Plan for Western Canada to build an empire by ten million in ten years
A North Battleford convention proposal urges a single Western Canada advertising body to promote a 10,000,000 population target in ten years. The plan envisions a Western Canada Colonization and Development League to coordinate rail, harbor, and industrial growth and to unify provincial and railway promotion under one banner.
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Western Canada
North Battleford
Dominion
North Battleford Board of Trade
Nd United
Great Lakes
Hudson Bay
Pacific Ocean
Yenama Canal
Western
Canada
Western Canada Colonization and Development League
Boards of Trade
Fever Recruits for Army Decline in 1913 British Numbers
The parliamentary paper on British army recruitment for the year ending 30 September 1913 shows regular corps recruits at 28 091 a drop of 2 225 from the prior year while special reserve recruits reached 18 454 down 2 937. Emigration in 1913 totaled 178 468 British subjects from the UK, with officials noting wariness in recruitment due to trade activity emigration and labour exchanges. Australia offers immigration schemes attracting youths aged 16 to 20, the ages common for reserve and regular army enlistment.
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Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
Special Reserve
Vancouver City Council approves employment preference for married British subjects
Vancouver passes a resolution limiting city work to British subjects and ratepayers with preference for married men to boost efficiency. Calgary voters soon decide on three bridges costing 512000 dollars with named spans and approaches. Winnipeg appoints R P Lewis as traffic inspector to improve street railway operations and supervise moving of buildings during wire replacements. A large telescope will be erected at Point Grey Dominion Observatory this summer, boasting a 50 foot focal length and a 10 foot 20 inch diameter. A Vancouver real estate firm promotes a model Panama Canal exhibit showing Gatun lock and coastal lighthouse system.
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Vancouver
Vancouver J
Meteorological Observatory
Point Grey
Movart Wilson
California
Cigarette cure reaches Toronto ladies through home visits
A dozen or more Toronto women, including wives and mothers, are receiving a cigarette cure administered by doctors linked to the Boys’ Dominion. The treatment occurs at patients’ homes, not at institutional branches, and the women are described as good, respectable, and eager to quit smoking. Enrollments rose from one or two as success spread.
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Toronto
Dominion
CPR Official Sees West Growth Through Immigration Policy
J F Dennis head of CPR natural resources told Lethbridge business leaders that most settlers will migrate from the United States to Canada this year. He outlined CPR shifts from land selling to colonization with residence and farming obligations and noted continued reliance on U S immigration due to Europe and British Isles limits. The talk urged cooperative farmer outreach and described 20 year produce payments and livestock advances to attract sustained agricultural settlement.
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J. S. Dennis
Canada
United States
J. F. Dennis
Natural Resources Department
C.P.R
Board of Trade
Lethbridge
Winnipeg
Victoria
Europe
British Isles
Holland
Denmark
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Norway
Dennis
Encourere
Mived
Tarmina
Boards of Trade
Coal Output in Alberta 1913 Leads to Lethbridge Dominance
In 1913 Alberta mined 4,506,246 tons of coal with Lethbridge and its 100 mile district producing 3,100,000 tons or 66 percent. Crow’s Nest Pass yielded 70,000 car loads or 1,400 trainloads, while Lethbridge alone supplied 372 trains yearly. Total mine workers reached 8,068. Pass district mines employed 4,368, 54.2 percent. Pass district produced 1,774,796 tons. Lethbridge 746,452. Taber 206,459. Pincher Creek 77,605. Bow Island 12,095. Milk River 2,499.
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Alberta
Lethbridge
Crow’s Nest Pass
Pass
Lethbridge and
Taber
Pincher Creek
Bow Island
Milk River
Cheques as Souvenirs In Strathcona’s CSR Director Years
After Lord Strathcona’s death, uncashed cheques totaling about 50 000 drawn during 1881 to his 32 year CPR directorship were found among his papers. Executors notify CPR that the estate holds these unendorsed checks and has filed a formal claim. Directors’ fees rose from 1000 to 2000 annually, with the estate likely reclaiming 40 000 to 50 000.
