CUTTER, WIRE

Description: HANDLES HAVE A DIAMOND PATTERN ETCHED INTO THEM FOR GRIPS. OPEN LIKE A PAIR OF PLIERS WITH VARYING SIZED GROOVES IN THE MIDDLE. ONE END OF HEAD HAS A FLAT GROOVED SURFACE; OPPOSITE END IS POINTED. IMPRESSED INTO ONE SIDE OF TOOL IS "DIAMALLOY". THERE ARE REMNANTS OF RED PAINT ON CUTTERS.

History: ALL TOOLS BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, HENRY ROSS, WHO USED TOOLS TO BUILD FENCES, HOUSE, BARN AND CHICKEN COUP ON THE RAW PRAIRIE (SOME TOOLS MAY HAVE COME WITH HIM FROM THE U.S.A.). HENRY ROSS WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND IN 1881. HE MOVED TO THE U.S.A.; MARRIED AND FARMED IN DEER CREEK, AND LATER CAME TO CANADA TO FARM, AT PROPERTY THAT IS NOW LOCATED UNDER PARK LAKE - AREA WAS REFERRED TO AS ROLLING HILLS. IN 1921, WHEN IRRIGATION CAME THROUGH IT WAS NOT ADDED TO DONOR'S FARM. THE FAMILY THEN MOVED TO RENTED FARMS; IN 1927 MOVED TO WHITNEY FARMS, AND IN 1946 MOVED TO MCLEAN DISTRICT EAST OF LETHBRIDGE. THIS ACREAGE WAS SOLD IN 1950 AND THEY BOUGHT PROPERTY AT ROLLOG SUBDIVISION. HENRY GREW WHEAT AND ALSO RAISED CATTLE AND SOME SHEEP. DONOR WAS BORN IN MINNESOTA IN 1910.