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Newspaper
Lawson Post
Location
Lawson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
3
A wartime vignette shows an old trench soldier called Le Patron guiding French and Italian troops alongside the British. As dawn lightens the path to Italy, the weary men share burdens and respect, while officers and kinship blur national lines.
Agricultural expert S A Bedford advises on tackling Western couch grass and the invasive introduced variety. Methods include thorough plowing, drying, harrowing, and shallow cultivation to lift roots, followed by surface drying and burning. If needed, reseed with barley to crowd out remnant couch plants the next year.
A Montreal meeting led by Superintendent Regis L. F. G. Cress KC warned that ship losses will force the government to place every man and woman under rationing soon. The gathering emphasized the need for universal registration and preparedness.
Canada introduces a new licensing system covering over 80 retail establishments. The total includes about 30,000 grocers 16,000 bakers 2,000 fish dealers 4,000 fruit and vegetable dealers and other produce dealers.
Manitoba officials report vast progress in suppressing sow thistle under the Noxious Weed Act. With 133 full-time inspectors across the province, rural areas are hastening weed control through summer fallowing and cultivation methods, improving soil and crop yields as shown by examples like a 640 acre Winnipeg-area farm where land value rose after cleansing.
Carl Holliday of Toledo University now at YMCA welfare work in France says investigators arrive to probe moral temptations around soldiers. He claims Americans are not drunks and urges no embargo on investigating parties. He notes soldiers feel better, work hard, sleep after duties, and French girls are carefully watched.
Saskatchewan's 1918 Wool Clip estimates estimate the cooperative branch of the department of agriculture expects to market over 40 000 sheep from June onward. Officials note collaboration with the cooperative sector aims to boost sales and streamline distribution.
Lieut Archibald notes that courage is the staff soldiers are made of as he recalls four comrades risking death to rescue a wounded man. A lance corporal earned a posthumous V C for the act, describing how darkness, mud, and cold tested their resolve and sacrifice.
A British admiralty despatch warns Germany’s food supply is deteriorating as rations for essentials shrink or disappear. Meats and dairy are scarce, milk has fallen in large cities, and even baby care products show strain. Authorities fear the coming months until harvest, with Ukraine aid unreliable and political voices urging truth about shortages.
A wartime piece describes Engist surgeons rebuilding disfigured soldiers faces using skin grafts and bone from other body parts. It highlights public attitudes, the emotional toll on veterans, and the role of compassionate nurses and women workers in Kent and London.
A high price was paid for an Alberta ox at the Edmonton stockyards with the new animal selling for a record figure. The animal, raised at a Saskatchewan farm, commanded a price around 351 dollars, reflecting one of the era’s top cattle sales in the region.
An excerpt from a letter by a Fusiliers casualty recounts brutal combat scenes at the barthfield. It portrays waves of shelling and machine gun fire, collapsing defenses, and defenders firing back amid smoke and chaos as German lines are breached and soldiers fight to the end.
The Canada food board circulates a film taken aboard a Pacific trawler from Prince Rupert showing how Pacific flat fish are caught and processed. The film, produced for distribution in the West, highlights efficient methods and likely costs for audiences.
Fire hazards on farms are outlined with household and barn safety tips. Advice covers fuel storage, fuel-wood and straw handling, cleaning chimneys and flues, and keeping ladders and buckets ready. Emphasizes supervising children and avoiding matches near stacked hay or fodder.
The hen with a brood should be housed in a coop that fits the chicks for snug shelter and warmth. Keep the coop clean, move it if there is no floor, and let the hen roam only when grass stands tall. A large bed or basin helps keep chicks warm in warm weather.
Calgary residents witnessed a major farm operation project on the city edge about a mile from downtown. Some two hundred acres of wasteland were to be plowed for wheat and other grains, using seventeen tractors and multiple plows, organized with telegraph and telegraph lines to coordinate the effort. The display highlighted the scale of prairie farming and the role of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in providing land access.
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