The Qu Appelle Progress Weekly Journal
The Qu Appelle Progress weekly journal covers British politics and public affairs with local Winnipeg area notes and community notices.
27 Nov 1885
Page 1
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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Nov 27, 1885
Page
1
The Qu Appelle Progress weekly journal covers British politics and public affairs with local Winnipeg area notes and community notices.
Royal Commission plans a major Colonial Indian Exhibition in London starting May 1944. Canadians of all parties are urged to participate, with farmers producers and manufacturers invited to visit and support the effort to improve trade standing. By order Sec of Use Dept. of Agriculture. Ottawa, Sept 1944.
Notices warn that Wall Breeds and Original White Settlers claims in Manitoba must be filed by May 1896 with proof to avoid ceasing. The acts authorize scrip to heads of families and settler children, with 160 and 240 dollars respectively, under provincial and imperial legislation.
The report lists silk manufacture value in 1840 at 41 054 045 dollars with New Jersey 17 122 230 and New York 10 170 140, noting Massachusetts and other regions with smaller totals. It mentions a slow regional growth and hints at broader industrial activity in the United States.
The notice calls for 1885 municipal elections focusing on experienced, honest leaders. It invites aspiring men and women to present platforms, so electors can evaluate them and choose worthy representatives for town governance.
Regina records a quiet session with minimal proceedings on Monday November 16. The council carried a motion to lay all communications regarding the disallowance of the Ordinance on the table and referred a second mover and Richardson to a committee for consideration.
Hig Honor chaired the meeting with members present to examine and report on herd and fence ordinances. Lord Boyle sought permission to introduce wolf control ords but faced no opposition. debate over a bounty for young poplar trees and a broader territorial scope followed before adjournment.
Rapid City brief notes Mr S L Head visits Ontario for a month and the Solagirth station on the M and N W line seven miles from Little. Advertisements seek Parliament renewal for Northwest Central Railway charter. Local tragedy mentioned as Frost family perished aboard the Algeria wreck near Rapid City. Community commentary on StanDARD controversy and railway charter debates include F C Citmon and Ottawa Parliament plans for a Manitoba Central Bouris and Rocky Mountain route from Brandon vicinity to Batteford and Faithmonton.
Fort Qu Appelle council discussed grants and accounts for 1885. Minutes confirm last meeting, approve payments to Wright Mutch Olive Sutherland Atherton Thomson Nelson and others, and postpone RK 19 Richardson item. Voters list for 1885 ordered printed. council adjourned.
A fragmented report describes wartime price talk in New York and a Philadelphia shopper noting a silk pattern at two dollars. It also mentions global bird migrations from Western Africa to Europe and recurring owel migrations to tropical regions, implying seasonal travel and renewal.
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