Stock Notes Highlight Cattle Trade Movements And Remount Talk
Cattle buyers swarm town with beef prices up about five dollars a head from last year. Winnipeg dealer Jos Finklestein ships 160 stocker cattle, while Maple Creek Cattle Co manager D J Wylie buys heavily for shipment. Ontario firm Bonnycastle & Son sell cattle to S L Purdy in Medicine Hat. The issue also covers Brand Ordinance updates, arrests of five Helena butchers for failure to keep stock kill records, and notes on US and UK remount needs with expert opinions from Major Dent and Colonel F M Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Finklestein
Winnipeg
Josphburg
Farming World
Toronto
F. Bonnyecastle & Son
D. J. Wylie
Maple Creek Cattle Company
Helena
Medicine Hat
J. H. G. Bray
Stock Growers’ Association
United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Bray
Gordon & Ironsides
North Side
F. M. Woods
Lincoln
Neb
United States
England
Cattle Prices Slip as Beef Markets Turn Irregular
In London on July 23 trade in cattle stayed firm yet prices moved irregularly with Best States at 13 percent, choice Canadians at 134 cents, ranchers 11 to 12 cents. Sheep weakened with declines of 1 to 2 cents, 11 to 12 cents. Liverpool reports private cable pricing Canadian cattle at 12 1/2 cents and sheep at 11 1/2 to 12 1/2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Best
Choice Canadians
Liverpool
Choice Canadian
Territorial Wool Crop Shortage Forecast
A. Leadlay of the Toronto Hide and Wool Co. in Winnipeg reports strong wool buyers including A. Carruthers Frank Lightcap Benson and an English house with a Boston branch. Wool sold at 1 to 12 cents per pound delivered to cars, mostly good quality, with healthier sheep and improved ranch handling. Maple Creek district wool coarser due to heavier mutton breeding. Leadlay estimates range clip near half a million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Leadlay
Toronto Hide & Wool Co
Winnipeg
A. Carruthers
Frank Lightcap
Winniepeg
Benson
Montreal
Boston
Leadlay
Maple Creek
Court En Banc Hears Appeals in Calgary July 21
The Calgary court en banc delivered judgments in three appeals. Forsyth lost on cattle stealing with Judge Scott's appeal dismissed and judgment confirmed. Rouleau dissented. Union Bank of Macleod ordered to pay a $15,000 assessment on gold and bank notes and related papers. income assessment of £5000 withdrawn by consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Court En Banc
Queen Vs
Forsyth
Scott
Rouleau
Union Bank
Macleod
Toronto Journalist Endorses Dr. Agnew’s Liver Pills
A Toronto journalist testifies that chronic headaches and constipation kept him from business two days weekly. He credits Dr. Agnew’s Liver Pills sold at druggists for relief, claiming he never loses time or misses meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Agnew
Toronto
Agnew
Canine Scotsman Drives Imaginary Herd in Maple Creek Skirmish
In Maple Creek on July 1, Chas Lee of Big Stick Lake accidentally staged a mock cattle drive. Neighbors Blair and Lee fired a friendly clash with improvised guns, ending with six cattle killed or “dead,” two missing, and both men returning home amid prairie sunset and odd scents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, Lee
Big Stick Lake
Maple Creek
Chas. Blair
Mr. Mair
Mr. Tee
Mr. Blair
Mr. Lee
Immigration restraint and a plan for Chinese exclusion
A Winnipeg Star report argues restricting immigration is vital for Canada. It critiques a $50 tax as ineffective and suggests a £500 levy to deter Chinese labor traffic, notes Japanese emigration poses similar concerns, and urges cooperation with Japan to curb migration. It adds a Winnipeg health officer inquiry and July Dominion revenue rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Alcock
China
Canada
British Columbia
Pacific
Japan
Star
Public meeting on Town Council waterworks report
A special council session discussed CP Rail water supply terms with Manager Whyte. a flat rate or per thousand gallons option was proposed. An estimate of current pumping costs will be reviewed, plus plans for a new station and freight sheds. A public meeting is set for next Wednesday at the Opera House to present the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finlay
Mitchell
Winnipeg
Whyte
Ruttan
Opera House
Situation in China As Relief Army Awaits
A U S legation message from Pekin dated July 23 reports anxiety while awaiting relief forces. Sixty Eure ans killed since June 20 as attacks continue day and night. Advancing on Pekin believed started with Chinese entrenched at Wang Tsun. Foo Chow Shaown mission destroyed and Christians plundered. Amur capital bombarded again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Pekin
Wang Tsun
Shaown
Foo Chow
Amur
Surrender of Free Staters Under Prinsloo to Hunter
Reports say nearly 1 000 burghers surrender to General Hunter while other Free Staters remain in hills. Private Ball of the Edmonton Mounted Rifles dies of fever after enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prinsloo
Villiers
Hunter
Pte. Ball
Edmonton
Mounted Rifles
Hungarian rovel commission travels Ottawa to Winnipeg
The rovel agricultural commission from Hungary moves through Ottawa en route to Winnipeg and Regina. The Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, died at Coburg from heart paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Rovel Agricultural Commission
Ottawa
Winnipex and
Reina
Duke of Edinburgh
Queen Victoria
Coburg
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the Medicine Hat Trading Co., Ltd
Medicine Hat Trading Co
A. Black
Raymond
J. K. Drinnan
Geo.Milne &Co
Horse Ranch
Clydes
Crane Lake
Northwest
J. G. Farr
Assa
R. E. Starks
Plume Horse Ranch
British War Office
Great Britain
Ireland
Dent
South Africa
The
Major Dent
English War Office
Chinese Immigration
Inglis
Dominion
War News
Oxford
J.f.robinson
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