Mounted Police and Riders of the Plain in Western Canada
A historical sketch praises the Mounted Police across western provinces and Arctic circles. It recalls early patrols from Ontario to the Pacific, cross-border chases into the United States, and notable officers like Sergeant Gavine and figures such as Dutch Henry, highlighting discipline, courage, and frontier law enforcement in a formative era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staat Forte
Jon ‘Roumtry
Bosal
Ontario
Arctic
Terulat
Mounted Police
Re- Elna
Eremith
Prairies
Toth
Forta River
United States
United Police
Mat Priesters
Sor
Martino
Pelle
Wirell
Stewart
Regina
Gavine
Fort Qu’Appelle
Teterve
Jan
Fitzgerald Lad
Canada
Ces
Profes
Ion
Dutch Henry
Major Stewart
Salmon Canneries Prepare for Busy Skeena Season
Salmon packers along the Skeena river near Prince Rupert in British Columbia gear up for a busy season. Grand Trunk Pacific ships move tin plate north while workers prepare cans for the immense sockeye runs typical of the British Columbia fisheries. Forecasters expect 1914 to be among the best seasons in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeena River
Prince Rupert
Ritsh Columbia
Rand Trunk Pacific Offerals
Grand Trunk Pacific
Prince George
Kellier
British Columbia
Jase
Senator Choquette Bill Targets Newspaper Crime Photos
Ottawa Citizens criticizes a proposed bill by Senator Choquette aiming to ban publishing photos of vials or suspected criminals in newspapers. The paper argues for a law to stop printing images of respectable citizens in a way that provokes violent desires in readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choquette
Ottawa
Britain’s Naval Superiority in Parliamentary White Paper
An annual statement shows Britain leading in ships built and building across battleships cruisers torpedo craft and submarines. It lists counts for Great Britain Germany France Austria Italy Russia and others in categories now built and underway, highlighting Britain’s edge in battleships cruisers and overall naval force.
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Dickinson
Ssels
Great Britain
Germany
France
Austria
Italy
Russia
Prance
Maly
Isier
Uas
Russ
Prague
Rowwia
Sone
Kurtsie
Sala
Ialy
Brest
Big Oil Search Extends Capital Sequences in Northern Territory
A fragmented report notes a large oil company plans to invest about two million in capital spending. It references extensions of lease times, township ranges, and geographic points west of the fourth meridian between Moore and Island Lakes, about 50 miles north of Athabasca Landing and 100 miles north of Edmonton, with preliminary geological surveys indicating good petroleum prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paravisa Oromert
Moore
Island Lakes
Athabasca Landing
Edigonton
Ste
Petroteu
Canadian Aviation Company Formed in Toronto
A new enterprise, The Canadian Aviation Company Limited, has been federally incorporated in Toronto with a capital stock of 30000 dollars. Wm Archibald Dean is named as leading director. The company intends to sell monoplanes and biplanes, hire pilots, teach flying, provide flying exhibits, and engage in all aspects of aviation commerce and manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Push Air Busine
Canadian Aviation Company Limited
Archibald Dean
Capitaist
Rettrce
Condensing Electricity Invention Sparks Industrial Hopes
Signor Islesiac of Madrid demonstrates a condensing device for atmospheric electricity. He lights fifteen bulbs at six hundred yards using his apparatus, drawing expert praise for potential cheap production. William Marconi, earlier, lit a bulb six miles away via wireless current from a 100 horse power engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signor Islesiac
Madrid
William Marconi
German Methods in English Coaifiel
The latest collieries in Doncaster are to be sunk using a German undertaking with new winding and sinking methods. An Essen contractor will supply nearly £200,000 of machinery all from Germany. The shaft will use German freezing methods from Westphalian coalfields, and a model mining village with central baths will be built for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doncaster
Essen
Germany
PUSH REFORM IN THE CONGO qigian Authorities Reapond to the Demand
