Prairie farmers push home fruit plantations on prairies
The 1922 Prairie Experimental Station reports growing interest in self supplied fruit crops. Authors advise shelter belts with caragana hedges Sunflower and hemp windbreaks, northern slopes, and hardy varieties. They urge raspberries currants plums strawberries crab apples and sand cherry hybrids as promising crops depending on moisture May June conditions and local climate. Seek guidance from Dominion Forestry Indian Head and local stations for tailored shelter composition.
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Morden
Manitoba
Cuitere
Tralia
Saya W
Leslie
Dominion Forestry Station
Indian Head
Sask
Agricultural College
Saskatchewan
Irrigation Districts Move to Add 60 000 Acres
Farmers in Raymond and Magrath form an irrigation district seeking enabling legislation and bond guarantees. Work on the Lethbridge Northern district nears completion and water may flow into ditches this year. It is 12 060 miles from Fogland, Australis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond and Magrath
Lethbridge Northern
Rare Bird Brought to Chicago Museum From Amazon Hunt
John Zimmer of the Field Museum led a years long search in Amazonia to secure four nocturnal birds. He describes the species as mottled gray resembling whippoorwill, larger, with a funeral shriek tied to local legend. Also among treasures is a specimen called the white shawl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zimmer
Field Museum
Chcagco
Booth Maer
Chicago
Dual Shorthorns In Manitoba Herd Expansion
In Brandon Manitoba at the Experimental Farm attention centers on the dual Shorthorn herd. The farm reports the foundation herd began with a 20 year old English import and moved from Ottawa 12 years ago. Since then milk production and uniform type have improved with bulls selected for milk and beef quality and poor females culled. The herd now comprises seventy high quality animals.
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Brandon
Manitoba
England
Ottawa
New York Hippodrome Closes After 18 Years of Spectacle
The New York Hippodrome ends its run after 18 years and 40900000 attendees over 18 seasons. The closure leaves 1800 workers out of work, including both newcomers and veterans from its early days starting April 12, 1985.
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New York Hippodrome
Modern Business
Crandeur
New York
Giant Playhouse
Okanagan Valley Sees Apple Exports Rise in 1922
More than 2.5 million boxes of apples were shipped from the Okanagan Valley in 1922, up 80,000 from the prior year. Additional shipments included 251,820 boxes of crab apples, 86,354 boxes of pears, 111,006 crates of plums, 155,309 crates of apricots, 309,091 crates of cherries, 9,638 crates of raspberries, 9,135 crates of strawberries, and 12,471 crates of other fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okanagan Valley
Play the Game in Taft's View on Law and Democracy
A Taft quote says a citizen who supports enforcing only his voted laws is not a law abiding democratic citizen. He warns such a person possesses an autocratic spirit, willing to govern but not to play by the rules of the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howerd Taft
Glasgow
Scotland
London
England
Montreal
Cracked Chinese Dinnerware Sparks Housewife Purchases
As the New Year nears in Japan, housewives inspect breakfast dinner and tea sets for cracks. Each cracked piece is discarded and a new one purchased, reflecting the belief that cracked china brings bad luck.
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Japan
China
Paris Newspaper Founded by Janitors Goes Bankrupt
A Paris paper started by janitors fails financially and loses reader trust. editors admit confidence in the publication has eroded as finances deteriorate.
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Paris
Island Appears in Pacific Ocean From Volcanic Activity
A new island rising fifty feet above sea level and half a mile in circumference has formed in the western Pacific near French Indo China after a volcanic disturbance. Discovered by the Wakasa Maru captain between Singapore and Hong Kong and confirmed by the cruiser Carlyle, Tokio University faculty deem it volcanic. International law may place ownership with the discoverer’s nation.
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Pacific Ocean
Singapore
Hong Kong
Carlyle
Tokio University
Hungarian 22 year old builds air electricity device
Joseph Dezsoffy, a 22 year old Hungarian engineer, claims an apparatus extracts electric current from the air without expense. A mast like wireless telegraphy powers the energy, varying with height, potentially reaching forty thousand volts at nine hundred feet. He has lit several houses with his invention, noting strongest current at noon and weakest near midnight.
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Joseph Dezsoffy
Canada Sea Fish Catch Value Rises in 1922
Canada’s ocean fisheries produced a total value of $20,963,224 in 1922, about $1.5 million higher than 1921. British Columbia led provinces with salmon the top catch at $5,045,502 and halibut at $2,563,090, with Nova Scotia close behind and New Brunswick Quebec and Prince Edward Island following.
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Canada
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Would Make Chicago Good Morgan Collins Announces Nighttime Policy
Morgan Collins, Chicago’s new police chief, vows to make the city a one o clock town. He sought a Corporation Counsel opinion on closing all cabarets and cafes at that hour to target notorious resorts and black and tan cabarets that stay open all night.
