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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1931
Page
3
The article muses on future scientific progress from steam to electricity and the atom. It envisions rapid transoceanic travel, space voyages, and interplanetary contact, suggesting Martians may hold discoveries beyond human dreams and even reincarnation believers might rejoice in these prospects.
Ontario Premier George S Henry announces Canon H J Cody of Toronto will head a royal commission into radium cancer treatment. Joining him are Prof J C McLennan of the University of Toronto Dr W T Connell of Queen's University Arthur Ford London Free Press editor and Hon Dr J M Robb provincial health minister.
Saskatchewan sees a sharp rise in bee package orders says Provincial Apiarist R M Pugh. By mid season 1 041 applications are on record versus 600 at the same point last year with imports expected to exceed last year by about 50 percent and many new bee keepers among applicants.
The London Daily Herald air correspondent reports ongoing negotiations between Imperial Airways and Canadian aviation firms to establish a regular sea route service between England and Canada. Meteorological conditions have been fully studied and detailed by experts.
A Memphis editor found after totaling 205 questions that 12 percent came from men and 88 percent from women. The information bureau’s records shed light on gender differences in curiosity.
A reminiscence contrasts 1900 bicycle abundance with 1931 auto ownership and horse stock. It notes 25 million horses in 1900, 26 million registered automobiles, and 19 million horses and mules in 1930. Roads existed then, railroads dominating, and long journeys were rare.
Hon. Robert Weir, Saskatchewan Agriculture minister, described steps to promote Canadian barley in livestock feeding after the Saskatoon Board of Trade referred a resolution to him. Tests shown barley’s advantages over corn for poultry and livestock, though weed-seed contamination in Head of the Lakes storage posed a spread risk to eastern Canada farms.
Norman S. Clarke of Didsbury claims a record butterfat test for three year old Jersey cow Waikiki Zenia's Fanny. The official ROP test shows 9.8 percent butterfat over the past 60 days, with F. King certifying the result for the Dominion Government cow-testing staff. At about two gallons of milk daily, the cow would yield roughly two pounds of butter.
The 1929 Dominion Experimental Farms annual report notes 85,000 tractors in Western Canada and identifies 7,726 combines across three provinces. It credits the combine method with lower harvesting costs and labor savings, estimating about 9 cents per bushel saved on a 26 bushel crop.
Census figures show Java with 821 people per square mile. The article notes that counterfeiting of coins was an underworld racket in the provinces of the Roman Empire.
In 1930 British Columbia shipped 160237 crates of strawberries 95229 crates of raspberries and 9000 crates of loganberries. Canners jam makers and wineries produced 1263 tons of strawberries 547 tons of raspberries 752 tons of loganberries and 25629 tons of tomatoes.
Exports total 161,589,899 bushels, about 61,500,000 more than the prior crop year’s 100,012,968. A Scotland built liner will feature 13 decks.
Fashion Magazine offers Paris spring and summer styles for adults and children with numbered patterns No 281 No 290 No 190 No 619 and No 175 detailing sizes yardage and materials required. Includes sewing lessons and a 15 cent book price with patterns at 25 cents in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap securely.
Winnipeg Pattern No. Name Size section shows how to order sewing patterns from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. The data lists pattern numbers with corresponding pattern names and available sizes. Readers are guided to mail or contact for purchases.
The eleventh annual live stock market and meat trade review projects an optimistic hog outlook for 1931. It notes 1930 hog sales at 904,439 with Winnipeg leading at 242,003, and a rising share qualifying as select bacon. A Canadian compilation lists major Dominion inventions in recent years including railway sleeping cars, the first Atlantic steamboat, all electric radio, pulpwood paper, helium, panoramic camera, electric heating, first electric stove, and calcium carbide.
Saskatchewan dairy records show April 1931 creamery butter production at 1,362,176 pounds, up 93.1 percent from April 1930. Year to date output from Jan 1 to Apr 30 totals 4,331,904 pounds, an 81.3 percent rise over last year, with strongest gains in the north.
Lord Baden-Powell recounts a patrol that spent a morning learning bridge-building. The Scoutmaster, away at first, returns to find the bridge would collapse in minutes due to wrong knots. A boy replies the design is for use of the enemy, showcasing quick thinking.
Government reports describe a Beaver relocation plan with heavy trapping in Bowron Lake country east of Barkerville next fall. Trapped beavers will be released in the Cariboo country where beaver are severely scarce to rebuild water supplies.
Horace H. F. Jayne of the University of Pennsylvania Museum announced the discovery of a tablet claiming Ur of the Chaldees was inhabited as late as 324 BC during Alexander the Great’s reign. The find pushes back and extends the known timeline of the ancient city.
Saskatchewan ranks second to Prince Edward Island in cattle health with tuberculosis tests. Of 13 165 cattle in Indian Head South Qu Appelle Edenwold Sherwood and Lumsden municipalities, 164 reactors were found, 1.2 percent. Provincial rates vary from percent to nine percent nationwide. Testing is by the Department of Agriculture with veterinarians from the health of animals branch Ottawa. Dr M Parker is chief inspector.
British Columbia launches a reforestation effort near Campbell River with 15200 two year old firs planted on logged off land from International timber claims. One thousand acres are reserved for reforestation by the Provincial Government using stock from Vancouver's green timber nursery. The program follows years of planning.
The article notes Marconi achieving 4000 words per minute with his apparatus and mentions a rival claim about a faster system. It also references construction of a new railway line in Texas creating a detour from an existing survey and a quoted phrase about a wife.
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