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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 25, 1949
Page
6
Canada is a leading mining nation with 1945 output valued at 484 million dollars, a record attributed to high prices and rising production. The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy notes top ranks in nickel platinum asbestos, gold zinc silver copper and lead placements.
The nation’s mineral potential grows as Western oil fields, Labrador iron ore, and other undeveloped regions are seen as future global suppliers. Confidence rests on vast untapped resources and anticipated development across multiple provinces and sectors.
The address by American Ambassador Lawrence Steinholt notes Alberta oil could solve Canada’s foreign exchange issues. He says mining wealth will boost employment, tax revenue, and foreign trade, shaping the nation’s economic future as resources expand.
In Salmon Arm White discing a hay field led A E Long of Mount Ida to find $600 he lost last year. The cash roll was intact though weathered, with the outside $100 bill worn. The bank replaced the bleached bill, restoring the farmer’s funds.
Chester Florida farmer R M Massey tied a wire from an electric pump to a fence to shock his mule into better habits. The mule stood in water and touched the fence, causing punishment without result. Massey now seeks another mule while Fort Lauderdale enjoys a warm Gulf stream driven climate with an annual mean of 74.7 degrees.
Dallas student William B. Young reports a panicked cat crawled from a cockpit recess during a 2500 foot practice flight. The animal attacked his face as he struggled to control the plane and opened the cockpit to eject it. Young sustained deep bite and scratch injuries.
Visitors to the Ottawa Royal Mint can buy a brand new one cent coin for 25 cents. A souvenir booklet of photographs, sealed in a cello envelope, costs a quarter and includes a shiny penny.
A montage of old time jokes and light exchanges among editors, poets, laborers, and townsfolk. The pieces pivot on wordplay about Poe, trips and sacks, taxis versus buses, burglars, earaches, age, marriage, oratory repetition, and definitions of capital and labor. The tone is period newspaper humor.
R R Hurst of the Dominion Department of Agriculture notes potato blight as the oldest potato malady affecting wild farms in South America, with records of outbreaks in 1840 France Germany Nova Scotia New Brunswick 1845 Western Europe and the United States. Earlier methods used arsenical mixtures with fungicides. recent years see wide adoption of DDT-containing mixtures.
A Saskatchewan narrator endures a spring blow turning fields to dust and holes in roads. Town crowds joke about the wind while guests ride along as the storm carries sand and cover. The coal shed stays intact and chokecherry buds surprise in Rotterdam’s context.
Ralph Foster of Ottawa, executive officer of the National Film Board, told the Association of Canadian Fire Marshals in Regina that a large fire in Vancouver will soon be watched in Edmonton and other homes. He said TV will show flames to underline fire damage and loss of life and property.
Jim Winters of Wetaskiwin Alta is believed to be Alberta’s oldest resident at 108. A native of Atlanta he served in the Confederate army and later worked in Michigan lumber camps before homesteading in Northern Ontario and settling in Calgary about 1900. He has lived in Wetaskiwin for several years and still enjoys his pipe.
New York report shows after tax income of the average American family rose to 4531 in 1948, up from 4309 in 1947. The survey also notes average family retail spending at 3131 versus 2955 the prior year, reflecting an income gain.
Winnipeg officials warn that removing federal voters lists from telephone poles can lead to fines or imprisonment. Some lists have already been torn down as enumerators post them publicly so electors can verify their names.
The Canadian Good Roads Association will hold its 30th annual convention at Lake Louise Alberta on September 12 to 14. Ministers of highways from nine provinces will attend with Alberta officials welcoming delegates. The program covers highway construction maintenance dust control bridges and aerial surveys for right of way.
In 1524 explorer Giovanni de Varrazzani from Florence mapped the North American coast from Newfoundland to Florida. He reportedly discovered New York Bay and coined the name New France for the region.
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