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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1950
Page
2
The article notes Canada has about 547 924 square miles of present or potential agricultural land. Of this, 271 195 square miles are occupied and over half improved. About 128 000 square miles remain suitable but unused, suggesting room to boost production if needed.
Sir William Ogg of Rothamsted leads a seven man UK agricultural science mission touring Canada. He says Canada can feed itself and Britain, with more land under cultivation and intensified farming. He cites soil and moisture conservation as keys and notes wartime exports proved Canada could feed others. future gains could surpass those wartime levels.
Eatonia Saskatchewan 160 miles southwest of Saskatoon transformed from bald prairie into a shaded townscape after Canadian National Railways moved its roundhouse to Kindersley. Water pumped from a nearby well funded the expansion, enabling running water and a growth of lawns gardens and tree lined streets.
Brandon merchants exposed a new bad cheque scheme when Arthur Reinhold Emisch opened a bank account with 50 cents and inflated its balance to 744.50 to present a 200 cheque. The court heard the attempt to use the phony balance as proof of solvency.
The octobass, a massive French invention from 1849, stands 13 feet tall and requires the player to stand on a box to bow it. This remarkable instrument exemplifies extraordinary musical design.
The Vancouver B C Underwriters Association cuts annual fire insurance rates by about 10 percent in many BC towns and cities citing a favorable loss ratio. Reductions exclude dwellings with prior reductions and certain risk categories. The three year term premium is raised to three times annual premium with a 10 percent reduction for the term. Affected cities include Vancouver Victoria New Westminster Nanaimo Oak Bay Nelson Powell River Fernie Ocean Falls Kamloops Kelowna Vernon.
In Springfield Ohio hundreds of toy houses littered the streets after a Robertson Sign Co truck drop. About 1,000 houses were supposedly consigned to a Pittsburgh firm and roughly 60 were recovered by police. Most local kids kept at least one toy house.
Salads have grown from garnish to a daily staple and can form a complete meal. The 3 C Salad recipe uses gelatine with carrots cabbage and celery in six moulds served on crisp lettuce with mayonnaise.
SWIFT CURRENT Saskatchewan Irvin W Studer MP for Maple Creek farms at Lac Pelletier and reports this year’s apple crop as the best on record Apples hang in clusters like grapes with as many as four boxes picked from a single tree He notes a reversed ratio of leaves to apples about 48 apples per leaf The heavy crop is attributed to moisture and the previous year’s crop failure, suggesting a bumper year after a bad season
Ottawa reports five timber wolf pups and 24 chipmunks with eight raccoons were shipped from Canada to Edinburgh Scotland as a gift from the Resources Department to the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland for exhibition at the Edinburgh 700. The wolves come from Banff National Park while the others were captured in Georgian Bay Islands National Park Ontario.
Six American tourists at Niagara Falls watched in disbelief as a chamber receptionist filled a form for newlyweds then kissed the groom who was her brother. The note adds that tanks were first used by the British in the Somme on September 15, 1916.
An old advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a versatile antiseptic for eczema barber's itch rheum and various skin eruptions with relief in days. It highlights pleasant use deep antiseptic action and success on long standing cases with a satisfaction or money back guarantee.
A string of light humor scenes. A wife questions her husband after a parted goodbye. A correspondence salesman touts earnings while a man replies he already earns more. A wife jokes about egg timing and traffic lights. Cannibals share tongue in cheek lines. A judge and policeman clash over language. A pay as you go buyer laments payments. A cigar buyer is teased by a clerk about towels. An angler and onlooker joke about patience and fishing efforts.
Ottawa reports the labor department announces movement of at least 2000 farmhands from eastern Canada to the prairie provinces for the Grain crop. Most go to Saskatchewan with about 1000 eastern workers. Manitoba and Alberta require at least 50 each. Workers from Quebec and Ontario will be dispatched to Winnipeg for redistribution. transportation costs are set at 15 dollars outbound and 11.50 dollars return.
Kenneth A. Robertson of Edmonton won the $100 top prize in the Ottawa Drama League Workshop play writing contest for Forever, Till Friday. Vancouver judge Sydney Risk selected it from 79 one act plays. Dorothy Pfeiffer of Montreal took second for Creative Art and Jean-Marie. Mary O'Meara of London Ont. earned third for The Highest Mountain.
Ottawa observes Thanksgiving on October 9 as the second Monday of the month by order in council. The holiday is fixed annually as one of the statutory days.
Captain T C Bannerman describes an 11 day battle with heavy Hudson Bay ice. The Regina Polaris, a sturdy supply ship, endured threats of engulfment and finally fought through the ice to become the first vessel into Hudson Bay this year, while larger ships remained outside the grip.
Three New York Canadian groups donated 7052.50 to Manitoba flood relief. The cheque to Lt. Gov. McWilliams accompanied a letter expressing Canadians and friends of Canada in New York’s shock at Manitoba flood damage. The letter was signed by E. B. MacKenzie, Mrs. Carleton Sawyer, and Kenneth C. Ball.
A survey finds 22 percent of women rate faithfulness as the most important quality in a husband. The result highlights enduring value placed on loyalty in marriage.
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