Two Centuries In Calgary Region
A survey note describes Calgary area maps issued by Canada’s Topographical Survey. It traces early exploration from Fort La Jonquiere ruins to Palliser and Macoun reports, mentions Turner Valley refineries, and notes the new Calgary Southeast and Northwest sheets covering over 1 500 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island Falls
Churchill River
Topographical Survey
Ottawa
Calgary
The
Topographical Survey of Canada
Brisebois
North West Mounted Police
Bow River
Fort la Jonquiere
Passoyac
Saskatchewan
Rocky Mountains
North
David Thompson
Macoun
John Glen
Fish Creek
Glen
Patrick
Turner Valley
Surveyor-General
Department of the Interior
Rare Postage Stamps Blunders Fetch High Prices
The piece recounts famous stamp errors and their values, noting upside down airplane 24-cent airmail, a four-stamp block sold for 15000, and the British Guiana one cent of 1836 owned by Arthur Hind who paid 32500. It highlights collectors’ penchant for printers errors and unique issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
E. H. R. Green
Australia
British Guiana
Arthur Hind
Utica
Ornery
Hind
New York Herald- Tribune
One Problem Solved in Rural Proverb Dialogue
A dialect commentary contrasts male and female bargaining phrases with lines about men paying more for desired goods and women paying for undesired ones. It notes unemployment money as a larger issue than unemployed men and mentions Marseilles, France hosting an international fair next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
France
Early ripening Negasaki cross yields larger Canadian eggplants
The Dominion Horticulturist reports a cross between Negasaki, an early small-fruit egg plant, and Black Beauty, a large late variety, producing a much larger, earlier fruit. Work now aims to fix this new type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Experimental Farms
Dominion Horticulturist
Canada
Churchill storage tanks progress and church fund rise
Work on the 2,500,000 bushel Churchill elevator is near completion as crews prepare to wind down. Carter-Halls-Aldinger reports the power house done and railways and canals work at Churchill harbor moving smoothly. The United Church of Canada records first half year receipts of 509,725 dollars, up from 486,206, with six conferences gaining and five declining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Carter- Halls-Aldinger Company
Department of Railways and Canals
Churchill Harbor
United Church of Canada
Robert Laird
Crime rises in Britain says Justice McCardie at Birmingham Assizes
Justice McCardie opened the Birmingham Assizes declaring crime is higher now than in the last sixty years. He warned that many criminals are more ingenious and astute than those of a generation ago.
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Justice McCardie
Birmingham
Romans Embrace Vegetarian Diet Boosts Vegetable Trade
Rome shows a shift to vegetables with total vegetable imports reaching a high last year. Salad vegetables alone totaled 1,258,052 kilograms valued at 1,220,310 lire, while overall produce cost 4,500,000 lire.
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Rome
Beet Sugar Production In Canada Rises In 1930
Production of beet sugar in Canada in 1930 exceeded 1929 in value by 1 197 629 dollars. The acreage rose by 7 976 acres and the yield increased 162 121 tons despite low prices.
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Canada
Banff meteorologist N B Lawson marks 1000th Sulphur Mountain climb
In Banff Alta N B Lawson long time meteorological observer celebrated his thousandth ascent of Sulphur Mountain with a July 1 1931 breakfast at the observation station attended by visitors from the Canadian Pacific Railway Banff Springs Hotel. The peak sits 9000 feet above sea level and Lawson, well over seventy, posed for a commemorative photograph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banff
Alta
N. B. Lawson
Canadian Pacific Railway
Banff Springs
Alomst
Canada
Lawson
Canned Goods Inspected Under Dominion Agency Grades
Summer travelers rely on the Dominion Department of Agriculture fruit branch for strict inspection of canned foods. Each container must match size standards and bear a grade: Fancy the highest, Choice a very good product, and Standard for value with good flavor.
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Fruit Branch
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ancient Egyptian wheat fails to grow from tomb grain
Sir Ernest Wallis Budge notes newspaper questions about Tutankhamen wheat, replying that ancient Egyptian wheat will not grow. In Western Thebes a tomb model grapary yielded grain that turned to dust after three months. Kew Gardens staff, botanists, and Unger tested tomb grains with negative results.
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Ernest Wallis Budge
British Museum
Thebes
Ernest
Kew Gardens
Kew
Unger
Northwestern Miller
Canada Beef to Carry Canada Mark Under UK Grading Plan
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary of State for Scotland review Canadian beef imports for immediate slaughter. They favor proper grading and identifica tion, allowing Canadian origin beef to be graded at grading centers under the 1928 Agricultural Produce Act, with the word Canada placed over the map of England and Wales as the national mark.
