Alberta outlines policy for Quif Natural Resources
Edmonton September 12 The Alberta government under J emier Brownlee outlines the new Department of Natural Resources. Five branches will exist Fisheries Forestry Crown Lands Water Power and Mines with two supervisors over lands for homestead and school lands and over the Land Titles branch. The policy aims to block out lands and confine homestead grants to a defined block pending recommendations from department heads.
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Edmonton
Department of Natural Resources
Dominion
Bucc
Brownlee
Department of Agriculture
New Canadian fertilizer touted as revolutionary in trials
Sir Lennox Raw, director of Imperial Chemicals Industries Australia, visits Canada on phosphate experiments amid hopes the 22 percent soluble phosphate will boost yields and maturity. Premier Brownlee discusses department transfers, irrigation staff changes, and future regulatory plans.
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Lennon Raws
Melbourne
Australia
Sir Lenn
Canada
Austalee
Sir Lennon
Lady Raws
Geoffrey
Margaret
Trail
B.C
Trans-Canada
Consolidated Ning and Smelting Company
Lyuminion
Aorangi
Henry Smith Sent for Trial in Bow Island Fire Case
Henry Smith was committed for trial after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate F. W. Brown in Bow Island. The charge of arson stems from the August 29 fire that destroyed Mrs. M Hart's Bow Island home. Weather notes show scattered showers and a temperature around 64 to 52 degrees.
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Drson
Henry Smith
F. W. Brown
Bow Island
M. Hart
Ready sale for finished cattle at greatly advanced figures
Winnipeg reports H P Kennedy of Montreal predicts steady improvement in finished cattle prices and urges farmers to hold grain fed stock. He notes a domestic shortage, advises leveraging grain and borrowing to market young stock, and says Britain remains open to Canada’s surplus finished cattle with demand increasing for large consignments.
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Winnipeg
H. P. Kennedy
Montreal
Chicago
St. Paul
United States
Kennedy
Dominion
Newheady
Great” Britain
Canada
Great Britain
Unclear Proposal Cited in Mr Poorley’s Letter
Fragmentary OCR reads mention of a Mr Poorley proposal about reorganization of a board or clearing house. Text is garbled with missing context and unnamed opponents. No clear events, dates, or entities identifiable from readable portions.
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Poorley
Progress on Highway Linking Calgary to Medicine Hat
Gravel for the Calgary Medicine Hat highway reached Strathmore on Wednesday. The Commercial Cargtage Company, contracted to haul, laid the gravel to finish the section from nine miles east of Strathmore through Gleichen. The completed all weather road will exceed 40 miles east of Calgary, boosting tourist traffic this year.
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Strathmore
Calgary-Medicine Hat
Gletchen
Commercial Cartage Company
Gleichen
Calgary
Deputy Minister of Telephones Dies in Vancouver
W. R. Warren of Regina Saskatchewan Deputy Minister of Telephones for Saskatchewan and son of A. E. Warren vice president of Western lines of the Canadian National Railways died this morning. He had come to Vancouver two months earlier after a three month leave of absence due to ill health.
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Vancouver
W. R. Warren
Regina
Saskatchewan
A. E. Warren
Western Lines
Canadian National Railways
Sordid Case of A. F. Mock Ends In Death Room
Archie F. Mock of Spokane was hanged at the State penitentiary in Wallawalla this morning for the murder of Mrs Catherine Clark two years earlier. She was lured by letters promising marriage and killed with a hatchet near Spokane. Mock’s Saskatchewan relatives aided in his defense with J A M Patrick of Yorkton as attorney. Western Canadian papers ran extended trial reports.
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Wallawalla Wash
Archie
F. Mock
Spokane
Scyths
State Penitentiary
Catherine Cf
Jetters
Mack
Saskatchewan
Canada
J. A. M. Patrick
Yorkton, Sask
Millionaire rancher Spencer shoots two men then vanishes
In Chilcotin BC, Cosens Spencer, a wealthy ranch owner, killed Ed ward Smith and mortally wounded W. H. Stoddart after forcing them to remove a telephone at Nine Mile Deer Creek ranch. Spencer, believed insane, may have killed himself. Stoddart, badly wounded, used shoelaces as a tourniquet and helped Smith until his death. Spencer fled into the bush as Stoddart was later amputated.
