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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 12, 1887
Page
2
An OCR fragment shows the Qu Appelle Progress listing publication terms and rates at Tas Pecoue Office. It mentions ten cents per line first insertion and five cents per additional insertions, with duties and word counts.
A reader questions the meaning of the Leaders remark about associations formed by Qu Appelle Fort Qu Appelle and Indian Head and warns the Leader to avoid the risk of withdrawing statements by not verifying them. The missive critiques the Leader’s use of the term associations and urges action consistent with prior claims.
At Ellisboro on Monday a meeting endorsed K Thompson for the Northwest Council unanimously. Agreement avoided retirement in favor of Snow. instead the weaker would retire to support the survivor as the protege. A letter from Wm Money of Summerberry appears, while W Sutherland’s election address is noted in another item.
Plans approved for seventy miles of the Wood Mountain and Qu Appelle Railway to run north and south of the C P R at Qu Appelle. Grading has started, lines are staked, ties purchased, rails negotiated, and the line expected to operate in time for this season's crop. The project is described as one of the Territories’ few active railroad schemes.
The article suggests the Dominion Parliament may enact a law creating a twenty four member fully elective Territorial Council with powers similar to the proposed council. If passed, the current Northwest Council election would be unnecessary and a new election could be held too late for elected members to take their seats.
The report notes Mr. W. D. Perley M. T. refused to second Mr. Watson M. P.'s disallowance motion after talks with Mr. Van Horne GP R general manager. Winnipeg merchants push agitation to press GP R rates aiding discrimination. Perley avoids political capital and election conflict.
The text references a royal gift to Montreal benefiting two millionaires, a plan to found the Royal Victoria Hospital, and a Gazette notice on grazing land leases in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories requiring public competition except for actual settlers. It also reports anarchists in Chicago planning to disband after violent rhetoric and clashes with workers.
A letter from Wa. Hower argues for a farmer friendly candidate in an agricultural district. He urges merchants to influence votes for harmony with Mr. Crawford, notes factions and meetings at Summerberry and other towns, and defends a stance of total abstinence and prohibition in liquor policy. He pledges to run if spared and appeals to farmers and the farming community.
Letter to the Progress editor urges Northwest Council to restore township 15 voting rights in Qu Appelle District elections. It cites repeated omissions since the first poll and mentions a Parliament bill delaying universal enfranchisement for Northwest Territories residents. John Dillon cites Irish eviction data and Dr. Clarks Sarsaparilla touted as a cure.
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