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WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. Progress of the Great West Told to a Few Pointed Mr. Frank McElroy, surprised by a cougar at Rock Bay, killed the ani mal with his shotgun. Captain W. B. Shaw has been up to take charge of Fairmount (Langara) Military Hospital, Vic toria. ese Pinanetrial Island will add another $40,000 to the annual payroll Vancouver. here has been a great falling off at Vancouver in the applications for naturalization, only 58 having ap lied during 1917. P'Captain Holmes and his crew of four had a narrow escape from death rescued There passed away at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver. Joseph Martin Wise, one of the old-timers of the city, in his 66th year. Persistent protests continue to be received by the Government against the imposition of this year’s pro- Victoria. Sergt. Lee 8. Tilmeck, of the ori ginal first contingent, Pte. E. C. Furness, of the 131st Battalion, and A. J. Chrisp have returned to New Westminster from France. Lieut. L. F. Burrows, of Salmon Arm, has been decorated with the Military Cross. He has been connect ed with the Canadian Field Artillery since his enlistment. Three hundred men have been thrown out of employment for two months at the Jingle Pot mine, Nanaimo, owing to a disastrous fire and the mine having to be sealed. Not a single arrest during the day and only one complaint of alleged infraction of the law on the part of a hotelkeeper was the public record for Vancouver's first prohibition day. Official figures show the value of the mineral production of mines in the Trail Creek mining division to have been in all years, 1894 to 1916, both inclusive, in excess of $70,000, 000. One million feet of spruce a month for the construction of aeroplanes to be used by the allies against the Germans in the war is the contribu tion of one concern alone at Port Renfrew. Halibut fishing in Alaska waters is becoming more profitable, under present conditions, than working in the munition factories and steel mills of the east. Steamers are now beginning to leave Dawson on their last trips for the south, and the usual fall exodus is under way by Klondikers who will winter on the coast. The Supreme Court of Canada has granted to J. A. Barratt leave to ap peal against the order of the registrar holding him liable for over $30,000 to the liquidation of the Bank of Van couver Corp. Samuel Frickleton, of the New Zealand forces, a brother of Henry Frickleton and Mrs. James Cramb, of Nanaimo, has been awarded the Vic toria Cross. While wounded he de stroyed a German machine gun and killed or captured the crew. Capt. Shibuya and the sixteen sur vivors of the wrecked steamer Koto hiro Maru, who reached Vancouver from Prince Rupert, were passengers aboard an Osaka Shosen Kaisha liner posted to sail from this port for Japan.
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Durham Review
Durham, Ontario, CA
Thu, Nov 01, 1917
Page 6
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