Wildlife boom in Jasper National Park animals numbers rise
The annual report by J B Harkin, National Parks Commissioner, notes 16909 mountain sheep and 16909 deer in Jasper. Elk up to 100 seen near Cabin Creek, beaver abundant, moose 1800, caribou 1000, black bears around 2000, wolves coyotes wolverines trapped, fishing improved with Caledonian Lake restocked.
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Jasper National Park
J. B. Harkin
National Parks
Markin
Cabin
Rocky Mountain
Snake Indian
Rocky
Smoky
Rock Lake
Jasper
Big Lick
Byng Pass
Tonquin Valley
Buffalo Prairie
University of Alberta confers honorary degrees at 17th convocation
At the seventeenth annual convocation in Edmonton, Lieutenant Governor Egbert and Chancellor N. Beck received honorary law degrees. A total of 194 degrees were granted to graduates from across faculties. Principal W. C. Murray of the University of Saskatchewan delivered the graduating address.
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University of Alberta
Edmonton
Egbert
N. —. Beck
W. C. Murray
University of Saskatchewan
Reopening of Rheims Cathedral Marks War Remnant Restoration
The wartorn Rheims cathedral has been reopened as M. Herriot hands the keys to Cardinal Lucani. Nearly half the church is roofed and repaired though full restoration may need twenty to fifty seats according to architects.
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Wartorn
Rheims
M. Herriot
Cardinal Lucan
Cultivation of Strawberries Very Necessary
A new bulletin from the Teminion Experimental Farm stresses strawberry cultivation across various soils from sand to clay. It warns against white grubs and persistent weeds, urging careful soil preparation and early young plant establishment for best results. The bulletin, “Strawberry and Its Cultivation in Canada,” outlines planting prep and can be obtained from Ottawa Publications Branch.
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Teminion Experimental Farm
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Dust Clouds May Surround Earth Sun and Nearby Stars
Harvard astronomer Prof. Edward S. King suggests space contains vast dust or absorbing matter extending from the sun across 600 trillion miles. He notes such clouds conceal stars and cluster groups like the Pleiades, yet distant stars do not appear intensely red, indicating limits to this effect.
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Harvard
Earth
Edwards. King
Harvard College Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
King
Unfinished Cathedral Facade Tale From Zacatecas Mexico
A stone carver began work on Zacatecas Cathedral in Mexico but never finished. After a death sentence was stayed to finish the task, he designed an elaborate facade that could not be completed in one lifetime, and he died of old age before its completion.
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Zacatecas
Mexico
Bathtub Philosopher Found Near Charleroi
Valentin Le Page, disabled by a factory accident, lives in a battered bathtub roofed with boards beside the highway with a police dog in a sugar box annex. He repairs chairs to eke out a living and lacks running water.
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Diogenes
Charleroi
Valentin le Page
M. le Page
Clergyman's Frugal Lunch Sparks Pulpit Jest
A clergyman at dinner with a parishioner explains he eats sparingly to do justice in the pulpit. The housewife misses the service and asks about the sermon. The husband replies the preacher might as well have eaten, ending the tale with weary humor.
Why Canada Attracts Tourists
The 1927 season is set to be the greatest for motor touring in Canada due to better information and the belief that Canadian highways rival any on the continent plus cooler climate. A key factor is the change in Dominion Customs Regulations allowing U S visitors to stay up to ninety days without deposits. Provinces are expanding motoring facilities and offering hunting and fishing privileges via provincial game officers and laws.
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Canada
Dominion
Dominion Customs
United States
King and Queen Find Canada Hut Among Windsor Grounds
The King and Queen favor a small Canadian hut on Windsor Castle grounds near their private suite. Built by Canadian lumbermen as a wartime souvenir, the hut is well crafted and a favorite retreat for leisure. The couple spends many half hours there, showing that money is not everything and credit can serve the same purpose.
