Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 13, 1927, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press Winnipeg wednesday july 13, 1927 former Premier tells of Early Days in Manitoba sir Rodmond Roble relates to kiwanis club members Story of trip from Belleville ont., to Winnipeg More than fifty years ago. Reminiscent to tiie minutest detail of his trip from Belleville ont., to fort Garry More than fifty years ago sir Rodmond Roblin former Premier of Manitoba started what May result in a series of talks on fifty years in at the regular luncheon meeting of the kiwanis club at the fort Garry hotel. Tuesday afternoon. In introducing his subject the speaker referred to the fact that in the Lime at his disposal he would have to Deal with at least two years of the history and development of the West in every sixty seconds. He Fin ally admitted his inability to do. Hav ing Only just reached what is now Mcnown As Winnipeg at the end of the time allotted to him. He volunteered to appear before the club membership at a later Date and was finally persuaded to continue his talk at next tuesday s meeting. Sir Rodmond was Given round alter round of applause. W. C. Mck Irmell . Elect for Lockwood moving a vote of thanks to the speaker of. His interesting address. Sir Rodmond started off by Ern has sick headaches i for several years i suffered with severe constipation w3s a nervous wreck had terrible head aches fruit to Tives saved Ray mrs. J. F. Rutkowski Tolstoi. Mar. Fruit a tics is a very Fine natural that brings about a delightful condition of health. It is made from fresh fruit juices intensified and combined with tonics. 25c and soc at All druggists. Try it izing the fact at he was going to give a talk and not an address on reminiscences of his life in Manitoba. In 1875. James Trow an eminent can Adian writer visited Western Canada having traversed the great North West then More popularly known is the great Lone he said and his letters appeared in the Toronto Globe which attracted much attention tend comment. Finally sir Rodr Nond go hold of a pamphlet written by Trow and he was convinced he must see the great Lone land. That was in the fall of the speaker and i Fin ally persuaded three or four of my friends in the Spring to accompany a Start was made from Belleville ont., Early in May 1877, for Toronto and from there the party of adventurers proceeded Over the Northern railway to Collingwood. Where they had to wait several Days for a boat which was making her Maiden trip to Sault Ste. Marls. The vessel carried a heavy freight for the Soo and had about 100 passengers for fort Garry besides a number of construction men. He told of its arrival at Sault Ste. Marie and inter at Prince Arthur s Landing now known As port Arthir which had Only one store then so far As he knew. To referred to the fact that the Canadian Pacific railway was being built at this time As a government undertaking. Arrives it Duluth it the next step in their Westward journey he recalled was to Duluth minn., which was then deadly Dull. And reminiscent try referred to tils fact that in this big Finan Cial crisis of new York Shook the continent with the crash of j. Cook company the big financial House on what was afterwards known As Black Friday. A delay in the trip was taxis de on account of waiting in Duluth for a train to take the party bound for fort Garry to Glyndon. A Dies John r. K13enan, 041 Dorchester Avenue fur merchant who died monday in. His 48th year the funeral will be held thursday from St. Ignatius Church. W Hen hot weakens the Diges Tive system you Long for simple foods which Are easily assimilated. But few simple foods Are attractive to the appetite. As a. Change from commonplace foods try Quaker puffed wheat or Quaker puffed Rice. They Are just whole grains but their Niu like flavour is enhanced by the puffing process. E cooked and made easily cause every food cell has been broken Down. Serve with fruit fresh or cooked on ice Cream or with whole Nilk or Cream. At any meal or Between meals when the appetite fancies Light refreshment. H two Standard tins of Mennen b rated original and for 5o years the Standard and n Libers tube of Mennen baby ointment in an attractive Nur cry Container. Bort std to1xum train eventually was made up in two Days. Sir Rodmond stated and the journey continued Over the lines of the Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba railway now known As the great nor Thern railway. The party eventually reached Crookston minn., then called Fisher s Landing and proceeded up the bed Lake River by Flat Bottom boat to grand Forks with Only one build ing which wus used As a stopping place for stage coaches. They then passed on Down to fort Pembina where a number of United states sol Diers were stationed for fear of the opening of hostilities by the Sioux indians. The next step toward their ultimate objective was reached on their arrival at was no Elmerson then he said and paid a High tribute to Rev. Or. Scott a presbyterian missionary stationed there who personally got acquainted with All the travellers and left each one with the Assurance that Liev had at least one Friend in the great North West. Hears Cathedral Bells they then started Down the River said