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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
4
Victoria Hayward reflects on necessity as the driver of invention from ancient times to Canadian frontiers. She notes Indians and pioneers alike faced constant danger and scarcity, shaping practical innovations from paddle-water drinking to makeshift cups, illustrating ingenuity born of hardship and environment.
W B Howard named General Executive Assistant by F W Beatty of Canadian Pacific Railway. The 25 year veteran succeeds F L Wanklyn who retires. Born in Chatham NB, Howard started as junior clerk in St John 1897 and rose to travelling passenger agent. He has led trains for the Prince of Wales and is well known in the east.
Government of Manitoba plans vigorous action to settle 224000 acres of vacant provincial land under Crown control. Canadian Pacific Railway weekly traffic earnings reach 3 801 000, up 4.4 percent from 1923. Rouyn gold fields in Quebec show great future. English capital flows into Canada. Seed grain from Edmonton plant totals 50 000 bushels with 25 990 more planned. International Paper plans expansion at Three Rivers and consider a new plant at Batiscan. Canadian Pacific spends 81 percent of earnings in home market. 195 837 059 total 1923 earnings benefits communities.
A lecture traces Canada's origins from French and British settlement through Loyalist influence and a nascent national spirit. It notes education, religion, and social values as foundational, then shifts to Confederation-era rapid industrial growth, urban concentration, tariffs, and immigration shaping Canada’s modern path.
A voice warns Canada is drifting due to massive foreign settlement and immigration. It argues English mother tongue decline, graft risk in politics, rising taxation, and a weakening civil service. The piece laments moral decay and calls for reform to avert national ruin and forge a new nation.
A letter to the editor criticizes a recent article on Home and Departmental Stores. The writer questions price advantages, accuses home store owners of unjust profits, cites a woman who saved 800 dollars at a department store, and notes church giving and prize lists as trade tricks. The piece ends with a plea about local assessors and consumer credit.
Chas. Penny of the Hamiota Clydesdale Horse Club seeks car loads of heavy draft horses for Eastern buyers. Prospects should contact Penny with age breed weight and price. Waugh of New Brunswick wants several carloads of draft horses preferably Percherons 1450 pounds or more. Iris McLean & Co Cape Breton seeks two cars. K W Crowell Nova Scotia seeks matched teams 1400 to 1500 pounds young sound well broken. Also a note about a hen egg weight and a local debate program next Wednesday evening with van driver achievements for Oakner School and caretaker J Milne with listed salaries.
Solloway, born in Vancouver in 1895, is appointed Acting Asiatic Freight Agent at Montreal with oversight of Oriental and Australasian traffic via Pacific Ports. He began as a stenographer in 1910, served in Jind Highlanders, returned 1917, worked in Vancouver steamship and Ministry of Shipping roles, then moved to Montreal in 1919 and rose to acting Asiatic Freight Agent in 1921.
Notice announces display of fresh pork veal pork sausage cured hams side and pea meal back bacon bologna sausage chopped beef suet pure lard in 3 lb pails. Farmers invited to have dressed pork chopped and placed in sausage skins. Open for thirty days then time needed to work on ice box.
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