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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1914
Page
4
An archival notice from Manitoba lists the Northern Publishing Co. at the corner of Fiecher Ave and 4th St, promoting The Pas and Great Northland coverage. Subscription rates are given as 1.00 rear and 1.50 in advance, with advertising rates on application and accounts due the first of each month.
The council faces failures on the Beaver Lake road project with unreliable cost estimates and contractor neglect. A government grant of 8000 was earmarked for completion by the council or board of trade, but a public works inspector should oversee the job under a fixed deadline with a competent contractor.
Medicine Hat News argues the Borden Government’s immigration bureau is flawed. Despatches show five hundred recent arrivals from abroad would not take farm work, suggesting Canada already has enough willing workers without importing more.
Liberal papers doubt Sir Richard McBride will return to power in British Columbia as Conservatives fade on the coast. The piece notes a Liberal absence in the legislature and reflects on past electoral tactics. It also questions delays in supplying exhibits for The Pas booth and jokes about dog safety and a wandering cow in the region.
The writer condemns unruly streets likening them to a barnyard and advocates a public pound as a remedy. The piece questions whether a local pound exists to curb the nuisance and improve sidewalk behavior.
W G Porter of Medicine Hat responds to the Prince Albert press on outfitting for gold fields. He argues The Pas serves as a superior starting point, noting goods are available there at reasonable prices and quality. He disputes claims that The Pas lacks outfitting resources and endorses buying locally in The Pas.
The Toronto case of John Cortlett, an Englishman, received a three year Kingston penitentiary sentence plus deportation. In Winnipeg, Lancelot Burgess, another Englishman with a wife in England, got two months in jail and deportation for bigamy, highlighting perceived disparities in legal outcomes.
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