Hudson Bay Railway Progress Near Manitou Rapids
The Hudson Bay line advances toward the 110 mile mark from The Pas with 1,000 workers and plans to add up to 2,000 more this summer. Contractors report thirteen trains and extensive equipment as rails near the Elson River crossing task the first fall crossing while praising the rich farming country from mile 179 to Manitou Rapids.
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Hudson's Bay
Winnipeg
Hudson Bay Railway
Nathaniel K Boyd
Hudson Bay Construction Company
Boyd
Government
Pas
Kingston
Ont
le Pas
Mile
Hudson Bay
Manitou Rapids
Mr. Boyd
Winnipeg Telegram
Fur farming expands to British Columbia from eastern Canada
Two fur farming firms from Eastern Canada have obtained licenses to trap and breed black and silver foxes in British Columbia for summer months. Atlin Trading Company leads, planning enclosures and fox stock from Prince Edward Island experience. Hyland and Prendergast of PEI form a subsidiary to operate locally, with a Fort Fraser site planned for fox ranching and care by an expert breeder.
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Canada
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Eas
Atlin
At Yn Trading Company
Princess May
Messrs. Hyland and
Prendergast
Fort Fraser
Venus statue from Cyrena unearthed near North Africa
A life size 6th century Venus statue of Parian marble was found near Cyrena in North Africa once a Greek cultural hub. Missing head and arms may be recovered, with the sculpture intended for Rome’s national museum after excavation.
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Venus
Cyrena
North Africa
Praxiteses
Apollo
Rome
National Museum
Export Taxes On Alberta Foxes and Other Fur Animals
Alberta will impose export duties on foxes and fur animals raised on game or fur farms. Black or silver foxes will pay 100 dollars each, other fox varieties and all other animals except muskrats will be taxed 15 dollars each, and muskrats 1 dollar per dozen. The move, driven by demand to stock reserves and fur farms elsewhere, aims to retain the industry in Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Protecting Migratory Birds Treaty Advances in Senate Vote
James B. Burnham of the American Game Protective association notes that a May 12 Senate approval of a 50000 appropriation strengthens the push for a Canada United States treaty protecting migratory birds. He calls the 45 to 17 vote a victory for workers farmers and citizens and credits press conservationists and supporters for the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Republic
Dominica
American Game Protective Association
James B. Burnham
Association
United States Senate
Senate
Cenada
Burnham
Government to Examine Hudson Bay Fisheries by Three Expeditions
Three expert parties will study Hudson Bay fisheries from Cochrane with overland routes to the James and Hudson bays’ west and east coasts. A schooner, the Burley, will sail for deep sea work once straits navigation opens. Leaders are J E Melville, A R M Lower, and Napoleon A Comeau.
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Hudson Bay
Cochrane
James Bay
Burley
J. E. Melville
Edmonton
Fisheries Board
A. R. M. Lower
Toronto University
North Country
Napoleon A. Comeau
Fisheries Department
Gulf of S. Lawrence
Movement to Erect General Wolfe Memorial Gains Steam
The Wolfe memorial effort gains push from Field Marshal Lord Roberts who urges a 48 great monument in London. Canada has raised about 23000 for Greenwich memorial with 4200 from provincial governments and rest from Winnipeg Toronto and Vancouver donors. The Dominion government may contribute, with the Vancouver Canadian club urging 11 clubs to help reach completion.
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Wolfe
Lord Roberts
V.C
Wade
K.C
Vancouver
Winnipeg
General Wolfe
Montcalm
Plains of Abraham
London
Canada
Greenwich
England
Toronto
Dominion
Purchased Ayrshire Estate Under Duke of Sutherland Petition
The Duke of Sutherland has petitioned Scottish courts to allow completion of the Ayrshire estate sale to J. W. Stewart, Vancouver railway contractor and partner of Foley Welch and Stewart. Stewart plans to take possession this summer as tenants prepare for the transition.
