Good Roads Inestimable Value To Rural Districts
An article argues that high quality highways are essential for settlement and land prices, supporting commerce and tourism. It notes Canada’s federal and provincial road grants, a $73 million current program, and a road network of about 35,000 miles valued at $700 million. It highlights interprovincial cooperation and the goal of a coast-to-coast motorway.
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Canada
Dominium
United States
Dominion
Higher storage tariff sought for grain by Canada board
J C Gage on behalf of Fort William and Port Arthur terminal elevators asked the Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada to raise elevating and storing charges from one cent to one and a quarter cents per bushel. Saskatchewan Co operative Elevator Company supported the move and urged reducing free storage from 15 to 10 days. Gage also sought higher rates for storing mixed grains and screenings, from two to three cents and three to four cents respectively.
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Fort William
Port Arthur
J. C. Gage
Board of Grain Commissioners For
Canada
Fred. W. Riddle
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company
Gags
Lenin decried as inverted Czar by Times
The New York Times calls Lenin worse than Czars, arguing his dictatorship in Russia lacks government, with arbitrary decrees and revolutionary tribunals that confiscate and execute, contrasting him with past rulers.
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Lenin
Russia
New York Times
Discovery Of Salts Near Viceroy Saskatchewan
A party of gentlemen reports a deposit of crystalline salts seventeen miles north of Viceroy. The area covers about 206 acres with most of it buried under six inches of soil. A hole three feet deep did not reach the bottom, and the salts will be analyzed to determine commercial value.
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Viceroy
Saskatchewan
Garden Luck Leads to Sunstroke and Insurance Payout
A humorous voice notes a husband’s garden efforts and a sunstroke incident ending in a $200 health insurance payout, cited from a Boston Tran script.
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Boston Transcript
Making Life on The Farm Appealing
Speech by Hon. F. Tolmie in the House of Commons on May 14, 1920. He argues improving farm methods, home life, livestock, profitability, and social access like roads and cheap cars to keep youth on farms and reduce rural exodus.
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F. Tolmie
Cemutons
Mennonites Improve Attendance Under Education Laws
Premier Martin reports Education Department data from the Mennonite settlement near Swift Current show sizable gains in school attendance. He notes the improvement results from government enforcement of provincial education laws, as some settlers resist fines by choosing jail time.
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Martin
Department of Education
Swift Current
Oceanfront Rental Rates Spark Bathing Incident
A landlord explains to a resident that rates do not include exclusive use of the ocean. The exchange underscores ongoing confusion over property rights and public access at the seaside area.
Death Toll of Speed Urges Action at Safety Council
The National Safety Council at its Atlantic City session warns of a rising automobile death toll tied to reckless driving and speed. General Secretary S. J. Williams says three times more people die in cars than in all other industries combined, urging tighter safety laws and a shift in owner attitudes.
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National Safety Council of the
United States
Atlantic City
S. J. Wiliams
The
Safety Council
America
Great Britain
Toronto Globe
Returned Soldier Land Settlement in Southern Alberta
Some 2000 returned soldiers occupy 480000 acres in Southern Alberta under the Calgary branch of the soldier land settlement board since February 1919. The board has loaned 11286000 dollars for land stock and equipment, with 8000000 paid in 1919 and 3286000 since January 1, 1920.
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Alberta
Calgary
Soldier Land Settlement Board
Telegram Toll Sparks Northern Cartoonish Backlash
A North of Ireland man enters a post office to send a telegram to a distant part of Ireland. Clerk bills one shilling ninepence, split as ninepence for the wire and a shilling for portage outside the radius. The man balks and jokes he will write to the recipient to fetch it himself.
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North of Ireland
Ireland
Providence and Wisdom on Trust and Holes
A reflective line cautions that trusting Providence is wise but seeking perils for it to solve is unwise. It warns against inviting trouble in the hope of divine rescue and urges prudent self reliance.
Tip Burn Disease On Potato Plants
Pest expert GEO. PARTRIDGE explains tip burn in potatoes, distinguishing it from late blight and linking outbreaks to leaf hopper activity. Bordeaux mixture spray reduces damage, as shown in 1918 trials where untreated plots died early while treated plots stayed green to frost.
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Geo. Partridge
Five Million War Prisoners Repatriation Aid Allocated
A Berlin wireless despatch reports, per a League of Nations statement, that governments have placed five million dollars at the disposal of Mr Fridtjof Nansen for the repatriation of large numbers of prisoners of war still held in Russia, Siberia and Turkestan.
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Berlin
League of Nations
Fridtjof Nansen
Russia
Siberia
Turkestan
University Extension Department Expands Saskatchewan Agriculture Outreach
The University of Saskatchewan extends its agricultural education through its Extension Department. It runs exhibitions, plowing matches, seed fairs, short courses, and boys camps to raise farming standards, reduce risks, and promote science driven methods across the province.
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University of Saskatchewan
University At
Saskatoon
Splendid Agricultural College
Agricultural College
Extension Department
Extension
University Extension Department
The
Department of Education
Regina
Y.M.C.A
Uniersity Extension Department
New War Predicted From Germs By Dr Mayo In Britain
Dr Charles H Mayo of Rochester Minnesota told a select group of British scientists and officials that the next war would feature bacteria dropped from airplanes on enemy cities. He warned such methods reflect a grim future for warfare and urged civilization to pursue the League of Nations goals to prevent renewed conflict.
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Charles H. Mayo
Rochester
Mann
Mayo
League of Nations
Victoria Tisnes
No Respecter of Persons in London Crowd
A Scottish policeman at the Houses of Parliament halted a stout excited woman insisting she be allowed through as the wife of a cabinet minister. He coolly replied that she could not pass if she were the wife of a Presbyterian minister.
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London
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Soldier Settlement Board
Millon
Farm Boys
Saskatoon University
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