HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1923-04-19, Page 3DOEIBiROli le Bele
Invermere, B.C.-Lionel Barrymore, the number of rural tea:mhones jeer
:and an all-star east, under the person- capita, with a 'telephone for every
.aj supervision. of E, H. G#iiffith, are`niue of the population, It is estimat-
at present in this district producing ed that, the Saskatchewan Government
a new filen bnsed on Arthur Stringer's has $11,000,000, invested in urban tele -
novel, "Snow Blind.' . Tho film is be-� phones with 31,800 subscribers, "while
Ing made .for Famous Players, and' rural- companies in the provi
gnce• have
later will be released through some' invested $15,000 with 53,000. sub-
7,000 'theatres'in Canada and the Un- . scribers marine
ited Status, It is of interest to note Port Arthur, Ont. -Local
that during the peat few years several men are looking forward to a busy
large filen producing companies have season of navigation. There is con-
been using the magnificent scenery cf siderable grain in store ready^to move
the' Canadian Rockies for exterior out and a largo quantity of freiigh fit
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The
3gscenes, while the interidr views are be- I'come here from the East.
n taken in the East or California. . l on the Great Lakes will be augmented
Calgary, Alta: Considerable bronchi by 41 new vessels, the majority of
line construction will be made in which are ;low building for Canadian
Western Canada this year by the Cana companies in Great Britain,
adieu Pacific Railway, according' to I •Quebec, Que.-an is reported that 'a
D. C. Coleman, Vice -President . of ( gold rush is -in full swing, which may
Western Lines. Mr. Coleman states, bring about the development -of more
that it is proposed tocomplete the, mining 'camps 'in the counties of Tem -
Lanigan northerly branch from the . iskaming and Abitibi; just east of the
present terminal' at Naleam'to Mel -t Ontario` jioundara..`G'old was discov-
-fort. Work will be undertaken on the eyed in these two counties early in
Cutknife-Whiteford Lake line, which 1922, and a rush of prospectorsbegan
will be carried to the croesine of the in March of that year. In October,
Battle River this season. The first 1.922, 250 claims were staked, empties
two sections of the Milden-Empress ing about 50,000 acres of land, and
line, 59 miles in all; the first two sec -I this, with other claims staked earlier
r^ in the year, and since -October last,
would bring the total number of acres
up to about 90,000.
Halifax, N.S.-Upwards of two
hundred boys, most of them between
the ages of twelve and fifteen, on their
way to farms in the Canadian West,
landed here recently.. These boys were
brought out under the auspices of var-
ious societies interested in child wel-
fare work.
tions of the Leader southerly line,
miles, and the first section of the Wy-
mark -Archive line,- 25 miles,, will be
completed. Mr, Coleman stated it was
also intended to build from Drumhel-
ler south'to the Bull Pound, a distance
of thirty-nine miles. Work is now
proceeding on the first two sections of
the Consul-Assiniboia branch.
Regina, Sask.-Saskatchewan now
:stands first in the world in regard to
ALBERTA COAL OF
SUPERIOR QUALITY
Anthracite Delivered in On-
tario at About Seventeen
Dollars Per Ton.
A. despatch from Ottawa says: -
"You would need several adding ma-
chines to estimate the amount of an-
thracite in the hard coal areas of Al-
berta,"- Joseph Errington, discoverer
of the Alberta fields, told the Com-
mons Committee on Canada's Fuel
Supply Thursday afternoon. The
Hoppe field, ho estimated, extended
about 85 miles north and south and
80 miles east and west. Replying to
E. J. Garland (Bow River), he agreed
that the coal might run 100,000,000
tons, but it would be foolish, in his
opinion, to attempt to estimate the
amount.
Coal in the Alberta hard coal area
was equal to any mined anywhere in
the world. There was also a great
deal of coal which was suitable for
coling. Transportation, however, was
the great prblem.
He estimated that coal from the an-
thracite areas could be placed in To-
ronto at about $16 or $17 a ton. There
would be additional charges. for re-
tailing. The coal was superior to
Pennsylvania anthracite' now being
delivered to Canadian points.
js ening conditions in the Alberta
field were superior to those in the
pennsylvanla field, and the coal itself
was clean and did not deteriorate The
public would not need further educe.
tion in •using Alberta coal. If the
field was developed it would also pro-
vide a profitable tonnage for the Can-
adian National Railways. .
King and "Queen S k
to Children on Ermiire Day
A despatch from Ottawa 'says: -
Their Majesties the King and Queen
are to address messages. to the chil-
dren in the elementary schools of the
Empire on May 24, and have arrang-
ed to have these recorded for gramo-
phone reproduction, so that the :c