West End Farmers' association backs $3 per acre levy
Resolutions endorsed by the West End Farmers' association at Castleford approve a $3 per acre maintenance levy for 1921 on all lands served by the Tein Falls Canal company. They cite $250,000 receivable and aim to cut company debt while seeking to collect past due accounts. If needed, a supplemental levy may be imposed to fund canal operations in 1921.
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Tein
Falls
Canal Company
West End Farmers’ Association
Castle
Ford
Board of
Mounted Police Halt Rush to Yukon Fields
Vancouver dispatch reports the Northwest Mounted Police in fur and snowshoe gear holding back frenzied oil prospectors at Fort Murray. They aim to stop risky treks toward Fort Norman opened by the Imperial 611 company. The Yukon gold rush memory alarms officials and Hudson Bay Co. with fears for lives.
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Vancouver
B. C
Northwest Mounted Police
Fort Murray
Fort Norman
Imperial
Yukon
Mounted Police
Hudson Bay Co
Czech Girls Revive Gay Old National Costumes
Prague women push revival of the Czech national dress as a symbol of independence. Patrons and stores showcase 300-plus styles priced from 18 to 35 dollars, highlighting durable hand embroidery and lifelong wear as schools begin revival programs.
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Bohemia
Moravia
Prikopy Street
Fifth Avenue
Prague
Paris
Oil Strike at Fort Norman Spurs Arctic Rush Claim Boom
White trading posts along Peace and Mackenzie rivers report a major oil discovery at Fort Norman. About 20 whites are at the strike with 15 miles of claims staked downstream. A spring breakup will create a waterway to the railhead, bridged next summer by a pipeline delivery to rail at 60 cents a barrel. The Lamson-Hibbard company vows extra steamers but warns prospectors to avoid stampedes without secured grub. The Hudson Bay company can only supply trappers' needs.
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Northern Trading Co., Ltd
Peace
Mackenzie
Strike
Fort Norman
Canada
Smith
Fort Smith
Fort Fitzgerald
Lamson - Hibbard Company
McMurray
Hudson Bay Company
Ohio State coach Wilce not under contract says faculty member
Columbus report states Coach Jack Wilce has no football contract with Ohio State and remains a faculty member. In Denver bankers farmers and manufacturers from 19 western states met in secret to discuss issues tied to the current economic readjustment.
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Columbus
Jack Wilce
Ohio State
Denver
Colo
Fleets to Sail on Long Cruise Beginning Next June
The American navy plans a two fleet long voyage starting about June 15 to test naval warfare techniques and operations. The Atlantic fleet will visit east coast South America, Cape Town, then back 16 400 miles. the Pacific fleet will tour the South Seas, Australia and New Zealand totaling 18 600 miles. First line ships include Atlantis Fleet Utah Florida Delaware North Dakota Arizona Oklahoma Nevada and Pacific Fleet Wyoming Arkansas Texas New Mexico New York Mississippi Idaho Tennessee. Crews will practice signaling communication radar aerial attacks and engine tests before visiting Canal Zone and South American ports with joint maneuvers set for January 24 and return by May 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Daniels
General War Board of Admirals
Bureau of Navigation
Bureau of Operation
South America
Capeetown
Cape Colony
Africa
South Sea Islands
Australia
New Ataland
Atlantis
Utah
Florida
Delaware
North Dakota
Arizona
Oklahoma
Nevada
Pacific
Wyoming
Arkansas
Texas
New Mexico
New York
Missis
Sippi
Tdaho
Tennessee
Feds
Canal Zone
South American
Gompers Accepts Challenge of Employers in Address
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in New York tonight rejected employers’ bid to crush unions. He said American labor would not be driven from its gains and warned those harming the movement. He cited protests to President Wilson and the State Department over Irish affairs and Cork arson, and urged clemency for imprisoned labor figures before Christmas.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Pres ‘Dent Wilson
State Department
Ireland
Cork
Thomas Monney
Warren K. Billings
James Larkin
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