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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 23, 1952
Page
2
The article notes frequent population shifts within provinces and between Canada and other nations. New industries and resource discoveries draw workers, with Alberta and British Columbia seeing notable growth as opportunities and climate lure residents from across the country.
The recent figures reveal Saskatchewan urban growth of 24.8 percent and rural decline of 23.2 percent. Manitoba urban rise of two hundred percent and rural drop of eighty four percent. Alberta urban gain of 5.5 percent and rural decrease of 7.87 percent. Canada Year Book notes 500,000 Prairie residents left between 1931 and 1946, with a possible postwar uptick due to oil and Westward development.
Changes in population concentration create housing, school, church, and hospital needs. Some areas expand facilities while others face abandoned farms, empty schools, and dwindling support for local organizations. Social workers and teachers weigh the welfare impact of these adjustments.
Lloydminster heavy crude field on the Alberta Saskatchewan border produced 22,000 more barrels in January and February than in the last two months of the previous year. Two month average was 6 297 barrels daily totaling 377 837 barrels with Saskatchewan wells at 198 863 barrels and Alberta wells at 178 974 barrels. Cumulative output by end February reached 9 596 867 barrels with 5 406 661 from Saskatchewan and 4 190 206 from Alberta.
The Salford street lighting committee reports 1 285 lamps broken since last September by courting couples. Residents say youths with guns sought privacy by smashing lamps they stood beneath.
FE A Bromley of Canadian National Railways spends 537.94 dollars per minute with a yearly record 275.6 million dollars and a 11 year total of 1.65 billion dollars. He orders from 10,000 firms across Canada for a rail network and hotel chain while stocking 140 warehouses from Newfoundland to British Columbia with items from ice to locomotives.
A collage of light jokes and anecdotes. Bits include Irish United States notions, a corset salesman joke, a prefabricated house brag, an upside down basement roof gag, a naturalization tax form reply, a vicar and drowning water metaphor, and a child’s take on the world’s shape.
Regina reports outstanding Jersey records in Saskatchewan with 1952 highlights. Underview Adorations Fancy, owned by Lorne F. Barber, produced 8977 pounds of milk and 471 pounds of fat in 365 days at two years old. Sultan's Golden Batier Sybil, owned by Mrs. Ben Lister and Son, yielded 7442 pounds of milk and 415 pounds of fat in 306 days as a junior three-year-old. Echo, a senior yearling in Barber’s herd, produced 6513 pounds of milk and 375 pounds of fat in 364 days with a 5.76 percent test.
London doctors J W Lovett Doust and Robert A Schneider report snoring signals the body recharging oxygen. After nightly observations of seven sleepers aged 22 to 36, the pair note air stays flowing as long as snoring continues, findings published in the British Medical Journal.
An elderly farmer and his wife seek a modern ranch style home with a flat roof and economy in mind. A rural lumber merchant guides them using the Western Retail Lumbermen’s Association plan service, emphasizing long term costs and available drafts. The association backs merchants with drafting, technical info, and a library to aid rural building.
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