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Duke of Sutherland
Ayrshire
Duke
J. W. Stewart
Vancouver
Foley, Welch and Stewart
Grand Trunk Pacific
C.p.r
Selkirks
Stewart
International Irrigation Congress to Meet in Calgary
Calgary to host the 1914 International Irrigation Congress on October 5 and 6 with 3 000 to 3 500 delegates and hundreds of foreign officials. The event aims to showcase irrigated farming progress, attract 100 000 visitors, and feature exhibits from western Canada and the United States, including government displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
United States
Canadian land under cultivation lags at 2.6 percent of nine provinces
Census bulletin notes total land area of the nine provinces is 1,401,316,413 acres with 109,777,085 acres farmed in 1911. Only about 31 percent of the area within provincial borders is cultivable, and 2.6 percent of all land is used for agriculture. Provincial figures show varying levels of farm land use and cultivable potential.
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Census
Canada
Census Branch
Department of Trade and Commerce
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Sun Power From Sahara
The article notes Frank Shuman’s sun power project near Cairo using curved mirrors to boil water. A London lecture by A S E Ackermann reports the Egypt plant covered seven-eights of an acre with a highest output of 19.1 hp. Despite scientific value, the venture appears commercially unviable given cost and space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Shuman
Engineering News
Shuman
Cairo
Egypt
London
Society of Engineers
A. S. E. Ackermann
Hungarian Pheasants Arrive in Calgary from Pennsylvania
A shipment of Hungarian pheasants arrived in Calgary from Pennsylvania on April 22 and will be released on several ranches near Calgary. The Alberta Fish and Game association arranged the move believing the birds will thrive in the province. Pheasants have been imported yearly for five years and are multiplying. partridges are also present with thousands in Alberta. Pheasants will be protected until 1916 and imports will continue.
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Calgary
Pennsylvania
Alberta Fish and Game Association
Alberta
Settlement on C P R Lands
Settlement of C P R lands under new colonization conditions is very active. In March the C P R department of natural resources colonized 17 165 acres with 74 families, this is 2 000 acres more than March 1913. Settlers who came in during March took up farms averaging 232 acres, and are practically all mixed farmers going into stock raising, dairying and intensive farming, and, as they have bought a 20 year contract, intend to become permanent residents of Canada. On April 16 a party of 5 English, Scotch and South African farmers arrived to take up land under the C P R's 2 year plan and will locate on farms in neighborhood of Saskatoon, Regina, Acme, Lougheed and Carmangay many of them possessed medals for raising bicoded stock showing they are experts. They have considerable capital and will go in for mixed farming.
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C.P.R
C.P.R. Department of Natural Resources
Canada
Saskatoon
Regina
Acme
Lougheed
Carmangay
Austrians Claim 81 Homestead Plots in Winnipeg
A Winnipeg report shows 304 homesteaders registered in April and 995 people living on them. Of the plots, Austrians took 81 resulting in 354 residents. Canadians followed with 77 plots housing 229 people.
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Winnipeg
Comets Linked to Wars Across Signs Hint at Calamity
The article notes Kritzinger's comet in Capricornus forecasts war and disaster per astrology. It recalls 1912 Balkans turmoil coinciding with a Virgo comet at Nice Observatory and 1911 Turkish Italian war onset tied to another Virgo sighting observed in Russia.
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Kritzinger
Turkey
M. Schaumasse
Nice Observatory
Russia
M. Beljawsky
Buffalo Increase Fast at Wainwright Alberta Herd Grows
The Dominion buffalo herd at Wainwright Alberta has reached about 1500 animals, up from half that number years ago. In the past year alone at least 152 were added by natural increase. Government efforts to propagate reindeer yielded limited success with 50 secured from Labrador but 17 lost in transit and others in stampedes.
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Dominion
Wainwright
Alberta
Dr. Roche
Labrador
Wilfrid Grenfell
Fort Smith
Peace River Country
Fiies
Roche
Eastern farm products move west to east markets
Alberta ships 4,400 swine to Toronto and lambs to Ontario for good prices. Alberta eyes left for Ontario in April. Edmonton district sends frost butterias to eastern provinces. Five car loads of dressed meat head daily to U S markets.
