Western Canada Ballot Aims Ten Million Growth Plan
A North Battleford convention seeks to unite provinces railways and cities to promote Western Canada as a single empire. The plan envisions 10 000 000 residents in ten years via the Western Canada Colonization and Development League and centralized advertising to attract settlers and industries.
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North Battleford
Dominion
North Battleford Board of Trade
Western Canada
Great Lakes
Hudson Bay
Pacific Ocean
Western
Canada
Western Canada Colonization and Development League
Boards of Trade
Fever Recruits for Army in 1913 Recruitment Report
The parliamentary paper shows 728 991 regular army recruits excluding reenlistments and colonial corps, a drop of 2225 from the prior year, with 15 454 in the special reserve, down 2937. Emigration and job competition hurt results as trade activity remains strong. In 1913 178 468 British subjects emigrated, likely creating home vacancies. Australia opens immigration for youths aged 16 to 20, ages common for recruits.
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Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
Special Reserve
Vancouver City Council Resolved British Preference for City Work
Calgary votes on three bridges costing 512000 with specified sub costs. Centre street, Lunyside, Ninth street west, Fourth street west bridges planned. Winnipeg appoints R P Lewis as traffic inspector to supervise street railway improvements funded by city revenues. Vancouver to install world’s largest telescope at Point Grey Meteorological Observatory. A local real estate firm displays a model Panama Canal vessel for advertising near Vancouver.
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Vancouver
Calgary
Centre Street
Bow
Lun Yside
Ninth Street
Fourth Street
Elbow
Winnipeg
R. P. Lewis
Point Grey
Mort Wilson
California
Immigrants Seen From United States To Fill Western Canada
J F Dennis of the C P R urges business leaders in Lethbridge that most settlers will come from the United States this year to Canada. He notes a shift from land selling to colonizing and says irrigated land and farmer readiness are key to developing Western Canada. The CPR offers farm aid and incentives to attract settlers for extensive farming.
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J. S. Dennis
Canada
United States
Coal Production in Alberta 1913 Summary
Alberta's 1913 coal output totaled 406,246 tons with Lethbridge district terminals and nearby areas contributing 3,400,900 tons, about 66 percent of provincial production. Crow's Nest Pass yielded 1,460 trainloads or 70,000 tons. Lethbridge provided 372 trains annually. Total miners numbered 8,068. Pass mines employed 4,368. District totals include Pincher Creek 77,005 tons. Bow Island 12,095. Milk River 2,499. Taher 206,459. and others.
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Alberta
Lethbridge
Crow's Nest Pass
Pass
Taber
Taher
Pincher Creek
Bow Island
Milk River
Cigarette Cure Attracts Toronto Ladies
A dozen or more Toronto women are undergoing a cigarette cure administered by doctors linked to the Boys' Dominion. They attend at institution branches and receive visits at their homes. The patients are described as respectable wives and mothers who smoke but wish to quit, with numbers increasing as success is reported.
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Toronto
Dominion
Weyburn Lands Office Sees Eight Months Revenue Boom
The Weyburn Dominion lands office reports eight months of business with revenue totaling 75 752 dollars, averaging over 9 000 monthly. Operating costs run 450 monthly, about 5 percent of receipts. In the period 356 homestead entries and 142 pre emptions have fees paid.
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Weyburn
Canadas Water Power Output Shown Low in Canada
Canada shows total water power at 16 million horsepower equating to 36.7 million tons of coal annually, but only about 1.02 million horsepower has been developed so far. This contrast highlights the gap between potential and actual development.
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Canada
Home for Lepers Left by Strathcona Will
The late Lord Strathcona left 2499 pounds to John Burns to establish a home for lepers in the United Kingdom. The bequest forms part of the codicil to his will, detailing the charitable aim and beneficiary.
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Lord Strathcona
Hie
John Burns
United Kingdom
Cheques as Souvenirs of Strathcona C P R Directorship
After Lord Strathcona’s death uncashed director’s cheques totaling about 40000 to 50000 were found among private papers. He served as C P R director from 1881 until death and kept the unendorsed checks as souvenirs. Executors file formal claim with the estate.
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Lord Strathcona
C.P.R
El Greco Paintings Stolen In Toledo Spain
Three valuable El Greco paintings were stolen from the Museo Del Greco in Toledo Spain. The Toledo collection includes twenty El Greco works including the famed Peni tent painting.
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Madrid
el Greco
Toledo
Museo del Greco
Spain
Oblate Father Gouy Returns After 22 Years Abroad
Rev. Pere Edouard Gouy, father superior of St. Isador mission at Fort Smith, arrives in Edmonton by rail from Athabasca after nearly a quarter century away. He recalls Edmonton as a village and notes modern changes including his first sighting of an automobile. He plans a brief Edmonton rest, visits St Albert, then travels to Nantes to see his parents, followed by Rome for an audience with Pope Pius. He expects to return to Edmonton next September to resume work among the Indians at Fort Smith.
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North
Pere Edouard Gouy
St. Isador Mission
Fort Smith
Edmonton
Athabasca
Father Gooy
Father Gouy
France
St Albert
Bishop Legal
Nantes
Rome
Pope Pius
Soo Locks Expansion Aims to Double Canal Capacity
The Soo Locks moved vast freight last year with 72 million tons passing through Sault Ste. Marie on the Great Lakes. To speed traffic on the American side a new large lock is under construction, a fourth lock is being excavated, and parallel canals will yield four single lifts. The project mirrors Panama Canal capacity, with completion anticipated by 1915 or earlier.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Lower Lakes
Congress
Panama Canal
Engineering News
Western Canada Wheat Prospects Improve on Fertile Land
C F Tilt of Winnipeg predicts a larger wheat crop and about one million more cultivated acres in Western Canada this year. He notes many suitable settlers and reports a German-backed colonization near Hussar with Count Garnstoff as leader and Prince Radiwill connected, with 200 more Germans expected. He is optimistic about the crop outlook.
