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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
3
The article urges improving home surroundings beyond the building, noting small costs yield attractive, restful grounds. It highlights using shrubs, vines, and powers from Canada, with shade from hard maple and beech, plus seasonal cooling benefits and quick results.
A syndicate of English capitalists has acquired rights on two and a half sections north of Calgary, Alberta, along the Canadian Pacific line. They plan to start exploitation as soon as machinery is installed. The four foot deep deposit yields about 500 tons monthly per unit with 90 percent purity. All capital is invested in the venture.
A modest investment in morning glory seed transforms a neglected area into a welcoming streetscape, inspiring community improvement and potential company investment. Coal near the planned plant site supports a temporary venture with sodium sulfate demand rising postwar.
Sir George Perley, Canadian High Commissioner in England, has brought back the deeds for the Canadian battlefield memorial at Bourlon Wood in France. The transfer required a French decree. Bourlon Wood, near Ypres, saw pivotal action in 1917 1918 with heavy casualties totaling 1,544 officers and 29,263 others wounded or missing.
The Monetary Times warns that Canada's fire losses in the first four months of 1920 total 9,556,125 dollars, up from 8,241,289 dollars in the same period in 1919, with April 1920 losses at 3,229,500 dollars versus 1,089,070 in April 1919 and 1,795,200 in March 1920.
Souther n Alberta enters peak lambing as ranchers report strong returns. Ray Knight, a Brooks district major with 30 000 sheep, plans to expand. Alberta's year end flock reached 364 498 sheep producing 2 115 000 pounds of wool, with wool prices ranging from 40 to 68 percent.
The National Geographic Society bulletin highlights Formosa as a camphor powerhouse now under Japanese ownership. Writer Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff notes Formosa’s practical monopoly, the peril faced by camphor workers from head hunters, and forests that remain largely virgin due to danger. Camphor trees thrive on moderate slopes below 4,000 feet, with the best specimens rare. a typical 12 foot circumference tree can yield about 50 piculs of camphor valued around $5,000 at current prices.
English officers in a German Cologne restaurant join a lively concert scene when the orchestra plays Die Wacht am Rhein. The English officers rise, listen, and later joke that the tune is "Die Wacht am Rhein" and that it belongs to them.
The church reports eight ministers exited active ministry in the year, 31 by resignation and 9 by superannuation leaving the active clergy at 57. Separately fragments of Egyptian leather dated to no later than 900 B.C. were discovered.
French merchants report Britain has moved ahead of the United States and France in renewing trade with Germany. German producers say plants are booked by British buyers, with raw materials shipped free of charge in exchange for manufactured goods. Germany now sources iron ore from Sweden, reducing reliance on France.
Hon Edward Brown provincial Treasurer predicts a reduction in living costs as banks in Canada and the United States tighten credit. He cites new policies limiting credit to essentials and urges debtors to reduce existing terms. He notes price cuts seen in New York and Chicago suggest a broader move to curb high living costs.
The conference under the Commission of Conservation in Winnipeg runs July 14 to 16 with officials from all prairie provinces attending. It will focus on soil fertility exhaustion westward, drainage remedies from the past five years, drought-area conditions, forage supply and soil drifting prevention.
The Montreal Journal of Commerce argues that law must be observed and offenders imprisoned to prevent chaos. It notes prisoners deserve humane treatment and food, but warns hunger strikes could undermine justice by enabling release. The piece cites Dublin prisoners as an example of potential political offense testing the system.
In reply to an observation that he and his son and namesake resembled each other greatly, old Bill Slivers said the main difference between them is that when he worked all day he did not feel like running around at night, while when young Bill runs around at night he does not feel like working the next day.
A cryptic note states the River Jordan wanders 220 miles in covering a distance of 6, and a reptile’s temperature shifts with its surroundings, reflecting natural variability in both watercourses and animal thermoregulation.
An editorial warns that organized labor faces a radical leadership threat endangering producers and the nation. It argues farmers will starve if labor revolts threaten transport, production, and government, urging unity with stable interests to defend constitutional order. Six percent has been the Isle of Man’s long-standing maximum interest rate.
Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta advance dairy union with Inter provincial Dairy Convention in Winnipeg. All Canada butter contest yields top Alberta scores, Saskatchewan leads inter provincial award, Manitoba boosts dairy shows and aims for 100 million pounds annual creamery butter across the three provinces.
The Lethbridge Herald reports that oil in commercial quantities has been struck in a new well in northern Alberta. The news is rumored and the promoting company keeps the location secret to lease surrounding lands. Dominion geologist Dr Dowling notes northward development could bring big results and compares potential to Texas.
The Dutch mail service pioneers a non sinkable safe for sea mail on East Indies routes. The oval white safe sits on a cradle with iron framework and netting, released automatically if the ship sinks, and is monitored from the deck. It is connected to the vessel’s dynamo so contact causes a warning or injury. Passengers are barred from the area by signs and orders.
A porch exchange has Willard asked what he would do if Prince of Wales. He replies he would not let anyone wash his neck or comb his hair. Nearby, great orange red butterflies migrate southward from Canada to Cuba like birds in fall.
Donion Land Office at Calgary reports April gains with a net rise of 30 703 68 dollars. Comparative April figures show 1920 at 67 065 22 and prior April at 36 361 54. Major upticks appear in payment pre emption and purchased homesteads exceeding 30 000 dollars.
The Soldier Settlement Board sold nearly all 69 000 acres of Indian reserve lands to soldier settlers. The government paid Indians 10 to 20 dollars per acre and the board sold at cost. On Bobtail reserve of 6 930 acres the price was 83 594 dollars with selling units totaling 83 596 64, two dollars and sixty four cents over cost.
Indians on the Piapot reserve about 20 miles northeast of Regina gain $150,000 in cash from selling 2 percent sections to the federal government for soldier settlement. Indian Affairs secured their surrenders and moved them to the soldier settlement board. Lands were sold recently and passed to the veterans at a city sale.
H. A. Simmons says Canadian Holstein cattle are highly regarded in Australia after bringing a small herd there. He claims Antipodean Holsteins are inferior and plans to assemble another export herd. The nightingale proper is not found in the Americas.
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