P. M. Anderson KC Regina Lawyer and Rising Political Prospect
P M Anderson KC of Regina is described as a leading western lawyer and a genial public figure. The portrait notes his rapid rise from junior bar to prominent counsel, his labor-law successes, wide humanity, and potential future in politics. Born in Paisley Ontario forty one years ago, educated at Queen's University, he studied law in Winnipeg before moving to Regina in 1909 and forming his own practice.
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Saskatchewan
P. M. Anderson
K.C
Regima
Anderson
West
Paisley
Ontario
Belleville
Queen's University
Atkins and Robson
Winnipeg
Wide West
Regina
Mackenzie, Brown & Company
Barr Colony Tales of Hardship and Wit in Saskatchewan
The Barr Colony's trek to land near Lloydminster tested inexperienced settlers. Speers guided them to adapt, promoting oxen over horses to conserve oats. A Wetaskawin trader sold overpriced fowls, and a city woman overestimated a bantam setting hen, learning a costly poultry lesson.
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C. W. Speers
Saskatoon
Barr
Mr. Speers
The Gilbert Case Remembered And Recounted
A Regina murder trial from twelve years earlier known as the Gilbert case is revisited. Josiah Gilbert was convicted of killing a man by gunpowder blast, with defence claiming accident. Witnesses described a violent temper and rumors of past deaths, including a well incident. Gilbert earned wealth, faced public opinion, and later died in Edmonton penitentiary after his sentence was commuted. His wife died during the trial.
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Regina
Gilbert
Josiah Gilbert
Chicago
North Dakota
N.W. M.P
Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Northwest
N.W.M.P
Edmonton
Why milk boils over a pan when heated
Boiling involves water turning to steam and rising as bubbles. In milk a solid milk protein skin forms on top, trapping bubbles and lifting the surface, causing overflow. Gentle stirring breaks the skin and prevents boiling over.
Solemn Meeting Pays Annuities to Hills Indians
A solemn meeting approved pay ments of annuities for Hills Indians with a $2.00 deduction from each stipend to replace cattle. Young Braves confessed mis deeds and were taken to the court house in Regina.
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Hills
Treaty Money Paid to Fire Hill Indians by Colonel
Colonel Allan McDonald addresses the Fire Hill Indians at the treaty payment ceremony on October 28, 1885. He accuses misconduct, cites cattle killings, and orders replacement at the community’s expense while outlining a five dollar payment per person with two dollars directed to government funds for future cattle, as Peter Hourie interprets.
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Peter
Allan McDonald
Peter Hourie
Fire Hill
Totose Apwe
Chiefs and braves face reckoning after raid at mission
A council of Indigenous youths pled guilty to depredations during a May uprising. Fourteen confessed after Aqua Moose and others urged courage and truth. A judge in Regina handed sentences including jail terms for the Quill and minor terms for others following trial.
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Regina
Aqua Moose
Black Bear
Peekatch
Barr Colony settlers prosper after tough beginnings in Canada
Will you instruct me he asked to will. They hied to Murray Miller's store and bought a biscuit box used to hatch eggs in a shack. The rooster forced onto the eggs faced a paddled nest until a neighbor halted the scheme. The poultry seller vanished. Despite hardships the Barr Colony thrived and prospered in Canada.
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Wetaskawin
Murray Miller
Will
Murray Miller's Store
Barr
Canada
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P. M. Anderson, K.C
Lloydminster
C.N.R
Canadian Immigration Department
Western Plains
Moose Mountain
Touchwood
Pelly
Piapot
Fire Hills
Star Blanket
Little Black Bear
South
Riel
Indian Head
Chee-poo-Statin
Shuniah Okemon
Yellow Bird
North Wind
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