1544 EDMONTON DAILY
DEC 28, 1907

SAMIS, Alderman
FROST, T.A.P. 
McPHESON, Ad.
CRONKITE, John
CRONKITE, Robert
McLEOD, W.
McLEOD, D.
MacLEOD, Col.
BLEECKER, H.
MURPHY, J.
ROSS, D.
HENDERSON, W.
STEWART, T.
McKAY, E.
McPHERSON, Ad.
McDOUGALL, J.A.
R.N.W.M.P.

Calgary Dec 28, A petition will be presented on Monday to the judge to 
have Ald. Samis unseated owing to his not having proper qualification on 
property. T.A.P. Frost a defeated candidate for Alderman in Ward 1 is 
another whose qualifications are doubtful, and there is some talk of going 
after him for perjury as on assessed property of $3,000 there are mortgages 
of $3,700 and he took the oath at nomination day. 

Twenty-Four years ago today.

Ad. McPherson's team left for Calgary yesterday.

Robert and John Cronkite arrived from Calgary on Saturday.

W. McLeod has rented the billiard tables of the Walker house.

Col. MacLeod, H. Bleecker and D. McLeod left for the woods with a gang of 
men yesterday to take out logs for Hardisty & Fraser.

J. Murphy has sold his interest in the trotting station, W.H. Baldwin, to D. 
Ross, who is now sole owner of the horse.

W. Henderson and T. Stewart arrived from the new mining location at Goose 
Encampment on Saturday last. They met E. McKay on his way up to put in 
his best licks on a claim in that locatity. 

Ad. McPherson, arrived from Calgary on Monday with three four-hours 
teams, loaded with 6,000 pounds of freight for J.A. McDOUGALL 7 CO. 
2,000 pounds for Brown & Curry, 1,000 pounds for the telegraph office and 
smaller amount of sundries for other parties besides, a 20 horse power 
portable Waterous engine and shingle mill for Hardisty & Fraser's saw and 
grist mills. The engine upset on Blind river and broke through the ice. The 
team was delayed six days getting it set to rights, the men having to work in 
the water and ice. Still no snow south of the one Pine and prairie fires 
burning as the party passed. 


1548 Long article on Policing the Wilderness.