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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
7
A Hudson Bay clerk describes spring travel from The Pas area to Ki say the fish camps. He trades beads for furs with Ki-say-the-wish and Osowusk, then attends a Goose Dance feast with moose meat, pemican, and dances, sharing duties and food with Indigenous hosts.
A three member commission to handle liquor sales for medicinal needs was urged by the Alberta Social Service League. Sales would flow entirely through the government with the commission appointed by the government. The convention also favored restoring clause 72 and sought harsher penalties under the Alberta Liquor Act.
The New York Evening Mail notes there were twice as many divorces in France last year compared to the previous year. The saying implies peace brings almost everything except harmony.
The London Times argues that Helmholtz and Kelvin overstated limits on Earth's age by contraction. New theory links solar heat to a vast sub atomic energy reservoir, allowing the sun and stars to burn for about fifteen billion years and removing practical age limits on Earth’s history.
Official figures show 108 958 war trophies issued by mid October, comprising 4 360 guns 16 718 machine guns 78 756 small arms and 9 124 other trophies. Distribution includes 1 152 guns 9 287 machine guns and 930 trench mortars to the Dominions and 42 guns 333 machine guns 76 mortars to the Colonial Office for remaining British possessions.
Alberta sent an excellent exhibit of steers from the Provincial University at the Chicago International Livestock and Hay and Grain shows. Western provinces, led by Alberta, achieved high placings including a grand championship and top finishes in college and special classes. Beau Perfection, a Hereford from Curtis' Ranch Langdon, won the Clay Robertson Special Class. Five Alberta steers placed among the top twenty in a fat Hereford class of forty seven.
The Alberta health department reports broad inspection work and a vigorous campaign to improve health conditions. Led by the late Hon. A. G. MacKay and continued by Hon. C. R. Mitchell, the effort visited all 176 health districts at least once this year with some visits three or four times. Eighty-three prosecutions were pursued and all resulting in convictions.
Health authorities warn a fear wave of sleeping sickness may return across eastern and central Europe. More than 1,000 cases have been treated this year in Switzerland alone, officials say.
Sir Eric Drummond reports a train of 29 cars was needed to move the League of Nations vast documents from London to Geneva. The transport underscores the scale of the post war organization and its archives.
The event featured Hard Lot of Farmer Premier Drury Hon Manning Doherty Ontario Agriculture Minister and Hon Duncan Marshall Alberta Agriculture Minister. They praised fair directors and urged Britain to lift the Canadian cattle embargo. Marshall noted high prices, stressed farm hardships and called for better training and a Parliament resolution to remove the embargo.
Inventor H. Gouvin has closed a $40,000 deal securing rights to an insulated wall construction used with electrical house heating in Saskatoon. The parties plan large scale development in Ottawa and Toronto.
Copper nears diamonds in value among Southwest Africa's mining output. The report highlights copper's growing prominence alongside diamond production in the region's economy.
A report cites more than two million youths aged 10 to 16 employed across the United States. The figure underscores widespread child labor concerns and prompts calls for policy review and enforcement.
Hon. Mr. Latta urged a definite provincial plan for future land settlement in Western Canada. He warned the U S surveying system caused speculation and inefficient disposal of arable land. He proposed upgrading northern Saskatchewan settlement with local authority and planning before road building or new arrivals.
A decades old feud between Eskimos of Northern Manitoba and the Chippaweyan Indians of Lac du Brochette flares again over Bloody Falls. The massacre of thirty Eskimos near the Copper Mine River is cited as motive for predicted clashes, with both sides accusing the other of treachery and seeking revenge.
A 1900s style report recalls Major Edward J. Moore’s centrifugal gun, a 10 000 rpm device claiming to fire 2000 bullets per minute with no noise or flash. It uses centrifugal force rather than explosives and is operated by electric motor, fed bullets, and a rotating shaft that seems immobile. The War Department has lifted wartime secrecy on details of this invention.
Ontario lawmakers consider requiring all engaged couples to publish a public marriage notice one week before nuptials. The measure aims to ensure transparency and inform any potential objections ahead of wedding plans.
Legislature information tabled indicates the province will install wireless outfits at certain points across Saskatchewan if the commissioner of provincial police provides a favorable report. The plan aims to expand wireless coverage as approved by authorities.
The Literary Digest notes revived French soil with red clover and alfalfa after shelling and gas. A war zone at Red Monkey Plateau shows soil overturned to depths of two to five feet yielding richer, darker green growth as trenches are filled and replanted.
The San Francisco and Fort McMurray Oil Refining Company plans early next spring operations at tar sands near Fort McMurray Alberta with winter preparations including buildings blacksmithing and tunnel work. Two men stay on site for a preliminary inspection and test holes have been drilled while a spur line from the railway and mining clearing are anticipated. The firm aims to push ahead with preliminary work and later bitumen extraction.
Vancouver British Columbia reports a new peak in bank clearings with over 140 million dollars more than last year for eleven months ending November 30. The 1929 eleven months total reaches 796,227,503 dollars, indicating strong growth in financial activity.
A blind horse relying on its acute sense of smell avoids dangerous plants and consistently selects acceptable growth. The article notes the animal’s nose leads it to safe food, illustrating how scent guides grazing decisions in the field.
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