Canada Shines at Chicago Exhibition Despite World Wheat Loss
Canada dominates livestock and grain prizes at the Chicago International Show. Marquis wheat seed from Seager Wheeler sires wins in Montana. Canada takes many hard spring wheat awards and top Shorthorn and sheep honors. Saskatchewan and Manitoba teams claim major pony and Clydesdale titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
L. P. Yates
Fiehtaiji
Montana
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
Saskatchewan
Marquis
Dominion
W. J. Large
Lakeland
George Avery
Kelso
Western Canada
Holland Seeks European Market for Alberta Horse Meat
Alberta’s agriculture minister received a request from Antwerp to ship 2000 pounds of horse meat for market testing in Europe. If satisfactory the deal could open a sizeable export market. Price quoted is Georgia per pound f o b Antwerp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Antwerp
Holland
Europe
Edison and Ford Among 2000 Seek Old Patent Office Models
Two thousand applicants including Thomas A Edison and Henry Ford compete for 156000 old patent office models being sorted by a congress authorized commission. Edison requests originals of five typewritten pages. Ford aims to preserve mechanical engineering device models for study. Humble herring becomes expensive rising from five francs for 19 pounds to just over two pounds now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Ford
Congress
Mr. Edison
Mr. Ford
France
Alberta Oil Prospects Highlighted by Alberta OU
Dr John Allen of the University of Alberta presents a survey at the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy noting Alberta petroleum potential. He cites 235 4 square miles with about 6 000 square miles containing prospects, 96 wells drilled by 1925, 15 completed, and ongoing drilling, plus Royalite No 4 Turner Valley producing around 500 barrels daily of high gravity gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allen
University of Alberta
Alberta
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Turner Valley
Beaume
British Petroleum
Wainwright
Grapes Prove Viable in Southern Alberta Farmlands
J H Walker of Raymond Alberta reports successive grape generations thriving with minimal care. Planting six vines in 1922 led to sturdy growth and ripe fruit last year and this year. He believes grapes can be grown on a fairly large scale in Southern Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Walker
Raymond
Alta
Walker
Alberta
Remarkable Grain Transport On Canadian Pacific Train
The Imperial Limited westbound from Fort William to Molson covered 378 miles in schedule time. During the trip the double track saw 31 fully loaded eastbound freight trains, about one every 21 minutes, comprising 1,850 loaded cars and transporting an estimated 2,750,000 bushels of grain along with other freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
Imperial Limited
Fort William
Molson
Brandon District Sugar Beets Show Strong Growth Potential
The Brandon district in Manitoba proves favorable for sugar beet culture. Tests by the board of trade, with samples from the city and district, and from the American Beet Sugar Company in Grand Forks, North Dakota, were all very favorable. A larger beet testing program will be conducted next year by the board of trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Board of Trade
Manitoba Agriculural College
American Beet Sugar Company
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Manufacturing growth in western provinces rises in 1922 23
The Bureau of Statistics reports steady manufacturing gains across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta between 1922 and 1923. Manitoba shows more establishments capital and production value rising. Saskatchewan firms increase in count though output falls. Alberta also adds establishments capital and output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Provinces
Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Saskatchewan Butter Production Rises In October
Saskatchewan reports October butter production of 1,301,740 pounds up 14.2 percent from October last year. Cumulative nine month total reaches 14,487,623 pounds versus 12,198,264 a year earlier, an increase of 2,289,359 pounds or 18.7 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Manitoba Building Stone Standards Highlighted by Experts
Geologists and engineers from across the Dominion gathered at Winnipeg praised Manitoba building stone from Tyndall quarries as superior to all continental quarry stone, including Bedford. They urged the local institute to promote the product nationally and include samples in all Canadian mineral exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Tyndall
Dominion
Winnipeg
Canada
Rival Former Employee Accuses Mentor in Harsh Mock
In a character reference, Mr. Blank labels a former employee now rival as a sharper, thief and lout, claiming he taught him all he knows. The remark frames the rival as deceitful and ungrateful within a competitive context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Blank
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Contracts Reach Key Acreage Share
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool reports 69 000 contracts covering 9 331 000 acres of wheat, 71 percent of the province. Earlier in the year 51 000 contracts covered 7 100 000 acres. Business transacted totals 77 006 000 with expenses 319 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Wheat Pool
University of Pennsylvania's Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh
The two storey cathedral of learning, a limestone structure rising above the Oakland district, will be visible for about 32 miles in all directions. It will house nearly all university activities and serve as a central hub for campus life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Pennsylvania
Cathedral of Learning
Oakland
Pittsburgh
Ohio Farmer Breaks World Corn Record Again
Ira Marshall of Dola sets a new record with 1,600.1 bushels of corn in 10 acres, surpassing the 1922 mark by 25.7 bushels per acre set by W. H. Gilmore of Licking County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Ira Marshall
Dola
W. H. Gilmore
Licking County
Irascible Guest Compares Room to Prison
A hotel guest paints the room as prison like while the manager retorts that such view may be fair though he has never served time in prison. The exchange highlights dry wit in a hospitality setting.
