Sheep Invasion Sparks Frontier Tensions At Crawling Water
Wade, a veteran rancher, suspects Race Moran of backing a sheep incursion to push him off his winter range in Crawling Water Valley. Moran, posing as an Eastern investor, has failed to secure land, and cattlemen fear shared grazing will starve cattle as sheep overrun the region.
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Wade
Santry
Bill
Race Moran
Moran
Water
Hood
Gordon
Oscar Jensen
Reindeer and Moose: Northern Deer Traits and Habits
A 1922 article explains why reindeer lived on ancient British Isles but now dwell in Lapland. It details reindeer feeding, antlers, and herd structure, and compares the moose to the elk with notes on habits, horns, and winter behavior.
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British Isles
Lapland
Deer
Moose
Dees
Cattle War Tensions Escalate Over Sheep Grazing
Wade confronts sheep owner Oscar Jensen on Double Arrow land threatening trespass arrest within twelve hours. Jensen resists, aided by Moran, as Wade plans to seek Moran’s influence despite sparse law. Two hours later Jensen is shot. motive unclear as chase unfolds toward Crawling Water.
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Jensen
Wade
Moran
E’m
Amundsen Plans Aurora Film From Arctic Voyage
Photographs by Roald Amundsen during a voyage of discovery lead to plans for movie pictures of the aurora borealis. The northern lights are electrical in nature, appearing as light streamers that rise from high in the sky and vary with the sun’s activity, sometimes spanning the night sky and affecting telegraph instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roald Amundsen
Arctic
Arctic Circle
Sightseeing planes operate for Berlin tours
Rubberneck airplanes are now being operated for Berlin sightseers. One company has assigned ten aircraft for daily flights around the capital, its suburbs, and nearby places of interest. Forenoon trips visit Greater Berlin and Potsdam while matinee excursions fit the schedule.
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Berlin
Greater Berlin
Potsdam
Brazilians Keep Enacondas in Cellars to Fight Rats
A report notes Brazilians keep large pet enacondas ten to twenty feet long in cellars to curb rat and mice infestations while scientists claim the earth is 700 million years old.
Canadian Pacific Excursions to Eastern Canada
The Canadian Pacific Railway offers round trip excursion fares to Eastern Canada on sale December 1 through January 1928. Valid from Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta to Eastern Canadian points with a three month final return limit. First class tickets with standard or tourist sleeping cars. Daily departures from Winnipeg: Imperial at 9 00 am to Ottawa Montreal Quebec and Maritime provinces and the Toronto Express at 9 00 pm to Toronto Hamilton London and central Western Ontario.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Eastern
Canada
Manitoba
Winnipeg
West
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian Pacific
East
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Toronto
Hamilton
London
Central
Western Ontario
Sir Keith Smith Plans World Flight From London in 1923
Sir Keith Smith, the British aviator, prepares in San Francisco for a spring 1923 world flight starting in London. The route covers Egypt Mesopotamia India Burma China coast Japan Alaska Canada Newfoundland and back to London. He expects three hundred flying hours over about three months and will seek 8000 gallons of gasoline from an oil firm.
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Sir Keith Smith
San Francisco
London
Egypt
Mesopotamia
India
Burma
China Coast
Japan
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Vancouver
Canada
New York
St. John's
Newfoundland
Greenland
Iceland
Keith
Bank of Montreal’s 105th Annual Meeting Highlights
The Bank of Montreal held its 105th annual meeting with keynote addresses by President Sir Vincent Meredith and General Manager Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor. Meredith praised the bank’s solid liquidity and overall strength after the Merchants Bank absorption, while Williams-Taylor urged reform to reduce taxation and living costs to boost Canadian growth and immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Williams-Taylor
Canada
Bank of Montreal
Sir Vincent Meredith, Bart
Sir Vincent
R. B. Angus
Vincent
Merchants Bank
Frederick
United States of America
Europe
Douglas Fir From British Columbia as Canada's Finest Structural Wood
The Douglas fir is praised for strength and large size, reaching over 250 feet in height and eight feet in diameter in some areas, with broad use in structural lumber, railway ties, piles, mine timbers, wood block paving, and more. Local merchants urged to buy at home, as officers recount a separate court scene involving a distressing whisky incident and a judge questioning the officer about the scene.
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Douglas Fr
British Columbia
Canada
Puppies for sale at auction swallow a dime
A boy offers puppies at a stand, quoting prices a quarter each and thirty five cents for a stray. He notes one pup swallowed a dime yesterday indicating its value and a playful, small town scene.
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Lak
Wilder Anthony
King St
Goodchild Co
Chase
Edrmaanson, Hates & Co. Limited
Dr Chase
Manutecteres
Fertunee Hare Bers
Sia Pie
Hascle C. Shipman & CO
Baal
Genuwine
Dodd
Vincent Meredith
Minard
Tle Boy
Air
Druggis Murine
Eves
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