Mysterious disappearance of city land transfer at Kokomo site
City council hears inquiry into a lost 130 acre transfer from Kokomo Investment Co. Allegations discuss unassessed land, lost title, and questions over whether the city holds ownership. The saga traces 1912 1914 dealings, bank deposits, and a Dominion Harvester site with unsettled titles and claims against property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo Investment Company
Ald. Cruickshank
Kokomo Investment Co
Ald
Penland
Inquirer
Eity
Aid
Nelson Spencer
J. ¥. Bending
Messrs Brown and Bryenton
Kokomo Company
White
H. T. W. Forster
Follis
Baker
Calgary
Dominion Harvester
Union Bank
Kokomo Co
Mahaffy& Blackstock
Wright
Dominion Harvester Company
H. C. Yuill
United Farmers of Alberta Open Eighth Convention in Calgary
The eighth annual United Farmers of Alberta convention opened at the First Baptist church in Calgary with Mayor Castello welcoming delegates. Hon. Mr. Marshall pledged government support for farmer originated legislation and promoted Alberta as a future top exporter of agricultural products. Attendance exceeded a thousand, with morning registration for delegates and afternoon enrollment for visitors.
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Calgary
Duncan Marshal
Alta
Jay
United Farmers‘of Alberta
First Baptist Church
Marshall
Castello
Wood
Canada
Saskatchewan considers direct taxation and women’s suffrage
The throne speech at the opening of Saskatchewan’s fifth session signals possible direct taxation to fund the Patriotic Fund and confirms the likelihood women will receive the vote. It notes educational reform interests and public education leagues, with new laws deferred to a future session. Bills planned include Town Planning, Town and Village Acts consolidation, and Elections Act amendments.
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Patriotic Fund
Regina, Sask
Saskatchewan
Governor Lake
City gas rights dispute raises title and ownership questions
Local dispute over city gas well rights and title involving the Kokomo Company and figures M A Brown and D W Brown highlights missing city title records. Council discusses industrial site plans near the reservoir and CPR gas rights, while a fire caused by a torches thawing pipes damages Mulkey apartments.
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Kokomo Company
Barnan
Folis
Kokomo Co
Bannan
Council Chamber
Brown Brothers
Aid
Spencer
M. A
D. W
Kokomo
Brown
D. W. Brown
Aid. Cruickshank
Valley Road
M. A. Brown
Kolkomo
Hamilton-Penland
Hawthorne
Spencer-Brown Council
C.P.R
Spencer- Brown Council
Penland
Montenegro Capitulation Report From London
London prints confirm Montenegro government capitulated on February 1 following Serbia’s defeat. The Montenegrin forces, encircled by the Central Powers, ended hostilities and concluded a separate peace, a development the press says was anticipated.
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London
Montenegro
Servia
Lavergne Defends War Stance in Quebec Assembly
In Quebec City Lavergne, Nationalist for Montgammy, denounces Conservatives who sided with him in 1910 11 and warns against being called traitor as he urges Canada to join the empire’s wars. He cites speeches by Patenaude Casgrain Blondin Sevigny and others and recalls Bourassa’s 1911 position. Dr Gregoire replies in defense of wartime participation.
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Quebec
Armand Lavergne
Montgammy
Canada
Lavergne
Mr. Lavergne
Messrs
Patenaude
Casgrain
Blondin
Sevigny
Arthabasca
Bourassa
Gregoire
Megantic
Col Spencer Home Preparations For 176th Battalion
Lieut Col Nelson Spencer returned this morning from the East and confirmed reports that he will raise the 176th battalion in the city. He said no concrete plans have been made yet and he cannot announce immediate actions.
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Nelson Spencer
Riddell in Dangerously Ill as 3rd CMR Move Traced
Corp. Harold G. Riddell of the CMR is reported dangerously ill. He is the son of Dr. J. H. Riddell, Alberta College principal, who left Edmonton last summer with the 3rd CMR who were quartered on the South Side for a period.
Bar Dinner Postponed To Thursday With Judge Winter
The Medicine Hat Bar dinner was not held last night and will be held Thursday night with Judge Winter present.
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Winter
Canadian Pilot Ross Killed In Air Crash
London reports Flight Lieutenant Ross, a Canadian, burned to death Monday after his plane burst into flames during a night flight. The machine crashed and wreckage and a possible tank explosion are suspected.
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London
Ross
Local Capitalion Arrested for Drunkenness and Stolen Cheques
R Breckler of Dunmore was arrested at a C P R depot for drunkenness. Police found a bundle of endorsed cheques totalling 1027 dollars, mostly wage cheques for C P R employees. He had cashed them for others and may have been trying to deposit them before banks opened.
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R. Breckler
Dunmore
C.P.R
John Barleycorn
Brandon Fire Inquest Scheduled as Death Toll Stays Uncertain
All injured young women taken to the hospital after Monday's blaze are recovering and no additional bodies have been recovered from the debris. Coroner Dr. Moore will conduct an inquest, but a date will wait until more remains are found, if any, in Brandon.
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Brandon
Moore
Winnipeg grain quotes and cash prices on Jan 18
Winnipeg market update lists May wheat at 126 7 8 and 129 3 4, with July at 126 7 8 and 129 1 4. Oats May 49 38 4, 50 3 4. Flax May 226 1 2, 227 1 4. Cash prices show No 1 Nor wheat 125 1 2 and various futures. Chicago and Minneapolis quotes for May and July contracts provided.
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Winnipeg
C.W
N.W.C
Chicago
Minneapolis
Local Shell Contract Details for Munition Plants
News reports receipt of contracts for shell manufacture totaling 40 000 shells across four plants at two dollars per shell. Local information confirms the arms production effort and pricing.
Troops Landings and Allied Movements Across Greece
Reports indicate French and British forces landed at Phaleron near Athens and at Corinth Greece while Minsters of the Central Powers were ordered to burn archives in Athens. Additional German-sourced dispatches claim new landings at Piraeus and Orphang near Salonika with ships sailing south of End.
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Berlin
London
Cologne
Phaleron
Athens
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Corinth
Greece
Sofia
South End
Pirgeus
Phal¢ron
Saloniki
Daily Mail
Orfang
Salonika
Belgian relief food seized by Germany alleged in cable
Ottawa reports a cable from J Hymans to the Belgian minister in London claiming that foodstuffs for Belgian civilians handed to relief commissions have been seized by Germany. The note stresses the relief work aids non combatants including children and the elderly.
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Lonsdales
Ana Fore
Goor
Ottawa
Canada
J. Hymans
Belgium
Commission For Relief
Belgi
Ges
Great Britain
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United Farmers OF Alberta
H. W. Wood
EB. T. Fredm
James Speakman
George Long
Edmonton
Legislature OF Saskatchewan
Harry Mcleod
France
Warnock
British Veterinary Corps
Heland
Germany
Neely
Harold Baker
England
Mulkey
Beurassa
Col. Spencer Home
Depot
THE
Brandon Fire
SHELL
Macdonell
Rénale
Currie
Williams
Turner
Garnet Hughes
Mercer
Ketchen
Lipsett
Hill
Geng
Leckie
Watson
Tage
Greege
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