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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
4
The Bamiota Echo lists subscription at 154 per year in advance and IZc per inch for display ads. Legal notices and government ads charged per line, first insertion, plus per line for follow ups. Transient ads such as Wanted or For Sale priced per line with specific increments. Copy changes due by Tuesday for same week publication.
The Hamiota Agricultural Society announces its annual fair on July 31 with growing exhibitor entries for stock grain and crafts. A baseball competition and the Hospital Ladies' Aid will provide meals. entry closes July 30 at 9 pm with late fees. Prizes for youth member-naming drive offered by E W McConnell. Secretary accepts booth applications by phone 65-14.
Regulations issued on June 25 1913 require importers to erase all grade marks on closed packages of imported fruit that do not meet the act and the new rules. Packages removed from transport must bear proper grade marks, correct fruit variety name, and the importer's name and address. Copies of the circular are available free from Ottawa Publications Branch or Dominion Fruit Inspectors. The note also mentions health ads and agricultural acreage figures for the Canadian northwest three provinces with wheat oats and barley area changes.
Mrs J H McConnell hosted a lawn reception at her home on July 15 in honor of her mother Mrs Brown of Carman Manitoba. Guests included Mrs Watson Saskatoon Sask, Mrs Simons Dallas Texas, and Mrs Jos Lorimer and daughter Mrs Lothian from New Westminster BC. A sprained ankle may be cured in three to four days by applying Chamberlains Liniment per bottle directions. For sale by all dealers.
The Dairy and Cold Storage Commissioner issues a circular outlining amendments to the Inspection and Sale Act chiefly affecting imported fruit. The phrase Packed by now precedes the packet name and address on all fruit packages. A Governor in Council power enables branding marking and inspecting rules for imported fruit. Violators face fines up to fifty dollars and possible one month imprisonment. improperly marked fruit packages may be confiscated.
In France the telegraph wire now carries photographs for newspapers with L Illustrations leading. Photos are shot in Monte Carlo and developed, then transferred to copper plates by a etched half tone method. A copper film is wrapped on a cylinder and traced by a mobile point, sending electric signals to Paris for transmission overnight.
The United States coast and geologic survey reports a new wire drag that sweeps the sea to locate underwater hazards. It has already surveyed Panama Canal entrances and uncovered a dangerous uncharted rock, preventing shipwrecks and saving lives and money. The device uses a taut horizontal wire with weights and buoys to hold depth and detect obstructions.
A Vienna paper reports multiple thefts from city churches. St Stanislaus saw a wooden St Peter statue stolen. a youth ex-cloister worker also took a wood carving of the baptism of Christ. The catalog lists other valuable objects and notes interest from foreign collectors.
The Kasai river district in West Africa hosts the newest diamond field while De Beers mines in Kimberly, South Africa have supplied a large portion of world diamonds. Since 1867 their output totals about 44 million dollars yearly and BA 000 000 worth of diamonds have been produced. The rest of the world’s supply comes from India, Brazil, Borneo and Australia. Massive US diamond occurrences exist but lack commercial significance.
Australia launches a public effort to preserve the country’s tall eucalyptus trees, renowned as the world’s tallest, reaching 400 to 500 feet. The immense timber is highly valuable, yet profit seekers have felled many, and conservation measures lag behind.
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