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Western Canada
Alberta
Toronto
Ontario
Edmonton
United States
Plan For Increased Armament In Sweden Defence Bill
The Swedish parliament discusses a defence bill setting annual military budgets of 33 million kroner for the army and 30 million kroner for the navy. It envisions eight Sverige type battleships and sixteen destroyers, plus a new defence levy projected at 75 million kroner, mainly borne by the wealthier classes.
British Secret Safety Aircraft Shown to Impress King
The British government aims to keep the new safety aeroplane secret as a national asset. The king praised the machine after a flight at Aldershot, while Colonel Seely credited many institutions for the invention. Tests show stability depends on shape, with researchers claiming it can be controlled by a novice, though safe landing remains the main obstacle.
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Aldershot
Seely
Fotr
National Physical Laboratory
Th Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Royal Aircraft Factory
Experimental Fliers
Individual Dairy Cows Merit Through Personal Records
The piece argues against relying on herd averages for milk and fat yields. It compares a 12 cow herd average to the top ten cows and notes large gaps between individuals. It stresses tracking each cow's cost of feed and production to fairly reward star performers and manage deficiencies.
The Face-Watcher Detective Bell Retires After Long Service
Detective Inspector Bell ends sixteen years of service with the Liverpool police. He stood on ships’ gangways as criminals fled England and watched departures of miners’ ships. He logged over 150 memorandum books and processed around thirty wanted descriptions weekly, noting that escape attempts cluster within a month of a warrant.
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Bell
Liverpool
England
Liverpool Force
Parrot’s Prophesy Hints at Viennese Tension
A Vienna parrot found near the Belvedere palace allegedly curses public figures and ends with the phrase he will live to be a hundred. The tale highlights rumored rifts between Emperor Francis Joseph and Archduke Francis Ferdinand, famed heirs in Vienna society.
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Paris
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Francis Ferdinand
Belvedere
Mawson's Trip Revealed In Aurora Relief Tale
Percival Gray of the Aurora provides the first personal account of the relief voyage to Mawson's Antarctic base. The Aurora departed Hobart on December 19 and, after braving heavy drift ice, anchored in Commonwealth Bay to rescue seven members of Mawson's party. A large cross marked the camp and a final message noted Mawson's group had been there.
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Antarctic
Dr. Mawson
Aurora
Explorer
Percival Gray
England
Hobart
Macquarie Island
Mawson
Gray
Commonwealth Bay
Davis
Dr Mawson
Lieut
Ninnis
Merz
New Homestead Map Issued For Western Provinces
The 12th Homestead Map edition from Ottawa’s Railway Lands Branch shows land status across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as of January 1 1914. It highlights land available for entry with color coding and includes details on Indian Reserves timber berths grazing leases post offices railways and more, distributed free upon request to F C Lynch.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
F. C. Lynch
Potato Diseases Folder Issued by Ottawa Department
The Department of Agriculture at Ottawa released Farmers' Circular No 4 titled Potato Diseases Transmitted by the Use of Unsound Tubers. It features natural color plates of diseases including potato canker and powdery scab. The guide notes possible prosecutions under Canada's pest act and invites growers to send specimens to the Dominion Botanist for analysis. Copies are free from the Publications Branch in Ottawa.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Central Experimental Farm
H. T. Gussow
Canadian Destiny Through Mixed Settlers Foreseen by Montreal Star
The Montreal Star envisions a future Canada where British and American settlers blend as Canadians. They foresee coexistence, labor, discussion, and intermarriage until mixed offspring define a Canadian viewpoint and determine the nation’s destiny.
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Canada
Montreal Star
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Deep Sea
Dominion Government
Far North
Sutherland Lands
International Congress
D'Arcy Rowe
Sahara
Mexico
Buffalo
War Office
Francis
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