Medicine Hat Irrigation Policy and Robins deal debated
The piece analyzes the Robins irrigation sale to the Southern Alberta Land Co. and the Alberta Railway and Irrigation Co. It defends the Dominion Government’s irrigation policy while criticizing Opposition critiques and calls for Medicine Hat voters to judge MP Magrath’s stance. It notes large land transactions, government guarantees, and the potential impact on local irrigation and settlement.
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Free Press
Robins
Dominion of Canada
United States
Dominion
Alberta
Alberta Railway and Irrigation Co
Rubins Co
Southern Alberta Land Co
Medicine Hat
C.P.R
Department of the Interior
Grand Forks Cattle Company
Robins Land Co
Ames
Robins Company
England
Southern Alberta Land Company
Robins Land Company
Canada
Bowen
McCarthy
House of Commons
Eingland
Omer
Alberea Railway & Irrigation Company
Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company
Alberta Company
Charles A. Magrath
Magrath
Borden
New Express Rules Facilitate Small Value Shipments
Canadian National and American Express announce new customs brokerage rules lowering entry burdens for shipments under ten dollars. Previously all shipments required formal entry to the United States regardless of value. The change aims to ease crossing of small value articles by Canadian merchants at the frontier.
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BR. Murphy
James Bryce
Canadian Express Company
Frontier Port
United States
TLE Lester Kaye Farms Plan Along C P R Line
Sir John Jester Kaye secures capital in England for a large Southwestern farming scheme. Ten thousand acre farms along the C P R will house managers and hired hands. Initial needs include 400 horses, 1000 sheep, 500 pigs, 400 breeding cows, and $15,0000 for building and fencing. Total stock and improvements approach $500,000 with large stock purchases accounting for nearly $250,000.
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Sir John Jester Kaye
England
C.P.R
Fire Guards Urge Wider Burns to Halt Prairie Fires
The Chief Fire Guardian reports eighty plus convictions under the Prairie Fires Ordinance since January. He urges settlers campers and sports to prevent fire spread by plowing fire guards around buntings and stacks at least twenty feet wide, warning against guarding by burning without a surrounding plowed band.
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R.N.W.M.P
Best Treatment for a Burn Chamberlain's Salve
The ad promotes Chamberlain's Salve as the best burn treatment and a universal remedy for burrs. It claims instant pain relief and scarless healing for minor injuries, also useful for chapped lips, sore nipples, and skin diseases priced at 25 cents and sold by druggists and dealers.
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Chamberlain
Thanksgiving Day Date Set for October 19
The article notes Thanksgiving Day will be observed on Monday October 19 to suit commercial travelers and others who spend only Saturdays at home. It mentions a decision to shift the holiday to Monday for convenience.
CPR appoints B Foster assistant general passenger agent
B Foster district passenger agent of the CPR was named assistant general Passenger agent for Western Canada with headquarters in Vancouver. Foster is en route from Winnipeg to the west. Foster was succeeded by Mr Thompson of Cincinnati.
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Toronto
C. B. Foster
C.P.R
Western Canada
Vancouver
Foster
Winnipeg
Flo
Mr Thompson
Cincinnati
Emperor and I share the same sky in simple life
A Boston Globe poem contrasts the Kaiser and a common farmer living side by side. The speaker, content with ordinary work and family, values personal freedom over royal power, claiming each man is an emperor in his own right.
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Keiser
Boston Globe
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