French Chocolate King and Wood Pulp Ca.
Quebec, May 11.
I is revealed that the entire island of Anticosti in the Gulf of St, Lawrence, comprising some 3,000] square miles, has been purchased from Senator Menier of France by the Wayagamack Pulp & Paper Ca., instead of only the timber limits as previously reported. A cheque for Frs. 180,000,000 or approximately $6,000,000 has been paid over. Sena-for Menier, it is said, insisted upon a cash payment as' he wished to make a substantial contribution out} of it to the "save the franc" fund of the French Government.
In addition to the 15,000,000 cords of wood on the island there are said foxes, besides other fur} animals and many thousands
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