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Chilcotin
British Columbia
Vancouver
Cosens Spencer
Spencer
Edward Smith
Rafith
Stoddart
Smith
Nine-Mile
Deer Creek Ranch
sSmith
Chilco Ranch
Australia
Mountie Kills Bride Then Dies in Tragic Shooting
Toronto September reports Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable Simon McIntosh aged 30 shot his wife Helan aged 23 after she sent him from her parents’ home. He then killed himself and died at hospital. Her mother found the wife on the living room floor. McIntosh was found in the kitchen. Neighbors note he was intoxicated earlier. McIntosh, born in Scotland, had served two years with the RCMP.
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Toronto
Simon McIntosh
Royal Canadian, Mounted
Helan
Wrs
Mcintosh
Hustler
Polic
R.C.M.P
Edmonton to Salt Lake Direct Bus Service Arranged
A new interchange links Edmonton to Salt Lake City via Cardston, connecting Greyhound lines with Inter-Mountain Bus Lines. The Roosevelt highway opens a route through Glacier Park to Ogden, with four reclining-coach units planned. Fare around $25, with one overnight on the bus.
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Edmonton
Salt ‘Lake City
Gian Greyhound System
Inter-Mountain Bus Lines
Aracaride
Mont
Emil Torgerson
Inter-Mountain Lines
Fay
Greyhourt Lines
Cardston
Salt Lake
Glacier Park
Bélten
Missoulia
Butte
Ogden
Ute Hospital
Widmenton
Los Angeles
Denver
Pilot Punch Dickens Flies to Fort McMurray
Edmonton reports Pilot Punch Dickens of the Western Canada Railways took off from Cooking Lake this morning for Fort McMurray. It is believed Major Burwash may fly back with him, carrying the records of the Franklin Expedition which perished in the Arctic 83 years ago.
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Edmonton
Punch
Dickens
Western Canada Railways
Cooking Lake
Here
Fort
Unemployment debate in Commons over $20.9 million public works plan
In Ottawa the Commons debated a government resolution to spend $20,900,600 on public works and unemployment relief. Premier Bennett deflected questions on currency and trade while MPs pressed for farm aid and employment measures. Critics warned the plan would not relieve unemployment and questioned beyond-proposed fiscal tactics.
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Ottawa
Commons
W. J. Makkeng
Bennett
House of Commons
H. B.spencer
U.F.A
Battle River
Spencer
Canada
John Vallance
South Battleford
Employment Service Council
Dominion
Thos. Reid
Lib
New Westminster
Benet
J. Young
Weyburn
Winchester shotgun draw postponed by Fish and Game group
At a Fish and Game Association meeting, many ticket canvassers had not returned stubs for the Winchester shotgun competition. The draw is extended one week and will occur Friday evening at eight, with winners announced. Ticket sales are also extended for the week.
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Fish and Game Association
Ottawa leader Moore reelected as Trades and Labor Congress president
Regina reports Fon. Moore of Ottawa, longtime head of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, was reelected president with secretary treasurer P. M. Draper of Ottawa. All three vice-presidents J. T. Foss ry Montreal R. J. Tallon Calgary Damon Simpson Toronto were reappointed amid broad approval at the annual election.
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Regina
Sask
Fon. Moore
Ottawa
Ottawan
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
P. M. Draper
Qt‘tawa
Draper
Moore
Congress
J.T. Foss
Montreal
R. J. Tallon
Calgary
Damon Simpson
Toronto
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
Janieeianetn
Amay Federation of
Sige -As -Frat Ani
Actian
Uaition
Arnal Caelei Ata
Thea
Arti Nerdy
Canada’s Borden Voices Naval Tonnage Concerns at League
In Geneva the League of Nations Assembly heard Canadian delegate Robert Borden predict continued Franco Italian naval tonnage tensions. Authority figures expect difficulties to persist into the near future as discussions continue.
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France
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