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Morgan Collins
Chicago
Collins
Corporation
English Railway Traffic Heavy in 1922
The British railways carried LISG.AT0009 passengers and 261,478,000 tons of goods and minerals along with 16,746,000 head of livestock in 1922. Gross receipts reached 237,800,004 pounds while expenditure stood at 190,600,000 pounds.
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Britain
LISG
Local Editor F W G Sergant Leads The Times
Western editors note F W G Sergant is proprietor and editor of The Times in Kamsack Saskatchewan guiding local news and community reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. G. Sergant
the Times, Kamsack, Sask
Mothers' allowance schemes cost in Canada outlined
The Canadian Tuberculosis Association reports 1922 operation costs for mothers' allowances in British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and Ontario total 2 569 036 with nearly eleven percent allocated to 972 mothers and 2 487 children. The annual meeting will be held in Edmonton June 12 and 13 to review the schemes.
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British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Canadian Tuberculosis Association
Edmonton
New Butter Regulations Adopted by House
On motion of Hon W R Motherwell the House adopted a resolution to amend the Dairy Industries Act 1914 and to regulate butter substitutes and re manufacture of butter. The act covers butter character and weight, record keeping by manufacturers or dealers, inspection procedures, guilt establishment, and trial procedure in all such cases.
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W. R. Motherwell
Dairy Industries Act
Canada Dominates U.S. Newsprint Supplies
Newsprint shipped to the United States from Canada rose to 93 percent of total imports in the past year, up 3 percent from the year before. In 1922 Canada delivered about 696,012 tons, compared with 656,204 tons previously, with pulp and pulp wood also contributing several millions of dollars in annual value.
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Canada
United States
North Bay Board of Trade pushes city incorporation plan
North Bay considers making North Bay a city by approving the steps needed for incorporation. The proposal is listed among the board of trade’s programme for the year.
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North Bay
North Bay Board of Trade
Reformers Promise Change Amid Public Debate
A reform movement argues for rapid change urging officials to act. Advocates present a plan targeting governance and social policy while opponents warn of unintended consequences and slow implementation. The dispute centers on leadership, accountability, and resource allocation.
Indians on western reserves show strong grain harvests
A Montreal Witness report notes that Canadian Indian communities in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta earned 745 569 bushels of wheat and oats plus 70 000 bushels of potatoes and 47 280 tons of hay in 1922. They own 13 000 horses and 28 000 head of cattle, leased 200 000 acres for grazing, and expect larger crops this year due to trained farming programs and industrial schools supervised by the Department of Indian Affairs led by Minister Charles Stewart and Deputy Superintendent Duncan C. Scott.
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Duncan C. Scott
Indian Affairs
Canada
Department of Indian Affairs
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Department
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Charles Stewart
Mirror Rules to Cut Highway Accidents Urges Uniform Laws
A Farm Life article urges state laws requiring trucks to have rear viewing mirrors and horse-drawn vehicles to display a nighttime light. It argues mirrors reduce rear visibility blind spots and that lights help motorists see slow vehicles, preventing swerves and collisions on busy roads.
Florida Ranks Lowest in Elevation in Union
The United States Geological Survey reports Florida as the lowest state. Iron Mountain in Polk County rises about 325 feet above sea level, while the Everglades averaging under 50 feet and Lake Okeechobee near 20 feet.
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Florida
Geological Survey
Peninsula
Polk County
Iron Mountain
Everglades
Okeechobee
Canada Reports Strong Trade Rise in Fiscal Year Ended March 31
Canada's total trade rose to 1.748 billion dollars, up 246 million plus 40,887 from the previous year. Exports led growth with about 192 million dollars, while domestic exports show agricultural products at 283.4 million and wood products and paper at 288.76 million.
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Canada
Farmers Boost Spring Farm Machinery Demand
Farmers report unusually high purchases of drills cultivators and ploughs for spring use. Binders are being ordered in anticipation of the harvest as rural districts note strong demand for equipment.
Search For David's Tomb Sparks London Anxiety
The announcement of excavations at Jerusalem to locate David's tomb has provoked concern in religious circles in London. The colonial office issued a reassuring statement that David's city lay on Mount Ophel, south of old Jerusalem, and that excavations will occur on a site with no prior religious significance.
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Jerusalem
David
London
Colonial Office
City of
Mount Ophel
Tuesday Washday Orders Ease Household Chore
In a busy home, Tuesday is proposed as washday to avoid Monday chaos. The Sunday clutter requires most of Monday to straighten, leaving Tuesday to prepare a cold zapper and complete washing without disorder.
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Fogland , Australis
Great Hippodrome
Okanagan Valley Fruit
Island
Pacific
Tuberculosis Association
Dairy Industries
U.S
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