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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1949
Page
2
Seven Canadian agricultural scientists educators and administrators spent eight weeks in Britain to observe research teaching and administration in farming policies and organization. The exchange aims to compare information with British farmers and learn from each country’s practices.
A Canadian agricultural mission praised British soil stewardship and livestock diversity. Dr J C Berry and Dr G N Ruhnke highlighted soil fertility as central to crops, livestock, and soils. The visitors commended Britain's research speed, advisory services, and farm machinery developments for fruit and vegetable farming.
Edmonton shows a 21 percent population rise over three years as a third building boom in a decade accelerates. Oil discoveries fuel construction. the city nears a new record, drawing thousands of new residents after prior pre war and wartime booms.
Over 200 damage was caused to a car owned by Norald Lawson 51 of Thief River Falls Minnesota when two tons of hay fell from a five ton truck on Atha Basca street east. The hay came from Paul Wilken 19 of Pangman Sask after a load shifted.
The Lethbridge Herald notes that growing a bushel of wheat requires 20 tons of water. Understanding this fact helps readers interpret rainfall data beyond surface impressions and encourages more informed discussion about the weather and crop needs.
Under floorboards in an old cottage a decorator uncovered discharge papers dating over a century old belonging to Felix Emery a crew member from Lord Nelsons ship H M S Victory.
A collage of light humorous vignettes about dating, misunderstandings, shop signs, telephone etiquette, and everyday manners. Humorous exchanges cover joy riding misadventures, salesgirl quips about cigars and bath towels, a clever telephone greeting comparison, a sweet hat purchase, a reading lamp gift, a remark on sudden fame, ticket woes, and a panhandler encounter.
Saskatchewan Game Commissioner E. L. Paynter said after a meeting of the game advisory committee that migratory bird seasons and bag limits will mirror last year. The committee also proposed a prairie chicken season in the north with a fair-sized bag, smaller limits on southern hungarian partridge, no pheasant season, deer for north and east, antelope in the southwest, and no season for moose elk or woodland caribou.
A Winnipeg RCAF pilot watched his worn hat blown from Saskatoon to Edmonton in a 302 mile leg of a 1000 mile ferry flight for Operation Eagle. The hat, caught in the slipstream, clung to the aircraft tail for hours before dropping to the taxi strip at Edmonton and being recovered still usable.
Ottawa reports the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society launches post graduate fellowships for Canadian physicians to study advanced arthritis techniques at leading British and American centers. Executive director Edward Dunlop cites about 600000 Canadians with rheumatic diseases and notes each fellowship costs 2000 to 4000 dollars.
Bob Adams of the Saskatoon Hilltops track and field club hurled the discus 147 feet 7 3 4 inches to establish an unofficial Canadian record.
Prince Rupert reports a remoted valley near Usk on the Copper River as a possible site of early North American settlement. Luther W. Elder says crude stone houses with slab roofs could indicate Paleolithic-era habitation, challenging views of Siberian-to-Alaskan migration. Col S D Johnston plans to visit for fuller reporting.
The fossilized remains of a 65 million year old prehistoric fish were found at Thornhill Manitoba. L T S Norris Elye director of the Manitoba Museum said the specimen may be a new species and its exact classification awaits examination by a specialist.
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