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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1931
Page
2
A columnist on vacation seeks relief from depression talk by retreating to nature and sharing a trimmed collage of essays and maxims. He quotes lines on joy and misfortune, perseverance, and optimism, urging readers to focus, act, and keep going despite hardships.
Senator Sir Thomas Gratten Esmond says Canada could supply much of Ireland’s wheat needs and argues for a mutual trade treaty similar to agreements with New Zealand and Australia. He spoke in Montreal after a salmon fishing trip with Lady Esmond, before returning to Dublin.
A record for speedy mail distribution was set when letters posted in London at 6 15 pm July 28 reached Montreal and were distributed before 10 30 am. On August 3 the time with Canadian Airways planes picking up sacks at Father Point was 5 days 16 hours 15 minutes.
Alberta Natural Resources complete regulations under the acts for administration of Alberta resources are issued in a special Alberta Gazette issue of about 300 pages. A series of pamphlets will follow detailing various regulations including homesteading fishery forestry reserves timber mining petroleum gas coal quartz mining fur farming grazing leases and permits.
Canadian tag No. 50 worn by a hawk killed in Argentina proves the bird carried the tag from Halkirk Lake Alberta in 1929. Glen and Jack Schwedinger contributed the discovery, and Jack Miner of Kingsville Ontario has received the information.
Restrictions restrict movement of poplars and willows from the Maritime Provinces and parts of British Columbia due to satin moth spread. Satin moth has reached Nova Scotia and New Brunswick after earlier BC presence. Canada bans import of several pine varieties because of insect plagues and white pine blister rust. Austria, Scotland, and Swiss mountain pines barred after shipments found infested.
Instructions list ingredients and steps for canning pears this week. Pears are peeled and simmered in a syrup of sugar vinegar cloves and cinnamon, then packed hot into jars and sealed with rubber gaskets.
A recipe for cucumber catchup with cucumbers onions peppers vinegar sugar and spices describes preparing and canning the mixture until clear. The ad claims Miller's Worm Powders work quietly and painlessly to destroy worms with immediate improvement in internal health.
The Winnipeg Tribune argues that unemployed men should be allowed to buy small farms with land, buildings, and partial improvements. Government aid would be limited to food and clothing through winter, saving money by enabling returns to rural work.
Prof. L. E. Kirk of the University of Saskatchewan is named Dominion Agrostologist. His appointment was announced in the House of Commons by Hon. Robert Weir Minister of Agriculture. A separate note mentions a device that measures the sheer of silk stockings. W. N. U. 1905.
Parents are urged to have children examined during a summer round up before starting school in autumn. The Canadian Medical Association notes early detection prevents vision and ear problems, tonsil and dental disease, which can become serious later.
Persian Balm is a fragrant refreshing and alluring toilet product praised for creating a refined complexion. It promises soft velvety hands and skin while soothing irritations from weather conditions and supporting overall charm and distinction.
Captain Jimmy and General Lu crash land on an uncharted island. The party survives by finding a spring and foraging eggs while scavenging buried darl eggs, then considers fishing for food. The island’s untouched shores promise new survival prospects as the group plans to press on.
Canada’s laying flocks total 25,044,870 hens producing 278,255,753 dozen eggs valued at 74,837,092 dollars. Ontario leads with 13,500,000 hens. Saskatchewan 5,200,000. Quebec 4,900,000. Alberta 4,000,000. Manitoba 3,000,000. B C 2,200,000. Maritime Provinces about 500,000 each. From 1921 to 1930 the farm hen population grew 25.8 million to 35,044,870 and egg output per hen rose from 78 to 95 eggs.
Eighteen goats from the Dominion Livestock branch, selected as the province’s best, head east to Nova Scotia for dairy and breeding. The shipment includes three purebred Saanen bucks, three Toggenberg grade does, and twelve grade Saanen does with prices around 50 dollars for males and 25 dollars for females. One buck is related to Echo of Deerfields, the world’s record milk goat.
In 1867 BC had 40 factories including 13 saw mills and 11 flour mills all in Victoria. By 1901 BC ranked fourth among provinces in manufacturing and now has about 725 establishments. Industrial secretary R H Arnott cites Vancouver area as key, noting 60 percent of the province’s manufacturing firms are located there.
A provocative remark declares that the average woman has no more honour than a man and that in dress she has less on. The remark drew criticism and sparked discussions about gender and propriety.
K Fukuma, a Japanese newspaperman, reports defeating a west to east challenger in a journey around the world using regular travel routes. The letter was received in Vancouver by J J Forster, steamship general passenger agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Premier J T M Anderson stated only slight changes were made to the authorized textbook list for public and high schools in Saskatchewan. Principal revisions affect grade 11 and grade 12 literature selections, with the chief literature textbook retained.
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