Western Editors Meet in Cranbrook Next Year
Alberta Press association holds its third annual convention in Medicine Hat with delegates from Calgary Edmonton Lethbridge Cranbrook and other towns Letters read from J J Young Duncan Marshall and others Discussed advertising rates postal service job prices and agency commissions A committee to liaise with post office on service defects appointed Officers elected include I J Simpson B J McKeown and W O Hunter The association will reconvene in Cranbrook next year with plans for stronger operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Press Association
Thoovelook
Alberta
John A. Cowell
The
Red Deer
A. BH. Smith
Golden Star
B.C
George B. McDermott
Calgary
W. Alexander
Herall
A .N. ‘Nerill
Tintsfail Wo A
Buchanan
the Herald
Levbchrige
FG Forster
News
Medici That
Berville Tomas Mail
Camrose
Daysland
Dott
Biton
Alberta Star
Cundston
Wood Hunter
the Report
Port Saskatchewan
EL Sekoormy
the Advertiser
Lacombe
EL W. Tiarris
Times
Medicine
Ed. McKeown
Herald
W. M. Davidson
Albertan
Wo FR. Cooke
Alberta Postal Service
FP. G. Orster
Medicine Hat
Miouias
Roc
HolWards
Duncan Marshall
Mdmonton
Cranbrook
President Hayes Reports G P R Line Progress to Edmonton
Hayes and Morse traveled 770 miles from Portage la Prairie to Edmonton reviewing the transcontinental route. They said 80 percent of grading from Saskatoon toward Edmonton is complete and 30 percent from Saskatoon to Edmonton. The company plans city tracks and spur lines once ratified and will extend surveys through the Rockies for potential coastal expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alta
Hayes
Morse
Portage la Maime
G. P.P
Edimonton
Porte Age
Saskatoon
Hdmonton Q
Railway Commission
Fromdmonton
Rockies
America
Typhoon Toll and Disasters Hit Hong Kong Scene
A conservative typhoon damage estimate reaches 20 million dollars as fresh reports say over 5 000 may be dead in Hong Kong and surrounding areas. A hurricane added ruin last night, while Mrs Moore wife of Bishop Moore vanishes and 150 passengers aboard the Allvtross perished near Futaumen Pass eight saved. Over 1 000 junks reportedly sink. In Fernie four hundred coke ovens are banked due to a Coal Creek strike raising smelting disruption concerns.
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Hong Kong
Fernie
Coal Creek
Bannock Contest At Kaily Fair Causes Laughter And Victory
The London Review reports a humorous bannock making contest with four prospectors. Lardeau Jack impresses judges and wins as a whiskey prize looms. Pat Maloney struggles with flour, a missing frying pan, and a soggy bake. Noble places second, C Whellams third.
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London Review
Kaily Fair
Pat Maloney
Pat
Hlandy Andy
Maloney
Lardeau Jack
Chipman
BBB
Noble
Tams
Lardealla
McDonald
Hindoo Immigration Sparks Formal Plea to Laurier
Ottawa reports M P's MacPherson and Galliher urged Sir Wilfrid Laurier to eject Hindoos arriving in British Columbia. They want the Immigration Act clause restricting "undesirables" applied to them. About 1,300 already arrived as ships continue to land, with the department launching an inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
R. G. MacPherson
M.P
Vancouver
W. A. Galliher
Kootenay
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
British Columbia
Canada
Macpherson
Dakota Liar and Montreal Wedding Tale In One Page
A Dakota farmer narrates frontier life with dark humor about big farms and mortgage burdens. Separately, on September 4 at St Henri church in Montreal, Jock and Leonie Gervais wed in a grand ceremony with many guests, bridesmaid Miss F Gervais, best man Uncle, and a honeymoon route through Quebec Ottawa Chapleau Winnipeg. The couple’s arrival in Cranbrook followed and they stay at the Royal Hotel.
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St Henri Church
Montreal
Father Cadeaux
Jock
Leonie Gervais
That City
Napoleon Royal
Cranbrook
F. Gervais
Quebec
Ottawa
Chapleau
Winnipeg
The
Royal Hotel
Britain to Sell Sealing Rights of Canada, Reports Say
A dispatch notes Britain likely to divest sealing rights in Canada, shifting control amid ongoing negotiations with Ottawa. Officials foresee revenue implications and potential renegotiation of resource access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Canada
Britain and United States Near Canada Sealing Settlement
London reports progress in talks between Sir Mortimer Durand and the U S government on Canada disputes including sealing. Canada leans toward the American proposal of stopping pelagic sealing with compensation, while Britain doubts a Canadian envoy to Washington would be acceptable to the United States. The Times notes a denial of impending provincial dissolution and outlines election preparations.
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London
England
Mortimer Durand
Washington
United States
Canasta
Newfoundland
Mortimer
States Department
Canada
State Department
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Victoria Times
Colonist
the Times
Logistii
Richie McBride
Richard McBride
Coleums
Victoria Organ
San Jose Scale Act amendment eases nursery stock entry to BC
Ottawa informs that an order in council on September 11 amended the San Jose Scale Act allowing nursery stock to enter British Columbia at Vancouver from October 1 instead of October 15, through May 1. The change follows appeals from florists and fruit growers who need more time for shipping and forcing roses and other plants.
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Andersoni
British Columbia
Vancouver
Minister of Agriculture
Stock Quotations From Canadian Coal and Oil Firms
Furnished quotations list North Star Sullivan Nicola Coal Gem Silver Lead Rambler Cariboo Oil Western Oil Amalgamated Coal International Coal and Coke Canada, with sales figures including 50,000 units for Sullivan and 9,000 for Nicola Coal. Other entries show 2,000 units for Gem Silver Lead and 14 British Columbia listings.
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Beale & Elwell
Ers
Cranbrook
B. C
North Star Sullivan Co
Gem Silver Leaf
Nicola Coal Mines
B.C
Amalgamated Coal One International Coal & Coke
Canada Western Oil Rambler
Cariboo
Sullivan
Nicola
Gem
Janaila Western Oil
Also Mentioned on This Page
G P
Bannock
Hindoo Immigration
Messrs
Macpheny and
Galli R
Gervais
ROYAL
Royal Household
Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Ltd
Kootenays
Uncle Sam
Oliver Hereford
Saint Kient
Rople
FREIT
BR. Anderson, Esq
Victoria
Brok
Itpayss
East
Fernie, Moyie
Fort Steele
Marysville, Elko, Morrissey
Windermere
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