Encouraging Report On Western National Park Tourist Rise
The Department of Mines and Resources in Ottawa reports a strong rise in motor tourist traffic to Western Canada national parks for four months ending July 31. Banff Jasper Kootenay Yoho Waterton Riding Mountain and Buffalo parks show sizable gains, with Waterton peaking at a record 57 802 visitors.
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Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Department
National Parks
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Kootenay
Yoho
Waterton Lakes National Park
Buffalo National Park
Alberta
Prairies
Riding Mountain National Park
Manitoba
Prince Albert National Park
Saskatchewan
United States
Prairie Provinces
Millikan Leads Six Month Cosmic Ray Expedition
Dr Robert Millikan sails from Pasadena with aides Dr Victor Neher and Dr William Pickering to hunt the source of cosmic rays. They will work across Australia, Tasmania, and India using more than 50 detectors and high altitude balloons to broadcast counts back for automatic tape recording.
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Pasadena
Calif
Victor Neher
William Pickering
Australia
Tasmania
India
Dr. Neher
Sun spot show nears end with giant eruptions and storms
The Sun’s 11 year cycle produced some of the largest spot groups on record with areas over 1.17 billion square miles. First linked shortwave fadeouts followed eruptions near sun spots causing telegraph and telephone disturbances and auroras to reach toward the Mexican border. Dr. J O Hickox of Mt Wilson Observatory described the highest prominence yet and a hydrogen calcium cloud rising 970000 miles above the sun, rapidly accelerating from 65 to 200 miles per second before fading.
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J. O. Hickox
Carnegie Institution
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
Cal
Arctic country seen under strong development by Buchan
Hon. John Buchan son of Lord Tweedsmuir, after a year with Hudson's Bay posts, predicts tremendous Arctic growth for Away Up North. He speaks on fur farming's impact on trapping, musk ox conservation, and musk oxen being hunted by Eskimos, while noting plans to return north when possible.
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John Buchan
Lord Tweedsmuir
Hudson's Bay Company
Baffin Island
Canada
Saskatoon
Jasper
Alta
Buchan
North
Arctic Circle
Rothschild Sister Faces Odd Entomology Dilemma
Hon Miriam Rothschild daughter of the late Baron Rothschild struggles with a practical problem in the Rocky Mountains how to remove fleas from a live grizzly bear. She jokes that tweezers won t suffice and notes her lifelong interest in bugs dating back to childhood. The Rothschild family is linked to flea studies through her father.
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Miriam Rothschild
Baron Rothschild
Rocky Mountains
London University
Miss Rothschild
Do minion Experiments Show Erosion Key to Fertility Loss
Do minion experimental farm Ottawa four-year tests show erosion is likely the greatest factor in soil fertility loss. William Dickson notes most plant food lies in the weathered surface layer and may be permanently removed by erosion. Barley yields drop from 39.5 to 5.2 bushels per acre as surface soil is removed, underscoring need for soil conserving practices and across slope tillage.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Ottawa
William Dickson
Field Husbandry Division
Dickson
Durban rejects German tenders for British telephone cables
Durban Municipal Tender Board unanimously rejects fourteen German offers in favor of British bids. German prices undercut by up to 55 percent but are not accepted, raising the cable contract cost to about £2065 instead of £1757. Telephone manager J W Roxburgh backs the lowest British offer.
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Durban
J. W. Roxburgh
Winnipeg doctors seek age of life for bacteria in permafrost
Two Winnipeg doctors plan to test soil samples from Churchill Manitoba to determine how long bacteria can survive in permanently frozen ground. Dr A M Davidson and Dr J Buller arrived at The Pas with sealed solid earth samples. Italian colonies in East Africa cover 659000 square miles with about 6.69 million people.
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Churchill
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
A. M. Davidson
J. Buller
University of Manitoba
Pas
Man
East Africa
Ethiopia
Dreaming of Arch That Barred State Coach Passage
Dream related by the Duke of Portland to the Prince of Wales foretold the arch at Horse Guards being too low for the state coach. Measurements confirmed the arch nearly two feet too low after road work raised the level. Also notes raids on London telephone boxes causing monthly losses and a remark on the Pacific Ocean's vast area.
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Horse Guards
Westminster Abbey
Ewart
Vancouver Province
London
Detroit Man Invents Water Heat Device Claims Steam Method
Glenn Watson of Detroit announces a new heating device using a water wheel principle. The system reportedly heats a room with twelve drops of water, turns a water film into steam on contact, and condenses it on chamber walls before returning to its source.
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Glenn Watson
Detroit
Watson
Busy Month in Seed Testing At Dominion Agriculture Labs
In June the Plant Products Division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture conducted 1 787 tests, with 527 tests focusing on binder twine, indicating a high testing volume despite a typically quiet month.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Contradiction on Elder Drivers In Fatal England Crashes
A report from England finds about half of motorists in fatal accidents are under 31, challenging the idea that older drivers create the main traffic hazard. The data underline youth risk rather than senior drivers.
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England
Editor’s rifle errand turns into mistaken debt collection
A Kansas editor, carrying a Winchester to return a borrowed rifle, faced curious townsfolk who mistook his mission for a warpath and urged payment of debts. Back at the office he found a haul of farm produce and supplies left for him, while a note on acorns suggests wildlife storage habits.
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Kansas
Smithsonian Wins World’s Largest Jewel Acquisition
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington has acquired a gigantic topaz crystal weighing 153 pounds or 350000 carats. Found in Minas Geraes Brazil the pale blue exterior and pale sherry interior gemstone is valued around 5000 dollars.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Minas Geraes
Brazil
Water's Essential Role for Life in Agriculture
The piece highlights how easily accessible water leads to neglect of its vital role for animals and plants. It notes that producing a bushel of corn uses about 13 tons of water and producing a ton of alfalfa hay requires about 86 tons.
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