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Canada
C. F. Tilt
Winnipeg
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Hussar
Bassano
Count Garnstoff
Prince Radiwill
William
Tilt
James Carruthers and Company
Medal for Bravery Awarded to Indian Student
R S McKenzie Indian agent Ottawa receives a bronze medal from the Royal Canadian Humane Association for Alexander Mandamin a Cecilia Jeffray boarding school pupil aged 16 for rescuing Charles F Aitkin from drowning at Shoal Lake in December 1912. The medal will be presented to Mandamin by McKenzie at an appropriate time.
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R. S. McKenzie
Kenora
Department of Indian Affairs
Otawa
Royal Canadian Humane Association
Alexander Mandamin
Cecilia Jeffray
Charles F. Aitkin
Shoal Lake
Decembr
Alex Mandamin
Mr. McKenzie
Quebec School Population Counts in Catholic and Protestant Systems
Government figures show 370,200 children attend Catholic schools and 52,490 attend Protestant schools in Quebec province. There are no public schools. A registration of 422615 from a population of 26 million is noted as fair per Casadian Courier.
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Quebec
Ian Courier
Rare Antarctic animals arrive at Scottish Zoo collection
Dr. William S truce reports that the Zoological Society of Scotland has received rare Antarctic animals from Messrs Salvesen and Leith. The trio includes a Weddell seal, two young elephant seals, two adult penguins, two king penguins, a Gentoo, and a macaroni penguin, all having travelled about 7000 miles from South Georgia to Scotland.
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Scotsman
Williams
Zoological Society of Scotland
Messrs
Salvesen
Leith
Down
South Georgia
Scotland
Bruce
London Society
Europe
James Weddell
South Orkneys
Coats Lands
Scottish Zoological Park
Music as a Mass Awakening in New York and Mediren Pageant
Arthur Farwell, NY municipal music supervisor, argued music education is displaced by mass appreciation. He cited New Yorks 800 concerts with 1,000,000 attendees, and Mediren New Hampshire pageants uniting diverse townsfolk through musical drama and shared heritage.
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Ottawa
Arthur Farwell
New York City
America
Farwell
Central Park
New York
Mediren
New Hampshire
Boot Black
Royal Geographical Society awards Rice King’s gold medal
Dr. Hamilton Rice of Boston receives the King’s gold medal for South American exploration. He left London in December 1911 for Barranquilla and reached Bogota 25 days later. Over 223 months his party mapped nearly 100000 square miles of Southeast Colombia and Northwest Brazil, ending at Manaos, Brazil, 1000 miles upriver.
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Royal Geographical Association
Hamilton Rice
Hoston
Mass
South America
Rice
London
Barranquilla
Magdena River
Bogota
Colombia
Columbia
Brazil
Manaos
Prison Reform Plea Cites Parole and Labor Proposals
The annual inspectors report for the fiscal year ending March 31 1915 notes 1 970 convicts in custody with 984 Canadian born. It cites costs per capita from 328.24 to 700.58 and urges ministerial control, use of ward labor, and humane reform. Archibald advocates prison labor while warden McCaulay reports progress on Alberta penitentiary facilities and church chaplains provide medical and spiritual notes.
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Archibald
House of Commons
Utawa
Kingston
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Douglas Stewart
W. S. Hughes
Archiban
Pervitentiary
McCaulay
Alberta Penitentiary
A. Farmn
McQueen
Jr. A. Cullette
General Greely Turns Seventieth Birthday Century
General Adolphus Greely, famed Arctic explorer and veteran soldier, reaches age seventy in Washington. Although retired for six years, he pursues aviation, military affairs and geography while remaining active. His 1881 polar expedition carried 25 men. only seven returned after two relief attempts failed.
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Adophus Greely
General Greely
Washington, D.C
Greely
Winfield Scott Schley
Canadian Manufacturers Drive Campaign to Boost Trade with Canada
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in London forms a British manufacturers section as nearly a hundred firms join. The group plans a direct trade campaign to win a larger share of Canada’s import market for British manufactured goods and will also tackle Canadian transportation issues in light of the Panama Canal’s impact on freight.
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce
London
Englan
Dominion
New Demonstration Farm to Be Established in Bowlane Area
The Southern Alberta Land Company will set aside 113 acres for a demonstration farm on its new tract near Bowlane, about 113 miles east of Bow River. An experienced irrigationist from Colorado will oversee operations, with alfalfa and other crops planned as water-ready acreage has been prepared.
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Southern Alberta Land Company
Bow River
Bowlane
Colorado
Grain Growers Face Record Losses From Freight Hikes
The Toronto Globe reports grain growers paid millions as ocean freight rose four cents per bushel on wheat and estimates 6.5 million dollars was taken from growers last year. Canadian flour mills now have a daily capacity of 121000 barrels, two thirds for export. Miller s says foreign trade is nearly impossible due to higher freight. A government owned Atlantic steamship line could help Canada compete in Europe.
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Toronto Globe
Atlantic Steamship Line
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Winnineg
City Engineer's Department
Vanceller
Panama Carnal
Gatun Lock
J. F. Dennis
Natural Resources Department
C.P.E
Thboard of Trade
West
Victoria
CPR
British Isles
Holland
Denmark
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Norway
Dennis
Tstoc
Lethbridge Perord
Canadas Water Power
Soo
Panama
Weddell Sea
Ottawa Canadian Club
Boston
Gen. Greely
New Demonstration Farm
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