18 Mar 1915
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 18, 1915
Page
1
The provincial legislature adjourned amid heated exchange as Spencer challenged government actions on road building and tariffs. He accused opposition figures of misrepresenting oil revenue and sugar distribution while Premier and others rebutted with data and calls for unity.
Casualties include Pte Niven and Pte Veats among returning Canadians. notes on Calgary connections and hospital arrivals. Local highlights cover the Daughters of the Empire sock donation, Alfred Owen’s death, and a church group Irish concert at Knox Church with details of organizers and program.
Local Empress area items cover cooperation talks for a grain seed distribution, road and railway progress at Round Lake, police transfers to Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, and a weekly board of trade meeting. Reports mention a prohibition vote, a forthcoming peace river road project, and staged community events including a men’s fraternal meeting and a bonspiel tournament.
City council discussed water and garden plots for vacant lots, amended street names, and curbside work. Officials reviewed gas and electric charges, tax arrears, and a proposed public works project amid debates on council by laws and municipal finance.
In early fall residents of Hilda report continued poor mail service at the Hilda post office. Mixups between Irvine and Schuler bags cause delays and misdelivered mail, with residents receiving others' papers and missing weekly issues. Local efforts and petitions for rail improvements noted amid community frustration.
The list records cash and futures prices for wheat oats and barley in multiple months. It includes wheat figures for May July and October with various bid and ask values, oat prices for May and July, barley and flax notes, and odd stray entries. It references different wheat grades and futures months with scattered numerals and units.
The text notes a person returning to the Coast from a Winnipeg trip. He travels with Dist. Pass. Agent Dawson of Calgary. It also mentions Mr. and Mrs John McNeely remaining at the Panama Exposition as visitors.
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