Rise in Canadian traffic as spring arrives
The text notes a sharp rise in motor traffic on Canadian highways with spring. Vehicle registrations grew from 565 in 1% to 725,000 by 1825, and 1948 saw 2,585,252 vehicles including 1,497,409 passenger cars and 49.7 thousand trucks. It highlights highway-building strains, regional differences in road mileage, rural car ownership, and 74,738 traffic accidents in 1948 with 2,000 deaths and over 10 million dollars in property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
Proper spacing for plants and trees in the garden
The article urges generous plant spacing to allow room for growth and easier cultivation. Large trees like maples and spruces require 40 to 60 feet between. small plants such as alyssum need about an inch, carrots four inches, tomatoes 18 inches, and a one foot spacing for radishes. Crowding causes spindly growth and poor development, while elbow room eases cultivation and yields healthier plants.
Western Canada Semi-Pro Baseball Schedule Finalized
The Six-team league led by President Cliff N. Henderson finalizes a 50 game schedule running May 22 to June 1 with Regina Caps Indian Head Rockets Estevan Maple Leafs Moose Jaw Canucks Swift Current Indians and Medicine Hat Mo hawks. Each club posts a 1000 guarantee plus 500 for league operation and umpires. Visiting teams receive 100 guarantee or 7.5 cents per ticket. rainouts guarantee a doubleheader later without guarantee for the single game.
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Medicine Hat
Alta
Western Canada Baseball League
Cliff N. Henderson
Moose Jaw
Sask
Regina Caps
Indian Head Rockets
Estevan Maple Leafs
Moose Jaw Canucks
Swift Current Indians
California
Last Word Jokes And Rural Qs from a 1930s Page
A collage of quick quips and humorous exchanges. A suitor probes Nellie’s family tallies while a recruit nervously practises jumps. A parson jokes about rain prayers and umbrellas, and a farmer’s dawn work joke closes the slice. The piece blends schoolyard humor with rural life.
They Call Short Women Petite and Men Runt in Phrasing
The piece contrasts gendered terms with male descriptors noting how a small woman is called petite while a small man is labeled runt. It also maps socially loaded words to behaviors such as shy versus dull, and mentions marriage implying security versus hook, with cautious spending labeled good management and frugal men called deadbeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Obscurantists and Their View on Scientific Progress
The term obscurantists describes people who distrust or oppose advancing scientific knowledge and its discoveries. Their stance reflects resistance to epistemic change and new paradigms in research.
Free water safety transfers for boaters urged by Red Cross
The Red Cross Water Safety Division at 2331 Victoria Avenue Regina offers waterproof transfers for boat owners to post in boats. Send name address and number of transfers desired. Use center seat clean spot and varnish for permanence. Emphasizes life jackets, balanced passenger spacing, and improvised life buoys from gallon cans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Water Safety Division
Victoria Avenue
Regina
American Buyers Purchase Manitoba Pigs
Interest in the swine industry here has sharpened with outside buyers inquiries. Malcolm McGregor reports shipping two nine week old pigs to American buyers, one to E. S. Kellogg and Sons of Clear Lake Iowa and the other to G. W. Hughes of Madison Alabama.
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Brandon. Man
Malcolm McGregor
E. S. Kellogg and Sons
Clear Lake
Iowa
G. W. Hughes
Madison
Alabama
Prairie Farmers Seek Relief From Grasshopper Cycle
The Financial Post notes prairie farmers face a reduced 1951 grasshopper threat. Maps by the Dominion Entomological Service show Saskatchewan and Alberta still expect infestation, while Manitoba’s area is smaller in the Red River Valley. Control costs run around 1.2 million dollars in Saskatchewan, but the cycle is worth preventing losses estimated at 29 million in crops.
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Dominion Entomological Service
Prairies
Manitoba
Red River Valley
Saskatchewan
Alberta
The
Financial Post
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Smith
Schoolboy
Nellie
Little Brother
N.C.O
Tommy
Jack
Pete Healing
Pleischmann's
Eischmann
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Lana Turner
PEGO
Tookie
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