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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 30, 1925
Page
3
A guide on beautifying homes with shrubs trees and vines. Emphasizes planning a simple planting scheme, foundation planting, and using low shrubs to tie the house to its grounds while avoiding overcrowded lawns. Encourages using hardy, lineal plantings from agricultural resources and horticultural societies.
Dr C D Howe dean of forestry at the University of Toronto proposes that annual growth per acre be measured and only trees exceeding the district's average growth be cut He argues strict enforcement would keep Canada's timber wealth and annual dividends sustainable for all time
The Ministry of Transport released figures showing 1,242,090 motor vehicles in Great Britain for 1924. Gross motor taxation receipts reached 75 million dollars, with 474,000 private cars, 441,000 motorcycles, 210,000 commercial motors, and 84,000 taxicabs and omnibuses.
The United States Department of Labor reports that in the seven months ending January 31, 1925, 72,371 Canadians emigrated to the United States and declared their intention to reside there permanently, under the quota law in effect since July 1, 1934.
The report states the slave trade persists in Arabia amid conflict between the Hashemite rulers of Mecca and Sultan Ibn Saad the Wahabi challenger. It notes Ibn Saad freed many slaves after his attack on Hedrea as part of the fighting surrounding Mecca and Meslem's holy city.
The Jewish Agricultural Society reports 75 000 Jews farming about a million acres in the United States, rising from a mere few hundred twenty five years ago. The trend challenges the view of Jews as mainly merchants and traders and reflects historical land ownership restrictions in Europe.
Charles Murphy, general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway's western lines, reports prairie optimism this spring after inspection across the prairie provinces and British Columbia. He credits improving land conditions and high last year's crop prices for the brighter mood among Western Canadians.
Charles Murphy, general manager western lines, announced after a BC inspection trip that about 3.5 million dollars will be spent this year by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Funds cover provincewide improvements, track extensions, Vancouver terminal facilities, and general upkeep.
The Saskatchewan Great War Veterans Association held a convention at Saskatoon and passed resolutions urging the Federal Government to enact legislation for re valuing land bought by soldier settlers. The proposed valuation should be by arbitration and reflect land condition at purchase, not improvements added later.
British settler W. T. Meachin of Chailey Alberta recalls arriving in April 1905 with 35 cents and securing a homestead, describing early hardships stock buying and deflation losses. He credits Alberta as the finest place to start and invites others to join in pioneering work and homesteads while warning against expecting wages without effort.
Sir Frederick Hobday describes in Surgical Disease of the Dog and Cat how injured dogs can receive artificial eyes legs and teeth similar to human patients. He notes whippets may reject pegs while others adapt to leather silver and vulcanite prosthetics, enabling pets to hop or move normally.
A three member preliminary inquiry committee will visit live stock shipping associations across Saskatchewan. Members include George Langley Regina R Wright Drinkwater and Edward Evans Moose Jaw with W J Fisher Tyvan and G E Good Fillmore as alternates. Waldron acts as secretary. The panel may expand to Manitoba Alberta Ontario and the United States if warranted.
Representatives from Saskatchewan branches will meet in Regina to organize an aggressive push for the Hudson's Bay Railway completion. They will discuss lecturing campaigns illustrated with lantern slides from photos along the H B route.
Belgium adopts a sweeping traffic rule removing speed limits for motor cars as of last month. Drivers must avoid endangering the public and pedestrians are urged to yield for vehicles.
A lion and a lamb discuss waking times. The son asks to be called at 7.30 in the morning while the lamb declines, saying he will rise when the lion does.
The Dominion minister of agriculture notes a rising agricultural status as Western Canada holds 40,000,000 bushels of wheat in Ft William terminals and possibly more elsewhere awaiting navigation. Wheat prices and export prospects buoy farmers while the sector remains influenced by wartime and postwar conditions.
The article notes China has become a rising importer of wheat and flour over the past two years. It challenges the view of a rice-centered diet, stating millions in northern provinces and Manchuria rely on wheat millet corn beans and sweet potatoes. Other regions also increasingly consume wheat and flour.
A remote petrified forest near Tonopah Nevada holds more than 100 standing fossilized trees across several hundred acres. The site features fossil bones strewn on the ground and scattered caves. Access is via a canyon that opens into a river bed resembling the Grand Canyon in design.
Regina Leader reports noxious weeds cause Saskatchewan farmers losses of 25 million annually, with Manitoba similar figures and Alberta likely adding to a total of at least 60 million for the three prairie provinces. Conferences will be held in the coming summer to reduce or wipe out the weed loss.
A Washington state firm proposes a pea canning factory at Cardston Alta if local farmers guarantee enough pea acreage. The plan was received by Cardston officials as a potential new industry.
A reader comments on the beauty of chrysanthemums describing their charming colors and natural wonder, noting the plant’s striking appearance and allure.
A reflective line on aging and memory suggesting fear of past life resurfacing after a hard won peace. The quote frames the tension between present stability and lingering past.
The London Daily Express reports a secret conference of 117 delegates from 37 prohibition and temperance groups resolved to bury differences and present a united front to the enemy. The movement aims for local option rather than immediate prohibition.
Jones explains to Brown that Prach is no longer dead as the majority implies she married a man named Smith. The exchange reveals a social misunderstanding and a personal marriage detail.
In a toy shop a child asks to reserve a toy engine until he recovers from what might be measles. The narrator follows a nostalgic scene of childhood desire and parental limits.
Mr J Corbett Mitchell and his wife of Dahinda Saskatchewan have returned to Canada aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Montrose. Mitchell, holder of the World's Wheat Champion title for three consecutive years, has been touring Great Britain delivering lectures on Canada’s advantages for settlers.
Jean Mat a Swiss baker was paid handsomely by an English milling company for his method to keep bread from spoiling. He agreed to sell but insisted on the right to supply the Swiss army with bread made by his process.
The former German floating dock berthed in the Mersey since delivery under the peace treaty has been assigned. The Admiralty will send the dock to Malta to service the capital ships of the Mediterranean fleet.
Louis T. Lehmeyer died a charity patient on Welfare Island New York leaving an estate of 471251 dollars. The bulk goes to a young teacher Migs Worthmann who had been kind to him.
Air mail pilot Unger, forced to land in the Ruby Mountains after gear failure between Elko and Salt Lake City, chose a horse to seek help. He then returned to the aircraft and described a wild ascent by the horse and a hard landing that fractured his left ankle in two places, leaving him shaken.
Eastern buyers purchased thousands of Alberta horses last year and forecasts show demand lasting at least five years. Saskatchewan shipped forty carloads of work horses and regular shipments continue to points outside Alberta.
Jones and his wife discuss the discovery in King Tutankhamen's tomb noting a couche and a chair believed to be 30 centuries old in good condition. The wife quips that buying the best pays in the long run.
A broadshouldered country squire enters a famed Piccadilly hatter. An immaculate assistant asks his pleasure and he replies he wants a hat, chiefly fox hunting gear in mind.
About 5,600 children in New York City quit public schools every month to start work. This shift reduces enrollment and signals shifts in labor realities for youths in the city.
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