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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1949
Page
2
Canadian Forestry Association data show 1 560 000 acres burned by end of September with potential timber and labor value around 50 million dollars. Alberta suffered 613 000 acres of fires worth about 29 616 000, Saskatchewan 489 798 acres and 10 124 910 in losses.
The Dominion Forest Service reports 122 182 acres burned across Canada in 1948 with losses of 3 289 908 dollars. Campers and smokers started 40 of fires. Alberta saw 98 and other provinces 74 human caused. Over ten years average 2 000 000 acres burned yearly with firefighting costs over 900 000 dollars from 1936 to 1946.
The text warns that extensive forest fires threaten Canada’s timber supply for pulp and paper, sawmills, building trades, and railway ties. It urges prevention, improved firefighting, and full cooperation among governments and organizations to curb growing destruction and protect a vital natural resource for present and future needs.
Vancouver report says sockeye salmon store fuel for a 400 mile up river swim and do not feed after salt water. If the distance is too long the fish may exhaust their energy and fail to reach spawning grounds. Scientists of the International Pacific Sockeye Salmon association discuss new transplant methods.
Drilling activity in Alberta has surged to a record high with 95 rigs operating and about 10 more slated to begin, totaling 105 rigs. Crews number 41 in exploration and 44 in field development across the province, concentrated mainly in the Central Plains with 18 wildcat wells, plus 15 exploratory tests in the south and eight in the north.
More than $20,000 has been raised in Canada as a gift to Coventry Cathedral. The funds, announced by the cathedral’s provost the Very Rev R T Howard, will aid the construction of a new organ after the 1940 raid destroyed the building except for the tower spire and nave walls. Rubble has been cleared and the ruins are now lawns and rock gardens.
Canadian farmers captured 56 first prizes and championships at the Chicago exposition, outpacing by province Ontario Alberta British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Ontario led among provinces with 41 points while new sugar of top grains went to Amy Grace Kelsey as wheat champ and Sydney Pawloski oats king.
A set of light gags and wordplay exchanges ranging from fashion jokes about a tailor and loan company to a sheep counting quip. Includes a courtroom quip about the number of times in court and a prospector-like miscommunication between a stenographer and employer.
Harold Wells named Dominion supervisor to organize three new registered trapline systems in southern Manitoba under a Dominion provincial agreement. The plan spends $100,000 yearly for seven years to harvest pelts and prevent over trapping. Wells previously organized northern districts in 1940, now 19 trapping areas with about 2,126 trappers, half treaty Indians.
A stationary lighthouse will be built atop the westernmost foothill about a mile northwest of Cranbrook Airport. The structure will stand 800 feet above airfield level and be visible over a wide area to aid night flying.
B C Gardner president of the Bank of Montreal told shareholders at the 132nd annual meeting that Canada faces a near balance in trade with the United States and a contraction of exports to key overseas markets. He urged a range of exchange rates with a stabilization fund to limit short-term fluctuations and cautioned against excessive state intervention. General Manager Gordon R Ball reported year end resources and deposits surpassing two billion dollars with savings deposits above one billion for the first time in Canadian banking history.
Winnipeg report cites Manitoba health minister and Dr. Hincks as saying prairie residents show better mental health due to rural living. Urban areas host 54.3 percent of Canada's mentally ill. rural areas 45.7 percent. Projection warns care costs could hit 100 million dollars in a decade.
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