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Leacock and some of his cronies in Montreal. A relief, because one no longer heard talk of Sherwood Anderson or of T. S. Eliot, of this modern literary quarrel, or of that new play; but Colonel George H. Ham, another Canadian humorist, told of good old colonization days in Winnipeg and points west. Literary talk was of Mark Twain, Dickens, Meredith...
Just before the game started Earl Gray, of Winnipeg, Canada, was elected captain of the yearlings for this year. Gray has had much soccer experience, for he played for two years on the St. John's Technical team at Winnipeg, and for several more on the St. Peter's Church team in the same city...
...therefore, a different system is favor. This is the "Hare system" of P. R., otherwise called P. R. with the "single transferable vote." This system is already in use for parliamentary elections in several parts of the British dominions and for councils in several hundred English-speaking cities, including Winnipeg, Ashtabula (Ohio), and Sacramento. In November it was adopted, by popular vote, for Cleveland...
...hedge" by short sales on the exchanges when they buy to grind or to ship. If the wheat the miller buys to grind goes down, and with it the price of flour, his loss is offset by a profit on the short sale, and vice versa. When "futures" at Winnipeg were forbidden recently, grain ceased to come in from the farms, as buyers were afraid to buy from the farmers unless they could "hedge" by a "future" at Winnipeg. The prohibition had to be removed. (4) By collecting information of worldwide conditions of supply and demand, and expressing them...
Professor Hart will be in Winnipeg on June 15, and will reach Vancouver on June 23. On June 26 and 27 he lectures before the Oregon Teachers' Association at Eugene, and on July 2 and 3 he will lecture at the State College of Washington at Pullman and will meet the Harvard Club of Spokane. From July 6 to 10 he will be at the Bellingham State Normal School, and from July 13 to 31 will lecture at the Summer School of the University of Washington, at Seattle. While in Seattle he will be entertained by the Harvard Club, whose...