Final Crop Estimates from Ottawa Census Office
The Ottawa census and statistics office releases final 1908 yields and values for root crops clover seed fodder corn and hay. Potatoes yield 71.5 million bushels on 503600 acres at 25.0 cents per bushel valued around 35.8 million dollars. turnips and field roots produce 100.7 million bushels at 19 cents valued about 19.13 million. hay and clover 12.42 million tons at 10.15 dollars per ton valued 126.69 million. fodder corn 2.878 million tons at 4.05 dollars per ton valued 11.66 million. clover seed yield 2.38 bushels per acre with price 7.50 per bushel and acreage up 29 percent over 1907. The report also notes shifts in fall wheat and summer fallowed land.
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Census and Statistic Office
Ottawa
Census and Statistics Office
Dominion
Als
Prince Rupert Townsite Quickly Rising With Work
Vancouver reports rapid progress on Prince Rupert townsite. One hundred twenty laborers stake lots as the main townsite nears completion by December. An auction sale of lots is expected May 1 with $200,000 planned for spring sewer and street work including planking Sixth Avenue and Main Street.
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Prince Rupert
Vancouver
Sixth Avenue
Main Street
Punch cartoon captions Roosevelt Taft and Kaiser in weekly issue
Bernard Partridge shows Roosevelt as a cowboy on horseback leaping a fence labeled Presidential election while Taft clings to the stirrup and says Alone I didn't do it Thank you Teddy Taft. Linley Lambourne pictures the Kaiser as a conjurer about to pull the dove of peace from the Daily Telegraph but the vampire of war appears Hello wrong bird My mistake.
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Punch
London
Roosevelt
Taft
Emperor William
Bernard Partridge
Teddy
Linley Lambourne
Daily Telegraph
Kaiser-conjurer
Invincible Battleship Achieves Record Speed Trial
The British battleship Invincible, new to the navy, reached 25 knots on a trial under seven-tenths power, then 28 knots at full power for eight hours. It is anticipated she may reach 30 knots, a potential world record.
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London
Invincible
Aberdeen cable rate debate sparks limited political impact
The Aberdeen Daily Free Press notes Henniker Heaton’s pleas for cheap cable rates may prompt discussion but are not within practical politics at this stage. The Dundee Advertiser suggests Britain buy an Atlantic cable to demonstrate possible cheap rates.
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London
Aberdeen Daily Free Press
Henniker Heaton
Dundee Advertiser Fa
Hindus for Honduras consider emigration plan to British Honduras
Cable report from J B Harkin in Belize says Hindu delegates from Vancouver will favor relocating East Indians to British Honduras. Ottawa and imperial authorities may fund passage, with work on railways and sugar plantations at up to one dollar daily. Nine percent of BC East Indians may accept. others out of work in winter could be deported to Hong Kong.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
British Honduras
J. B. Harkin
Interior
Belize
Ottawa
Hong Kong
Will Serve Another Term for Canadian Militia
Ottawa reports Major General Sir Percy Lake will stay on as inspector general of the Canadian militia for another term. Since 1905 he has been chief of staff in Canada and helped reorganize the force. War office and militia authorities plan arrangements so he can remain without losing British Army promotion chances.
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Ottawa
Sir Percy Lake
Canada
General Lake
War Office
Lake
Trade With Germany and Canadian Wheat Exports
London reports Dr. E J Neisser, a respected German economist, argues in Deutschtland and Canada that Germany has a vast trade frontier in Canada for wheat and raw materials. He contends duties on Canadian wheat must fall and concessions should accompany German manufacturing gains despite German agricultural interests resisting freer Canadian imports. He foresees direct German talks with Canada as England’s Franco Canadian treaty approval is viewed as a formality.
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Germany
London
E. J. Neisser
Deuteschland
Canada
Hamburg America to Run New Canada Route
Hamburg America plans a first class line of passenger and freight steamers linking Hamburg Rotterdam Bremen and Canada. The initial sailings head to Montreal with navigation reopening in the St Lawrence. Weekly sailings in April May June, then fortnightly. The move aims to boost Canada Germany understanding and shift many immigrants from New York to Canada aiding grain exporters.
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London
Eng
Hamburg- America Company
Hamburg
Rotterdam
Bremen
Canada
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Germany
New York
Europe
Must Provide Shelter Winnipeg Victory for Shippers
The railway commission orders shelters at all flag stations and requires an agent at stations with annual earnings of fifteen cents or more, benefiting the Winnipeg Shippers and Jobbers Association after a lengthy campaign for better facilities.