sir Rodmond and recalled round ing the Bend of the River at Elm Park and hearing the Chimes of the Bells of St. Boniface Cathedral which he described As the most Beautiful music he had Ever heard and realized then that he was not far from civilization with such wonderful music. The land ing in fort Garry was made where main Street Bridge stands today bit in the mud. All Winnipeg was out to meet the new arrivals this boat be ing the first of the year and therefore the first Means of communication with the outside world. The first thing that struck the speaker As the party of 130 landed fifty years ago on May 30 last was the quadrangle of the Hudson s Bay company with its fully equipped sentries. The population of port Garry outside of the Hud son s Bay was about souls with Only one grand Central. The first task was to seek sleeping accommodation which was found through the Good offices of or. Mon Champ who allowed sir Rodmond and his friends the use of a deserted log building. In conclusion sir Rodmond told of his attending Church service on the sunday or his arrival at. A log build ing on what is now known As fort Street the minister of which was Archdeacon Portin. Before introducing the guest of Honor the prizes won on the kiwanis Field Day were presented in a novel by a Dainty Little miss who merged from a big fancy Box carried nto the banquet Hall by two members f the club. In tax ims school Bate will be 41 1-2 Public and 50 successful clinic special despatch to the free press kcnora., ont., july a bylaw author lying the collecting if the taxes was passed by the town. Council on monday evening that body confirming a previous report in this paper that the Public school rate would be 47 1-2 Mills and the separate school rate 50 Mills. Further discussion took place on a placed before the Council some time ago by aldermen whose burst and Hutcherison asking for it a Docial investigation in the office of the police magistrate. The mover and Seconder pressed for its disposal hut other aldermen opposed action Oil ground that the Council was not yet informed if it had a Legal right to demand such an investigation. It was finally decided to leave the matter Ever until the next meeting and in the meantime to find out the Legal stand ing of the Council in seeking a judicial investigation. J Jubilee committee thanked a vote of thanks was tend cd 1-he Diamond Jubilee committee for their efforts in giving Kenora an enter Suu ing and pleasing programme for this Celebration. The tuberculosis clinic conducted Here on july a 7 and 3 under the Ontario department of health largely attended some forty patients attending for examination on the advice of their own physicians. Patients per Day is considered Good Progress in the sanitarium and or. Wilson of Toronto and nurse Bricker were kept very Busy during their slay in Kenora. Some of the cases re acted under the tests applied but the final is first will not be received until the a Ray plates and their reports Are returned from the departmental offices at Toronto. Local physicians co operated loyally in sending their patients to the clinic and it is Jelt that satisfactory Progress has been made. Of trial of ral before any action May be taken against the promoter. To visit Barnardo boys in Canada will be visited by George w. Goodfellow organizing Ziec it Aryl who arrived in Winnipeg year Erda y from the East. He will go Asar As the Pacific coast returning to Winnipeg in about two weeks. To entertain the arrival at noon today from St. Bus Tachie Man., members of the Liui Aoi Frano Alse the party of French Edu Catoc lists who ave touring Ives ten Canada will be the guests or the son of Riel and a Union Nat Lonale de Manitoba at a. Joint luncheon in Jhel Honor to be held at at the fort Garry hotel. Receive reports. Reports of the department of the Interior of Canad were presented to the attorney Gen Cral of Manitoba yesterday in which fraud in connection with the grand View Oil Well is alleged. Careful con Sld Craton will be Given to the report said Hon. W. J. Major attorney Gen t coi Insel applies for delay in hearing on two counts court Only considers plea of insufficient time to pre pare Case postponement of the trial of Earle Nelson alleged Strangler until the next Assize court which will Convene a november was granted in court. De fore or. Justice Macdonald tuesday. Counsel for the defence requested delay on two counts. The first was that Public opinion was at. Present in such an inflamed state that the Pris Oner soul cd not be assured an impartial trial and the second that the de Enco child not prepare its Case by july 26, the Date previously set. In granting the postponement or. Justice Mao clonal stated that the Atter consideration had weight with the court. He then ordered sheriff to notify the jury men that their services would not be required july 26, and that they need not As Jumble. To said that Public feeling aroused by the savagery of the crimes intensified by the sensationalism of the Public press was not to his mind a ground for an adjournment. The Sama feeling existing now will exist three months hence when the next assizes he said and if this is Good Grovind now it will be equally Good i do not believe there is a ratepayer qualified