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King George
Queen Mary
Windsor Castle
Japanese businesswoman built vast empire after sugar fortune
Madam Yone Suzuki shifted from household duties to run a sugar refinery sold for 3.6 million dollars. She built a world spanning network dominating camphor, steel, sugar and many industries, facing backlash as Japan’s war profits rose. A rice speculation sparked mob attacks. later earthquakes worsened firm losses from 1920 and 1923.
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Yone Suzuki
Japan
Why Applause Has Decreased
Watchmakers blame the decline in applause on wearers of wrist watches. The article notes performers still receive laughter, while audience members stamp to show approval. It mentions 1873 as the year the first living aerial passengers flew in a balloon, including a sheep a rooster and a duck.
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London
Appanse
Lving
Regulation board formed to oversee BC fruit marketing
F M Black, former Manitoba provincial treasurer, is named chairman of the Board of Control created under the British Columbia Produce Marketing Act passed at the recent session. The board aims to regulate fruit crop marketing to secure better returns for producers.
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F. M. Black
Manitoba
Board of Control
British Columbia
B.C
Worldly traveler meets floorwalker in lively exchange
A brief dialogue shows one person boasting travel miles while the other works as a floorwalker, sparking a witty back-and-forth about life experience and occupation.
Devotion to Canine Friends Across Nations
A London boy rescues his dog from a pound without a fee, earning a black mark but preserving pride. In Quebec a dog saves a sinking boy, yet the rescuer is too late, while a nine year old drowns with a dog in his arms after saving a mongrel. Sir Walter Scott mourns a dog as a very dear friend.
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London
Quebec
Walter Scott
New South African Flag Design Proposed by Parliament
A bill outlines a new flag for the Union of South Africa featuring the Cross of St George with a white border on a green quartered field. The Union Jack would symbolize ties to the British community and be officially flown on the King’s birthday and other holidays, with a referendum planned for the revised bill.
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Union of South Africa
St. George
South African Union
Group of Nations
British Community of Nations
Bank of England near closure in past crises and ocean wonders
The article recalls historic near misses for the Bank of England including a 1745 run saved by note withholding and rapid re-cashing. It then extols the Great Barrier Reef as a world wonder off Australia and notes British Columbia’s long land-locked ocean route spanning about 1,000 miles.
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England
Japan
Bank of England
British Empire
Great Barrier Reef
Australia
Queensland
British Columbia
Islande
Matinland
Why Do I Live Poem Angers California Editor
Horace Annesley Vachell once rancher in California befriended a local editor who disliked poetry. The editor received the verse Why Do I Live and replied by mail with a sharp joke that the writer sent the poem instead of bringing one percent.
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Horace Annesley Vacheil
California
Immigrant Greek Builds Hat-Check Empire in New York
A penniless immigrant six years ago founded most of the citys hat-check rooms. He now controls the high end concessions, amassing millions by cornering profitable spaces across New York venues.
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New York
Airship Service To Save Time Says Major Scott
Major G H Scott told Ottawa luncheon the empire gains from commercial rigid airships to shrink distances across the British Empire. He described forerunner ships with 1009000 cubic feet gas, two berths, lounges, dining saloons, and heating, claiming safety and comfort and travel times shortened to days to Egypt and India.
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Empire
Scott
British Empire
G. H. Scott
Ottawa
Great Britain
England
Major Scott
Egypt
South Africa
India
Australia
Canada
Manitoba Fisheries Plot To Build Lake Winnipeg Cannery
Manitoba arrangements move forward to establish a fish cannery on Lake Winnipeg. J F D Fisher of Winnipeg leads the venture as promoter. Last year’s Lake Winnipeg catch was valued at 300000 dollars weighing 6899900 pounds, mainly white fish pickerel perch pike goldeyes tullibee sauger and mullet, with most shipped to the United States.
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Lake Winnipeg
J. F. D. Fisher
Winnipeg
United States
Shop Assistant Snaps Back Customer in Quiet Exchange
A timid man asks for fountain pens but is told no and told they only tell pens. He ends by leaving saying good morning. A mother questions Johnny about the butcher and beer as he had just sold an ox-tall to a man, implying it tests will power to listen when lonely.
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Irving Berlin
New York
Berlin
Chicago
Johnny
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