Alberta coal fields may ease Eastern Canada's fuel shortage
The Natural Resources Bulletin reviews Alberta's coal potential and challenges for supplying Ontario and Quebec. Alberta holds vast reserves, with Dramheller area projects and 380 mines producing about 6 million tons yearly. High production costs, labor troubles, and limited markets hinder growth, though US competition and low CN freight rates earlier spurred interest.
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Natural Resources Bulletin
Canada
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
United States
B Dowling
Geological Survey of Canada
Lethbridge
C.P.R
Rocky Mountains
Canadian National Railway
Great Lakes
Drumbelier
No. 18
Western Canada
Port Arthur
Fort William
Central Canada
Vancouver
Seattle
Timberland Traversed North Exhibits Growing Pine Resources
Dominion land surveyor B H Segre reports after traversing from The Pas to Fond du Lac across Saskatchewan and Alberta that jack pine forests, 30 years old with scattered spruce, have expanded since 1892 when Tyrell noted barren lands. He sees timber as a future pulpwood reserve valuable if not burned by fire.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Pas
Manitoba
Fond du Lac
Lake Athabasca
B. H. Segre
Dominion Land Surveyor
Calgar
Edmonton
J. B. Tyrell
Dominion Geological Survey
Ontario
Profitable Wheat Yields at Purxulawney Ranch Alberta
T. T. Mydland operating the Purxulawney Ranch at High River Alberta for George Melrvine reports threshing results in a thriving season. A 54 acre field of Winter wheat yielded 2 500 bushels of high quality Turkey Red Wheat. Another 60 acre field remains unshested but expected to yield more than the 54 acre field. Revenue from harvested fall wheat exceeds 3 000 dollars, roughly 65 dollars per acre. Overall under 90 acres of crops, mostly wheat with oats, promise a strong harvest.
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T. T. Mydland
High River
Alberta
George Melrvine
Mydland
Thought She'd Had Typhoid Or: Mother Learns Daughter Had Typhoid
A visiting mother from the farm greets her city daughter and discovers she has typhoid. The shock comes after a kiss of greeting when she notices the daughter's bobbed hair and exclaims at the lack of prior notice.
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Lizzy
Early Florida Life Suggests Ancient Habitat by Loomis
Scientist Dr. F B Loomis of Amherst College cites Florida evidence indicating humans inhabited the region twenty five thousand years ago. The find supports theories of early human migration into North America and reshapes timelines for continental settlement.
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Mac
Florida
F. B. Loomis
Amherst College
Andrew W Preston Father of the Banana Industry Dies
Andrew W Preston who died at his Massachusetts summer home built the banana industry as it exists today. He led United Fruit Company, built a vast empire with ships plantations hotels and other properties and enriched himself and associates while expanding banana production across Caribbean nations. His work likened to Columbus, turning a once rare fruit into a global staple.
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Andrew W. Preston
Massachusetts
Caribbean
United Fruit Company
Columbus
Hemisphere
Tropics
Equator
Americas
Canada
United States
Sunflowers Tried As Summer Fallow In Western Station Trials
An experiment at a Dominion Experimental Farms station tested sunflowers as a summer fallow substitute for cattle feed. Rows of 9 1/2 feet were used to allow four horse cultivator work, protecting soil from drifting but yielding harvest difficulties due to vigorous growth. Recommendation notes sowing pounds per acre, twice harrowing, rolling with a harrow, then hand cultivation. Cutting at seven feet prevents wind damage.
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Dominion Experimental Farms
Wainwrighot
Prince supports Canadian livestock trade with quality imports
The Prince aids Canada's livestock industry by introducing top animals from the Old Country and enabling stock men to buy. An American buyer from Oklahoma paid top price at the E-P sale, showing wide appreciation for the prince's efforts and highlighting Alberta's strong advertising via the event.