As. A juror who has not read the press of Western Canada which has tried condemned and placed in the death cell the Man under arrest charged with the frightful atrocities which have so stirred the Lom Munty. The accused should in the Public a treat be tried without delay be if he is not the Man. The Lui Man Tiger is still at Large and should in run to Earth. So Long As this trial s delayed so Long will police vigilance be dormant and the lives of our women kind be in a state of unrest. Criminal trials in our courts governed by Public feeling or the tement created by the Public press and i have no Lear of any danger to he accused or any trouble in the election of twelve men nto whose judgment his Case will be ast and he surrounded with .11 the safeguards of a British court f Justice with much reluctance the ase is transferred to the november slow Progress is made in examination of ballots with the recounting of the votes ast in St. Boniface polls 1 to 12, in elusive Joseph Bernier conservative s leading by 30, the figures standing and Gagnon Liberal Are Are still 33 More polls to be mounted. The net result of the two Days work s that Bernier has made a. Net gain f 18, with 19 ballots marked with the in ure 2 for Gagnon and two marked n a similar manner for Bernier re served for consideration by his Honor Edge boy before whom the recount s taking place at the legislative bulldogs. It is not expected the checking will in finished before Friday and. Will perhaps last till saturday the work be no very slow owing to the close a re of the contest and every disputed lot the subject lengthy argument. Gagnon was declared elected by the turning officer by a majority of 1, he figures being Gagnon Ber Iler 2.608. Bernier led on the distal Lution of second and third preferences and also polled tha largest number of firsts and it was Only on the do str Justion of the number four selections hat lie was beaten by 1. C. Wilson . A. C. Campbell z.c., and c. A. L. Murchison Are acting or Gagnon with s. A Vir ichards ., ind b. A. C. Manning representing Bernier. Creates that healthy hungry is director rabbi j. In Zlotnik executive director of the zionist organization of is one pit the outstanding figures at the Canadian zionist convention held this week in. Winnipeg. Rabbi Zlotnik is from Montreal potage 1istiga1g j. T. Will be buried in Winnipeg this afternoon bodies of Weaver and wrong to be forwarded to their Homes today Constable Valder of the provincial police has been sent by his depart ment to Hll Bre Man., to make a full investigation of the air tragedy that occurred in that locality monday. His report is not expected by Headquarters until thursday. The attorney general s department has considered that an in quest is unnecessary. The funeral of j. T. Eardely of Locke will be full Mil itary honors this afternoon at 2.30 o clock from Thomson s funeral Par lors main Street to the burial plat in Elmwood cemetery this morning the w. A Weaver will be forwarded to his Home in Melfort bask., and that of the other victim of the crash of. H. Wrong to Ottawa and the funerals will be held on arrival at these cities. At sixteen years of age a t. Barely was employed As an. Apprentice Carpenter at the . Shops in Winnipeg later joining the Princess Patricia s Canadian Light infantry with which battalion he had been Active in baseball and hockey. He left the service with a splendid record aug. 2, 1024, arid later joined the b.c.., with which he had been a photographic Mechanic for the past two years. He was born at Russell Man., March. 26, 1003, and is survived by his Mother mrs. Esther Charlesworth four Sisters and two Brothers and his Stepfather Joseph Charlesworth. His father a. E. Eardely was killed in France during the great War in 1916. Civic employee Dies at general Hospital Henry Garland Robertson 881 Sher Burn Street died at the gerneral hos Pital yesterday aged 48 years. A naive of Leeds eng., he had been resin Dent in Winnipeg 22 years and with the exception of two years served in France during the great War with the Lith Field ambulance corps had re sided in the City continuously. Or. Robertson was Foreman on the City waterworks. He was a member of Ting Edward Lodge . And . Of court Neptune s.o.b., and was Secre tary of the Britannia Bowling club. Also Lor Over 20 years he had been a Lay r Badty at St. Jude s Church. The body is at Bardel s funeral Home bus he funeral will be held from St. Jude s Church at 2 o clock thursday after noon in torment to be made in the military plot at Brookside cemetery. Vir. Robertson is survived by his wife and a daughter Winifred May. Appetite and strength 10-year-old daughter Keaik and had no appetite. Since her Vinol she has Amaz in appetite and w. Cooston. very first week they take Al nil children begin to feel stronger eat and sleep better. Simple strengthening Iron and Ood Iver compound ins use for 25 years for run Down men and women and weak children. Mcculloug h drug Cleart Nefores of impurities i tic f use old dutch to clean your Kitchen utensils floors sinks Bath Rotfus Etc. It saves you Money because a Little goes a Long Way. Contains Lye acids or hard grit will not injure the hands or surfaces. 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