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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1922
Page
5
The article argues that world grain scarcity requires full surplus production, with farmers urged to pursue efficient farming focused on production first, then marketing. It stresses cooperative marketing, prudent business practice, and avoiding production curtailment, noting rising prices and the need for coordinated national and international cooperation.
A 1910s Tribune opinion notes the Zeppelin’s flaws praising planes over airships. It condemns German dirigibles as unreliable weapons and warns the House will keep helium out, arguing zeppelins are vessels of death and terror.
Arrangements by the Alberta Agricultural Department and the Freight Traffic Department with the Canadian Freight Association lead to new lower freight rates. Potatoes from Edmonton will ship at 45 cents to Vancouver and 60 cents to Minneapolis, enabling marketing of the Edmonton district surplus crop.
The Canadian Red Cross Society weighs opening a station for 1,000 to 1,500 settlers in northern Saskatchewan above the 55th parallel between Lac te a La Crosse and lac La Rouge. If a plane flight is possible it would become the society’s farthest north post. Teak notes reference ancient royal wood use during Burmese kings.
Near Lorient a farmer tapped 1000 and 500 franc notes into the barrels of his double shotgun. A neighbor borrowed the gun for a hare, fired both charges, and the money vanished. The Morbihan civil court will rule on liability for the missing 1,500 francs.
The article notes white lead is ancient, with a seventh century A.D. instance of paint on a wooden carriage. Earlier records mention glues, wax paints, and varnishes used by Romans or Egyptians, while mummy cases suggest early varnished articles.
Industrial accidents in Saskatchewan during February total 56 with 30 on steam and electric railways and 26 in other trades. One fatal crash occurred. of 55 injured, 24 have recovered and 21 remain unable to resume work but are not permanently disabled. Ontario peaches praised by Aaron Sapiro for cooperative marketing in St. Catharines. Teakwood, when cut, is goldened then turns black as it bruises.
A French inventor showcases a mechanical pilot that can take over elevator and aileron control while the pilot may retain steering and engine control. England tests at airfields demonstrate automatic control easing fatigue, preventing unintentional banking in clouds and enabling a preset descent angle for safer night landings.
The Game Branch reports jack rabbits are plentiful and threatening field crops. Lipton notes grain left in stock damaged by the animals. Ogema observers count a colony of about 500 within a half mile. Guardians deem jack rabbits plentiful and a pest.
Dialogue reveals Bill works for same people the missus and seven kids. A light aside notes about 200 rivers flowing into the Baltic Sea.
A cabinet eub committee on immigration met with Col J and Dennis W G Arsable and C E Ussher of the CPR along with Hays and Melanson of Canadian National and ex Mayor Brown of Medicine and F D L Smith of the Western Canada Colonization Society. The plan favors selling land to individual holders on long term terms to US and UK settlers, likely endorsed by government and railways. A major drive aims to attract tenant farmers from the United States, with no expected grants from government though railways may offer old rate concessions.
The piece extols humor as a vital skill that lifts spirits and aids workers. It argues humorists deserve respect for their blessing to others and urges supporting local merchants to strengthen the home town and community. A traveling Austrian joke highlights resilience against hardship.
A Dominion Livestock Commission report urges focus on superior hog type and proper feeding rather than large production. It notes grading will soon start, enabling premiums to reward desired bacon classes, aiming for stable, high quality exports to Britain and Denmark.
G de la Jarrie, director of the Bureau of French Colonial Information, warned at the French Institute that German merchants are renewing global trade incursions. He cited activities in Indo China and Pacific islands, noting Germans study markets, return with lower prices, and offer extended credit, threatening other nations within a year or two.
A police court case over ownership of an eight day clock ends with the magistrate saying to the prosecutor you get the clock and to the thief you get the eight days.
Saskatchewan’s first fur royalties collected total $20,000, a new revenue stream granted by the Legislature last session. The measure aims to yield about $20,000 annually from trappers and fur dealers statewide.
Vancouver plans a Rose Festival from July 1 to 4 inviting guests from California Oregon Washington and British Columbia to showcase blooms. An unrelated note mentions elephants rarely sleep more than five hours daily.
Quebecs forest land covers 459 357 761 acres or 73 653 square miles as measured by the Provincial Lands and Forests Department. Excludes the Ungava territory annexed in 1912 which nearly doubles the area. Private holdings and corporate properties totaled 15 613 267 acres in the 1911 census.
In 1921 statistics show a German citizen pays less than a third of the taxes paid by a French citizen, prompting critique of Germany and remarks on debts in a Philadelphia Evening Ledger context.
The text notes that the Chinese place utmost importance on etiquette. It cites the Book of Rites, tracing its origins to the first century BCE, highlighting how ritual propriety shaped social conduct across early Chinese society.
A budget of 25 million dollars is set to widen London's Strand. The project targets upgrading the historic thoroughfare, with funds allocated for drainage, paving, and street improvements. Local businesses anticipate disruption during construction and changes to traffic patterns.
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