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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1923
Page
5
The Togo Village Council invites tenders for the position of secretary treasurer to the council in To Bo Viage, Saskatchewan. Tenders to be submitted by the Jamie to Overseer by dist Suary 1923. C. V. Franklin, Overseer.
Advertising rates list yearly contracts 18c per inch for display space with weekly net rate 36c. Preferred positions priced at 22 to 85 cents per inch. Full page ad 830 and additional per insertion 20.
The era’s brief items report inbound United Kingdom freight to Vancouver averaging 4500 tons, outbound 4000 tons per vessel, and similar prior tonnages. A Government wireless station is to be built on St Paul’s Island near Nova Scotia with two engineers arriving to supervise. Canadian youth guard forests with 140000 boys forming the Young Canadians Forest League to save timber. E W Beatty highlights optimistic immigration prospects, while CP Rail sees need for intensified effort to counter abroad misimpressions. A record Wilbcbie to Quebec run by CP train in 36 hours beats the 63 hour schedule amid Orient passengers aboard the Empress of Scotland and Empress Russia. US investment in Canada totals 2.5 billion. bonds dominate the capital, with many branch factories opened since 1919. A collie saves a West London girl from a train by shoving her aside, sacrificing itself.
The article notes sparse population along 880 miles of Northern Ontario from Sudbury to the Manitoba line, yet rich natural beauty and abundant game. It describes new summer bungalow camps at French River Nipigon and Kenora, with a central clubhouse, simple rooms, and lower rates than hotels. The Nipigon region is highlighted for prolific red and speckled trout, including a world record speckled trout caught nearby in 1916, while Georgian Bay scenery and pine forests attract tourists and sportsmen.
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