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Lord Strathcona
C.P.R
C.P.R. Capital
Rush of homestead entries at Weyburn lands office
In eight months the Weyburn Dominion lands office processed 356 homestead entries and 142 pre emptions with receipts totaling 75752 dollars. Revenue averaged over 9000 dollars monthly while operating costs ran 450 dollars per month, about five percent of receipts.
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Weyburn
Canada’s Water Power Estimated at 16 Million HP
Canada’s water power is estimated at 16 million horsepower, equaling an annual coal output of 36.7 million tons, but only 1,016,521 horsepower has been developed.
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Canada
Will Leaves 25009 for Leper Home in UK
The late Lord Strathcona bequeathed 25009 pounds to John Burns to establish and maintain a home for lepers in the United Kingdom, as stated in the deceased’s will.
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Lord Strathcona
John Burns
United Kingdom
Stolen El Greco Paintings Reported in Toledo Spain
A report from Madrid states three valuable El Greco paintings were stolen from the Museo Del Greco in Toledo Spain. The museum holds twenty El Greco works including the noted Peni tent painting.
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Madrid
el Greco
Toledo
Museo del Greco
Spain
Missionary Father Gouy Returns to Edmonton After 22 Years
Rev. Pere Edouard Gouy, father superior of St. Isador mission at Fort Smith, arrives in Edmonton by rail from Athabasca after 22 years away. In Oblate robes he recalls early Edmonton, discusses visiting Bishop Legal in St. Albert, then travels to Nantes to see his parents and to Rome for a papal audience before returning next September to Fort Smith.
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North
Pere Edouard Gouy
St. Isador Mission
Fort Smith
Edmonton
Athabasca
Father Gouy
France
St. Albert
Bishop Legal
Nantes
Rome
Pope Pius
Soo Locks Expansion Aims To Double North American Traffic
The Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie handled no less than 72 million tons of freight last year, supplying about 75 percent of Great Lakes traffic. A new large lock and a fourth lock are under construction to double capacity, with operations expected by navigation season 1915.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Lower Lakes
Congress
Panama Canal
Engineering News
Wheat crop outlook grows with western Canada land expansion
C F Tilt of Winnipeg projects a larger Western Canada wheat harvest this year with about one million more acres cultivated and a potential rise of fifty million bushels. He notes many settlers arriving and a German backed colony near Hussar with Count Garnstoff and Prince Radiwill involved, while Tilt remains optimistic about total production.
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Canada
C. F. Tilt
Winnipeg
Montreal
Mr. Tilt
Canadian Pacific
Hussar
Bassano
Count Garnstoff
Prince Radiwill
William
Tilt
James Carruthers and Company
Medal Awarded for Drowning Rescue at Shoal Lake
R S McKenzie Indian agent in Kenora gains a bronze medal from the Royal Canadian Humane Association for Alexander Mandamin age 16 pupil of Cecilia Jeffray boarding school for rescuing Charles P B Aitkin from drowning at Shoal Lake in December 1913. The medal will be presented to Alex Mandamin by Mr McKenzie in due time.
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R. S. McKenzie
Kenora
Department of Indian Affaire
Otawa
Royal Canadian Humane Association
Alexander Mandamin
Cecilia Jeffray
Charles PB. Aitkin
Shoal Lake
Alex Mandamin
McKenzie
Quebec School Population Figures Show Religious Enrollment
Government figures show 370 200 children in Catholic schools and 62 460 in Protestant schools in Quebec province. No public schools exist. School registration of 422 615 out of a 2 000 000 population deemed fair by the Canadian Courier.
