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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1927
Page
4
The health officer reports four quarantined homes in town and warns against rumor. Parents are urged to monitor children for sore throats and report symptoms. Free throat swabs will be provided, and vaccination schedules are outlined to prevent spread and save lives.
Premier Bracken has not set a date for the 18th legislature opening but it is expected in late November or early December with no special sessions planned. The aim is to advance the ordinary session and pass liquor laws before year end, then move a new beer law before Christmas recess. The cabinet approved a draft bill with flexible sale terms to curb illegal traffic and enable enforcement.
Weather across Western Provinces boosted threshing with roads passable and grain moving to elevators. Manitoba reports improved threshing, oats scarce for feed, others selling cattle. Saskatchewan enjoys favorable conditions with 70 to 75 percent threshing done and better stock grades. Alberta shows about 45 percent threshing, sugar beet harvest near completion, pastures good and cattle market steady. Prairie fires damaged grain, barns, and equipment in several areas.
The Field Husbandry Department reports rust resistant wheat progress. A promising variety sown June 6 yielded 33 bushels per acre with 3 Northern grade. Marquis failed to be harvestable. A MacGregor farmer grew 45 pounds of the same variety and reaped 25 bushels of good wheat. Mindhum produced 10 bushels and Quality Wheat 13 bushels per acre.
British authorities propose making idle Canadian lands available to settlers under an assisted immigration plan. The scheme aims to relocate mortgage land held by loan companies to settlers managed by the Canadian and British governments. Up to now 4.5 million dollars have funded families from the Oki Coast to Canada, with more plans under review to extend to additional families and other dominions.
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