Ontario gold output stars in world investment gaze
Figures published reveal Porcupine camp has yielded over 150 million dollars in gold, with Hollinger mine this year set to surpass other Ontario mines in value. 1924 totals show Hollinger, MacIntyre and Dome combining for 21 million, doubling Porcupine camp four years earlier. J Murray Clark KC notes New York Times article. Sir Herbert Holt forecasts a leap forward due to Canada’s mineral wealth.
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Ontario
Porcupine
Hollinger
McIntyre
Dome
Canada
New York Times
J. Murray Clark
K.C
Eldorado
Sir Herbert Holt
Russian bar on Canadian horses for spring trade
At the Alberta Provincial Horse Breeders Association meeting R E Wilson of Calgary Dominion Government Agent announced the government plans to reduce imports from 12 609 to 5 000 horses for Russia this spring. The note adds a witty quip about a good talker meeting a good Hatener.
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Alberta
Pasture Sheep on Cheap Lands Prove Profitable Across Years
The Dominion Government Farm demonstrates strong profits from pasture sheep on cheap mountain lands during summers. About 1,000 head reportedly earned over $7,000 in a year, with four-year averages near $5,000 annually, highlighting steady returns from this practice.
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Dominion Government
Plaited Frock Styles Highlight New Fashion Pattern
The latest frock features front plaits forming a panel at the belt with grouped pleats on the skirt and a plain back. No 1443 comes in sizes 16 18 20 years with measurements for size 18. Pattern price 29 cents. Fashion Book offers patterns for 14 cents.
Extraordinary London Fog Dances Through City In Brief Rush
A rare London fog moved rapidly across the city causing sudden visibility loss in Throgmorton Street and near the Bank of England. Fleet Street and Kingsway districts experienced rolling fog, Aldwych and Piccadilly Circus were enveloped within minutes, several minor traffic accidents occurred and train services slowed.
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London
Throgmorton Street
Financial District
Bank of England
Fleet Street
Kingsway
Aldwych
Piccadilly Circus
Weather Prophet Foresees No Summer and Grain Market Trouble
Herbert Jarrin Browne, Washington ocean meteorologist, predicts a troubled grain market with no summer this year. He joins other prophets warning that the 1927 crop season in both hemispheres faces severe dangers as solar radiation changes affect ocean temperatures and forecast a harsh year.
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Herbert Jarrin Browne
Washington
Orientals Hold Property In British Columbia
A provincial survey shows Orientals in British Columbia owning real property valued at 11.5 million dollars and making up about 3.3 percent of the public school population. The report notes rapid growth, with Japanese outpacing Chinese and Hindus, and a trend of Oriental migration toward other provinces.
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Pritish Columbia
Department of Agriculture
British Columbia
Canada
Garnet Wheat Proves Superior to Marquis
Federal Agriculture experts endorse Garnet wheat saying it ripens ten days earlier than Marquis and suits northern littoral belts. Minister W R Motherwell cites unanimous farmer reports of high yields with a farmer harvesting 64 bushels per acre from twelve acres, a $2,000 crop.
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Federal
Department of Agriculture
W. R. Motherwell
Marquis
Jersey Cow Purchases World Record Status in Vancouver Sale
Roy W. Brown of Vancouver buys the world's record Jersey cow for a 201 day test from Foster Whitaker a 17 year old Armstrong BC high school student. The cow produced last year 1453 pounds of milk and 872 pounds of butterfat in the record run.
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Pretoria
Oxford
Janet
Roy W. Brown
Vancouver
Foster Whitaker
Armstrong
B.C
Swift Current Building Permits Soar From 1923 to 1926
Building permits issued at Swift Current in 1926 reached 161 755 dollars, nearly doubling 1925 totals of 95 020 dollars. Earlier years show strong growth from 14 800 dollars in 1923 and 36 259 dollars in 1924, reflecting rapid postwar expansion.
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Swift Current
Unoccupied Lands in Manitoba Estimated at 4 349 285 Acres
Preliminary survey of Manitoba lands classifies 4 349 289 acres as unused. Of this total 1 857 841 acres are Dominion Government owned, 4270 percent to Soldiers' Settlement Board, 5.77 percent Hudson's Bay Company, 2.50 percent municipalities, 4.78 percent Provincial Government, 8.19 percent local owners, 18.56 percent Manitoba owners, 5.29 percent Canada owners and 8.18 percent foreign owners.