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Winnipeg
Railway Commission
Winnipeg Shippers and Jobbers’ Association
Prophetic study and the danger of drunken zeal
Commentary on Isaiah xxviii 1 13 warns that prophecy is a light in darkness and condemns professing believers who rely on worldly drunkenness rather than the Spirit. It contrasts the cornerstone verse with false refuges and urges walking in the way of the Lord with zeal from the Spirit.
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American Press Association
Israel
Nadab
Abihu
Zech
Colonies Are Empre's Strength
Archbishop Centerbury presided at a Colonial Continental Church Society meeting. Archdeacon Renison spoke as the primate urged Canada and Australia to shape a future world with immense possibilities. He warned emigrants arrive with a blank sheet and urged faith to guide nation building as a central force for global well being.
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London
Canada
Furone
Russia
Gunnery in the Chlords Rarlin
Berlin reports suggest arms engineers test antiaircraft measures against airship fleets. Balloon crews fired hand grenades with automatic fuses thirty feet at a ground target, then dropped grenades from 79 feet. Trajectories were photographed for analysis. Further tests aim to fire projectiles from dirigible ships.
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Zeppelin
Gress
Berlin
Crenraev
Negotiations Reported on Sino Powers Treaty Terms
Reports from Tokyo indicate Secretary Root and Baron Takahira are negotiating a new convention. It would affirm Chinese independence and open door principles, ensure mutual protection of citizens, and regulate cross border labor movements to maintain friendly ties.
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Tokio
Japan
Hici
Katsura
Root
Baron Takahira
Hiwi
Portugal Admits Inability to Quell Portuguese Guinea Revolt
Advices say France and Germany pressed Portugal over native killings in Portuguese Guinea. The government admits troop shortages hindered suppression of the last revolt. To ease tensions it released the hut tax, risking loss of prestige among fierce cannibal natives and fears of a general uprising.
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Lisbon
Portuguese Guinea
Manufacturers to Study the West
The Canadian Manufacturers' association plans a western tour to study tariff and transport issues. Tariff manager R W Breadner and transportation manager J E Walsh will visit Port Arthur Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton New Westminster and Victoria. The group counts 125 Winnipeg members and about 200 in British Columbia with branches in Winnipeg and Vancouver.
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West
Toronto
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
R. W. Breadner
J. E. Walsh
Port Arthur
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
New Westminster
Victoria
British Columbia
Vancouver
Department to Probe Manitoba Coal Oil Flash Point Claim
Ottawa reports the Department of Inland Revenue will order an inquiry into Winnipeg's assertion that coal oil below the 85 degree Fahr. regulation point is sold in Manitoba.
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Department
Ottawa
Department of Inland Revenue
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Position of the Kaiser in German Politics Sparks Debate
Berlin reports indicate the Federal Council moves to draft a law limiting the Kaisers powers as Reichstag members clash over his role. The Kaiser and Chancellor Von Buelow face harsh press criticism while the monarch remains central to foreign affairs and cabinet maneuvering.
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Federal Council
von Buelow
Berlin
Reichstag
Kaiser
Donauschingen
Prince von Buelow
England
Neralles
von Ruelow
Bundesrath
Faerstenhere
von Ruelaw
Reier
Crheanelar
Britain Outlines Naval Strength Standard
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Asenith described a new naval standard defined as ten percent over the combined strength of the next two powers. The statement, met with cheers, supports plans to add six to seven dreadnoughts in the next naval estimates.
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Asenith
House of Commons
Rush for Pre Emption Land in Moose Jaw District
October entries at the Moose Jaw land office reach 9831 quarter sections, an unprecedented figure for this season. Aliens are still nomine in, and staff work overtime to meet demand as 2844 square miles have been taken up in ten months.
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Moose Jaw
Found Exporer's Body in Labrador Claim
A report from Captain Chalker of the Pelops says a cross bearing the name Andree was found in northern Labrador with a body and documents beneath it. The message dates from Sept 30 and comes via the Danish steamer Inga, referencing Prof. 8 A Andree, the Arctic balloon explorer of 1897.
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Exporer
Copenhagen
A. Andree
North Pole
Labrador
Inga
Chalker
Pelops
Conception Bay
Newfoundland
Andree
U. S. Postal Service Faces 17 Million Deficit in 1908
Postmaster General Meyer reports a deficit of 17 million dollars for the year ending June 30 1908. He cites 10 million in higher employee compensation approved by Congress and a 4.73 percent drop in normal postal business amid general business depression.
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U. S
Washington, D.C
Myer
Meyer
Congress
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Honduras
D. M. Stearns
Britain
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