14 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
1
Last Monday's results surprised locals as only three councillors were elected. The returns list Maclean 56, McLaughlan 48, Fawcett 27, Foster 26, Ryan 26, Torrie 19 for councillors. School trustees see Baker elected with 89 votes, Rhodes 45, Patterson 39, Carris 23, Bruce 53.
The report lists multiple locations including Grenfell Pr Argue Maple Creek DJ Wylie Moose Jaw Wellington Moosemin and Regina City with unresolved status. Nearby towns Souris Whitewood Wolseley and Prince Albert district appear uncertain as prospects.
Beginning January first the CPR will run an additional daily mixed train on the south branch. It leaves here at 7:15 in the morning and arrives at Macleod at 1:45 p.m. The return departs at 3:45 p.m. and reaches here at 9 p.m. The service aims to boost business for the south country and intervening towns.
The Agricultural Society met in the town hall on Friday evening. Officers were elected with W. M. Stewart as President and H. McIntosh as 1st Vice President. A vote of thanks was given to Mr. A. Mitchell for work with the Fairs Association and to the race committee. Next meeting set for February.
Incomplete results from Saskatchewan elections indicate the Scott government has a small majority. Latest figures list 13 Government, 9 Conservatives and 3 doubtfuls with figures from Battleford to Yorkton and Regina.
A gold medal contest will be held at the Town Hall on the 19th. Claresholm sends three contestants including Marie Ruttan Flossie Ellio'nd and Florence Gilmore while Mundec is represented by A Me Cartin Jessie Jackson and Arnard Hill. A fine musical program and reserved tickets are offered with prices 0 25 and 2 cents for children.
The Rathwell School Honor Roll for the week lists students by classes. Class IV Ernest McCrea. Class III Sr. Annie Mudiman Fern Coffey. Class IIT Sr. Jim Mitchell Harold McCrea. Class II Flora Damon Albert Mudiman. Part II Norman Young Part 1 B Barbara Worner Grady Damon Part I A Jim Worner Joe Horlor.
J B Ferguson of Western Oil & Coal Co says a large project is in contemplation to build a pipeline from the firm's oil property to Macleod in southwestern Alberta. The company has three wells on 16 000 acres near the international boundary, about 40 miles southwest of Macleod, with one producing twenty barrels daily and another driving toward oil rock. A $100 000 allocation will fund the line to Macleod, plus storage tanks and a refinery. The firm, organized in autumn 1903, traces to Vancouver Petroleum and has assets from two companies and a controlling interest in a third, with total capitalization of about $6 509 000.
The company led by or Ferguson has surpassed development stage and signals daily growth at Waterton Lake where weirs will supply the refinery. Indications point to a large oil flow and meet or exceed the expectations of the company and Swucleod citizens.
Agents and companies transacting in Alberta must be licensed by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies under the Foreign Companies Ordinance of 1903. A $50 per day penalty applies to unregistered foreign firms. The Registrar, Harold W. Riley, Edmonton, maintains the licensing records.
Commercial space listed for rent in the R Whitney store with a splendid cellar and warehouse room. Inquiries addressed to R Whitney at the premises upstairs or through Staples addresses.
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