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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 22, 1926
Page
5
A Sydney bulletin essay sees aviation as an infant art after twenty five years since air travel began. It notes public acceptance lags compared with the automobile and warns aviation remains fragile and deadly, while bold flyers press on despite frequent crashes.
The London Mail notes royal tastes vary with Queen Marie Louise praising Shakespeare, while King George prefers The Mikado for an enjoyable evening. It recalls Victoria tolerating Shakespeare, Victoria’s consort claim, and Edward’s uneven attendance, highlighting Princess Marie Louise as a keen literary critic.
In the Rockies near Saddleback the smallest trees in the world form a dwarf willow forest. Botanists travel to study the tiny, perfectly formed trees that fit a violet’s height, with leaves like daisy petals. A Lake Louise climber leaves with wonder.
New letters by Queen Victoria published reveal that Disraeli, then prime minister, suggested endowing a Queen Victoria son with the Duke of Canada title if useful. The note recalls Canada being called a kingdom in early Dominion drafts until Lord Derby changed it to Dominion.
Miss Vivian George, chief assistant to Sir Arthur Keith, argues the human face is growing longer and narrower due to aesthetic influences rather than jaw effort. She notes people still exercise their jaws through speech and other habits while mate selection enshrines graceful, streamlined features.
Halifax immigration officials processed 1,245 trans Atlantic passengers on February 28 at a rate of 24 per minute. The arrivals came aboard the Cunarder Ascania from Southampton the Red Star Hiner Zeeland from Antwerp and the Cunarder Alaunia from Liverpool. Cargo discharge included 6 619 boxes of Australian bat ter destined for Winnipeg and nearly 2 000 000 pounds of ton.
The skull of the oldest Scandinavian was found at Ro in Bebuslan Sweden. Experts Dr Hagg of Stockholm Museum and Prof C M Furst say it is the only known human skull of the Ancytlus period about 5000 years ago when the Battle was a fresh water lake and southern Sweden with the Danish islands joined continental Europe.
The night blooming cereus, famed for desert beauty, is not solely a night flower. Photos show daytime visits by bees to these rare plants, revealing daytime activity.
Benjamin Lazarus of the Bering Watch Company sails from New York to supervise a Europe built wrist watch weighing two tons. He aims to mount the ornament on a statue’s wrist in a seaport town after public attention over a Statue of Liberty proposal.
The asbestos industry closed 1925 with 274,525 tons produced valued at $8,982,507, up from 208,762 tons worth $6,561,659 in 1924. Tonnage set a record while value ranked third highest.
A Wisconsin farmer reports installing drinking basins in his cow stable led to Biscattie never leaving feed. Cows on the same farm watered only once daily showed trouble, with cows slipping out of condition during drought or limited water access.
A Canadian natural resources report highlights wildlife as a national asset aside from fur bearing animals. It notes moose in Eastern Canada, bears and mountain sheep in British Columbia, diverse game and bird life, and the growing tourist appeal for hunting, fishing, and canoe trips. Parks and game preserves are praised for yielding public value beyond monetary return.
University of Alberta Edmonton marketed Tamworth Yorkshire cross pigs under six months old. They were raised on self feeders and graded S85 per cent select. The results support that elect hogs can mature as early as other types and suggest potential for winter pig production.
The Detroit Free Press notes that more timber suitable for lumber is destroyed annually by insects than by forest fires, and adds that carelessness initiating fires also plays a role.
The Channel Islands including Jersey Guernsey Alderney and Sark maintain separate governments from Great Britain with their own laws governors and parliaments. They have not historically funded the British Treasury though wartime burdens may have prompted questions about contributions.
Orville M. Dodge profiles Jack Miner famed for his bird sanctuary and shows his lesser known work in botany and horticulture. Miner cultivates a 120 rod front with varied flowers and exotic plantings to attract visitors and reduce road dust, while maintaining a 30 acre property with forests, pines, red cedars, and bird food plants. Botanists from many colleges visit, recognizing Miner as keeper of one of Canada's largest outdoor flower gardens.
Charles Brandon Booth, heir of Salvation Army founder, visits Toronto and says today’s children are keener but face temptations from weak home life after the war. He cites lack of home influence as a chief factor driving youth delinquency, noting a contrast with the United States.
Saskatchewan owns about one third of Canada's horses totaling 1,169,953 of 3,554,041. Alberta follows with 49,939. Ontario has 644,158 and Manitoba 358,839. Western provinces combine for 2,249,730 horses, about two thirds of the national total, with Saskatchewan averaging eight horses per farm. The piece ends with a rural proverb on neighborly love.
Captain Roald Amundsen, famed South Pole discoverer, rides a CN cab at Winnipeg station during a brief Canada visit en route to Spitzbergen. He plans a spring trip from Rome to Nome by dirigible to reach the North Pole, joined by sixteen pilots and explorers.
Professor W L Carlyle manager of the Prince of Wales E P ranch in Alberta says the venture turns a profit after overheads. The 4320 acre estate near the Rockies hosts 200 Shorthorns 240 sheep and 75 horses with about 25 pure bred bulls sold yearly at 300 to 1500 dollars each. Total value of the ranch and stock exceeds 200000. The Prince himself is described as a hands on farmer.
Psychologists report that reduced sleep results from heavy work habits. In a test nine men and nine women stayed awake eighty hours. After that, eight to ten hours of sleep restored them. Exercise aided wakefulness. driving became easier after the third night. Mental alertness remained despite sleep loss.
About 569 returned men with arm amputations to the elbow see a pension increase. The board of pensions commissioners announces a change raising the disability pension from 76 percent of the 9006 annual total to 75 percent, increasing the annual allowance from about 620 to roughly 75 dollars.
Canada uses about one hundred million pounds of binder twine annually, equating to roughly ten million miles. The fiber comes mainly from Sisal and Manila plants, with Sisal grown from henequen in Yucatan. Canada hosts the empire’s largest binder twine plant, developed without tariff protection in open competition.
Must Perform All Duties Prince George the kings youngest son promoted to lieutenant in the navy will stand watches including midnight to 4 am. Windsor stationed on the flagship Hawkins in the Far East. Henry, third son, passed exam for protection in the Tenth Royal Hussars and will soon receive his captaincy and likely join the staff of the Viceroy of India or the Earl of Athlone in South Africa.
Gardeners sprout seed potatoes by exposing tubers to light for two weeks or more before cutting into sets. Eyes up in warm light in flats or on barn floors yields green sprouts thick and sturdy, ideally under half an inch on planting day to avoid weak, breakable growth. This gains 10 days to two weeks in marketable yield.
A shipment of Sebago or landlocked salmon was sent by the federal fish cultural branch to the Department of Fisheries in Dublin Ireland to establish the famous game orh in the lakes on the estate of Sir Thomas G Grattan Esmonde. A consignment of trout eggs was also dispatched from Vancouver to the Tokyo Angling Club in Japan.
Alberta farmers set a record by purchasing provincial savings certificates in 1925 total investments reached 2 127 464 dollars, well above 1920’s 1 166 740 and 1924’s 294 522. The report notes prosperous agricultural conditions returning after earlier lows.
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