Alberta Tar Sands Seen As Key To Prairie Roads
Alberta tar sands may supply affordable road material for the prairie provinces. Thomas Draper of Port Huron, Michigan, cites extensive tests since 1911 showing high asphalt content, easy mixing with gravel, and good performance in extreme weather. He notes vast oil reserves, simple processing methods, and potential for lubricants and fuel, with transportation and machinery advances advancing feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Thomas Draper
Port Heron Mich
Seatbad Alberta
S. C. Elis
Federal Government
Geological Service
Manitoba Free Press
Draper
Attabasca River
Boller Rapids
Fort McMurray
Edmonton
Calgary
Unis
Canada
British climate vs Canadian wheat in milling quality debate
The National Farmers Union argues British conditions hinder hard wheat quality and price, noting Canada grows superior milling wheat. a millers’ circular favors Canadian flour, prompting a debate on suitable crops for Britain such as roots and coarse grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
National Farmer's Union
England
Family Herald
Weekly Star
William Gibson Named Superintendent at Indian Head Farm
E S Archibald announces William Gibson as superintendent of the Dominion Experimental Farm at Indian Head. Gibson previously led the farm to progress in dairy farming and Clydesdale breeding, developing the Donald and Sancy team now owned by McDonagh and Shea. He left to join a farming partnership and later farmed near Indian Head, returning to head the facility again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Archibald
Canada
William Gibson
Dominion
Indian Head
Gibson
Mr. Gibson
Donald and Sancy
McDonagh & Shea
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
FE. E. Fuller
Girvin, Sask
Saskatchewen
Canada boasts rail mileage and population ratios
The Stratford Beacon Herald notes Canada has the most railway miles per person and the highest land area per person among nations. It adds Canada has other strengths and remains a good country to live in for those who value a good, sane life.
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Canada
Stratford Beacon- Herald
Scientific Beets Slash Sugar Conversion From Beets
The Farm and Livestock Record notes that early beet sugar needed 29 tons of beets per ton of sugar. Modern methods cut this to six tons, reflecting advances in beet science and production efficiency.
Beatty Favors Exhibition Tram to Promote Canadian Immigration
Vancouver’s E W Beatty KC president of Canadian Pacific expresses sympathy for a British exhibition tram to publicize Canada in the British Isles. He suggests eight to ten exhibition vans with films and displays rather than a full 30-van train, noting Wembley results and CPMs outreach across England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Laurey
College Des Hartes Etudes Commerciale
Gazette
British Isles
France
E. W. Beatty, KC
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Beatty
Great Britain
Canadian National
Scotland
Ireland
England
Wembley
Canada
Wembley Exposition
Saskatchewan Turkeys Pooling Plan Could Boost Shipments
Hon. C. M. Hamilton reports encouraging district replies to the provincial Markets and Cooperation Branch. A cold wet hatching season reduced the Saskatchewan turkey crop, but the pooling plan for dressed and live birds is expected to raise cooperative shipments and likely push prices higher than last year.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
C. M. Hamilton
Lethbridge Interests Plan Cranbrook Oil Refinery
Lethbridge investors announce plans to build an oil refinery in Cranbrook capable of processing 300 barrels of crude daily. The plant would produce gasoline, distillate and fuel oil at an estimated cost of $100,000 and create twenty jobs.
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Lethbridge
Cranbrook
Western Canada Wheat Exports Grow to Vancouver Port
More than seven million bushels of Western Canadian wheat have been booked for shipment from Vancouver to Great Britain and the Orient in October and November. Actual bookings to England total 6,794,400 bushels as part of the shipment plan.
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Vancouver
Great Britain and
the Orient
England
Blind pianist wins Paris Prize scholarship to study in Paris
Cusson, a blind pianist from Quebec, wins the Paris Prize scholarship granting three years of study in Paris. He travels alone aboard the Canadian Pacific ship Minnedosa to Europe and will reside at the Institute National for the Blind during his Paris studies.
