Forest Resource Depletion in Canada Under Reforestation Push
An official 1925 Canadian analysis notes rising use of raw timber from forests, with primary forest production valued at 209 million dollars, down slightly from 1924. It describes government and provincial reforestation efforts, including seed planting and tree planting, to curb depletion and sustain future material supply.
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Canada
Canadian Pacifc Railway
Dominion
Forest Products Branch
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Remembering Good Old Days in Moose Jaw Times
Questioning how twenty five years ago people imagined progress. The piece reflects on cars, air travel, women's hair, peace efforts, silk from trees, Western Canada’s grain wealth, Alberta coal and oil, Saskatchewan grain, and shifting leisure time, asking if happiness and riches have improved.
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Western
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw Times
Faith and tech mix in curious caution aboard
A fragmented piece notes reliance on faith over understanding in everyday tech like the telephone. It mocks analytical minds for doubting religion while referencing a ship’s doctor and a line about cattle killed by electricity in modern slaughterhouses.
Not Anxious For Trouble To Start War
A speculative view argues Russia is not ready for war due to limited military power and industrial constraints. The piece suggests Russia would face European intervention, lacks a capable navy, and fears revolutions if Georgia Azerbaijan or Siberia destabilize.
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Rassia
Europe
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Siberia
Russia
Romania
Windbreaks For Orchards Protect Prairie Fruit Trees
Prairie provinces use windbreaks to protect orchards from harsh winds. Evergreen white spruce forms a dense shelter, planted eight to ten feet apart, sometimes in multiple alternating rows. Caragana hedges provide additional coverage, and protection reduces moisture loss and winter damage.
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Prairie Provinces
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Formanent
Feeding Rabbits A Bulletin On Proper Diet
A Dominion Department of Agriculture bulletin stresses hay as a essential feed and warns against relying on random weeds. It recommends morning and evening grain like wheat or oats with occasional carrot or celery, remove leftovers, and in winter feed a moistened mash. Water should be pure and clean. occasional milk is beneficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Western Canada Rich In Sodium Sulphate
Dominion Mines reports 83 sodium sulfate deposits in Western Canada, mainly Saskatchewan. Investigations of 21 show over 115 million tons of hydrous salts, chiefly sodium sulfate. Uses span pulp and paper, glass, metallurgical, dye, and textile industries.
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Pally
Saskatchewan
Dominion Department of Mines
Canada
Alberta reports mixed poultry outlook and strong egg supply
The Egg and Poultry Marketing Service says poultry is fairly satisfactory while eggs are in good supply. A cold backward spring hurt chick development. The quotes reflect a cautionary exchange about wealth and ambition.
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Egg and Poultry Marketing Service
Alberta
Developing A Gold Mine The scale of Canadian mining expansion outlined.
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service reports a Northern Ontario shaft costing about 2,000,000 and using 1.5 million feet of British Columbia tinfiber as a symbol of great industrial activity. Canadian machinery logging and transportation supply the effort for a large, multi million dollar project with future extensive tunnels and facilities.
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Ontario
Pacific Coast
British Columbia
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Canada
Book Post Confusion and a Nickel Mine Tale
An elderly woman mails trousers using a Postal Guide rule about items open at both ends. Postage is charged as book rate, causing dispute at the post office. The story ends with a light exchange about a sculptor and a landlady. Canada hosts the world’s largest nickel mine near Sudbury.
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Canada
Sudbury
Getting Rid of Couch Grass Recommenced After Hay Cut
Experimental Station at Fredericton outlines a yearly weed eradication plan for couch grass. Cut hay early to prevent seeding, plough, then disk and cross-disk soil weekly or ten days apart. Repeat with deeper settings, followed by spring tooth barrow cultivation until winter dormancy. The method avoids bare fallow and requires persistent care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericton
Long Arctic Bird Banding Flight Noted With Hawks And Robins
W H B Hoare led two years of Arctic coast banding in the North West Territories and Yukon. Three young duck hawks were banded July 30 1924 between the Babbage River and King Point with one killed near Duchesne Utah February 20 1925, the bird migrating at least 2300 miles. Three robins were banded near the Arctic Ocean within twenty miles, from a Coppermine River spruce nest. First Steno quips about the boss greased chair.