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Manitoba
Dominion
Soldiers’ Settlement Board
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada
Census Opens in Angora as Turkey Counts Population
Turkey's first national census begins in Angora revealing a population of 48,749 with 10,000 more men than women. Fear of taxes and military conscription drove natives to hide during earlier attempts in the Ottoman era. Belgian Camille Jacquart conducts the census.
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Turkey
Angora
Antolia
Camille Jacquart
Prairie universities to tackle damp grain problem
Three prairie universities and the Dominion Grain Research Laboratory in Winnipeg will co operate under the National Research Council to study damp and tough wheat grain. A survey of drying methods will precede a comparative study to set fair price spreads and protect milling and baking quality.
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Western
Canada
Prairie
Dominion Grain Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
National Research Council of Canada
National Research Council
Board of Grain Commissioners
Wheat Pool
Grain Board
Boyd, Robinson and Snow
Rathbone
F. J. Buchard
HW. M. Terry
R. Newton
University of Alberta
T. Thorvaldson
University of Saskatchewan
T. J. Harrison
University of Manitoba
Grain Appeals Board
George Serls
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Messrs
HI. Marsh
Brooks Cotton
A. F. Sproule
Central Selling Agency
W. A. MacLeod
Research Council
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
University of Manitobas
Tory
Alberta Wheat Records Fall in 1926 Harvest
Alberta harvested 113,120,000 bushels of wheat in 1926, the province’s second largest crop. The provincial yield averaged 15.14 bushels per acre, with Peace River district averaging 20 bushels and some fields reaching 30 to 40 bushels. Total agricultural production valued around 264 million dollars, up from 257.5 million in 1925.
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Alberta
Peace River
Colonization Association Settles 1 661 Families in 1926 Land Grant
The Canada Colonization Association settled 734 families on 168 994 acres in Western Canada in 1926. Since January 1 1925 after the CPR takeover 1 661 families have taken up 402 566 acres with equipment worth 18 to 19 million dollars. Forty five percent of land is in Manitoba, twenty in Saskatchewan, and twenty five in Alberta. Niepce, the father of photography, made his first camera from a cigar box and grandfather’s lenses.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Dominion
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Alfred F. Baker
Texle Industries
Leeds University
United States
Yorkshire
Canada Colonization Association
Province of
T. O. F. Wmerzer
Canadian Pacific Railway
Niepce
Viscount Willingdon and Lady Willingdon Visited Montreal
A formal visit by Viscount Willingdon and Lady Willingdon to Montreal is marked by a guard of honor of 100 Royal Highlanders of Canada under Major Erskine Buchanan at Windsor Street Station. The ceremony included a National Anthem, Royal Salute, and a royal standard dip with the Governor General and Lady Willingdon posing for press photos.
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C.P.R. Windsor Street
Montreal
Viscount Willingdon
Canada
Lady Willingdon
Royal Highlanders of Canada
Erskine Buchanan
Willingdon
Erskine Luchanan
W. E. M. King
Military District No. 4
Willngdon
Alberta's Agricultural Production in 1926 Valued at 255.9 Million
Hon. George Hoadley, Canada's Minister of Agriculture, says Alberta's 1926 agricultural production was carefully estimated at 255,900,000 dollars. The figure is cited in the Calgary Herald.
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Alberta
George Hoadley
Calgary Herald
Birchwood Officials Walk 21 Miles to Cast Votes
Charles E. Kartak mayor and Jim Lewis postmaster of Birchwood Alaska walked 21 miles to Anchor age to cast the district's two qualified votes in the last general election.
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Charles E. Kartak
Jim Lewis
Birchwood
Alaska
Anchorage
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Mineral Wealth of Canada
Must
Press Investors of World
Russia
W. ON
Scotland
Waverley
Edinburgh
Brown
Burrows
TV Iuines
Calan
McDermot Ave
Lacombe
Central Farm
Work of Colonization Association
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