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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
6
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Major Douglas cautions that the exchange problem between Alberta production and imports poses a barrier to Social Credit. He hints at a possible fix but offers no specifics, while urging a systematic foreign exchange effort, a proposal not yet supported by Mr. Aberhart or the government. The piece also notes Turkey breeding stock claims and comparisons to Canadian stock.
Moose Jaw’s Wild Animal Park Society, led by Frank McRitchie, reports importing South American wild turkeys and building a 150 bird flock, the nation’s largest in captivity. The project aims to show differences from the sandhill crane and promote the famed American wild turkey as superb eating.
Experimental station staff report trash covers and improved cultural practices keep surface trash on the soil, reducing wind drift. They note strip farming needs proper cultivation, with one way disc and duckfoot tools depending on stubble, and warn that excessive disc work can bury trash and raise costs.
The last known conflict between Indians and paleface in southern Alberta occurred near Medicine Hat during 1880 81 as a brief Mounted Police versus Sarcee skirmish over stolen ponies. No injuries were reported.
The Aberhart plan would isolate Alberta from other provinces and threaten secession rhetoric. It warns of cash-only commerce, bank curbs, confiscation fears, capital flight, imports tax, currency depreciation, and potential exodus while highlighting the risk of social segregation and lost federal ties.
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