Romance of the Royal Mounted Police Narrative of Western Canada
A historical account praises the Royal North West Mounted Police for shaping Western Canada from a hunting ground to a farming region. It recounts notable incidents including Sergeant Martin of Regina, Sergeant Gavine, and Inspector Fitzgerald, plus famed outlaw Dutch Henry and long patrols guarding frontier settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Western
Canada
Ontario
Pacific Ocean
Arctic
Mounted Police
Regina
Arctic Circle
Prairies
India
Fort Ewan
United States
Martin
Fort Qu'Appelle
A. Stewart
Fort Qu’Apelle
Gavine
Northern Patrol
Inspector Fitzgerald
Henry
West
Major Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Salmon Canneries Prepping for Busy Skeena Season
Grand Trunk Pacific officials report preparations underway for a busy season at salmon canneries along the Skeena River near Prince Rupert in British Columbia. Tin plate is being hauled north aboard coastwise boats to supply canning. Canners largely produce their own cans as millions are assembled yearly to store the sockeye catches. Sockeye runs are projected to peak around June first, with 1914 expected to be among the best in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeena
Prince Rupert
British Columbia
Grand Trunk Pacific
Prince George
Real Need Senator Choquette Bill on Criminal Photos
Ottawa Citizens argues against a bill that would outlaw publishing pictures of criminals. The letter claims a stronger law is needed to prevent printing images of respectable citizens that could incite murder in victims.
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Choquette
Ottawa
Britain Builds Naval Supremacy Brightens Global Fleet Balance
The Dickson white paper shows Great Britain leads in battleships 58 built to 35 by Germany and 21 by France. For cruisers Britain 47 to France 24, light cruisers 65 to Germany 43, torpedo vessels 201 to 132, and submarines 6 to France 50. Britain also has 14 new battleships building versus 10 for France and 7 for Russia. The report notes Britain holds a strong edge across most classes and a decisive lead in building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Island
Oregn
Europe
Germany
France
Austria
Italy
Russia
Great Britain
Russ
Russian
Big Oil Search Near Athabasca River Prospect
British capital eyes a $2,000,000 petroleum prospect six miles north of Edmonton along the Athabasca river. The Canadian Interior Minister says negotiations may extend lease time as preliminary geological surveys show good prospects, with the tract between Moose and Island Lakes about 60 miles north of Athabasca Landing and 100 miles north of Edmonton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athabasca
Edmonton
Canada Gazette
Alberta
Moose
Island Lakes
Athabasca Landing
Canadian Aviation Company Incorporates in Toronto
The Canadian Aviation Company Limited of Toronto is formed with $50,000 capital to sell monoplanes bi planes flying boats and machines of all kinds. It will supply pilots teach beginners give exhibitions provide garages and hire trade and manufacture aviation gear. William Archibald Dean leads the new company as director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Aviation Company, Limited
Toronto
Archibald Dean
Madrid Electrician Demonstrates Atmospheric Condensing Device
Signor Iglesiac an Madrid electrician demonstrated an apparatus he invented that condenses and uses atmospheric electricity. He reportedly lit fifteen bulbs at six hundred yards, suggesting potential for cheap industrial current production. Marconi later lit a bulb six miles away using wireless current from a 100 horsepower engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signor Iglesiac
Madrid
William Marconi
German Methods In English Coalfields At Doncaster Shaft
News from Doncaster notes a new coal mine using German techniques with a shaft sunk by a basen firm and equipment worth about £200,000 imported from Germany. The project includes a German style winding system and a model mining village with German central baths near the pithead for miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doncaster
Germany
Westphalics
Push Reform in the Congo Seeks Colonial Autonomy
The article argues for greater administrative autonomy for the Congo colony with a Boma centered governor to meet district needs. It calls for a regular yearly budget and the establishment of a structured judicial power enabling colonial agents police authority similar to British colonies.
Flour Exports Drive Alberta Mills to Orient Markets
Alberta mills in Medicine Hat Calgary and Lethbridge boost flour supply to Asia. Medicine Hat shipped 100000 sacks and another 29000 by Medicine Hat Milling Co at 49 pounds each. Ellison Milling of Lethbridge leads exports to Japan and China with Medicine Hat second. Canadian flour exports to Germany double in six years. 1908 exports were 1962740 barrels valued 8500000 dollars. last fiscal year about 4478000 barrels valued near 20000000 dollars. Fort William annex and Grand TrunkPacific elevator expansions advance with Stewart Company of Chicago contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Lethbridge
Alberta
Ogilvvis
Medicine Hat Milling Co
Ellison Mill- Ming Company
Japan
China
Western Milling
Robin Hood Mills
Moose Jaw
Canada
Germany
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fort William
Grand Trunk Pacific Elevator
Stewart Company of
Chicago
Old British Warships Sold by Auction
Four aging British warships went under the hammer led by the Renown the famed ironclad training ship later sold for 39 000 pounds. Others fetched 35 650 18 500 and 10 275 pounds while the Seyila failed to meet the reserve at 11 800 pounds.
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Portsemouth
Mediterranean
Fisher
Lord Fisher
India
Vulgar Habit of Smoking in Public Past and Present
A brief reflection on changes in social norms around public smoking. The piece notes Gladstone’s distaste for smoking and his rare exception for hosting the Prince of Wales, and Frederic Harrison’s continued aversion to smoking in public spaces as a Victorian holdover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Edward
Prince of Wales
Frederic Harrison
I.—T.p
Wireless stations in the Arctic face practicability doubts
The article reports that far northern wireless operation is not yet practicable though Port Nelson and other Canadian stations show strong results. Herschel Island and remote Arctic locations pose range and terrain challenges, while ships like the Karluk have about 100 mile ranges. Port Nelson now communicates daily with Esquimalt and Honolulu, with occasional Pacific crossings to Japan.
