Labour, Employment and Wages
Many postmasters in Muskoka rejoice over the munificent salary of 2 ¾ cents per day. With pork at fifteen cents a pound, they don’t patronize the savings bank much.
Orillia Packet May 12, 1876
Gravenhurst column: Story on the coal strike, stopping trains, lumber not being moved.
Orillia Packet June 1, 1894
Barkway column: Mr. Oscar Speicher has returned after spending several months at the Hydro in Northern Ontario.
Gravenhurst Banner November 12, 1936
Housey’s Rapids column: Messrs. Leonard and Clarence Sopher, Phil Pilger and Archie Fitchett are working for the Orillia Power and Light commission at Cooper’s Falls. They were home for the weekend. Also Vernon Taylor who works for the same commission.
Gravenhurst Banner April 14, 1949
Housey’s Rapids column: Messrs. Maurice Cook, Philip Pilger and Robert Fletcher left July 31st for Tillsonburg, Ont. to work in the tobacco fields.
Gravenhurst Banner August 11, 1955
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Logging on Buck River 1894
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1919 skidding logs
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Christopher Ruttan's Mill on Deep Bay Kahshe Lake
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Lumber Camp Bert Merkley on right
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Lumber Camp Bert Merkley second from right
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Road Crew
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1948 Snow Ploughing Barkway