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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1930
Page
5
Hon J F Bryant announces Canada will have a nationwide long distance telephone system by 1931. Construction links across Saskatchewan progress as all Dominion companies unite to remove past reliance on United States lines and ease western congestion. The project completes next year.
Reuter's Ottawa correspondent notes Canada’s white population rose from about 3,000 in 1665 to just under 10 million today. The 19th century saw growth to 260,000, with Confederation in 1867 bringing about 3.5 million. Western settlement and the prairie wheat belt boosted gains, with western residents now about 30 percent of the population.
The first Calgary to Great Britain cattle shipment under Ottawa policy was made by the Alberta Co operative Livestock Producers. 24 feeder steers averaging 1080 pounds were sent toward a larger consignment staged in Montreal with Manchester as the ultimate port where English farmers will finish the stock.
Wildlife officials announce a gorilla sanctuary in southwest Uganda near the Sabinio Mountains close to the Belgian Congo border. The article notes gorillas rarely survive in captivity and few specimens exist in zoos.
Driver Jack Sanford gave Lord Dawson a 15 minute grand tour of Kansas City highlighting the Liberty Memorial the Phillips Hotel site and local theatres. The baron thanked him with a 50 cent tip calling him a swell guy and noting physicians provide little comfort but are useful when sick.
Dominion Department of Agriculture experts outline a balanced feeding plan for pullets. The ration combines mash scratch grains green feed grit shell and vitamin supplements with ample water. Home mixing is advised using wheat oats corn or barley with fifteen percent animal feeds one percent salt and cod liver oil. Grit and oyster shell kept in hoppers, alfalfa or clover as green feed, or alfalfa leaf meal if unavailable. Supplementary feeds include raw potatoes carrots and mangels to prevent rickets.
The September survey by the Fruit Branch shows the apple crop at 75.5 percent of 1928 with 200000 barrels below the five year average. Nova Scotia Ontario Quebec and New Brunswick lag while British Columbia expects 360000 barrels more than last year and about 250000 above the five year average. Weather has been uneven with low rainfall retarding growth and limited apple scab. Pears exceed last year and peaches will be well ahead of 1929 despite lighter than expected yields. Ontario plums and prunes up slightly with BC down 2 percent. grapes near last year.
The Vancouver Sun quotes Dr. Sigmund Freud noting that domination of nature brings no lasting happiness. Conquest starts new striving, so happiness eludes seekers. A suggested path is to forget the effort to be happy, a paradox some deem simple, others convoluted.
A psychologist quips that no two people think alike, noting the irony given the common experience of wedding presents. The comment underscores differing tastes in gift giving and the variety in couples’ celebrations.
The Queen and Duke of York send congratulatory messages to the British Red Cross Society on its Diamond Jubilee. They note the society's long record of service and express pride in its continued efforts to alleviate suffering and distress.
Miss Dorothy Beck tours the world with an upside down periscope to capture underwater scenes. She recently visited Ceylon and secured unusual pictures of tropical fish and underwater vegetation for her marine life painting project.
A midlife remark notes that middle age marks the period when the average man plans to begin saving next month.
Sir John Aird of the Canadian Bank of Commerce warns that a potential huge exportable wheat surplus in Russia may keep prices weak for years. He notes prewar Russian production levels and suggests cautious optimism for Canada’s exports, while China demand may not rapidly expand. He points to Russia supplying cheap low-grade wheat preferred in Oriental markets versus Canada’s higher quality.
A Ford Research Institute report from Stanford University finds tropical countries increasing wheat flour consumption faster than population from 1909 to 1927. The study notes 11.24 pounds per capita annually for 1909–1913 and a 12.67 percent rise for 1923–1927.
She, aged over forty and fat, is a flapper who corners a young man at a bridge party. A recalled school prank triggers a puzzled reaction as he reveals the tickling incident involved his father, not the man.
The article notes a growing global demand for sugar, increasing by 750,000 additional tons per year, signaling rising consumption and potential market implications.
Helen Strong of the U S Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce notes that inconsistent spellings of foreign place names cause trade errors. A United States Geographic Board study urges uniformity after postwar name changes like Lemberg to Lwow and Smyrna to Izmir.
Estimates indicate up to 500 cars of prairie feed may be bought in the Maritimes with Moncton already receiving over 25 carloads. The Wheat Pool has set a representative in the region as shipments are expected to grow, aiming to boost dairy production among Maritime farmers.
At Neiderfinow Germany workers near finishing a massive ship lift claimed as the greatest in the world. When completed it will raise thousand ton boats 118 feet in five minutes replacing a canal lock system between Berlin and the Port of Stettin and the Baltic Sea. Previously ships spent two hours climbing the same height.
A short proverb notes that every father believes his own baby is unique, while other fathers may feel similarly about theirs. The line humorously reflects parental pride and universal sentiment.
Radio history was made with The Crusaders debuting a weekly round the world programme broadcast across Canada and the United States. Julia Preston Major Kemp and others travel aboard the Empress of Australia as the liner’s world cruise route is traced from Toronto studios to NBC network in the U S. Alfred Heather is identified as Professor Cadenza in the cast.
The Beothic delivers supplies to Arctic officials on its fifth voyage. George P. MacKenzie reports good health among native populations and notes favorable ice south of 73 north but difficult conditions farther north. The expedition adds researchers in Greenland and harbor posts, with personnel changes and a medical hospital project.
A 3-year-old boy visiting friends pulled a soft rubber ball beneath a Davenport and, when asked about it, answered that he saw only dirt. The incident ends with the child's curious crawl and a statement about his vision.
A new garage in Boston Massachusetts claims to be the largest in the world with over ten acres of floor space and eight stories. It can hold more than 2,000 cars at once and aims to serve shoppers in the city. Public phones are planned for railway stations in Ireland. Asia Minor is cited as the Angora goat’s origin. A quoted exchange shows a petty domestic moment in Stockholm.
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