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Britain
Canada
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Minister of Agriculture
Secretary of State
Scotland
National Farmers’ Union
England and
Wales
Closer Trade Ties Between Caribbean and Canada Explored
The Caribbean seeks stronger trade relations with Canada citing sugar industry woes and the need to extend the Intercolonial Conference's benefits. The article notes no guarantee of continued advantages under the current agreement and calls for a more effective, broader scope with mutual profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribbean
Canada
Trinidad Guardian
Record BC fruit and veg pack peak in 1930 exceeds 1928 mark
British Columbia canning plants produced 1 521 500 cases of canned fruits and vegetables in the year ending 1930, surpassing the 1928 record by 80 000 cases. Total output rose from 1 144 112 in 1929 to 1 521 500 in 1930, with 1 441 300 in 1928.
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British Columbia
Port of Vancouver Grain Exports Near 74 Million Bushels
By the end of June the season's grain exports from the Port of Vancouver exceeded 70,000,000 bushels and projections show the total reaching 74,000,000 bushels by the close of July.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pioneers Learn From Western Crop Crisis
The Financial Post notes Western Canada faces its worst crop failure in years while Ontario, Quebec, and Maritime provinces stay resilient. Eastern farmers adapted through diversification and market focus, offering hope that Western agriculture will recover as funds are used to cushion impacts.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
West
Prairies
The
Financial Post
Japs Begin Agricultural Colonies in Brazilian Jungle
Japanese settlers in the Amazon region near the Amazon River form experimental colonies under government support. Ryoji Noda, veteran diplomat, says over 1,000 Japs work in rice and cotton, with vast lands ready for development beyond the Rio Branca frontier.
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Amazon River
South America
Ryoji Noda
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Noda
Rio Branca
Canning jewel sold at Sotheby's for 50000 dollars
The Canning jewel believed to be by Benvenuto Cellini sold at Sotheby's for 50000 dollars. It is a Renaissance Italian piece that Earl of Harewood inherited from the second Marquis of Clanricarde in 1917. The jewel was found in the treasury of the King of Oudh during the 1857 Delhi siege.
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Canning
Sotheby's
Benvenuto Cellini
Earl of Harewood
Mary
Marquis of
Clanricarde
Oudh
Delhi
Barley Historical Crop Leader in Dominion Yields
Barley, the hardiest cereal, dates to ancient times and was first used as food. In the Dominion it ranks third in acreage and total yield, second in average yield per acre, with uses expanding beyond food over the years.
Mounties myth debunked by retiring RCMP head
Col. Courtland Starnes, retiring RCMP leader, says the Mounties never always "get their man" and credits current personnel with equal capability to past exploits. The piece contrasts image with reality and notes a broader context of national fame. It also reports a shocking statistic: over 1,000 deaths in British coal mines last year.
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Courtland Starnes
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Col. Starnes
Ultra Violet Radiation Ties Sunspots to Vitamin D And Sunburn
Carnegie Institute radiometrist Pr Edison Pettit reports ultraviolet rays vary with sunspot cycles, peaking at sunspot maxima and dipping at minima about one third. UV radiation helps form vitamin D from cod liver oil, explaining bone and teeth issues in early 20th century generations while also driving sunburn risk. ozone layer shields earth and meteor entry.
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Edison Pettit
Carnegie Institute of Washington
Safety For Miners In Nova Scotia And British Columbia
Gordon McLean of Pittsburgh reports at the Nova Scotia Mining Society meeting in Halifax that Nova Scotia and British Columbia coal mines have the lowest fatality rate per 1000 workers. For 1925-29 the rate was 2.02 in each province, compared with 3.39 in Alberta and 3.15 in the United States.
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Nova Scotia Mining Society
Halifax
Gordon McLean
Pittsburgh
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
United States
Canada
Alberta
Strip farming urged to combat soil drift in Saskatchewan
F. H. Auld deputy minister of agriculture spoke at the Regina Herd Improvement Association field day in Pilot Butte. He urged strip farming as a remedy for soil drifting. Percy Reed dairy commissioner also spoke. F. M. Turner presided as association president.
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Saskatchewan
F. H. Auld
Regina Herd Improvement Association
Pilot Butte
Percy Reed
F. M. Turner
Asociation
Export to Russia Bulls Bought by Soviet Co-Operative Society
Two shorthorn bulls from the Prince of Wales herd have been sold to the Soviet Co-Operative Society for export to Russia. The Soviets have bought hundreds of British pedigree cattle in the past month, with the English Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd acting for Russians in purchases from the Prince's farm manager at Nottingham.
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Prince of Wales
Soviet Co-Operative Society
Russia
English Co-Operative Wholesale Society, Ltd
Nottingham
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Vienna
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B. Sanson
West Indies
B.C. Fruit Pack
Vancouver Grain Exports
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Meer Yash
FC i of
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Paris
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