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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1950
Page
7
In a tense turn Sam finds Charlotte Day’s purse and reads a desperate note asking for a cheap burial and no burden. He returns the purse with empathy, then she rewrites the note and thanks him, while a roommate jokes about losing and reclaiming the purse, ending with a curious twist.
Walter Fidler, a stocky dog handler, arrived in The Pas after a gruelling 550 mile trek from Churchill. The journey, the first Churchill to The Pas dog team run in 20 years, took a month with rest stops for the dogs along the route.
CLIMAX Saskatchewan two progressive farmers Hunt and Brown in Climax district plan to harvest snow on summerfallow land. Home-built snowplows create ridges that act as snow fences to distribute snow evenly for moisture and to keep roads open for local travel.
A. E. Wilson of Melfort experimental farm warned at an agriculture conference that northern farmers use destructive tillage similar to the south, yet faster due to grey wooded park belt soil. He cited high northeast crops and lower rainfall with higher evaporation, and said bulldozers uproot bush, lowering water levels and accelerating soil degradation.
A freight train struck a herd of antelope crossing the tracks near Bow Island Alberta about 75 miles east of Lethbridge. Twenty three animals were killed as the herd moved south seeking forage. Police noted the herd’s movement was due to lack of feed in the Bow Island area.
Edmonton city council calls on the Federal Government to appoint a fact-finding committee before selecting a route for the Trans-Canada Highway. The move signals local insistence on thorough review prior to federal decision.
Regina announces the Saskatchewan division convention of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association will be held in Regina on August 10 and 11. Stirling King and Walter Ashfield will attend the Ottawa meeting next month. The Better Newspapers competition will continue with judges drawn from other divisions. Saskatchewan executive members present included Gerald Humphrey T. E. Scribner George Lancaster Syd Stevens John Pinckney Stirling King and Walter Ashfield.
An Alberta government official says the province holds coal reserves large enough to power the entire Canadian railway system, but development has not progressed enough to alleviate the current shortage significantly.
Officials reported more than a fifth of Saskatoon taxpayers were delinquent on the hospitalization tax with about 23 percent still owing after the payment deadline. The figures reflect ongoing tax collection challenges in the city.
Regina Saskatchewan Federation of Agriculture passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to bolster egg prices until a permanent marketing plan is created. The group warned the poultry industry faces a dangerous diagonal price slump. Vancouver may bid for the 1954 British Empire Games. Mayor Thompson to convene a meeting of sports groups to discuss Vancouver hosting the Games.
Regina sculptor Henry Ganier carved the coat of arms above Regina’s federal building and the piece will soon head to the University of Alberta for the Student Union building doorway. Archdeacon Marsh notes hard times in the Arctic as Esquimos face lower fur prices. North 93 Trades and Labor council sponsors a D P meeting to learn English with teachers offering classes for those seeking language study.
Victoria reports the Provincial Works Department faces a record snow removal bill this winter. Works Minister Carson said keeping 25,000 miles of highway and byways open during recent storms would dwarf past annual costs, and he did not venture a total figure.
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