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Quebec
Canadian Courier
Rare Antarctic animals arrive at Scottish Zoo collection
Dr William S Bruce reports a unique shipment to the Zoological Society of Scotland from Salvesen and Leith. The consignment includes a Weddell seal two sea elephants two adult penguins two king penguins one gentoo penguin and one macaroni penguin traveled 7000 miles from South Georgia. The animals, never before seen alive in Europe, include Weddell seals once among the rarest mammals. Penguins, flightless aquatic birds, add to a collection described as absolutely unique in any zoological garden.
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Scotsman
Williams
Hruce
Zoological Society of Scotland
Messrs
Salvesen
Leith
Down
South Georgia
Scotland
Bruce
London Society
Europe
Zoological Park
James Weddell
Weddell Sea
Scotia
South Orkneys
Coats Lands
Scottish Zoological Park
Music as a Factor for Good in Ottawa and New York
Arthur Farwell, New York municipal music supervisor, argues that mass appreciation of classical music unites classes. He cites Central Park concerts drawing up to a million attendees and 100,000 at master works performances, and cites Mediren New Hampshire pageants as evidence of music driving community unity.
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Ottawa
Arthur Farwell
New York City
America
Farwell
Central Park
New York
Mediren
New Hampshire
Boot Black
Boston Man Wins King's Medal for South American Exploration
Dr. Hamilton Rice of Boston Massachusetts received the King's gold medal from the Royal Geographical Society for his two year expedition across Southeast Colombia and Northwest Brazil. He started from London in December 1911 reaching Barranquilla after 25 days and Bogota soon after. His party covered nearly 100000 square miles ending at Manaos Brazil, 1000 miles up the Amazon.
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Boston
Royal Geographical Association
Hamilton Rice
Mass
South America
Rice
London
Barranquilla
Bogota
Colombia
Columbia
Brazil
Manaos
Prison Reform Plea Amid Parliament Reports
The Ottawa House of Commons tabled the fiscal year 1913 penitentiary inspectors report detailing 1,970 convicts with 984 Canadian born. It cites costs per capita from Kingston to Saskatchewan and urges ministerial administration free from local interference plus mandatory ward labor to meet government needs. Parole chief Archibald notes 445 paroles and 32 non compliance cancellations with 45 forfeitures.
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Archibald
House of Commons
Ottawa
Kingston
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Douglas Stewart
W. S. Huces
Hfe
Meniel
General Greely Turns Seventy Still Active And Curious
General Adolphus Greely, famed polar explorer and soldier, celebrates his seventieth birthday in Washington after retirement. He remains vigorous at home and spends time studying aviation geography military affairs and related sciences. His 1881 polar expedition with 2m members ended with only seven survivors after multiple relief attempts.
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Adophug
Greely
General Greely
Washington, D.C
Winfield Scott Schley
Canadian Manufacturers Form Section to Boost Trade
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in London creates a British manufacturers section to urge collective action in winning a larger share of Canada’s imported manufactured goods. Nearly a hundred firms support the move and a trade campaign is planned. Also to be addressed are Canadian transportation issues and freight impacts from the Panama Canal's operation.
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce
London
England
Panama Canal
New Demonstration Farm Planned on 113 Acres Near Bow
The Southern Alberta Land Company will set apart 113 acres for a demonstration farm on its newly opened tract. Located 11 miles east of Bow by Rouoclane river, the farm will be overseen by an irrigation expert from Colorado. Alfalfa and other forage will be grown. much land has already been broken and leveled in readiness for irrigation.
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Southern Alberta Land Company
Bow
Rouoclane
Colorado
Grain Growers Pay Million as Freight Turns Tide
The Toronto Globe reports grain growers paid about 6.56 million dollars last year due to higher ocean freight on wheat. Canadian flour mills run 121000 barrels daily, with two thirds exported. Millers say foreign trade is nearly impossible because freight costs. They advocate a government owned Atlantic steamship line to improve European competition.
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Toronto Globe Commercial
Atlantic Steamship Line
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