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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
1
A reflective column notes knitters aiding soldiers while criticizing wartime policy and Ottawa politics. It rails at a government seen as wasteful, contrasts Liberal coalition aims with fiscal reform, and warns that Canada must mobilize all resources to win the war rather than chase profiteers.
The Prongua area reports strong wheat and oat yields with some fields reaching 45 bushels per acre for oats and around 15 bushels for wheat. A local grain elevator project progresses while Red Cross and Belgian Relief efforts seek donations. A brush fire near Sweetgrass tests community response and railway service fees spark local dispute as G.T.P. and C.P.R. plans draw attention.
The article argues that stronger trust in the Brith system of Guancing channels excess war profits back into the public treasury, in contrast with the Canada approach described as the "come all ye" system. It discusses implications for fiscal policy and public funding.
Willowmoor pupils attend the North Battleford fair on Friday September 28 and win several prizes with the Willowmoor banner placing second. Other items report Mrs Chas Laycock's ill health visit to Rochester, an agricultural fair on October 12 with dancing and Grain Growers refreshments, visits by Ernest Staler and threshing updates, Homewakers meeting on October 4, and September examination results across grades with top scores by Catharine Grove and Stella Underdahl.
A Rosthern Enterprise note reports a farm laborer in Rosthern yesterday asking a farmer for 86 per day paid each morning in advance. The farmer refused and labeled the laborer a vagrant.
On a J. H. Sneer farm near Battle River at six oclock, Jas Clark and a Frenchman were buried when an 18 foot ditch wall caved in. Clark was neck deep and the other man under four feet. Rescue by Insp Proby and police freed them after about four and a half hours. Both were hospitalized with injuries and shock.
A card of thanks published by a resident expresses gratitude to the citizens of the town and district and especially to Snap Proby and the Mounted Police for the aid shown in preserving human life.
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