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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 11, 1905
Page
1
Do Not Pass to Register. The June 11 deadline for voter registration is noted with a second chance at the Court of Revision on June 29. Registration hours run 7 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 to 6 p.m., and 7 to [cut off].
Canadian Pacific Railway irrigation plans near Calgary aim to irrigate about 1,000,000 acres of 3,000,000-acre block along the line using Bow River water. A main canal about 65 miles long feeds a reservoir and secondary canals, with costs around half a million dollars. The article discusses land lease possibilities and maintenance controls, noting potential impacts on large scale farming and weather‑adjusted cultivation.
The idea that tax policy could reshape politics suggests that broad fiscal reform would alter party strategies and voter priorities, with broader federal taxation concerns moving from a narrow focus to a central political issue.
The piece argues that only one seventh of Britain is on the land and urban drift worsens poverty and race decline. It urges Britain to reclaim vacant Canadian lands and attract Anglo Saxon settlers, claiming modern technology makes rural life more appealing and cites farming as a path to national renewal.
Notigel announces revision of the electors list under The Manitoba Election Act. Otto Seebach of Seeburn is named on the electoral roll as a pointed cowis holder in the province's divisions.
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