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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1921
Page
4
Revenues from Crown forests rise sharply in New Brunswick Quebec Ontario and British Columbia as fiscal year totals reach nearly 2.6 to 3.0 million dollars. Officials urge greater forest protection reforestation and careful fire prevention to sustain these incomes and long term timber crops.
Studebaker Light-Six driven by Leonard and Wesley Train set a new Toronto to Kingston speed record, covering 163.6 miles in 3 hours 45 minutes, beating the International Limited by 59 minutes with an average speed near 47 mph. The stock model started at 4:30 am in Toronto and finished in Kingston at 8:15 am on July 22, despite dark hours and rough road, then returned to Toronto in 4 hours 46 minutes, aided by a spare tire after a blowout.
Canada’s export seed trade advanced during 1920 aided by the Dominion Department of Agriculture and the Department of Trade and Commerce. Trade Commissioners supplied lists of prospective customers abroad for Canadian seed.
The article describes Father Point as a quiet, offbeat Quebec cape along the St Lawrence, appealing to immigrants and seekers of calm. It highlights the lighthouse, foghorn, wireless station, coastguard, life-saving services, and the government pilot boat Eureka guiding ships up to Quebec or Montreal. The scene focuses on arrival day as a giant liner nears and officials, including immigration inspectors and company agents, prepare newcomers for debarkation.
The Dominion's seed program boosted exports to the United States Great Britain France and Newfoundland. Ireland alone received about 100000 bushels of fibre flax seed valued around 1 million dollars. British Columbia marketed field root and vegetable seeds totaling 150000 pounds through United Seed Growers Limited. About 75000 pounds of mangel swede turnip and field carrot seed were sold to farmers and groups. Demonstrations on 117 Ontario Quebec farms favored home grown seed. Seed laboratories in Ottawa Winnipeg Calgary conducted roughly 28000 vitality tests on wheat oats barley timothy and clover with frost effects on germination studied at Calgary.
Unofficial Ottawa figures estimate Canada’s population at 200000 with Western provinces obtaining 79 of 172 Dominion Parliament seats after redistribution. Manitoba 18, Saskatchewan 23, Alberta 18, British Columbia 19, Yukon 1. Eastern Canada 172 seats spread among Quebec 65, Ontario 80, Prince Edward Island 3, Nova Scotia 14, New Brunswick 10. The West lags the East in voting strength but is urged to stay active in public affairs.
A druggist advertises Freezone as a painless quick remedy for all types of corns whether hard soft or between the toes. It claims the tiny bottle costs only a few cents and works instantly without soreness or irritation.
A discussion explains how soil productivity declines when essential elements like phosphorus and potash are removed without replacement. It covers poor plowing, drainage neglect, weed control, and grazing impact, urging proper timing and methods to maintain soil capacity.
Canada’s dairy production reaches a large total as the population grows. Cheese and butter output rise, with 3,300 dairies producing about 1.385 billion dollars. The country ranks fourth globally in cheese production and exports total 36 million dollars annually, mainly to Great Britain.
An alert warns to avoid substitutes for genuine Bayer aspirin. Only packages with Bayer or Bayer on the table ensure real aspirin. Bayer directions cover colds headache neuralgia toothache and pain. In Canada aspirin is registered and manufactured with monoacetic acid at Balloyicacid, costing only a few cents for twelve tablets, with larger packs also sold.
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