Reforms urged by King Albert in his address to parliament are being implemented gradually in the Congo. Belgium faces deficits from seven years of dependence and plans to grant financial aid and greater administrative autonomy. The colonial government shifts toward Boma to empower district presidents and enable district laws, with new judicial and police powers for colonial agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Congo
Africa
Belgium
Leopold
Boma
Flour for the Orient expands Canadian mill shipments
Western Flour Mills step up exports to Asia from Alberta plants in Medicine Hat Calgary and Lethbridge. Ogilvy Medicine Hat shipped 100000 sacks and Medicine Hat Mill Co 29000 sacks. Eisen mill of Lethbridge tops exporters to Japan and China alongside Robin Hood and other Calgary firms. Canada’s flour exports to Germany rise sharply. 2008 totals reach 1,062,740 barrels valued at 8.5 million dollars. Last fiscal year exports near 4478,000 barrels valued around 20 million. Fort William CP Elevator Annex nearing completion with Grand Trunk Pacific to follow. Stewart Company of Page holds contracts in both classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Lethbridge
Alberta
Oriental
Ogilvy Mill
Medicine Hat Mill Ing Co
Eisen Mill Ing Company
Japan
China
Western Milling Company
Robin Hood Mills
Moose Jaw
Orient Canada
Germany
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fort William
Grand Trunk Pacific
Stewart Company
Page
Ciaes
Auction of Four Old British Warships Sells Renown at High Bid
Four superannuated British warships were auctioned to the highest bidder led by the famed battleship Renown once a training ship at Portsmouth and notable for speed. The Renown drew £29,000 while the Forte and Medea sold for £35,650 and £10,75 respectively though the Seylia failed to meet reserve at £12,800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Fisher
Lord Fisher
India
Lution
Vulgar Habit of Smoking in Public Spaces
An article notes evolving attitudes toward smoking in pubs and public places. It recalls Gladstone’s aversion, mentions royal figures and Victorian figures like Frederic Harrison, and comments on social acceptance of tobacco use in transportation and social venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Edward
Prince of Wales
Frederic Harrison
T—T.p
Wireless for the Arctic Regions and Port Nelson Station
The Canadian naval service controls wireless telegraphy and reports Port Nelson station working well. Proposals for Arctic wireless from Herschel Island and Mancel Island face impractical ranges and terrain. Port Nelson to Esquimalt already yields daily Pacific contacts, with new stations planned near Hudson Bay and Indson Straits to aid Atlantic navigation.
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Fir
Port Nelson
Department of the Naval Ser Ice
Canada
Wade
Svefannson
Jefannson
Hersciel Island
Karluk
Department
Estel
Actic
Kar Wak
Pas
Pacific
Esquimault
Japan
Port Nelsom Ich
Port Asthur
Atlantic
Hudson Bay
Straits
Mancel Island
Indson Straits
Ash Inner
Button Islands
Museum of Peace plans 25 million year building in New York
The association proposes a 25 million dollar complex in New York City for an exposition of aviation and gardening aims. It seeks to establish museums of peace and amity reflecting the Ghent treaty era. Directors include Jacob H. Ht Sci, Elbert H. Gary, Robert E. Peary, Mehille FE. Stene and Theodore N. Vail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Ghent
Jacob Ht. Sci
Elbert H. Gary
Robert E. Peary
Mehille FE. Stene
Theodore N. Vail
Gloucester Seining Claim Heard At Washington
Old fishing claim concerns Gloucester schooners Argo naut and Jonas H Frege heard in Washington by the British America pecuniary claims commission. Charge states fishermen operated within three miles of Nova Scotia coast and boats and seines drifted beyond legally set limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Argonaut
Jonas H. Frege
Washington
T. British Ameria Pecuniary Claims Commission
Nova Scotia
Homestead Map Four: Prairie Land Status Revealed
The twelfth edition of the Homestead map shows land standing as of January 1, 1911 for Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with color coded entry data. Distributed free through the Department of the Interior the map comes in three provincial sheets and lists Indian reserves timber berths grazing leases and post offices. Copies for Manitoba are available from F C C Lynch Superintendent of Railway Lands Ottawa.
