The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-01-03
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Old Hudson's Bay Company Once Held
Imperial Sway Cser Vast Areas
Of North American Continent.

yyyINNIPEG, Msn.--The Governor sni Com
~ panv Of Adventures oi England Trading
inio Rudson's Bay, otherwise kno~n the sind-
sons BAY CoaapAny, Is closing Ous to farm sesiiers
tie land that represents the last sessges ei IS
former enp.rs
With two centuries and half OF history behind
it, the company stands at the beginning Of new
sr.- Autocr.t Of the days when western CAnala
was wilderness. IL has severed one after another
tie ties that hld il to the romance OF the past sac
adopted policies that align ]; ~ith the prOsre-s
G. TIE modern business world The old far trade.
Ct yesterday is one Of the great merchants Of
CsnAda today.
With It's fortune aa5 - fsnr founded On furs
since It's first factory Was established the shO'ss
oi Hudson Bsy. she conpany up to ten years ago
reusinsd almost exclusively far trader. With
tie old beaver country covered with farEzs and
cities and civilization encrOaching upon is cd Fur
preserves. il saw tie handwriting oi .he wall and
decided upon revolutionary change in is affairs
lis destinies had been guided from the tine q
Prince Rupert. us first governor. hy the BoAsd OF
Directors. sitting in state in old Enelands Hna-
SOUS Bay HcSse in London The msrvelcas o.
-e.opnsnt Of Canada since tie old fur hrig.aes
sr-F. the mountains and prairies Of their wealth IN
Ysl:=ies. had lzde necessary more intimate con-
tact with western conditions. Winnipeg, the ~Cai-
cseo of the North. had risen On ihs site Of old =
Fort Garry.
, SILL NoRLD's GREATEST sJR TRADER
Beginning at Winnipeg in issl and on~zrd
urtil 1928, the company developed its stores a.
cltincs from its fur trade posts The present
chain Of department stores built across western
C4nada was logical development Of the earlier
asares. These general merchandising stores IN
Winnipeg Calgary, Edmonton. Vancouver. Lssi
b-idge, Macleod, Ksnloops. Nelson. Vernon and
lorkton. Those in Calgary and Vancouver are
among the finest stores in Canada A beautiful
store is now being completed in Victoria, B. C.
In stock and equipment, they comparable 10
The great department stores OF tle United States
They stand like monuments msrlzsng the dividing
line between the cOmpanys old palicy and its new,
its pa. Of romance and its present Of business.
/. Inc company as still one OF the worlds great
fur traders 1t siill has $50 fur posts scattered
throughout Canada Still on the shores Of Hudson
Bay stand its Rupert's House, Moose Factory,
Cumberland House. Norway House, Albany. York
o~t~-- ~A- NHAfSAitA--"@-4sl> ~ tth&<A4C sA@s-
Still in Upper Canada, smong the MAnitobs lakes,
on the rivers OF Saskatchewan and Albers., in the
Athabasca country, the frozen shores of the
Arctic, and in British Colombia. in whatever
remote region furs still 20 be gathered the CON-
psnys ancient bsaner with its srmorial bearings
and its motto PRO Peile Cuiem--skn for skin
flies over old posts and new that uphold the pres
sige and traditions OF the Hudsons Bay Adsen-
tcrers
The company still ships to England annually
millions Of dollars worth of raw fars. Most people
think of the fur trade DYING industry. I, ~as
never prosperous With present high pricrs. the
value of the furs taken by the Hndsoas Bay Com
pany last year vas great as in any year Of is
history.
RULED IMPERIAL DOMAINS.
With It's enormous fur trade stIl rensininR and
with the wonderful growth Of its business Of ees-
ersl merchandising, the company has reached .
period when land is no longer Of use to it. Time
when If the greatest landed proprietor in
the world
Under its original charter granted bs King
Charles IL in 1870. Il became practically sole
owner and ruler Of the lands aud territories zrou
shr counsrAs coasts ard confines cs the Seas b.ys,
iziss, rivers, creeks, and sounds in Whatsoever 4