21 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Watson Witness
Location
Watson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
1
The notice describes terms for homestead entry including age and residence requirements, cultivation duties for three years after patent, price per acre, and discharge papers to be shown to an agent. It notes months of residency, the obligation to cultivate, and the role of W. W. Cory as deputy minister.
Lt Col Lang holds a sizable lead over Dr Barry with a margin near sixteen hundred votes in Watson district as initial returns come in. The figures indicate Lang leading the race in multiple precincts.
In the area under dispute a contract expired and no railway was completed. The ministry declared a halt and the line was left incomplete. Contractors blamed obstruction by English interests, claiming treacherous and fatal consequences for Russia and its people.
A fragmentary report describes the sea’s wash onto East Coast shores affecting residents. The passage notes many inhabitants live by the coast and face the wind and tides as they cope with the shoreline’s changing conditions.
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