Government surveys domestic fuel stocks in Ontario and Quebec
Hon. Charlies Stewart states the Dominion fuel board completed an intensive survey of domestic fuel stocks with dealer cooperation. The report shows households stocked up in advance, higher British anthracite imports, widespread coke use, and available bituminous coal grades. Railways will speed coal movement from Alberta and the Maritimes if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Stewart
Dominion Fuel Board
United States
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
Maritime Provinces
Early maturing wheat expands western Canada limits
Eastern Canadian farmers note success of registered seed grain growers from Manitoba to Ontario and New Brunswick. Garnet and other early varieties push the northern agriculture frontier from The Pas to Peace River, opening a broad mixed farming belt with new seed grower associations forming in Kemptville and Fredericton districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Ontario
New Brunswick
Kemptville Seed Barley Growers’ Association
Fredericton District
Federal Department of Agriculture
Wesern
Northland
Pas
Hudson Bay
Peace River District
W. R. Motherwell
Mile
Experimental Farms
Peace River
Vynet
Canada’s Trade Increases in Seven Months to October
Government returns show Canada’s total trade for the first seven months of the fiscal year ending October up by 197 million dollars from the same period in the prior year. The seven month total reaches 3,255,909,438 with exports rising 129 million and imports 68 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Prairie Fisheries Value Upward in Two Provinces in 1924
Dominion bureau of statistics records 1924 fishery value totaling 2,054,162 dollars in Manitoba 1,232,560 Saskatchewan 482,492 and Alberta 359,107. Alberta falls by 99,650 while whitefish makes up 42 percent and pickerel 25 percent of the total. A note mentions proposed radio plant letters EVE and a cynical editor’s remark on a first broadcasting station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Volcanic Ash Reported Across Western Canada
Volcanic ash has been found in large beds in several localities including southern British Columbia and near Swift Current in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan material is already used in scour ing soaps and cleansing compounds. The text also notes philosophical musings and an analogy about an unsuccessful marriage proposal resembling a sneeze that did not occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
British Columbia
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Young swine raisers win W D Robb Cup at Toronto show
Archie Campbell and Chester Brown of Komoka Ontario won the bacon hog competition at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. Lote Austen Skye Glen and Annie Camer on Mabou Nova Scotia took second, with Saskatchewan third and Alberta fourth. Representatives from Prince Edward Island Manitoba New Brunswick and Quebec also competed. Dr W J Black CN R noted agriculture's link to railway success.
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Canada
King of the Fairies
H.R.H
Prince of Wales
Pekieko
Alberta
Toronto
T. A. Russell
Tourupto
Waterloo
James Snell
Clinton
Ontario
Robert McEwen
London
McEwen
North America
F. B. Glaspell
Hampton
Cotswold Wethers
Manitoba Cartage and Warehouse Company
Winnipeg
Bradwell
Prairie
National Railways
Archie Campbell
Chester Brown
Komoka
W. D. Robb
Lote Austen
Skye Glen
Annie Cameron
Mabou
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
Allan Lusch
David Fulker
Wiseton
Clifford Lynn
James Wile
Vegreville
Woylife
Prince Edward Island
Harold Smith
Edmund Robertson
Pownal
Manitoba
Ruby Finkbeiner
Pearl Hodgson
Decker
New Brunswick
Alice
Lily Davis
Port Elgin
Quebec
H. Parnell
T. A. Woodward
Lennoxville
W. J. Black
Department of Colonization, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Canadian National Railways
Black
Alberta Coal In Demand Says CPR Official
Charles Guurphy, general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway western lines, reports little coal enters Manitoba from the south with Alberta supplying nearly all domestic fuel. He notes 90 percent of Winnipeg coal comes from Alberta and Alberta coal reaches Chapleau in Ontario, about 375 miles east of Fort William, and believes the market can be maintained with good quality coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Guurphy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western Lines
Manitoba
Alberta
Winnipeg
Chapleau
Ontario
Fort William
Quain t Marriage Custom Among Berenul Tribes
A Central Africa report describes a marriage custom on the Berenul River where a groom’s sister marries the bride’s brother. If no sister exists, the groom must work for his brother in law for three years, the standard value of a sister.
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Berenul River
Central Africa
Scots wind powered Monkland Railway scheme
A century ago British Parliament sanctioned the Monkland Railway in Scotland to run trains on wind power with umbrellas catching the breeze to propel the trains. When the wind failed the train was pushed to move forward.
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Monkland Railway
Scotland
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University of Saskatchewan
Greenmeadow
Bonnie Craigie
Saskatchewan University
Bonnie Craiglachie
Bonnie Fitzhugh
James Duggan
Condit
Parkdale
C.P.R
Continent
Prairie Fisheries
Mr. Robb
Wackrow
James Wyllie
Verreville
Sask
Man
W. E. Watson
C.N.R
D. M. Johnson
Western
Agricultural Dept
Ruby Finkbefner
Chapleau, Ont
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