Plan to Build a Western Empire Convention Promotes 16 Million Western Canada
North Battleford hosts a colonization convention urged by the Western Canada Board of Trade. It advocates creating a Western Canada Colonization and Development League to publicize vast resources and aims for a population of 16,000,000 in ten years. The plan envisions a rail and harbor network, central advertising, and a shift from fragmented provincial campaigns to a single aggressive national strategy.
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Western Canada
North Battleford
Dominion
North Battleford Board of Trade
Canada
Western
Great Lakes
Hudson Bay
Pacific Ocean
Lana
Western Canada Colonization and Development League
Boards of Trade
Fewer Recruits for Army in 1913 Report
The annual British army recruitment report for the year ended September 26, 1913, notes a decline in recruits excluding re enrollments, with 18 454 in the reserve. It attributes weak results to navy competition, labor exchange facilities, continued trade activity, and emigration.
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Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
Special Reserve
Vancouver City Resolution Limits Employment To British Subjects
Western Canada notes report a Vancouver council resolution restricting city work to British subjects and ratepayers with preference for married men to boost efficiency. Calgary voters face a $512000 bridge program across Centre Ninth and Enged streets, while Winnipeg appoints R P Lewis as traffic inspector to improve street railways and manage moving houses over lines. Vancouver plans a giant telescope at Point Grey with a 50 ft focal length and a 10 ft 20 in lens over Mount Wilson, and a Vancouver firm promotes the Panama Canal model for advertising highlighting Gatun locks and lighthouse system.
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Vancouver
Meteorological Observatory
Point Grey
Mount Wilson
California
Cigarette Cure Attracts Toronto Ladies For Home Treatment
A dozen or more Toronto women are receiving a cigarette cure from doctors linked to the Boys' Dominion. They avoid clinic branches and attend at home, with patients described as respectable, largely wives and mothers. The program began with one or two cases and grows daily on success.
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Toronto
Dominion
Many Homestead Entries at Weyburn Dominica Lands Office
An eight month period shows a rush of business at Weyburn Dominica lands office with revenue totaling 75 752 dollars, an average of over 9 000 monthly. Operating costs run 450 dollars per month, about 5 percent of receipts. The eight months recorded 356 homestead entries and 142 preemptions paid in.
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Weyburn Dominica Lands Office
Weyburn
Canada's Wetter Power Output and Development
Canada possesses an estimated water power of about 16 million horsepower equaling 36.71 million tons of coal in annual output, but only 1.02 million horsepower has so far been developed, highlighting vast untapped potential in hydro resources.
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Canada
Home for Lepers Fund From Strathcona Will
The late Lord Strathcona left 25003 dollars to John Burns to establish a home for lepers in the United Kingdom.
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Lord Strathcona
John Burns
United Kingdom
Immigrant Drive Aims to Build Western Canada
J F. Dennis, head of Alberta’s natural resources for CPR, urged business leaders in Lethbridge to back agricultural immigration and mixed farming to settle Western Canada. He said most newcomers would come from the United States this year due to Europe’s restricted policies and CPRs shift to colonization with land and livestock aid.
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J. S Dennis
Canada
United States
J. F. Dennis
Natural Resources Department
P.R
Board of Trade
Lethbridge
Winnipeg
Victoria
C.P.R
Europe
British Isles
Helland
Denmark
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Norway
Sweden
Dennis
Boards of Trade
Coal Production In Alberta 1913 Summary
Alberta produced 4,306,346 tons of coal in 1913. Lethbridge and surrounding 100 mile district yielded 3,900,000 tons, about 66 percent of provincial output. The Crow’s Nest Pass mined 70,000 carloads or 1,400 trainloads, with Lethbridge supplying 372 trains yearly. District mines employed 4,368 workers, 54.2 percent of provincial total. Pass mines led with 1,774,796 tons. Lethbridge 746,452. Taber 206,459. Pinocher Creek 77,05. Bow Island 12,095. Milk River 2,499.
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Alberta
Lethbridge
Crow's Nest Pass
Pass
Lethbridge and
Taher
Taber
Pinocher Creek
Bow Island
Milk River
Cheques as souvenirs of Lord Strathcona at CPR
Executors of Lord Strathcona file a formal claim after uncovering uncashed director's cheques totaling about 56 000 dollars from his 32 years at the CPR. The cheques, received then filed away unendorsed, are now held by the estate. Strathcona served from 1881 until his death, with director fees rising from 1 000 to 2 000 dollars annually.
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Lord Strathcona
C.P.R
C.P.R. Capital
Stolen El Greco Paintings Reported in Toledo Spain
A report from Madrid states that three valuable paintings by El Greco were stolen in Toledo. The Museo Del Greco houses about twenty El Greco works including the notable Peni tent.
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Madrid
el Greece
Toledo
Museo del Greco
Spain
el Greco
Return of Father Gouy After 22 Years Among Indians
The Rev. Pere Edouard Gouy, father superior of St Isadors mission at Fort Smith, arrives in Edmonton by rail from Athabasca after nearly a quarter century away. He recalls Edmonton’s growth, plans a brief stop at St Albert, then a journey to Nantes to visit family, with a Rome audience to follow. He hopes to return to Fort Smith next September to continue his education and uplift of the Indians.
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Pere Edouard Gouy
St. Isadors Mission
Fort Smith
Edmonton
Athabasca
Father Gouy
North
St. Albert
Bishop Legal
Nantes
France
Rome
Pope Pius
Soo Locks Traffic Booms Beyond Panama Channel
The Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie carried at least 72 million tons of freight last year, handling about 75 percent of Great Lakes traffic. A large additional lock and canal are under construction, with a fourth excavation begun, to double capacity and reduce ice-related delays.
