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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1910
Page
7
Fort William Ont Oct 17 Many Canadian and U S vessels may be laid up for winter if export grain demand does not strengthen. Rates to Buffalo and Montreal drop to one cent or less per bushel, with several contracts at seven eighths of a cent, the lowest on record.
The Winnipeg Telegram cites the Montreal broker escape as a stark illustration of the perils of get rich quick schemes. Many families suffer privation as husbands and fathers hand money to sharpers in a gamble on sudden riches. The piece notes recurring gullibility from the South Sea Bubble era to today and warns against withholding sympathy for reckless investors.
The Superintend ent of Forestry report notes the creation of the Rocky Mountain forest reserve covering about 14 400 square miles. It highlights its role in protecting watershed rivers feeding prairie farmland and lists lodge pole pine Englemann spruce and Douglas fir as main forest species. Serious fires are mentioned as a concern.
The text notes large planned extensions to several reserves including Spruce Woods 70000 acres Duck Mountain 136000 acres Cypress Hills 80000 acres Beaver Hills 20000 acres and a 5000 acre tract near Spirit Lake Saskatchewan. A forest reserve near Mount Ida and Fly Hills was also reviewed in 1909.
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