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Port Nelson
Weill
Arctic
B Stefannson
Herschel
Pacific
Esquimault
Honolulu
Japan
Port Arthur
Atlantic
Hudson Bay
Strattan0
Mancel Island
Ndson Straits
Ash Inlet
Straits
Button
Sustere
Museum of Peace Plans New York Exposition Complex
The group seeks a 25 million dollar NYC exhibition center for peaceful arts showcasing aviation and gardening. Directors include Jacob H. Schiff Elbert H. Gary Robert E. Peary Melville E. Stone and Theodore N. Vail. The aim is a permanent memorial to the 1814 Ghent treaty era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Elbert H. Gary
Robert E. Peary
Melville E. Stone
Theodore N. Vail
Fishing claim hearing on $50,000 by Canadian seizure case
A British American pecuniary claims commission in Washington heard a case arising from 1887 seizures by Canadian authorities. Gloucester fishermen from the schooners Argo Naut and Jonas H. French claimed $50,000, arguing their seines stayed within the three mile Nova Scotia limit while the defense contended the nets and boats drifted beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Gloucester
Argonaut
Jonas H. French
Washington
Map shows settlement progress in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta
The interior department at Ottawa releases a three province Home stead map showing land availability color coded by quarter sections. The Manitoba sheet is now available with Saskatchewan and Alberta sheets to follow. Free copies can be obtained from F. C. C. Lynch, superintendent of railway lands in Ottawa.
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Manitoba
Alberta
Department of Interior
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
F. C. C. Lynch
Department of the Interior
Missionary Hero Bishop Stringer of the Yukon
The article profiles Bishop Stringer a leading Church of England figure in Canada. It recounts his 1892 Eskimo mission on Herschel Island with wife Hershel la and son Herschell, dangers from local tribes, his succession after Bishop Bompas in 1906, and his Yukon duties from Dawson to White Horse and Carcross with a government school for Indian children serving about a thousand converts.
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Bishop Stringer
Yukon
Church of England
Canada
Herschel Island
Arctic Ocean
Hershe
Charing Cross Busy Depot Claims World Traffic Peak
After two and a half years of reconstruction Charing Cross in London joins four rail lines stacked one above another. The Bakerloo, Hampstead, District, and Southeast ern and Chatham Railways will handle total trains and passengers across 26 routes, with 900 000 trains and 15 000 000 passengers yearly. secretary Maderick notes London electric lines offer more trains and closer service than any other railway.
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Charing Crosse
London
New York Central
O: Pennsylvania
Charing Cross
Bakerloo
Hampstead
District Railway
Southeastern
Chatham
Trafic
Charing Cross Station
Maderick
London Electric Railways
Woman Engineer Denied Regina License for Traction Engine
Mrs Victor Garnist, twenty years a licensed Minnesota engineer, sought a Saskatchewan license to operate her husband's traction engine. She was refused because law limits engineering qualification to mates over 18. She asserts there are many women in the province who could become engineers if allowed.
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Victor Garnist
Minnesota
Regina
Saskatchewan
British Women Emigration Drive Aims at Canada
The British Women's Emigration Association held its annual meeting in London urging British women to move to Canada. The Bishop of Yukon cites a 700000 to 800000 male surplus, noting thousands of aliens seek citizenship and highlighting nurses teachers and wives as key entrants.
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Yukon
Canada
United States
British Women's Emigration Association
Mansion House
London
British Columbia
Dominions
G. L. Bevar
Page Croft
City Plans Horse Breeding Initiative at Regina
Regina to expand from oats to live stock. City owns nearly 100 horses used by fire, street cleaning and health departments. It will breed horses for future needs and feed 400 acres this year with 300 acres threshed in fall. remaining area to be fed as green sheaves. A larger farming program and a property manager are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Ancient Inca Mummy Brought to Halifax Exhibit
Has Inca mummy T G Taylor of Halifax and Chili brought a 2000 year old artifact to the Provincial Museum in Halifax for display. The squatting figure is under a foot tall. Museum officials in Antofagasta note Inca skill in shrinking bodies after death. Many railroad skeletons found nearby averaged about eighteen inches in height.
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T. G. Taylor
Halifax
N.S
Chili
Taylor
Joan
Antifagasta
Chill
British Columbia Halibut Exports Grow to Grimsby
J E Ray Canadian trade commissioner in Birmingham reports two months ago successful imports of frozen halibut from British Columbia by Grimsby fish merchants. He notes interest from Birmingham firms to start correspondence with reliable exporters for future shipments to large consuming centres.
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J. E. Ray
Birmingham
British Columbia
Fsh
Grimsby
Arge
Mr. Ray
China Egg Trade Aims Trans-Pacific Refrigeration Bid
After China egg shipments rise, attention turns to Ae developments. A refrigerating machinery may be fitted to trans-Pacific liners as a bid to capture the business from Canadian Pacific steamers and Royal Mail Steam Packet.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
China
Ines
Cumetin Pacific
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Canadian Aviation
Congo
Albert
Department OF Naval Service
Stefansson
Museum OF Peace
New York
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New London
Regina Wendgyertore Garvesies
B.C. Fis
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