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Soo
Panama
Sault Ste. Marie
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Congress
Panama Canal
Engineering News
Crop Area of Wheat in Western Canada Expands
C F Tilt of Winnipeg cites plans for larger wheat output as one million more acres will be cultivated than last year, predicting Western Canada yields up by about fifty million bushels. Tilt notes many new settlers, including a German nobleman led colony near Hussar, backed financially, with 200 more Germans due soon.
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Canada
C. F. Tilt
Winnipeg
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Hussar
Bassano
Count Garnstoff
Prince Radiwill
William
Tilt
James Carruthers and Company
Medal Bravery Award For 16 Year Old Hero Alex Mandamin
R S McKenzie Indian agent in Kenora receives a bronze medal from the Royal Canadian Humane Association for the rescue of Charles E Aitkin from drowning at Shoal Lake in December 1913. The award was authorized through the department of Indian affairs at Ottawa and will be presented to Alexander Mandamin, a pupil of Cecilia Jeffray boarding school, by Mr McKenzie in due course.
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R. S. McKenzie
Kenera
Department of Indian Affairs
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Humane Association
Alexander Mandamin
Cecilia Jeffray
Charles E. Aitkin
Shoal Lake
Alex Mandamin
McKenzie
Quebec school population figures reported for Catholics and Protestants
Government figures show 370 200 children in Catholic schools and 52 400 in Protestant schools in Quebec. The note mentions public schools and a total population estimate of 2 600 000, cited by the Canad Courier.
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Quebec
Canad- Courier
Rare Antarctic animals arrive in Scotland zoo
Dr. William Bruce reports a unique Scotland collection from South Georgia now at the Zoological Society of Scotland. The four long penguins, two adult king penguins, two gentoo penguins, two Weddell seals, and two sea elephants traveled 7 000 miles. The items are said to be unmatched in any garden worldwide, with notes on Weddell seals discovered by Captain James Weddell and penguin habits.
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The
Scotsman
William
Bruce
Zoological Society of Scotland
Messrs
Salvesen
Leith
Down
South Georgia
Scotland
London Society
Europe
Zoological Park
James Weddell
Weddell Sea
Scotia
South Orkneys
Coats Lands
Scottish Zoological Park
Music as a factor for good in Ottawa address
Arthur Farwell, New York municipal music supervisor, urged music for the people highlighting mass appreciation of classical masters. He cited New York orchestral concerts drawing up to one million in attendance, with 500,000 at masterworks, and praised pageants uniting diverse towns like Mediren New Hampshire through musical drama.
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Ottawa
Arthur Farwell
New York City
America
Farwell
Central Park
New York
Mediren
New Hampshire
Boot Black
Boston Explorer Wins King’s Gold Medal for South America Journey
Dr. Hamilton Rice of Boston Mass, awarded the King’s Gold Medal by the Royal Geographical Society for a 23 month exploration of Southeast Colombia and Northwest Brazil. He left London in 1911 for Barranquilla and reached Bogota after 25 days, then traveled nearly 100000 square miles to Manaos, Brazil, ending his patrol 1000 miles up the river.
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Boston
Royal Geographical Association
Hamilton Rice
Mass
South America
Manaos
Brazil
Prison reform calls rise from Canadian penitentiary report
The Ottawa tabled annual report on prisons for the year ending March 1913 shows 1 970 in custody 984 Canadian born with costs per capita ranging from 328.24 to 700.58. Inspectors Douglas Stewart and W S Hughes urge ministerial administration and use of ward labor to meet government needs. Parole totals include 445 released from penitentiaries and 470 from provincial jails with small non compliance and conviction forfeit rates.
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Archibald
House of Commons
Ottawa
Kingston
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Douglas Stewart
W. S. Hughes
General Greely's Birthday Remains Active Figure at Seventy
Major-General Adolphus Greely, famed Arctic explorer and soldier, celebrates his seventieth birthday in Washington D C after retirement six years ago. He pursues aviation military affairs and geography, while reflecting on the 1881 polar expedition that started with 26 and ended with seven survivors after three relief attempts.
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Adolphus Greely
General Greely
Washington, D.C
Canadian import trade spurs British manufacturers group action
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in London forms a British manufacturers section due to British firms’ indifference to Canada’s import trade. Nearly a hundred firms have joined and plan immediate collective action for a trade campaign to win a larger share of Canada’s manufactured imports. The group will also address Canadian transportation issues and Panama canal freight implications.
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce
London
England
Panama Canal
New Demonstration Farm to Be Opened by Southern Alberta Land Co
One hundred thirteen acres will be set apart for a demonstration farm by the Southern Alberta Land Company on a new tract near Bowdlane about 113 miles east of Bow river. An experienced irrigationist from Colorado will oversee operations, with alfalfa and other field crops to be grown as water delivery facilities are prepared.
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Southern Alberta Land Company
Bow River
Bowdlane
Colorado
Grain Growers Lose Millions as Freight Rates Rise
The Toronto Globe notes ocean freight costs have added four cents per bushel on wheat and estimates $6.5 million was taken from grain growers’ pockets last year. Canada’s flour mills now claim 121000 barrels daily capacity, two thirds for export, while millers say foreign trade is hampered by higher freight. A government Atlantic steamship line could help Canada compete in Europe.
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Toronto Globe
Atlantic Steamship Line
Canto
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Ottawa Canadian Club
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McCaulavy
Alberta Penitentiary
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