Local News from Across the Rainy River District
STORY OF ACHIEVEMENT About twenty-five years ago, when the Town of Fort Frances was little better than a Hudson’s Bay Co. post, and the Town of International Falls just a frontier hamlet, consisting of a few houses and several saloons, one man caught a vision. To him the canvass revealed […]
The Centre of a District Rich in Natural Assets The three great basic assets of any country are in it’s timber, minerals and agriculture. Associated with these and by no means unimportant are are it’s fishing and scenic attractions. Fort Frances enjoys a most enviable advantage in being in the […]
Big Pulp and Paper Mills now building at Fort Frances indicate the future Prosperity of our Town. Large Sawmills to be in operation everyday in the year shows Fort Frances will soon be important city. Fort Frances, after many years, has at last come into it’s own. The gigantic waterpower, […]
Washington Takes Retaliatory Action. Bill to Prohibit Export of Coal Introduced in Congress. New Paper Controller On Way Here. R. A. Pringle, K. C., Paper Controller for Canada during the war has resigned. His successor is Mr. Breadner of the finance department. It is said that Mr. Pringle’s resignation is […]
Increase of Wages Asked by Employees of Paper Mills and Pulp & Sulphite Plants Tie Up Mills. Saw Mill Employees on American Side Out. The demand made by the employees of the Minnesota & Ontario paper Company and the Fort Frances Pulp & Paper Company not having being met by […]
Mayor McKenzie at Invitation of the Power Company, Performs the Important Function. Marks Another Epoch in the History of Fort Frances. Beginning of an Industrial Development Which Will Create a Great City in this Gateway of a New Ontario. Capacity of Mill, 175 Tons. Will Employ Upward of 600 Men. […]