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Arctic
Canada
W. H. B. Hoare
North West Territories
Yukon
Department of the Interior
Babbage River
King Point
Yukon Territory
Duchesne
Utah
Arctic Ocean
Coppermine River
Alberta to complete Edmonton US border highway by October
The report states Alberta will finish its trunk highway from Edmonton to the United States border by October. It notes plans to begin a program of improved connecting links across the province. A stray line about showing a woman's curiosity before a camera ends with a non sequitur remark about a man.
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Alberta
Edmonton
United States
Canadian National Railways unveils derailment preventing device
The Safety Department introduces a four bracket system mounted on hand cars and motors to avert derailment. Tests with a gasoline car at 10 to 30 mph showed the brackets reliably held the car on the rails.
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Safety Department
Canadian National Railways
Dredging Finds in Estuary Unearth Odd Relics from Armada to Armor
The dredge work reveals a slow, costly hunt for salvaged artifacts. Anchors of various shapes, carved wood fragments from an Armada ship, a small chest with a crucifix and children's bones, pots and pans, armor pieces, a church bell from the south coast estuary, and two interlocked skeleton hands with a corroded ring.
No Good As a Dog Appeal From Border Cities Star
The Border Cities Star condemns an Olympia breeder for a so called dog and ridicules a mutant canine lacking normal dog traits. It argues that a true dog must have bark tail eyes ears and joyful or despondent expression and laments this malformed creature as an unsuitable example of a dog.
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Border Cities
Olympia (Wash
Olympia
Choosing Congenial Friends Make Cheerful Companions
The text argues that a person who readily shares what they like will be a stimulating companion, while one who fixates on dislikes and grumbles is destructive and standoffish. It advises cultivating individuals with positive interests who inspire enthusiasm and ideas.
Getting Into Deep Water in Lunacy Proceedings
A courtroom exchange during lunacy exam ends with a joke about presidential trivia as the respondent struggles to name the third president. The scene shows a lawyer prompting Washington and Adams while the respondent falters. An observer notes the respondent is “doing well” as the moment passes.
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Washington
Canada’s strawberry and berry crops adapt to climate regions
The article outlines where strawberries grow across Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific and as far north as the 64th parallel in Nova Scotia and parts of New Brunswick. It details ripening times from June to August, notes ever bearing varieties extending to October, and discusses soil needs and moisture retention for good yields. It also covers currants raspberries and their yields, hardiness, and regional growth limits in Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, the Yukon and the Mackenzie Delta.
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Canada
Io Atlantic
Pacific
Nova Scotia
Parta
New Brunswick
St. John
Kenoebecasis
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Prince Edward Island
Dominion Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Arctic Circle
Dominion
Mackenzie Delta
Yukon
Teeth of monstrous Mexican beast awe researchers
Reports describe giant fossil remains from Sonora Mexico including a twelve inch tooth from an alosaurus like creature. Calculations by veterinarians suggest a full tooth set could weigh about a quarter ton and a head rivaling a car with the total animal weight tens of tons.
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Sonora
Mexico
Detuilsta
Jack Rabbit Fast Traveller Kept Ahead of Car
A Kansas man Dr H L Halthouse of McPherson raced a rabbit along a road. The rabbit kept pace at speeds from twenty five to thirty eight miles per hour, finally vanishing into a swamp as the car reached forty miles an hour.
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Kansas
H. L Halthouse
McPherson
Father withholds $5 reward after student’s success
A University Heights youth asks his father to pay a promised $5 reward for school success. The father replies yes but warns he will not incur the expense, noting many congratulated him on the son’s achievements.
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University Heights
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