Land for the settler a Liberal shift from railways
The piece defends Liberal land policy in 1900s Canada, contrasting it with Conservative railway grants. It cites Winnipeg despatches on 40,000,000 acres opened for settlement, argues middlemen and patronage plagued past policies, and notes the Ottawa Journal and Ottawa Citizen criticisms. It stresses settlers gain immediate access while former railways were favored.
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Ottawa Journal
Ottawa Jounal
Ottawa — Citizen
Montreal Gazette
the Mail and Empire
Winnipeg
Aeslat
Est
Jit
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Ottawa Jornal
Leechee
Western land rush debated amid Conservative rule claims
The speaker argues that continued Conservative power would have kept land scarce and expensive, asserting settlers would pay higher prices to political allies. He notes no rush occurred during eighteen years of Conservative governance and that demand was weaker late in that period than at the start.
Laurier Pushes Hudson Bay Railway Expansion Policy
Sir Wilfrid Laurier outlined a major expansion plan at a Liberal meeting in Niagara Falls, proposing the Hudson Bay railway to serve western provinces. He stressed funding from land reserves, government construction or contract, and state control of terminals and elevators to maximize benefits for Canada’s northwest.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Wilfrid Laurier
Hudson Bay Railway
Wilfrid
Welland County
Wie
Ontario
Lake Superior
Hudson Bay
Tve
St. Tanvrence
Canada
St. Lawrence
Madson Bay
Northwest
Successful Lemieux Act Aids Labor Disputes Across Canada
The Hamilton Herald argues the Lemieux Act largely succeeds by averting strikes and settling disputes. It cites a telegraphers case where conciliation orders led to reinstatement and full back pay, noting forty other cases favorable to the act and insisting a law proving major gains with only a few failures remains effective and necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Herald
the Herald
Dominion Indor Department
Lemieux
Hero Jim Macdonell saves boy from bear at Field Hotel
Vancouver reports James A. Macdonell head of Macdonell Gzowski W Co wrestled a five year old black bear in a Field Hotel den. He pulled the boy free after a five minute fight, enduring deep scratches but saving the child from certain death.
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Vancouver
James A. Macdonell
Macdonell, Gzowski W Co
William Lynes
Macdonell
Rocky Mountains
Lund
Mr. Macdonell
Htis
Mr. Mactonell
Bear mauls child in den. rescuer saves boy at Field
A pet bear on the C P R hotel grounds at Piel attacked a boy playing near its den. Macdonell, managing CPR grades, wrestled with the chained beast to free the child, but the bear lunged and was shot after the struggle. the boy is badly bitten and scarred but is expected to recover.
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Piel
Tut
Young Lynes
Field
Macdonell
Itill
Salome Dances in The Holy City at Cranbrook Oct 17
The Advance Man lauds the Salome scene in The Holy City for its sensational drama. Mabel Mohr stars as Salome delivering the fiery, alluring performance, as the production heads to Cranbrook for an October 17 showing.
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Holy City
Salome
Herodias
Herod
John, the Baptist
Mabel Mohr
Cranbrook
Journalists Apology For Unfounded City Name Story
The District Ledger apologizes for a July 15 item in the Bire Notes column that wrongly tied to Mr. William Fernie the origin of Kamloops name. It acknowledges publication was made without verification and states the account was untrue and absurd. The editor asks Fernie and friends to accept the apology and offers to make amends.
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William Fernie
Kamloops
Ahs Pisiniot Lakeanager
Fernie, B. C
Dunsmuir Millions Lawsuit Involving Family Fortunes
Mrs Jene Dunsmuir lodges claim against her son James Dunsmuir lieutenant governor of British Columbia for an accounting of funds he handled since 1896. Shiott and Shandley renew a 1901 action over shares in Robert Dunsmuir and Sons of San Francisco. Edna Wallace Hopper and Alexander Dunsmuir’s step daughter join a related suit alleging the will to James was made when the maker was mentally incapable. Involved interests are said to number twenty to thirty million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jene Dunsmuir
James Dunsmuir
British Columbia
Fernie Telephones Under Cranbrook Utility Franchise
Cranbrook Electric Light and Power extends its agenda after securing Fernie local system franchise. Superintendent Quain buys wire and supplies to inaugurate Fernie service, promising rapid, direct long distance contact between Fernie and Cranbrook. The notice blends telephony plans with unrelated musings on optimism and family life.
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Cranbrook Electric Light &Power Company
East Kootenay
Agena
Fernie
Quain
Banana Belt
Cranbrook
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Imperial Bank of Canada
Cranbrook Branch
J. F. M. Pinkham, Mer
Beale & Elwell
Baker Hill
Elwell
Cranbrook, B. C
Arnold & Roberts
Cranbrook Cafe
Gi. M. Blake
Herald
Norris
Sonris
Bain and Chatham
The
East Kootenay Lumber Co
Hamilton
Laurier
Bear
Field Hotel
Big Jim" Macdonell
Dunsmuir
Canadian Bank OF Commerce
Toronto
B. E. Walker
Alex. Laird
United States
Great Britain
R. T. Brymner
Sikic Ii
Sedael Sen Ag Sella
Ohad
Cranbrook Dairy
Mitchell & Garrett
White Dail
H. Y. Parker Cran
Bowness
RED Cross
T. Labelle & CO
Ve . J
J. Mianning “Avenue
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