West's Largest Wooden Elevator at Dauphin Manitoba
A 1953 54 Manitoba Pool Elevator at Dauphin boasts Western Canada’s largest wooden cribbed structure with 170000 bushels capacity. It features 51 hopper bins, two 15 and 10 hp legs, four augers, a continuous slab foundation, and modern dust control with rear work-floor doors for ventilation. The two story office with oil heater offers comfort while grain is cleaned and loaded into trains.
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Ine Anonaseno
Manitoba
Dauphin
Man
Canada
Manitoba Pool
Camrose Banks To Close Saturdays
Three Chartered Bank branches in Camrose will close all day on Saturdays starting March 20. To assist customers, banks will reopen Friday afternoons from March 19 at 4:30 pm and stay open until 6:00 pm.
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Camrose
Alta
Honored guest swan rests in city pond
A young trumpeter swan with an injured leg has halted in a local pond and is being cared for by residents. The bird is treated like a visiting celebrity as it recuperates, while Broadway is noted as a lengthy thoroughfare in the area.
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Prince Rupbert
B.C
Round envelopes and busy workers in a office humor sketch
A string of light comic vignettes unfolds from a secretary asking about round envelopes for circulars to a portsly woman climbing a hill and a passerby offering help. Jokes include a magistrate quip about sleeves, a bus saver, chicken wire mischief, a fat vicar’s sheep feeding remark, Uncle Joe’s philosophy, and a charity tale ending with a punch about a cloakroom television set.
Hong Kong Density Among World’s Highest
Hong Kong is noted as one of the world’s most densely populated places with about 5 148 persons per square mile. The figure highlights urban crowding in the region.
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Hong Kong
Saturday Most Dangerous Day For Driving
The Highway Traffic Board reports Saturday as the riskiest day to drive in 1953 with about 25 percent of 3393 injuries. Last year nearly 30 percent of 124 fatalities also occurred on Saturday, while Tuesday and Friday followed in danger. Most fatalities and injuries happen between 1 PM and midnight.
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Regcina
Highway Traffic Board
Early Vaccination of Horses Urged
SASKATOON Prairie farmers are urged to vaccinate horses against encephalomyelitis, a sleeping sickness spread in western Canada last year. Dr J S Fulton of the University of Saskatchewan virus laboratory says vaccination programs should finish in April or early May. Human cases rose last summer as orders were delayed until mid summer or later.
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Saskatoon
Canada
J. S. Fulton
University of Saskatchewan
Virus Laboratory
PILES That Itch and Burn Hem-Roid Offer
If you suffer itching soreness and burning from piles you can get Hem-Roid an internal pile treatment at any drug store. Use as directed and you may be relieved quickly. Big 60 tablet package $1.59. If not pleased after 2 or 3 days ask for money back. Refund by all drug stores.
Wild fruits eyed for muskeg land in Alberta program
Alberta researchers study wild berry and fruit potential on muskeg and sandhill land near Rocky Mountain House. Dr. R J Hilton notes trials on blueberries cranberries and other native species aim to breed hardy high yielding varieties and map best cultivation methods for marginal lands.
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R. J. Hilton
Rocky Mountain House
Alberta
Canada
Hilton
Queen Bee Lays About Two Thousand Eggs Daily
A queen bee is described as producing roughly two thousand eggs each day, highlighting her high reproductive capacity and role in the hive.
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