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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
1
A long, polemical note discusses Liberal loyalties to Laurier and the new government. It critiques price control, state ownership, and wartime economic policy, arguing for or against rail and food controls and warning of socialist trends amid a global food shortage and Allied demands.
The Supreme Court handled a busy criminal docket with multiple verdicts. McAulay received a suspended sentence after theft of a saddle and signaled willingness to enlist. Patterson was fined 50 for common assault. Legg was found not guilty of manslaughter in a childbirth death. Woodbridge of Turtleford was convicted on two counts of seduction and sentenced to 12 months each. Buchan was found not guilty of unlawfully wounding cattle. Reeves of Carruthers was found guilty on six counts of abduction and sentenced to six months on each count. Atkinson led Crown. Sparling defended in key cases.
The report ranks pupils by performance with First Class excluded. Second Class includes Helen Drew Wynona Searle Orpha DeGear Lenore Nivoll Muriel Parker. Third Class Part II lists Tertia Miller Lucile Giffard Mildred Gonson Myrtle Poster Ethel Redding Dorothy Clancy absent sick. Third Class Part I names Isabel McCormick Amylia Parker Margaret Guthrie Vernor Hoover Philip Day Cecilia Ridington Wilfred Wagstall Marjorie Clancy. H Perkins, principal.
Mrs. E Porter of Star AF area Poccomaonta leads gratitude to Willowmoor Willing Workers $32.10 and Cross GGA $24.00 for contributions. Pron gim Homemakers provide pajamas and utilities. H Seput donates two pairs of socks.
Nominations were received on Monday for civic offices with no election. Mayor elect E. W. Drew. High School Board candidates M. Jefferson J. Nicoll J. D. Noel W. W. Smith. St Vital School Board candidates J. T. Callahan L. P. O. Noel. Pro School Board candidates G. A. Foster C. A. Wheatley.
There will be a contest for the reeve ship of Battle River with A J Prongun facing Reeve Scott. In division 1 Wilbur Enale and L McDougald contest council seats while Thos Bogg and R Caplette contest division 6. The following were elected by acclamation: division 2 W Aicheson division 3 R G H Speers division 4 Nels Larson division 5 Henry Alnine.
Community gatherings featured 8. O. Wright and Mighton speakers in Prongua and Drummond Creek with a Monday event at Waines schoolhouse. Prof. Wilson of Sask University spoke on Canadian literature at St. Vital's, then political meetings delayed. Pte. Wm. Thompson of the 232nd battalion was killed in action. his wife and child lived in Battleford. Casualties named Chas. Pringle and Patrick Keenan as wounded. A rumor of Walter Wayman’s death is dismissed.
Mrs. Leo Blyth sails East for an extended coast visit while Grain Growers and Willowmoor notes are held over. Local gatherings include a Union candidate address by Lieut. Milsom and a Red Cross social with a hospital bazaar. Victory Loan totals top 413 million, Battleford sub district raises 80 thousand with 25 thousand credited to H C Adams. Auctioneer Gowing Frost handles Mr John Chapt s estate sale and Mrs Agnes Pierce cattle sale with strong prices despite cold weather.
The first local meeting for Union support in Wilkie drew a fair crowd with Ex Mayor Laurie presiding. Dr Bowman of Regina defended the new Union Government and argued for conscription and war-time measures, while candidate H. O. Wright outlined his background and support for free implements and postwar policies. L. W. Clark left to take relief telegraph duties at Wood Mountain.
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