Beaver Pelts Skinned and Stretched Guidelines Unveiled
Manitoba trapping notes emphasize proper skinning fleshing and stretching to prevent value loss. A comparison shows correctly handled pelts yield 25 to 50 percent more. improper methods cause grease burn and hair loss. The article urges saveable guidance and free further details from the Game and Fisheries Branch in Winnipeg.
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Manitoba
Game and Fisheries Branch
Department of Mines
Aft’ Natural Resources
Broadway Building
Winnipeg
Garden Notes on Transplanting and Seed Bed Care
Practical advice on moving plants with minimal root exposure, watering and shading after transplant, and firm soil packing. Tips cover wind protection for trees, best timing for moves, and avoiding frost damage. Guidance on fertilizer use, seed bed preparation, and sowing intervals to widen harvest. Emphasis on fine soil, moisture, and gradual equipment investment.
Flying Clergyman Makes Many Trips To Northern Canada
Meadow Lake Sask. based Marshall Eliot Calverley, the flying parson and missionary pilot for the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission, visits dispersed Indian Eskimo trappers and miners in a ski and float equipped monoplane. He speaks Cree fluently and values northern life.
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Clergyman
Canada
Meadow Lake
Sask
Saskatchewan
Marshall Eliot Calverley
Northern Canada Evangelical Mission
Prince Albert
Calverley
Buffalo Falls
Hudson's Bay Company
Grahamdale
Man
Winnipeg Bible Institute
Train service to be left as is at Spirit River
Threatened cut off of the night train service into Spirit River was averted for now. Board of Trade president H. E. DeBoist announced after a letter from Northern Alberta Railways Superintendent L. W. Saunders of Edmonton stated evening train service would continue for the time being. Officials protested replacing the regular Rycroft Spirit River run with a bus, which NAR said would shorten the Dawson Creek Edmonton run by 40 minutes for better connections.
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Spirit River
Alta
Here
Board of Trade
H. E. DeBoist
Northern Alberta Railways
L. W. Saunders
Edmonton
Rycroft-Spirit River
NAR
Dawson Creek
Three Month Construction Limit Placed in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat imposes a three month limit on when residential lots may start construction. If ignored the property reverts to the city for resale. Seventy Connaught golf course lots will be opened and serviced with utilities soon. The city will also set a minimum tax on vacant land.
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Medicine Hat Medicine Hat
Connaught Golf Course
Household Hygiene Remedies and Debates on Costs
A collection of home tips includes using carbolic acid to clear pipes and lemon juice for headaches. It also mentions camphor blocks for dampness, milking soaked sponges, and cleaning methods. Economic notes cite nearly $15 million in the coming year and defence spending under $2 billion. The prairie wheat crop is listed at 600 million bushels and a legendary race about early inhabitants is referenced.
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Canada
Gas Spouts From Water Well in Wanham
Wanham residents reported natural gas hissing up through a four inch water pipe from a well drilled three years ago to 800 feet. Locals lit matches near the pipe to confirm escaping gas. The well was intended as the town water supply.
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Wanham
Alta
Veteran land official warns against sawfly infestation
Edmonton report says W. D. Brice, veterans' land act supervisor, forecasts rising sawfly infestation in Saskatchewan this year. He urges farmers in affected areas to plant sawfly resistant wheat to counter the threat.
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Edmonton
Saskatchewan
W. D. Brice
Veterans’ Land Act
Taber Merchants Switch to Cash Basis Policy
Fifty three Taber merchants announce a new cash only policy ending charge accounts. Only approved contract deposit accounts will be allowed and must be paid in full before the 10th of the following month to stay on the monthly credit arrangement.
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Taber
Alta
Regina man returns wallet with cash from anonymous finder
Farmer David Grisdale lost his wallet at a Regina convention last December. He later received the wallet with $80 in cash mailed in a small parcel by an anonymous finder who kept the secret. The note adds that the word mind once served as a verb meaning to act.
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Weekes
David Grisdale
Regina
Chocolate Crackles From Simple Cocoa Mix
Recipe for chocolate crackles using cocoa butter sugar and corn syrup. Cook slowly then coat corn fakes and spoon into waxed paper cups to set. Makes sixteen two inch treats.
Canadians Read of Rooks
A sprawling roundup notes many Canadian items from across provinces. It mentions 100 rats destroyed in a granary at Shuler Alberta, a lottery draw in Minnedosa Manitoba, cement unloading for a new rink in Reston Manitoba, and women’s rights satire in St Vital Manitoba. It also covers a Kamloops Band member’s jail term, a 113-year-old woman in Jacquet River New Brunswick, and a legendary grey wolf near Ponoka Alberta.
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Shuler
Alta
Minnedosa
Man
Allan Smith
Reston
St. Vital
Wetaskiwin
Kamloops
Holland
Kiwanis Club
Sentinel
Jacky Gabriel
Indian Reserve
RCMP
Annie Firlotte
Jacquet River
Dalhousie
N.B
Caplin’ River
Quebec
Ponoka
Herald
Val d'Or Star
Russia
Canada
CBS
Windsor
N.S
Arthur Lane
Mosherville
Soil Drift Threatens In Southern Manitoba
Manitoba agriculture warns farmers of soil drift across central and southern regions after a severe winter. J M Parker urges precautions and recommends sowing corn on summer fallow fields in wide rows to reduce drift and preserve feed through a dry year featuring windy conditions.
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Manitoba
J. M. Parker
Department of Agriculture
Parker
Quick Canadia Quiz Highlights From 1897 Figures
In 1897 Western Canada yielded 18 261 950 bushels of wheat. The quiz asks for the current wheat total, identifies Ottawa’s $5 000 000 000 annual spending and defence share, rail distance Calgary to Fort William, and CBC radio licensing shifts from 2.50 to a new tax. The Bay of Fundy tides reach 45 feet.
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Canada
Ottawa
Calgary
Fort William
CBC
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Sastatchewan
R.E. McKenzie
Seid
McKenzie
Europe
Cowichan
Duncan
B.C
U.S
Barrie
Pongka
Bay of Fundy
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