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Macitota
Saskatchewan
Niterta
Beatiew
Ottawa
Manitoba
Alberta
F.C. C. Lynch
Department of the Interior
Hero Bishop Stringer of Yukon Church of England
The Yukon based Bishop Stringer, noted as a heroic leader of the Church of England in Canada, followed missionary life marked by Arctic hardships. After Bishop Thomson died in 196, Stringer became his successor and, despite losing sight in one eye, served a vast 200000 square mile diocese centered on Dawson White Horse and Carcross. He oversees white and Indian communities including a government run Indian children’s home in Carcross. About a thousand Indians largely belong to the Church of England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Stringer
Yukon
Church of England
Canada
Arctic Ocean
Church of
Charing Cross Busier Depot Than London Station
An analysis of Charing Cross station in London compares its traffic hub status with New York Central and Pennsylvania depots. After two and a half years of reconstruction, four rail systems stack above one another, with the Bakerloo line at the bottom and the Southeastern and Chatham at the top. In a year about 900000 trains will pass the point and around 15000000 passengers will be handled. Secretary Maderick notes London electric railways offer more trains and closer service than any other system.
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London
Charing Cross
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Hakerloo
Hampstead
Southeastern
Chatham
Trafic
Maderick
London Electric Railways
Woman Refused Engineer License in Regina Claim
Mrs Victor Garnist, a twenty year licensed Minnesota engineer, sought a license in Regina to operate her husband's traction engine but was refused under Saskatchewan law restricting engineers to males over 18. She notes many women in the province could become engineers if allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Garnist
Minnesota
Regina
Saskatchewan
British Emigration Push as 700000 Men Outnumber Women
The Bishop of Yukon warns Canada faces a gender imbalance with 700,000 to 809,000 more men than women among British subjects. He urges British women to emigrate to the Dominions, aided by the Women’s Emigration Association which reports 4,253 applications last year and a 1,201 women emigrating, many to Canada.
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Yukon
Canada
States
Mansion House
London
Ced
Associat
Colaba E
Associatiate
Dominions
Ca Ada
City to Breed Horses in Regina Farm Plan
Regina plans expand from oats to live stock farming. City owns nearly 100 horses used by fire street cleaning and health departments. Proposal to feed 400 acres of city property, threshed 300 acres in fall, rest fed as green sheaves. Future development and farm management to be considered. Hosea to be bred and used, with horses and forage produced.
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Regina
Iso
Hosea
Inca Mummy Loaned by Halifax Collector to Museum
G Taylor of Halifax Nova Scotia and Chili brings an Inca mummy found months ago in Chile during a railroad project. The figure sits squatting with hands on knees, under a foot tall, loaned to the Provincial Museum for display. Chile's Antofagasta superintendent notes a technique for reducing bodies after death.
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G. Taylor
Halifax
Chili
Taylor
Figure
Antifagasta
Chill
Taslog
Halibut Exports to Britain Grow From British Columbia Firms
Reports from Birmingham indicate Canadian imports of frozen halibut from British Columbia have begun via Grimsby fish merchants. A general impression suggests trial shipments will expand to consuming centers. Mr Kidd notes several Birmingham firms seek correspondence with reliable exporters for arrangements in the coming season.
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Rial
Britain
Birmingham
British Columbia
Fsh
Grimsby
Kidds
Trade hopes rise as egg shipments from China grow
After China egg trade becomes active, Canadian Pacific railway steamers and Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. bring larger shipments. Attention calls for trade expansion, with suggestionsCP to equip trans Pacific liners with refrigeration gear and pursue the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Canadian Pacific Railway
Royal Mail Steat Packet Company
Canadian Pacific
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Bever
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