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Canada
Oklahoma
Alberta
Lethbridge Herald
Grace Rogers gifts 26,000 acres to Audubon societies
Grace Rogers purchases 26,000 acres of Louisiana swamp land for the Audubon societies with a large endowment to preserve wild ducks. Hunters will be excluded from the protected area as a major conservation step.
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Louisiana
Grace Rogers
National Audubon Societies
English driver Elfridgi sets Montlhery speed record
At the Montlhery autodrome near Paris the English driver Elfridgi averaged 124 miles per hour for a 201 km run, completing five kilometres in 1 minute 2.25 seconds. The record pace is claimed to be unmatched.
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Elfridgi
Montlhery
Paris
Enrors
Pig Nature Revealed When Men Travel Says Proverb
A saying notes that character may show when a person travels, suggesting traits emerge more clearly on journeys. The quotation links travel with honesty or folly, implying behavior exposes inner nature across contexts.
Four letters jailed while a dozen stay in penitentiary
A concise quip points to letters as if persons, noting four letters have been jailed and a dozen remain confined. The line uses wordplay to comment on incarceration with a linguistic twist.
Dutch Peat Industry Produces Over One Million Tons
The Netherlands maintains peat production exceeding one million tons annually, highlighting a sizable sector in the country's natural resource outputs.
Effect Of Silage On the Lamb Crop
A two winter Alberta study at Lethbridge Experimental Station shows silage fed to ewes before lambing yields weak newborn lambs that struggle to stand and suckle. Ewes receiving alfalfa hay alone fare better. silage after lambing may boost milk flow due to its succulent quality. Sunflower silage used.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Arkansas cyclone scatters freight cars near Fayetteville
A cyclone in Arkansas uprooted six freight cars from a rapidly moving train at Fayetteville. The cars were tumbled into a heap beside the right of way but the rest of the train remained intact and no wreck occurred.
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Arkansas
Fayetteville
Two Browns and a Doctor on Monuments
Mrs. Brown praises Dr. Young for perseverance likening him to Patience on a monument. Mr. Brown counters with concern about patients resembling monuments, implying many patients remain pensive or unchanging.
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Mrs. Brown
Dr. Young
Mr. Brown
Blasco Ibanez Opens Campaign for Spanish Republic
Would Establish Republic Vincente Blasco Ibanez opens his campaign for a Spanish republic inauguration. He blames the King for Spain's decline and bad days.
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Vincente Blasco Ibanez
Spain
Netauthor
Spanish
Welfare Of Our Children Is Vital To Canada
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1922 child mortality among ages one to four at 4460, with most deaths from preventable diseases. Measles scarlet fever whooping cough diphtheria tuberculosis pneumonia and bronchitis caused 1821 deaths in eight provinces. Public health efforts stress vaccination anti-toxin preventive care and parental hygiene to reduce deaths and infant mortality.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
England
Wales
New Zealand
The Kind That Stretches Storekeeper
A fragment describes a boy asking for candy and a storekeeper’s exchange. The text then mentions a train crossing and a fatal or dangerous consequence implied by a “dead stop” after a race to the crossing.
Poultry Feed Trial at Lethbridge Station in 1923
An experiment at Lethbridge Ontario in 1923 compared crushed oats with a mixed mash for breeding hens. Ten hens per pen received either feed in dry mash form with a cockerel, plus beef meal and shell. The mixed mash yielded higher fertility and hatchability, though oats may have increased fattening and reduced activity.
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Lethbridge
Alto
Donifigton
Corp
Ypres Rebuilds As Modern City With Garden Dwellings
Six years after restoration began Ypres advances toward complete rehabilitation. The city is rebuilt to modern standards and includes 300 workers dwellings in garden city layouts. Ypres has become a tourist destination in Meorca.
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Ypres
Meorca
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N. U
Jack Pine
Banana Industry
Helping Livestock Business of
Netherlands
H. R.H
Victoria
Empress Hotel
B.C
Vancouver Island
Department of Health
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canadian Prairies
J. J. DeMiryse
Publiations Branch
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Wrigley’s
Fith
Wrigley
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