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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1910
Page
4
Seened every Thursday from the office of Publication on Main Street in Russell Manitoba. The brief notice appears in a local paper describing regular announcements issued weekly from the Russell office.
Fort William Ontario reports a bleak export grain outlook as rates fall to seven eighths of a cent per bushel with only one cent offered to Buffalo and Montreal. Many ships to be laid up for winter. insurance costs rise and buyers hesitate as fewer cargoes move. A second note warns against wireless telegraph frauds and speculative schemes drawing in savers.
The Winnipeg Telegram notes that while many fall for get rich quick schemes, victims suffer privation as husbands and fathers drain family savings to fund ventures. The piece likens it to historic swindles like the South Sea Bubble and Law’s French associates, warning that gullibility persists despite abundant safe investments.
The forestry report highlights the creation of the Rocky Mountain forest reserve about 14 400 square miles, parts already set as National Parks. It notes the reserve’s vital role in watersheds feeding prairie soils and lists lodge pole pine Englemann spruce and Douglas fir as main species. mentions serious fires.
The forestry report notes planned reserve extensions totaling 305000 acres across Spruce Woods, Duck Mountain, Cypress Hills and Beaver Hills, with a 5000 acre tract near Spirit Lake Sask also reviewed. Mount Ida and Fly Hills near Salmon Arm were inspected for possible reserve status. Further details appear in the Superintendent of Forestry annual report. copies available from RH Campbell in Ottawa.
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