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Wimner
Province of
Quebec
Paris
Europe
Cusson
Institute National For the Blind
Timber Policy Opportunity in British Columbia
The Vancouver Sun argues that rampant logging has emptied U S and Canadian timber regions. It urges BC to conserve forests, ban strip logging, and invest in replanting to build a lasting timber industry that could dominate global markets for generations. The piece frames conservation as a path to sustained revenue and world market leadership.
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United States
Canada
British Columbia
Vancouver Sun
Canada Exports Six Million Pounds Of Honey This Year
Canada will export about 6,000,000 pounds of surplus honey after meeting home demand. Western Canada shows rapid growth, with British Columbia and Manitoba contributing large shares. Quebec and Ontario have long led production, and European demand remains strong, supporting a rising Canadian honey export industry.
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Canada
Quebec
Ontario
West
British Columbia
Manitoba
Europe
Cadet Training Resumes in Australia
A report notes military training for junior cadets has been resumed in Australia. An elderly resident asks for hospital directions, and the response suggests caution or carelessness as a theme.
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Australia
Hope Of Livestock Market Expansion From Canada
The article profiles George J. Saunders who built a 360 acre Saskatchewan farm after arriving from England with no capital or farming background. It notes Canada’s shift toward wider markets post tariffs, with 1924 livestock exports rising 35 percent and new trade links to Great Britain, the United States, Japan, Belgium, and California. Cooperative cattle pools by United Grain Growers show profits to producers, while Alberta promotes winter-fed cattle for Old Country markets and Japan interest grows.
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Canada
George J. Saunders
Perdue
Saskatchewan
Old Country
Mr. Saunders
London
England
United States
Great Britain
Wales
United Grain Growers, Ltd
Western Canada
Alberta
Japan
Belgium
California
Grande Prairie
Peace River
Famous Cow Emigrates to Osaka with Cattle Shipment
Six year old world champion Holstein Fresian Sergio, weighing 2000 pounds, leaves Canada with six other cattle for Osaka Japan. Owned by Raymonddale Farm Vaudreuil Quebec she was sold to T Spitaka Company Osaka by Keltaro Mukai who plans to bring additional stock including a champion bull and four cows. Mukai notes Holsteins suit Japan due to hay feeding as natural feed is scarce.
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Roycroft Sergie Walker
Canada
Osaka
Japan
Sergio
Raymonddale
Vaudreuil
Quebec
T. Spitaka Company
Keltaro Mukai
Westward stock shipments rise from Edmonton to Vancouver
Over eight months three hundred fifty carloads of livestock moved from or through Edmonton to Vancouver. The shift signals growing western route importance for farm products beyond grain and hints at potential Alberta beef demand in Japan, which could improve local market prospects if sustained by coastal buyers.
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Edmonton
Vancouver
Alberta
Japan
The
Edmonton Bulletin
Big Sheep Ranch Prospects Draw Santa Cruz Men
Two ranchers from Santa Cruz Argentina, C. R. Reynard and J. K. Morrison, arrive in Alberta after crossing from New York. They scout the Peace River region along the Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway with aims to establish a large scale sheep operation.
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Santa Cruz
Alberta
C. R. Reynard
J. K. Morrison
New York
Peace River
Edmonton, Dunvegan and
British Columbia
Dairying Slow Adoption Among Saskatchewan Farmers
Despite rapid dairying growth in Saskatchewan, fewer than a quarter of farmers are creamery patrons. The article notes the low engagement rate and implies barriers to broader participation in the dairy industry.
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Saskatchewan
Typographical Union Pensions Hit Eight Hundred Seventy Six Thousand
In the last fiscal year the International Typographical Union paid out 876,609 dollars in old age pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Typographical Union
All along the line there are people fishing for compliments
A compact note on social behavior suggesting people seek praise and approval in everyday interactions. The line hints at eager attention and the craving for positive feedback.
Sweeping the Skies Through Air Currents
Aviators report that rapid flights through small clouds can disperse fair weather cumulus. A summer cloud may be thinned by about twenty passes.
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Mr. Proper
Britain
Dodds
Ldyy
N. U
Indian Head Dominion Farm
Mr. Beatty
Turkeys
Gabriel A. Cusson
Carter
Mall
Smaill
Carters
CimeCom
Catients
Montree
Sousa Sbs
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