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Show ALBERTA SENDS WHEAT TO EUROPE VIA PANAMA CALGARY. Alta.. Jan. 8. -The first important shipment of Alberta wheat '" Hurope p. w i; oi the I' o If'., and the Panama canal Is now cn route to Liverpool and French ports from Vancouver, Van-couver, it was learned today. The steamer is c.7rtng 3,000 tons. 'Die ve iture ls In the nature of an experiment, In view of the prevailing prevail-ing hig'i ocean rates, the cost win bo pomewl at greater than the ordinary route 'f shipping hy rail to eastern Canad an ports and thence by steamer. |