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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 05, 1947
Page
3
Western Canada farmers debate drought risk and push for irrigation reform. Advocates argue rivers Mackenzie and Saskatchewan hold vast water, with Great Bear and Great Slave Lakes as reservoirs, and urge government support, surveys, and a national irrigation program to secure yearly harvests.
The piece recalls wartime Canadians who donated over 10 million dollars to war bonds without interest, forfeiting 1.4 million. It argues that deep convictions can surpass practical gains, even if readers disagree with the method.
A dense jumble of crossword style clues and fragment entries lists many partial terms across horizontal and vertical sections. The readable items reference animal names foods places and abstract notions forming a puzzle grid rather than a narrative.
The Wilson Fly Pad Company of Hamilton Ontario announced winners in two recent contests. First prize of 100 dollars went to Steve Yaremko a Tangent Alberta schoolboy who plans to save the money. The second prize of 100 dollars went to Mrs Laura McKale of Calumet RR1 Quebec a farmer's wife and mother of twelve who uses Wilson's Fly Pads and has crocheting embroidery knitting and sewing as hobbies.
Bloss Rutter of Calgary and Buster Harle of the Vermillion district report sighting a whooping crane, one of the west’s rarest birds. Rutter saw it in a slough about three miles east of Cochrane, Harle saw it on a small lake on his farm.
Denver, Hyman Hirshorn, a night club owner, wills $22,500 to the city recreation department. He specifies that $7,200 be set aside to buy ice cream cones twice weekly for neighborhood children for as long as the money lasts.
Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley are highlighted for ranking third among all U S counties in the value of farm products. The report notes the strong agricultural performance and promises continuation next week.
An old woman entering the Swedish Air Lines Travel Bureau in London asked where to buy Swedish merchandise. She hesitantly revealed she wanted a really good pre war rat trap, saying the Swedish ones are the best.
The rugged terrain between India and Burma has prevented construction of a railroad as sea transport proves cheaper and faster, leaving mountainous routes without rail connection.
Henry George Martins an 88 year old tailor who designed sailor suits for royal princes during Queen Victoria's reign is dead. A new comet was discovered by M J Bester at Boyden Station Harvard University near here. A mass grave of 40000 Russian prisoners in Dublin was reported by a special commission. MacArthur authorized a 30000 man national rural police force in Japan. The Southern Alberta Co operative Vegetable Growers plant near completion was destroyed by fire with an estimated loss of 15000. Salvage on HMS Warspite will take three years. Tuberculosis from infected milk kills 1500 to 2000 Britons annually. Lord Woolton said a cable linking Gotland with the Swedish mainland will be laid. 60600 Canadian army commissions will be available to OC TCs over four years. Ant eaters can go long periods without food.
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