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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1951
Page
2
The early century saw new western land opened for homesteaders many families moved repeatedly as better land appeared. As prairies settled fewer unsettled tracts remained and homesteading opportunities waned. Western Canada's finest farms and top farmers began from homesteads, a colorful chapter in western history.
Alberta government announces a new district in the Peace River country with 356 quarter sections and 50 school lands reserved. The heavy clay loam soil suits wheat oats barley and grasses with much of the tract burned over and easier to clear than some northern areas for homesteading.
Government warns roads will be rough and water scarce for new settlers as land opens for homesteading in the West. Many may seek fortunes, starting anew with help for families, young people, and new Canadians. The move continues a tradition in Canada’s development.
Sherridon Manitoba, 60 miles northeast of Flin Flon, will cease operations at the Sherrit-Gordon copper and zinc mine on Sept. 1. Forty houses are to be moved to the new nickel discovery site at Lynn Lake behind tractors this winter as rail and refinery plans proceed.
In Vancouver a juvenile court judge warned girls hitch-hiking may lead to parents charged with contributing to juvenile delinquency. Judge Mackenzie Matheson urged girls to avoid thumbing rides due to the risk from strangers. The bylaw in Vancouver bans hitch hiking.
Kenneth Joseph Elliott of the Cowichan Indian tribe is believed the first British Columbia Indian to win an appointment to the Civil Service School of Drafting in Ottawa.
Vancouver fans and players favor Ab Mortimer a 62 year old former star now umpire in the Kings way baseball league. He is voted most popular umpire known for his bull throated calls and works five to six games a week. Born in New Westminster he played with Handry Mills then eight years with the Kansas City Monarchs. He served with the Canadian forestry corps in WWII before settling in Vancouver as an umpire.
Alberta border towns from Alsask to Empress report rats crossing from Saskatchewan into rodent-free zones. The Alberta Agriculture Department announces a campaign to keep the pests out across 250 miles of frontier.
A special committee of the Saskatchewan Poultry Association urged in Saskatoon that a National Poultry Marketing Board be formed. The association executive agreed the plan would leverage existing marketing bodies and allow provincial surpluses to be sold through a national board if created.
A cow in Saskatoon area lost her calf but then nursed four young pigs. The pigs began nursing while she rested and have since followed her around. A Regina barbershop sign proclaims the shop as the town's best clip joint. Success comes in cans.
A parade of jokes and light exchanges shows office moments, spouse quarrels, church gags, teaching quips, and dating humor. Characters include a busy executive and former office boy, a wife weighing elegance and age, deacons, a preacher, and workers at a museum. The humor plays on memory, memory lapses, and everyday pressures.
Prince Albert board of trade notes a steady 1950 to 1951 business rise. Bank clearings climbed by over 1 million in June and 500 thousand in July, with increases also in post office activity building permits and tax collections. Airline passengers rose from 170 to 307 in June and 132 to 287 in July. Tourism at two camps drew 475 patrons in June and 632 in July, up from last year.
The note promotes pattern C7200 weaving embroidery by Alice Bros offering motifs for a trousseau set. It instructs sending twenty five cents to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg Toronto to obtain the pattern and to request name address and pattern number. It mentions a 1951 Alice Brooks Needlework catalogue and a free pattern. Australia is collecting pennies for a war memorial to the United States.
First 1951 census figures for 20 Saskatchewan towns and 121 villages show overall urban gains since 1941 with a total for towns at 16 973 and villages at 24 087. Manitoba towns and cities including Brandon Portage la Prairie and St Boniface also report notable increases, while Ottawa notes Winnipeg excluded from initial figures.
A scientific party surveys the Western Chilcotin mountains this summer. The team includes three Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue unit members and nine civilian mountaineers. They aim to chart large areas of wilderness.
Spokane woman Mrs. Marie Flechsig discovered $1000 in currency inside a plain pillow her late mother had guarded. The revelation came when she opened the pillow to fit a new cover, fitting the mother’s warning to keep the treasured item.
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