Placer mining endures in Cariboo amid old and new methods
Prospectors in the Cariboo region still sluice for gold as the rush shifts with new tech like diamond drills and rock crushers. Old timers cling to pick and shovel while hoping for a big strike, even as income remains slim and supplies like bacon and coffee sustain them.
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Robert W. Service
Cariboo Way
Vancouver
B. C
Houser Brothers
Moislers
Harry Eden
Furs From Russia Plan Air Routes From Archangel
Russians in Moscow plan to move fur exports by planes from remote Siberian areas. The trade with America is worth about five million dollars annually. Previously icebound rivers force dog and reindeer transport for nine months. Three new air routes will connect Archangel with Siberian points and Arctic frontier areas.
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Moscow
Siberia
America
Archangel
Siberian
Arctic Ocean
Air routes shrink distance from Bokhara to Khiva
The article notes a planned service to carry trader supplies and to sink Kamchatka’s lonely peninsula from nearby railway points. It also highlights Russian central Asia flights slashing travel from Bokhara to Khiva to a few hours instead of weeks for caravans.
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Kamchatka
Russian Central Asia
Bokhara
Khiva
Paris Church Musicians Threaten Strike Over Wages
Paris organists and choir singers protest the archbishopric failing to raise wages since the war began. They warn a strike could deprive the city’s churches of professional musicians as living costs rise fivefold since 1914 and burial and marriage fees have increased, while musician pay has stayed the same.
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Paris
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the Supreme Court
Albert J. Galen
William L. Holloway
Railroad and Public Service
Lee Dennis
T. O. Larson
House OF Representatives
J. E. Hodgskiss
W. D. Jones
W. H. Webb
M. C. Crawford
J. G. Jackson
George Coffey, JR
Lillian M. Craig
Obert Peterson
C. James Smith
Chas. H. Connor
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Democratic Party
Harry B. Mitchell
C. E. Comer
Henry L. Myers
Thomas E. Carey
T. A. Meagher
Harry F. Benson
W. E. Howard
J. E. Cashman
Otto Wagnild
Severt Syse
J. L. Collins
Geo. W. Magee
Anna E. Stafford
Paddy Hodnutt
Paddy
L. E. Taylor Garage
Lincoln
Russia
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Emily P. Bird
H. G. Ward
Choteau
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