Board Make Plans for Beautifying Park-Park Officially Named “Pither’s Point Park” The meeting of the board of park management was held in the council chambers on May 12th. The usual routine of business was performed and payrolls to the extent of $151.20 and invoices for supplies, $3.70 ordered paid.This labour […]
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Toronto Feb. 23 — The Star today states that at the coming session of Parliament the Union government will propose an amendment to the Military Service act bringing within it’s operation young men who have reached the age of 20 since the act was passed The present measure specifically exempt […]
Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
All Indications Point to a Sweeping Victory for Mathieu the Candidate of the People. Crowded Houses Greet the Popular Member at all Points. Make the Victory a Sweeping One. Reports from all along the line indicate the J. A. Mathieu will have large majorities in the various polling sections. The […]
Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
The new Carnegie public library was opened on Monday evening of last week with a good program of music and addresses. Mr. H. Williams, president of the library board, presided and in his opening address referred to the pleasure it afforded him at being present on such an important occasion. […]
Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
One of the men who can claim to be a self-made man is our local member Mr. J.A. Mathieu, the manager and vice-president of the Shevlin-Clarke Company, millionaire lumberman. Mr. Mathieu came to this district ten years ago from Minnesota, as manager of the Rainy River Lumber Company’s sawmill at […]
President Ontario & Minnesota Power Company The first capitalist to show faith in the industrial future of Fort Frances by putting up his money and every dollar he could get from outside sources to develop our water-power was Mr. Edward Wellington Backus, of Minneapolis, the modern Napoleon of finance, diplomacy […]
Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
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. […]
Rainy Lake Herald
Several Thousand Acres of Farm Lands Over Ore Beds Have Been Purchased on Option. Mining Experts From Twin Cities Visits the Properties. Diamond Drill Steadily at Work Revealing a Rich Body of Ore. The announcement in the last issue of the Times that a diamond drill was at work on […]
The Early Days of Rainy River When the C.N.R. Bridge was constructed in 1901, there was not the slightest sign of a town, except maybe in the minds of McKenzie, Mann & Company, who had purchased large areas of land along and near the right-of-way for future development. Before the […]
Rainy Lake Herald
The Projected Railway System to Tap to Richest Country in the World. The Ontario and Rainy River Railway which is being built across the extreme southwest corner of Ontario, will connect the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western line with the east terminus of Winnipeg and Southeastern Railway, and complete a […]
Rainy Lake Herald
The Rainy River Railway Receives It’s Aid From the Dominion Government On Thursday last the Canadian government submitted to parliament the proposed subsidies in aid of railway construction and in that connection have announced a policy that will be a source of unqualified satisfaction to the rate payers. In Plain […]
