Alberta Co Operative Scheme Depends on Hog Supply
Alberta farmers and the provincial commission promote a co operative hog packing plant with a planned capacity of 300 hogs per day. It outlines payments to farmers, a fund to repay government investment, and share allotments tied to pork supplied, plus freight cost apportionment and binding patron agreements. A separate fisheries conference in Ottawa aims to set international regulations with Dominion and provincial representatives across Ontario Quebec New Brunswick and others. The talks focus on general questions with expected duration of two to three days.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alberta de Petrislom
Commission Comenisson
Pecat
Governin Iteliness Ie
Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Maine
Fisheries
LP. Brodeur
E. FE. Prince
F.C. Gisborne
Department of Justice
Ontario
Hon.c. Reaume
Brunds Bay
Taft Cabinet Picks Verse List of Secretaries
Taft has selected Willis Vanderventer of Ohio as secretary of the treasury though he may prefer the attorney general post. The cabinet slate includes Jacob M. Dickinson as secretary of war, George W. Wick ersham as attorney general, Frank Hitchcock as postmaster general, George W L Meyer as secretary of the navy, Richard A. Ballinger as secretary of the interior, Wilson as secretary of agriculture, and Charles Nagle as secretary of commerce.
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Taft
Washington
Willis Vanderventer
Eighth Circuit
Treasury Department
Vanderventer
Iife
Treasury
Willis C
Wye
Jacob M. Dickinton
Tennessee
George W. Wickersham
New
Frank Hitchcock
Macaschusetts
Navy
George W L. Meyer
Massachusetts
Interior
Richard A. Ballinger
Wilson
Town
Charles Nagle
Missouri
May Enter Coal Business Debated In Provincial Assembly
In a tight debate the proposal to let a newly formed company sell coal to the public at the agents’ prices was withdrawn. The premier said the government would not intervene now, and no federal action had been taken on last year’s commission resolution to probe the coal combine in British Columbia. The Liberals argued the inquiry is a local duty, not federal.
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Comany
Cone
Citions
Dominion Gover
Department of Trade and Commerce
Othe Coal
British
Hudson's Bay Co Tax Case Hangs on Land Deal Status
In London a court debated whether Hudson's Bay Co should pay income tax on land proceeds. The solicitor general said profits were divisible. Sir James Finlay argued profits were capital repayment. The company, chartered as a trading body, had a narrow original purpose. Judge Channel reserved his decision, noting it depended on whether the firm dealt in land.
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Hudson's Bay Co
London
Judges Channel
Hudson's’ Bay Company
Genial
Jas. Finlay
Hudson's Bay Company
Judge Channel
Grain receipts surge at Fort William and Port Arthur
In Fort William Ont a rise in grain cars is reported for Sept 1 1908 through Jan 31 1909. Total cars from OP R rose to 34 316 from 23 435 year prior an increase of 10 881. CNR cars rose to 16 885 from 10 297 an increase of 6 58. Overall gain sums to 9 cars.
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Fort William
Russia Clings To Manchuria Amid Open Door Tension
The Harbin municipal administration faces scrutiny as Russia asserts territorial jurisdiction over Manchuria under the Portsmouth Treaty. British Foreign Office officials discuss potential representations to Russia while the American consul in Harbin notes satisfaction with attitude toward open doors. The issue centers on who owns the North Manchurian Railway and its impact on regional authority and Sino-Japanese balance.
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Russia
Manchuria
Lenin
Harbin
Whch
China
Brien Foreign
Ofer
Edward Grey
Great Britain
TS Towers
Foreign Office
Iba Great
Britain
United States
Fiohers
Kurich Great
North Manchurian
Be ford and Fisher Clash Over Admiralty Leadership
The long running struggle between Admiral Be ford and Sir John Fisher continues. Be ford contemplates parliament and a rise to head the Admiralty, challenging Fisher who currently holds the post. The cabinet art of civilian appointees and naval tradition fuels the dispute as Be ford seeks a practical naval man to lead.
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Lord Charles Beford
John Fisher
Beresford
Admiralty
Reginald McKenna
Civ
Jane
Charles
Eamonton eel powder tent accident at new building site
An explosion in a tent housing a powder mixture at a new building site endangers one man fatally and injures two others. The incident narrowly escapes 130 workers and draws concern from local legislators and authorities.
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Eamonton
Eanpowder
A Hament
Alls Asell
Anscves
Rane
Uae
Ieee
January Imports and Exports of the Dominion Decline
Import totals for January show a near match to prior year with $3013,627 reported, while exports fall notably. Domestic exports reach $15,387,22 with a $5,079,955 drop, chiefly from agricultural products and animal products declines. Ten months’ totals show imports $241,071,762 and overall trade down $54,906,009.
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Dominion
Sears
Ben Hur coming to Walker Theatre Winnipeg
Klaw and Erlanger stage the grand Ben Hur at Walker Theatre Winnipeg in March with six evenings and a midweek added show. The production is billed as an authoritative spectacle seen by millions and praised for its religious resonance and dramatic grandeur.
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Klaw
Erlanger
Walker Theatre
Winnipeg
Armerica
Win Ta Lane
Be Hur
Wallace
Ben-Hur
Ben Hur at Walker Theatre Opens Mail Orders
Marketing copy describes the production’s grand pageant themes symbolizing Rome Jerusalem Jew and Gentile peace and war. Manager C P Walker announces mail orders will be processed by date of receipt with remittance. Ticket scale lists entire over floor two dollars balcony circle one fifty balcony one dollar and gallery fifty cents, sales begin Thursday March 4.
