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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 23, 1914
Page
1
The ordinary town council meeting on Monday discussed sidewalk repairs and a refused petition for a Fischer avenue coal scale. Debentures and billing disputes dominated as the mayor pressed for a $130,000 issue and questioned the engineering firm’s 5 percent cap.
Mayor Finger reports Finger Lumber Company camps on the Carrot river are in first class shape for winter operations. About 150 men will be employed with ample supplies at the warehouse 40 miles from The Pas and camps at 50 and 61 miles. Bear encounter story ends with an accidental hunter’s brain injury. The mayor sees agricultural promise but notes much good land lies in a forest reserve.
The Stroller offers a rambling satire on federal elections mock parliaments and a quirky anecdote about Bill Fuller’s window exit. It cites humorous asides on newspapers focusing on world misconduct and editorial ironies.
The article warns that war levies have reached 11 billion dollars and could reach 15 billion within weeks. It notes a 5 percent interest rate producing 81.6 million dollars in daily interest and compares the total to all money in existence. It emphasizes the strain of finance and the vast sums involved.
A grand pile of money from all currencies is described as the sum that would be amassed in war costs. The passage asserts that once the last widow’s mite is added to this heap, the total burden falls on the one stem of human slaughter.
The article notes German quarry owners in French land secretly converting stone pits into prepared fortifications with concrete bases for cannons on Krupp cars. It cites Allied efforts to eject Germans from these positions near Lille and mentions Kitchener’s delays in securing rifles for a large supplementary force.
The Herald invites ladies of The Pas and surrounding country to submit news of social gatherings weddings and publicize them in a dedicated column. Subscribers in Cumberland Hudson Bay Junction Grand Rapids and nearby areas are urged to send correspondence and help cover meeting and social function costs.
Construction on the Hudsons Bay railway advances from The Pas toward mile 175 with grading to 242 miles by December end. Manitou rapids will host a 375 foot steel bridge and piers. by spring 20 station buildings and division yards, including Goose Lake, will be completed as winter work continues.
M J Hackett and R Woosey returning from a prospecting trip report a promising gold find at Herb Lake in the Hudson Bay mining region. They uncovered a vein averaging three and a half feet over about 600 feet with free gold visible in samples, indicating a significant surface showing and potential for further work.
The Winnipeg Tribune partners with Thanhouser Film to offer a ten thousand dollar prize for the best solution to The Million Mystery by Harold MacGrath. Entries must arrive by January 14 and are judged by Harold MacGrath, Lloyd Lonergan, and Miss MacTinee.
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