 to 16. | |None. |None. |None.
C. Schl. | | | | | |reserve. | | |potatoes. | | | | | | | | | | |
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Crowstand (Pres.) Bdg. Scl. |Frame. |Furnace. |Wells and windmill. |Outdoor privies. |Windows and vents shafts |On brow of hill |380 acres. |75 acres. |Bushels. Wheat 725, Oats |No special provision. |1889. |By Ch. |50. |45. | |6 to 17. | |2. |3. |None.
| | | | |from most rooms; fair. |overlooking Assiniboine | | |2,200. Barley, ---- | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | |river. On farm adjoining | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | |reserve. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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File Hills (Pres.) Bdg. Scl. |Frame and stone. |Stoves. |Wells; inadequate. |Outdoor privies. |No special ventilation. |On File Hills’ reserve. |250 acres. |75 acres. |Wheat, 300. Oats, 700. |No special provision. |1889. |By Ch. |25. |22. |A good number. |4 to 18. |4. |3; leave for colony. |2 Tub. 2 scrf. glands. 2 eye |None.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |trouble. |
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Portage la Prairie (Pres.) |Frame and brick. |Furnace. |Wells. |Outdoor closets. |Fair. Some air reheated and |On suburbs of town. |2 acres. |Only garden plot. |Vegetables. |2 exting. No other |1895. |By Ch. |25. |26. |Not near reserve. |6 to 17. | |1. |2. |1.
Bdg. Scl. | | | | |then breathed. | | | | |provision. | | | | | | | | | |
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Birtle (Pres.) Bdg. Scl. |Stone. |Hot-air |Spring, piped to Scl. But |Indoor closets, sewer and |Ventilators in windows; |On hillside overlooking |300 acres. About 10 |Fodder, corn, oats and | |Outside escapes; no |1888. |By Ch. |50. |49. |Not near reserve. |6 to 17. |2. |3. |3 with scrf. glands. |None.
| |furnaces. |is on other premises; |septic tank; dry earth |partially successful. |Bird Tail river. |leased. Breaking 10 |roots. | |extinguishers. | | | | | | | | | |
| | |looking for a new supply. |closets, outdoors. | | |more. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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