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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1949
Page
2
The article notes oil’s growing importance from war to peace and charts major production areas. The United States leads global output while Saskatchewan sees swift growth in Lloydminster, Turner Valley, Leduc and Redwater. More than 1.5 million barrels produced in four years, with July yields over 3000 barrels daily and an estimated 300 billion barrels in reserves.
Canada could gain large oil wealth from northern Alberta tar sands covering about 1000 square miles. Research tests whether extracting oil from sands is commercially viable. Proposals outline a pipeline from the area to join an existing line from Leduc and Redwater to transport across the prairies toward the United States. Canadian prairie oil now fuels a large share of West gasolene, with potential to serve broader markets and boost the regional economy.
Ottawa reports total domestic demand for farm products in 1949 may match 1948, with export demand possibly dipping. Prices to farmers likely hold at 1948 levels, though a year end decline is possible. 1948 farm prices rose 20 percent from 1947 and net income reached 1.743 billion dollars.
Democrat William Egan introduced a bill in the Alaska House proposing a $50 per person tax on single women. He said the measure would advance marriage, ease housing shortages, and tax the privilege of being single. The bill was referred to the Ways and Means Committee.
Canada remains the world’s second largest pulp producer and exporter, reflecting its significant role in the global paper industry. Market dynamics show strong shipments to major buyers, with expanding facilities and sustained demand for wood pulp products.
Prepare pastry and bake an unbaked pie shell. Layer mincemeat with thinly sliced apples and sugar. Mix remaining sugar with flour and salt. Rub in butter to form fine meal, sprinkle over apples, bake at 400 F for 10 minutes then 350 F about 30 minutes more. Cool on rack. A lovely pie with less pastry.
Lift together flour and salt and cut in shortening. Add water gradually until dough leaves bowl clean. Chill if possible then roll.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York City was founded in 1869. The building is among the citys largest municipal structures with 23 acres of floor space, 13 acres dedicated to exhibits.
A Swiss engineer introduced the diamond drill bit in 1864 marking the start of diamond usage for drilling purposes. The innovation shifted methods in mining and engineering, enabling deeper and more precise bore holes. The invention is noted as a key development in industrial drilling technology.
A voluble witness in a law case heckles reporters while others in the piece recount social gags. The dialogue shifts from a boy’s classmate trouble to a magistrate and a chatty prisoner as snippets of daily life surface in a humorous, mosaic fashion.
The Saskatchewan government airways receives a special commercial licence from the federal air transport board. The licence covers air photography reconnaissance forest fire patrols and timber surveys. The Lake Athabaska air contract is transferred from Canadian Pacific to Saskatchewan government airways with biweekly service to Stony Rapids Fond du Lac Goldfields Cassel Portage and Fort Chipewyan.
American visitors entering Canada by car rose to 3 800 with 7 percent growth from February last year. Provincial totals show British Columbia 4 879 Alberta 302 Manitoba 176 Yukon 31 Saskatchewan 30 with 1948 figures in brackets.
British researchers report a new drug named nisin similar to penicillin and more effective against a bovine disease. The illness costs Britain about 40 million gallons of milk annually, with large losses to farmers and dairy producers.
Alberta opens its first modern municipal seed cleaning plant at Camrose. The $30,000 facility cleans cereal grains, with storage for 18 000 bushels and a capacity of 100 to 200 bushels per hour. Funds came from the municipality province and prior profits. plant runs under municipal control but is operated by the agricultural services board. Two additional plants planned at Wetaskiwin and Westlock with government and farmer cooperative backing.
Experts of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe turned down a proposal to construct a tunnel under the Channel linking France and England.
Winnipeg report says Co-Operative Vegetable Oils Ltd in Altona Manitoba has begun producing solar hull logs called Presto-logs from hulls, claiming higher Btu than lignite coal. One machine outputs 10 to 12 tons daily at $12 per unit, with hulls left for farmers as bedding or feed.
Phillip Schoepp, a Spruce Grove area farmer, owns the land near Edmonton where Imperial Oil drilled the richest Canadian pay zone. He says he is glad to miss the mineral rights and profit, though he will receive surface drilling payments and a pipeline easement as the field expands. The strike near Leduc tops prior oil history and surprised the family who did not know of the oil wealth beneath their land.
Winnipeg reports that cyanide guns have been used in Manitoba for a year to kill predatory animals. G W Malaher notes 30 to 40 timber wolves many coyotes and a bear were killed. The gun is a buried tube delivering cyanide after an animal bites wrapped cloth.
Ottawa declares in the Canada Gazette that the King's birthday will be celebrated on June 6 in Canada, though the official date is December 14.
A regional dish blends scrambled eggs with fried cactus, gaining popularity across Middle America as a distinctive breakfast option. The combination highlights local ingredients and culinary experimentation in the area.
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