Mapping Methods In North Country Survey Work
Alberta plans extensive exploration in the Peace River region. Aerial observation and rapid mapmaking have transformed surveying, with Royal Canadian Air Force collaboration covering 4 600 square miles. The narrative outlines line notes, explorer routes, and 24 mile wide strips used to shape the best available maps of the frontier.
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Alberta
Peace River
Unis
Dominion Department of the Interior
Department
Natural Resources
Backs
Great Fish River
Backs River
Canada
Department of the Interior
Royal Canadian Air Force
Slave River
Lake Athabaska
Saskatchewan
Northwest Territories
Young Canadians and the Calgary district oratorical contest
The Calgary Herald notes five candidates for the Calgary district oratorical contest. Each candidate represents a mix of origins from Canada, England, Russia, Romania, and Lithuania or Edmonton with French Scottish and German extraction. The piece argues the orators' knowledge of Canada will strengthen national identity.
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Calgary
Canada
England
Russia
Romania
Lithuania
Edmonton
Calgary Herald
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No
The Winnipeg Pattern Office at 176 McDermot Ave provides ordering details for patterns. Pattern name and number are listed for reference.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Durum Wheat Gains Ground in Manitoba Trials
Manitoba tests by the Department of Agriculture at Brandon show Durum wheats advancing over bread-making varieties, with about half the provincial wheat area now planted to Durum. Harvesting and threshing costs are higher due to heavy straw and lodging, but Mindum and Kabanka remain favored amber varieties sought by buyers.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Manitoba
Brannor
Branden Farm
Brandon Farm
Night planting in Germany boosts late sowing success
Severe February weather disrupted German planting for a month to six weeks. Large farms adopted night planting with long hours and electric flood lights after dark. Though only 70,000 of 3.5 million farms used it, the acreage was proportionally higher among largeholders.
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Germany
Europe
Winnipeg Exhibition Approved and Site Picked in Kilgowan
Winnipeg ratepayers approved an $850,000 city expenditure for an industrial and agricultural exhibition in the city. They also voted to locate the show at Kilgowan, a city suburb.
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Winnipeg
Kil- Gowan
Salt Beds in Canada Provinces with Production
The article notes that salt exists in all Canadian provinces in natural brines or rock beds, but commercial production is confined to Ontario Nova Scotia and Alberta. It emphasizes geographic distribution and the concentration of industry.
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Canada
Ontario
Nova Scoutia
Alberta
Englishman Swan patents first artificial silk process
Joseph Wilson Swan, an English inventor, secured the first patent in 1883 for making artificial silk by forcing a pulp of wood and cotton through tiny holes, a method that opened the way for synthetic textiles.
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Joseph Wilson Swan
Canada’s Copper Industry Expands Across Provinces
New discoveries and development work across Quebec Ontario Manitoba and British Columbia plus plant upgrades at multiple sites suggest a substantial rise in Canadian copper production. Key locations include Rauyn Frood Frood Extension Errington Flin Flon Sherritt Gordon Anyox Britannia Copper Mountain and Coast Copper Quatsino Sound.
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Rauyn
Quebec
Frood and
Frood Extension
Errington
Sudbury
Ontario
Flin Flon
Sherritt- Gordon
Pas
Manitoba
Anyox
Britannia Beach
Copper Mountain
Coast
Quatsino Sound
British Columbia
Distance of the Sun Measured by New Ottawa Method
A proposed method at Dominion Observatory Ottawa uses light speed, spectrum line wavelengths, and Earth's orbital shape to determine solar distance. Daily sun center spectra with a constant reference spectrum have yielded preliminary promising results after years of observation.
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Dominion Observatory
Ottawa
Birds and humans rely on long term bonds and vocabulary use
The text notes that many birds form lifelong mates and stay near each other, while humans in professions like medicine ministry and law typically use about 25 000 words.
Hedging Plants Tested at Central Experimental Farm Ottawa
Over one hundred hedge species were tried at the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa to compare height breadth and survival. Bulletin No 89 details suitable deciduous and evergreen hedges with cultivation tips. Observations note shapes that keep branches near ground with rounded tops. Weather forecasting and sunspot cycles are discussed as unreliable long range guides.
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Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Central Farm
Experimental Farm
Department of Agriculture
W. T. Macoun
Dominion Horticulturist
Alberta Mineral Production Reaches New 1928 High
A 1928 Alberta mineral production report from the Provincial Minister of Agriculture shows a total value of 32,367,781 dollars, a Dominion high. Coal leads at 23,517,988 dollars with oil and gas 1,787,807 and cement lime stone sand and gravel 2,182,130. Natural gas accounts for 69.9 percent of Dominion volume and 41 percent of value, while Alberta wells produced 79 percent of Dominion volume and 86.8 percent of Dominion value.
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Alberta
Dominion
Saskatchewan RCMP polices province saving money
Attorney general T. C. Davis said Saskatchewan saves 220000 dollars annually by having the Royal Canadian Mounted Police handle policing since the provincial force was disbanded last summer. He noted the savings nearly cover the province’s old age pension costs.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Saskatchewan
T. C. Davis
Winnipeg
Grand Ice Field Feeds Three Mighty Rivers
Melting waters from the Columbia ice field in Jasper National Park Alberta feed Athabaska Saskatchewan and Columbia rivers powering three historic westward flows to three oceans.
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Columbia
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Athabaska
Saskatchewan
Chromite Mines in Canada Lead in Quebec District
The principal chromite mines in Canada lie in the Coleraine district of Quebec and are regarded as capable of producing large quantities of ore.
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Canada
Coleraine
Quebec
Enemies and Money: A Cautionary Observation
A concise reflection notes that enemies rarely borrow money or seek your security, implying they are not valued as highly as they merit. The saying contrasts trust and risk in relationships, highlighting practical limits of alliance with foes.
Elite stock seed in western Canada wheat regions
The text discusses the importance of pure seed matched to local wheat districts in Western Canada. It notes investigations by the Cereal Division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture and other bodies, emphasizing the urgent work to develop Elite Stock Seed for registrable varieties in demand.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Pearls as Diseased Growths in Oysters
A historical note explains that pearls are not true gems but diseased growths or warts formed inside certain oysters, revealing pearls as biological byproducts rather than stones.
Patient reports multiple pains in Stockholm clinic note
A patient describes head pain chest burning and stomach ache with a general feeling of unwellness. The note records symptoms and location as Stockholm Sondagsnisse Strix.
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Sondagsnisse Strix
Stockholm
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Victoria
Frederick Thomas Mace
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Halifax
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