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Rome
Jerusalem
Quake Destroys Sixty Villages in Luristan Province
Reports from observatory records on Jan 28 describe a devastating earthquake in western Persia’s Luristan. Baru Jurd and Selahor suffered the heaviest casualties with many villages ruined and thousands displaced. Families flee to Ryra Jurd as authorities appeal for aid. livestock losses approach ten thousand cattle.
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Feneran
Wort
Luristany
Persia
Baru Jurd
Selahor
Luristan
Natal Education Tax Disallowed by Governor General
Canada Gazette extra notes disallowance of British Columbia Natal Act of February 2 1908. The act sought an educational tax on new arrivals in BC. The measure had repeatedly passed and been disallowed, with the BC Supreme Court already ruling it unconstitutional, and the disallowance blocks an appeal from that judgment.
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British Columbia
Ottawa
Canada Gazette
Ihe Conncil
Supreme Court of
Death of Grand Duke Alexander of St Petersburg
The aged uncle of Czar Deas, Grand Duke Alexander of Saint Petersburg, died at 62 after a heart attack following years of asthma. A physician's update preceded the death, and the grand duke died during tea with household members as rheumatic symptoms struck. Grand Duchess and two of their three sons were present. mourning for three months ordered.
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St. Peterspurg
Uran
Alexandrdviteh
Eld Gear
Cate
Boris
Andrew
Delegates Headed to Continental Conservation Conference
Ottawa delegates to the Continental Conservation conference in Washington, Hon. Ly ney Fisher, Hon. Clifford Sifton and Dr HOS. Beland, MP, with R. E. Young of the Interior department as secretary, have left for Washington and expect to be absent about ten days.
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Ottawa
Otawa
Dr. Bell
Geological “Survey
Frank Oliver
Interior
Hudson's Bay ‘Company
Edmonton
Inland Revenue Returns Ottawa January Total
Inland revenue returns for January in Ottawa Ontario totalled 1 135 622 dollars. This shows a decrease of 2 05 dollars compared with January 1908.
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Inland Revenue
Ottawa
Explorer plans 15000 mile journey to Arctic via Canada
American naturalist and explorer Harry Vincent Radien arrives in Montreal and outlines a long expedition from Edmonton to Sau La Biche Fort Resolution Bathlet and the Yukon coast. He will collect zoological specimens for the U S Biological Survey and study fauna for several scientific bodies while seeking official support in Ottawa and Edmonton.
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Montreal
Harry Vincent Radien
Bathlet
Discover
Arctic Ocean
Alaska
Poland Bell Rivers
Yukon River
Yukon
Nome
Asia
Canada
United States
Biological
Preailent
Roosevelt
Earl Grey
Distress of London Poor in Demonstrations
A fragmented report describes London crowds during a suffragette protest. It notes royal bystanders in Parliament Square and West End onlookers, with hungry ragged women marching, many bearing babies, to illustrate the suffering of London's poor.
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London
Hi Gusbag
West End
Regina to Moose Jaw line proposed by Grand Trunk route
Regina to Moose Jaw would be connected by a through line proposed by the Grand Trunk Pacific Branch Lines company as part of a Brandon to Calgary corridor. Regina is expected to be reached via Yersion with construction anticipated this year once plans advance, per a board of trade representative.
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Moo Jaw
McKellar
Board of Trade
Grand ‘Trunk Pecife
Regina
Moose Jaw
Compan
A. Throush
Brandon
Calgary
Regios
Mowe Law
Knowles
Rogina
Yersion
Perpetuate King Visit Hopes For Five New Streets
Dr Kirchner the chief burgomaster has applied to Emperor William for a person to name five new streets in the north west quarter of the city near Kureh Dublin Liverpool and Glasgow respectively as part of a plan to memorialize the King's visit to this city.
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Kirschner
William
Kureh
Dublin
Liverpool
Glasgow
Pacific Rolling Stock Orders For New Transcontinental Line
Pacific Rolling Stock Montreal and Toronto have placed orders for fifty new cars for this year including ten colonist cars five parlor cars sixteen first class coaches eight sleeping cars eight second class coaches and three dining cars. The cars will join the new transcontinental line between Port Arthur and Edmonton and go into service next summer.
British Woman Urges Canadian Emigration
London dispatch reports Mrs George Cran, guest of the Canadian government, addressing Lady Farmers and Gardeners at a dinner. She urged women to emigrate to Canada, where vast acres of fertile loam and a rich harvest await the woman agriculturist.
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Canada
London
George Cran
Women Win Universal Sufficient Rights in Sweden Parliament
Both chambers of the Swedish Diet passed a universal suffrage bill with proportional representation. All residents over 24 gain the vote. First Chamber approved 160 to 9, Second Chamber 19 to 4.
Sunday School Lesson on Acts and Spirit Power
The text discusses the mission to preach to all nations, Peter and Philip's acts in Samaria, and the peril of Simon the Sorcerer. It emphasizes the Holy Spirit’s role, the need for scriptural grounding, and warns against counterfeit zeal. A stray line at end mentions a crude exchange reflecting a disturbing quote from a newspaper page.
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Jerusalem
Judea
Samaria
Mark Aviio
Greelarm
Willig
Tony
Christ
Philip
Stephen Aut
Pip
Gamaliel
Wendy
God
Peter
Signben
Paul
Simon
Stephen
Senos
Theadas
Heta
Hiza
Hin
Jesus Christ
Yonseev
Isa
Jesus
Tim
John
Latt
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Burrard Inlet
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Pacific Ocean
Rine Funnel
Holt
Roh. Comyn
Fand
Niagara
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Goat Tsland
Goat Island
Prospect Point
Ster
A.B
Panama Canal
Czar’s
Deas
T. Pacific Rolling Stock
C. M. Stearns
Col Corkright
Majah Bladd
Colonel Gore
Puck
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