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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
3
A compact wartime chronicle recounts days of conflict in the home land and frontier, detailing troop movements, local divisions, and the Buffalo region’s wartime impact as communities cope with peril and resilience.
In 1880 at Fort McLeod Grayburn, a Loth to leave his post and help with the herd, vanished after pursuing a missing axe and picket line. Jerry Potts tracked him to a scene where he lay dead, killed by two Indians allied with Blackfeet. Star Child later confessed to the murder but was freed by a hung jury and later jailed for cattle theft.
Reports indicate growing wholesale homestead activity in Alberia as entries rise this year. J A Royal notes expected heavy immigration and more land grants. from January to May total 261 homestead entries and 248 soldiers grants were issued with January the lightest month.
Sir Thomas Lipton renewed his bid for the American Cup with the Shamrock 4 design aimed at crossing the Atlantic under sail. The contest, run near New York, requires yachts to arrive under their own sail and presents a test of speed and seaworthiness for English builders facing heavy seas and gales.
A survey of 1880s council members including James D. Geddes for Calgary Frank Oliver for Edmonton James H. Ross Moose Jaw and others. Details cover birth places careers in farming banking and politics with dates of election and notable roles such as Haultain as premier and later officials in Saskatchewan and the Yukon.
The Canadian Manufacturers Association convention in Vancouver voted to strike a clause saying manufacturers were not sufficiently represented in parliament. Speeches urged avoiding class or group legislation, favoring orderly, national democracy through dominion and provincial laws. Also noted are brief biographical notes on Macdowall and Perley descendants and origins.
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