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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
2
Memorial note outlines the career of E. L. Wetmore a respected judge mayor of Fredericton and influential civic leader detailing his service and impact on the community.
The piece honors Ludlow Wetmore, long serving East Assiniboia judge, praising his integrity and steady enforcement of law. It recalls his early days, discipline in court, and a defining incident involving a magistrate and a stubborn town councillor, illustrating his firm yet fair approach to upholding order in a challenging frontier region.
A judge corrects a misfiled warrant leading to a guilty plea for a common assault. An unsigned warrant and a corrupted process are exposed, with the judge and magistrates publicly reproached for the earlier error. The narrator recalls advice to a local JP and a quiet ending to the incident.
Edward Ludlow Wetmore born 1841 in Fredericton rose to premier legal ranks as barrister KC and later judge. He led York Conservative caucus in the Assembly, served three terms as Fredericton mayor, chaired the Barristers’ Society, joined the Supreme Court in 1886 87 and was appointed to the North West Territories bench in East Assiniboia. A grand Fredericton banquet honored him as a valued public figure with high esteem from Chief Justice Allan and local peers.
In Carnarvon Wales Lloyd George touts what the Home Rule Bill would grant Ireland including education licensing agriculture mines factories and many courts. It would place health housing charities pensions and most taxation under an Irish Parliament while maintaining Customs and Excise. The bill would hand over land purchase repayments to Ireland. He rejects Dominion Home Rule citing Irish leaders' opposition. From a Canadian view the issue grows more complex.
The article argues that falling wheat prices reflect a necessary adjustment after wartime inflation. It notes farmers stored grain, reducing movement, and wages declined, yet overall conditions improve as meat and clothing prices ease. It asserts diversified agriculture aids long term prosperity and urges optimistic, practical adjustment.
The piece frames a future generation as a universal inheritor seeking pure milk fresh air and play. It envisions education music books art housing roads and cities and describes hope for a better Earth through youth. It ends by noting low cattle and grain prices and a winter fair sale.
Two ex-prisoners from the Ontario industrial farm forced a jail drawer at Port Arthur last night after asking to see a fellow inmate. They took $160 each and a 38 calibre revolver before boarding an eastbound Canadian Pacific train. Police hunt them.
Angus McMurchy K.C. urged higher professor pay at a University of Toronto alumni meeting. He noted railway brakemen earned 200 to 250 dollars monthly and conductors as high as 425 dollars, arguing that comparing to university lecturers would be painful for the latter.
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