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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 27, 1913
Page
13
Subscription rate listed as $1.00 yearly and $1.50 to foreign parts in advance. Advertising bets on application, advertising accounts rendered and at the front of each month, Jos Pring. C2O.D.
Civic leaders will face major tasks including finishing sewers waterworks and electric light plants expanding public utilities and building a new school house while considering taking over the telephone system. Voters seek experienced businesslike councilors who will scrutinize costs and avoid waste, with past spending prompting calls for prudent planning and accountability. A prior critique of camp conditions on the H B railway prompts a follow up on medical services and the contractor’s payments, urging wider public scrutiny of how work and wages are managed.
Editorial urges energetic candidates and a Citizens League to govern the civic election. It calls for essential public improvements funded by law and criticizes surrender grounds for cemetery use without band consent. It notes businesslike dealings with Indigenous peoples and highlights the Board of Trade memorial to the Federal Government over Hudson Bay railway feeders and Prince Albert’s need for swift action.
T C Wetton and F C Pickwell, representing the Winnipeg Manitoba Free Press and Toronto Saturday Night, toured Le Pas in the Carrot River valley last week. They were impressed with the town’s location and growth prospects and Pickwell noted favorable real estate prices amid Western town investment concerns.
The item teases a first gunfire timing and location while asking about the big Montreal House jackpot. It notes re adopting the column name, critiques court costumes, and urges the Town Council to investigate charges against the town magistrate in the Grennan inquiry.
A reader objects to last week's Herald article titled Cowardly Attack on Local Member, arguing the piece misplaces the locality in Dr. Orok's territory and asserts the Free Press article shows no such attack. The letter criticizes journalistic accuracy and calls for careful verification of the referenced locations.
A. J. Starry argues that Dr Grok and Kiel eneskis cannot oversee Hudson Bay Railway construction, tie camps, Finger's camps, six Indian reservations, and town medical needs while serving in the Provincial House. He cites neglected medical care, cites complaints, and recalls a Free Press interview noting limited camp visits and self-help by the sick.
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