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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 26, 1923
Page
3
Agricultural guide notes sweet clover and alfalfa hay curing issues, stressing leaf preservation and slow drying. It advises coil drying instead of spreading, timely raking, small coils, and mixing with grasses like Brome or Western rye to ease handling and storage viability.
Dr Richard T Ely warns of widespread forest destruction and urges government ownership of all forest lands and block timber systems for protection. He notes Canada holds 85 per cent of its timber lands to its people, so fires harm the nation, not just companies, with recreation and state income at stake.
Sir Arthur Holbrook told a Royal Society lecture that London’s smoke fog reaches 100 miles and harms health, aesthetics, and economy. He urged one smoke producing fire per house and a strict law to replace the present ineffective measures.
A rough man taunts a stranger with a barnyard remark causing tears. He then apologizes and gently concedes the joke about being raised in a barn. The exchange ends with the offended man admitting the line makes him homesick when he hears an ass bray.
A lyrical set of natural and mythical observations describes the sun marching across the sky in fast pace, soft rains as a dragon at play, lightning guiding thunder, an eclipse as a sun swallowing drag, and a self protecting rainbow that may harm children. It also warns that flowers are homes to wicked spirits that seek revenge on their creators.
The South Sea islands rely on British Columbia mills for lumber shipped in knocked-down form. It is used to construct trading posts and white men’s quarters across the island groups.
In April 1923 construction starts in Saskatchewan province totalled 500.08 dollars. Brick buildings accounted for 26.000 dollars, residential 21.200, commercial 30.400 and the balance industrial.
Official Ottawa figures show increases in creamery butter manufacture across provinces in 1922. Prince Edward Island 165,076 Ibs, Nova Scotia 201,798 Ibs, New Brunswick 66,561 Ibs, Quebec 40,506,941 Ibs, Ontario 7,528,468 Ibs, Manitoba 1,861,397 Ibs, Alberta 2,126,407 Ibs, British Columbia 99,113 Ibs.
A Boston Transcript snippet contrasts a sharp retort with praise for cheerful singing at work and jokes about mosquitoes. The fragment mentions a woman about to attend her con fecera with lingering words.
A historical overview traces humanitys long pursuit of flight from bird imitation to ballooning with lighter than air craft and the early dream of a horizontal propeller powered plane. It notes balloons led to modern airships and helicopters represent a recent, modest success.
The Yellow River, once disastrous after breaching its banks in 1921 near Kung Chia Pa flooding thousands of families, is to be returned to its old path. Fourteen thousand laborers work on dykes, with plans to reach 20,000. Estimated relief costs run to about 1.5 million Chinese currency, funded in part by the Government Relief Bureau.
Word from China says Northern Construction Company of Vancouver and Winnipeg has a contract to build 1200 miles of railway from Canton to Chengtu. Vice-President C. V. Cumming declined comment, but financing by Sun Yat Sen Government is believed possible if arrangements can be made.
The Manitoba government outlines road spending totaling 556 500 with 273 000 provincial, 60 000 federal, and 223 500 municipal funds. No large provincial highway projects are planned this year. funds focus on linking short stretches and repairing bad road spots.
In Ottawa the House debated renovating butter as a dairy act reform. Minister W R Motherwell urged allowing importation manufacture and sale of renovated butter to provide a cheap bread spread. Opponents led by S F Tolmie resisted while W F Carroll supported oleo, calling for reform and a temporary layover with possible amendments.
A University of Arkansas professor argues tarantulas are only slightly more dangerous than common spiders. He tested by being bitten several times. swelling occurred but pain subsided after a few hours. He suggests tarantula bites cause illness only if the blood is unhealthy.
Financial writers note a brighter steel outlook as railways return to the market for steel gear. Algoma Steel’s Sault Ste Marie plants run at capacity with double ten hour shifts on rails and pig iron for Canadian railroads. About 36,000 to 40,000 men are employed.
In France it is a penal offense to give any solid food to a baby under one year old unless prescribed in writing by a regularly qualified medical man.
A Palestine note reports Jaffa's refusal to accept the Rutenberg electric concession as political, while in Canada a prairie-led push favors finishing the Hudson's Bay route to reach Liverpool. Ottawa faces mixed views on the project amid years of expenditure and controversial politics.
Sir Basil Thomson cites England's annual car tax of five dollars per horsepower, totaling about 110 dollars for a Ford, plus gas prices of 50 to 60 cents a gallon. He notes police resistance to parking and compulsory chauffeurs, arguing Canadians face lighter tax. Source: Hamilton Spectator.
Canada saw 39 417 immigrants in the first five months of 1929 ending May, up 4 1 percent from the same period in 1928. Immigration from Great Britain surged 1006 percent, while U S arrivals grew month by month though still below 1922 levels.
British chemists announce a new household gas for Newark on Trent that costs about a third of standard gas and contains only 3.4 percent carbon monoxide. It emits a strong pungent odor for immediate detection, offering a protective feature. Heirs of England’s estates seek Oxford University courses in agriculture.
In the Yukon hundreds of revelers marked the midnight sun with outdoor celebrations as daylight saved, while the red sun swung without setting. An estimated 15 000 to 26 000 tourists visited this year, drawn from coast cities and farther east to witness the phenomenon.
The Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers reports 325 contracts received from sheep breeders across Saskatchewan and Manitoba totaling about 176000 pounds of wool. This exceeds the contracts filled by June first, 1922 by several thousand pounds.
The article questions why the Prince of Wales postpones marriage, suggesting his passion for steeplechasing surpasses romantic aims. It cites Petrolia Adventurer as a notable example in this discussion.
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