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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
14
Reports from Ottawa debunk bogus quarters with heads and tails reversed due to a mint die error. Separate notice warns non residents to obtain a game license from the Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Winnipeg, with all licenses expiring December 31, 1999 and required current permits for hunting activities.
The 1914 enumeration schedules will record farm and urban values as of June 1, including real estate and livestock in each district, dairy products, nursery stock, and garden produce from 1910, plus 1911 values for land buildings and equipment. It covers hired farm labor, domestic earnings, and values of lands outside the district in 1911, with notes on wild duck season opening September 1 for urban residents who hunt.
The postmaster general has decided to install a stamp selling machine in Winnipeg. A notable silver and lead discovery is reported from Wentworth County Ontario. The Le Roi gold mine in Southern British Columbia has produced 44 million dollars before closing. Rumors of withdrawal of mounted police from Alberta and Saskatchewan are deemed false. The Nationals of Montreal defeated Cornwall to win the Dominion lacrosse championship. Government engineers estimate Welland canal cost at fifty million dollars. Sir Wilfrid Laurier in Prince Rupert said the G I P has broadened Canada’s horizon by a thousand miles. A new series of postage stamps may be issued next June to honor King George’s accession. A severe electric storm burned many buildings in Western Ontario. Rains stopped forest fires in Montana and Idaho, where a hundred and fourteen foresters died. A Methodist Conference at Victoria failed to condemn Rev Geo Jackson and his book on theological teaching. Dr. Carman and Dr. Chown elected superintendents of the Methodist church in Canada. Eastern Wallace Idaho suffered massive property loss. several towns are destroyed or endangered. Two million acres of timber and large sheep herds face the fire path. A Northern Pacific train carrying Sisters of Mercy and patients burned. 180 men in Coe county are believed to have perished. Rail traffic suspended and relief hindered. many fire fighters unaccounted. Western crop estimates project Manitoba wheat at 28,660,616 bushels Saskatchewan 65,250,000 Alberta 7,325,707 for a Western Canada total of 101,236,? (note: OCR end).
The report lists grain production by province with Saskatchewan and Alberta leading in barley and flax totals, followed by Manitoba figures. It also records Jerome S. McWade's Duluth temperance address criticizing intoxication with humorous anecdotes about drunkenness and a New York club incident involving three men and Mrs. Smith.
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