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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 10, 1951
Page
2
The article notes Canada enjoyed low unemployment after World War I due to military and industrial demand. Postwar activity kept jobs high with seasonal labor needs in farming and logging. Transfers between occupations have been rapid with few workers left unemployed for long periods.
National Employment Bureau figures for November 1950 show total unemployed in Canada at 147000, 25400 fewer than a year earlier. Many job losses were seasonal from farming and construction, while opportunities grew in logging camps, base metal mines, aircraft, textiles, and leather goods amid rising production and higher demand.
In Prince Albert Saskatchewan the wolf fur market rises with military demand driving higher prices. US army orders for pelts to trim parkas boosted sales with top prices around 7.35 dollars and average near 4.57. Yet wolves continue to attack caribou in the Black Lake region about 450 miles north, alarming northern trappers.
London reports L G Cummings, head of Canadian immigration, aims for 20 000 to 25 000 British emigrants in 1951, up from 12 000 this year. The Hague notes about 10 000 Dutch immigrants to Canada in 1951, with 40 000 Dutch leaving for other countries that year.
Game men proceed with yearly push against the wolf despite rising costs. Hunters must exercise patience and cunning to chase the wasteland marauder amid high prices and prevailing prejudice.
A magistrate hears a cruelty case where a husband beats his wife with a golf club and quips on strokes. Separate banter centers on a riverside bungalow that floated two miles down river, prompting mock relief about lower rates.
In Steldam Saskatchewan a mother cat ignores her kittens except at mealtimes. The kittens cuddle under a red hen nearby while the mother sits a short distance from the nest, waiting for hunger to strike.
In ABERNETHY Sask hunters use Bombadier snowmobiles to pursue coyotes across prairie terrain. Riders on snowmobiles track fresh prints and chase at high speed with rifles ready. The method has grown in popularity with one four hour period yielding twelve coyotes killed nearby.
Edmonton based Alberta chapter president Edward Nelson announced a $5,000 grant from the Canadian Foundation of Poliomyelitis to study polio in Alberta. Funds cover salary and travel for a technician investigating about 120 percent of polio cases in 1950 and 1951. note about dollar bill lifespan appears as an aside.
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