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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
7
The article urges sprucing up near scenes with minimal cost and effort. It discusses choosing hardy shrubs vines and flowers for quick visual impact and recommends shade trees like hard maple and beech to cool summer spaces. It notes Canada offers wild plant sources and stresses timely work this season.
A syndicate of English capitalists has acquired rights to two and a half sections near the Calgary Edmonton line, about 30 miles north of Calgary, Alberta. They plan mining for sodium sulphite and sulphate for eastern Canada paper mills, with plant units producing about 500 tons monthly. The deposit is four feet deep and stated to be W percent pure.
Winnipeg treasurer Edward Brown predicts a slow price fall as Canada and the United States curb new credit and push existing loans down. Retailers face stock selloffs and rapid turnover, with rents rising. U S price cuts at Wannamaker’s and a Chicago silk fabrics firm signal a broader credit tightening likely to spread to Canada.
A resident spent a few cents on morning glory seed, turning an unattractive first photo into a welcoming final scene. The revamped greenery draws attention to home life as a community asset, showing how one person’s effort often spurs wider district improvement.
Ottawa reports Sir George Perley has brought back Bourlon Wood deeds for the Canadian battlefield memorial. The transfer required a French decree to honor the gift from a French citizen to Canada. Bourlon Wood near Ypres, a key CEF site, saw heavy fighting from 1917 to 1918 with 1 544 officers and 29 263 other ranks casualties.
Fire losses in Canada for the first four months of 1920 total 9,554,125 dollars, up from 8,241,289 dollars for the same period in 1919. The Monetary Times estimates April 1920 losses at 3,229,500 dollars versus 1,989,070 in April 1919 and 1,795,200 in March 1920, signaling a potential yearly peak.
The Topeka Capital quotes old Bill Slivers noting a day work ethic difference with his son and namesake. He says he never runs around at nights while young Bill runs at night and then does not feel like working the next day. The item also mentions half of Britain going to the cinema twice in three weeks.
A National Geographic Society bulletin describes Formosa as a key camphor supplier under Japanese ownership. It notes vast virgin forests and head hunter dangers, with camphor trees thriving on moderate slopes up to 4,000 feet and large trees once 35 to 40 feet in girth. An average tree yields about 50 piculs (6,660 lbs) of camphor worth roughly $5,000 at current prices.
The church reports 81 ministers left active ministry this year 31 by resignation and 50 by superannuation. Only 24 young men were received as candidates leaving a net loss of 57 clergymen for the denomination.
A five year old named Willard answers a visitor with a sharp joke about royal grooming. The child jokes he would not let anyone wash his neck or comb his hair if he were the Prince of Wales.
Fragments of Egyptian leather prepared no later than 900 B.C. have been discovered, signaling ancient crafts and material usage from early periods.
A reptile’s body temperature closely mirrors ambient conditions, rising in warmth and dropping in cooler environments. This physiological adaptation influences metabolism, activity levels, and survival strategies across habitats.
A Calgary report notes a planned installation of sodium sulphate units at a site near the city to meet an abnormal wartime price surge. Each unit costs 10 000 to 15 000 dollars with six operators, and expansion awaits market stability expected to persist for some time.
The conference under the commission of conservation gathers officials from all prairie provinces agriculture departments. It runs July 14 to July 16 and covers soil fertility exhaustion, drainage mitigation over five years, drought-area conditions, forage supply, and soil drifting prevention.
Indians on the Piapot reserve near Regina receive 150000 dollars in cash after selling 24 sections to the federal government for soldier settlement. Indian affairs secured the surrender and moved lands to the soldier settlement board. Lands were sold in a distant city sale and passed to veterans.
A report notes that the nightingale proper is not found in either continent of the Americas, indicating its absence from both North and South American regions.
The Montreal Journal of Commerce argues that to prevent chaos order must be preserved through punishment of lawbreakers. It contends prisoners deserve humane treatment and adequate food, warning that hunger strikes could undermine justice if political inmates in Dublin gain release.
A historical note records the River Jordan covering 60 miles with a wander spanning 220 miles and notes 50 species of oats in the region.
Greater interest in dairying across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta shows progress from 1918 to 1920. Inter-provincial dairy conventions in Winnipeg standardize butter and foster a 100 million pound annual creamery output goal, with all-Canada competition elevating provincial prizes and innovations.
The Lethbridge Herald notes rumor of an oil strike in a northern Alberta well with commercial quantities implying a large undiscovered pool. Promoters hide the location to secure leases while Dominion geologist Dr Dowling predicts major northern development this year could rival Texas.
In a Cologne German restaurant English officers enjoy a lively concert. The orchestra plays Die Wacht am Rhein and the officers rise in honor. The leader asks if they recognized the piece and one officer answers loudly that Die Wacht am Rhein is them, ending the exchange with humor.
Regina will be the sole training depot for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force with every enlistee receiving training there. Ottawa was considered for a second depot, but officers say Regina remains the only one. The note also mentions the migration of large orange red butterflies from Canada to Cuba in the fall.
April land office returns at Calgary show a net rise of 30 703 68 with higher figures in payments for pre emptions and purchased homesteads. Quartz mining claims rose to 26 applications from none last year and 39 filed south of Calgary in total. Petroleum and natural gas fees totaled 31 042 43 with 47 applicants. Soldier grants reached 25 entries versus 9 last year. Homesteads issued numbered 19 compared with 16 in April of last year.
The Soldier Settlement Board has sold practically all of 69 000 acres of reserve lands to soldier settlers. Government paid Indians 10 to 20 dollars per acre. board sold at cost. In Bobtail reserve 6930 acres, price was 83594 with units appraised to 83696.64, 2.64 above cost, eight cents per farm.
H. A. Simmons notes in Australia that Canadian Holstein cattle are superior to locally bred stock and plans to assemble another herd for export. The shipment would reinforce ties between Canadian breeders and Australian dairy interests.
For two centuries the Isle of Man has maintained a maximum legal interest rate of 6 percent. The rule has remained unchanged, setting the top limit for loans and financial dealings on the island.
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