Century prophecy on Pacific coast lumber imports
A Norwegian forestry expert warns that in a century the Pacific coast will import all its lumber from Europe due to overlogging. He contrasts vast current timber growth with rapid modern logging that destroys seed trees and soils, predicting decline and desertification unless changes occur.
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Pacific Coast
Europe
North America
Norway
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Pacific
California
Alaska
Daniel Webster
English hay drying machine saves rain soaked stacks
In England a frame and drying pipe with a heated air system dry freshly cut hay in eight hours. The machine, driven by a gasoline engine or tractor, forces hot air through the stack to prevent spoilage, claiming better nutritive value than sun drying.
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England
Cuba reports 511 newspapers with regional distribution
The national statistics bureau says Cuba has 511 newspapers, or 131 per million inhabitants. Havana province leads with 289 titles, followed by Pinar del Rio 28, Matanzas 52, Santa Clara 7, Camaguey 20, and Oriente 1.
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Cuba
National Statistics Bureau
Havana
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Camaguey
Oriente
Calgary Population Estimate Rises to 17 690 in 1925
The Hendersons directory estimates Calgary’s 1925 population at 17 690 after a city survey. The prior year's count was 15 839, showing an increase of about 1 800 residents.
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Calgary
Henderson's
Dehydration Gains Ground In Fruit Industry
Miss E W Hamilton a canning specialist of the Dominion department of agriculture spoke to the Pomological Society of Quebec about dehydration as a method for fruits and vegetables. She cited advantages such as better flavor and color preservation dust protection reduced space and weight cheaper shipping and the potential to combine drying packing and processing under one roof.
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Ottawa
Pomological Society of
Quebec
E. W. Hamilton
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Hamilton
Dominion ram premium policy revised for sheep farmers
The Dominion livestock branch revises its ram premium policy for sheep raisers. A pamphlet from the sheep division at Ottawa outlines rules requiring ten or more farmers with ten or more ewes to join in purchasing pure bred rams. Two small flocks may combine. Two annual five dollar payments per ram assist in offsetting scrub ram costs, with gains in wool and lambs expected.
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Dominion Livestock Branch
Sheep Division
Livestock Branch
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Alberta Wheat Pool Plans Coast Export from Vancouver
Alberta wheat pool intends to export most of its grain through Vancouver with offices to be kept in Vancouver. Premises are chosen and staff will move in to manage dealings with terminal elevators railways and shipping companies. The pool will charter its own cargo space and maintain a sizable Vancouver staff.
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Alberta Wheat Pool
Vancouver
Buffalo remain in reserve flat denial on move to old home
D. H. Christie of the North West Territories and Yukon branch of the interior says no buffalo moved from Wainwright to the wood bison reserve at La Butte on the Slate River are breaking away to the south or likely to. He supervised the movement of 1364 plains animals to northern regions recently.
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Wainwright
Wood Bison Reserve
la Butte
Slate River
D. H. Christie
North West Territories
Yukon
Department of the Interior
Gutenberg Bible Sells in Vienna to English Buyer For Large Sum
A 42 line Bible from the Melk Cloister, among the first pressworks of Johann Gutenberg, sold in Vienna to an English buyer for a large undisclosed amount. The buyer’s name was not released. The note quotes a German exchange about supporting a daughter in suitable style.
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Johann Gutenberg
Vienna
Austria
Melk
Lower Austria
Canada urged to accept British boy immigrants for farming
Colonel J Obed Smith, former Canadian official in London, argues Canada lags behind Australia in embracing a British boy immigrant program from British schools. He notes 260,000 boys leave schools yearly and urges placement with fair wages and saving schemes to enable young migrants to start farms in Canada.
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J. Obed Smith
London
Col. Smith
Australia
Canada
Imperial
Carnage in Transvaal as huntsmen massacre large game
Reports from the Transvaal describe mass slaughter of big game after a proclamation allowing gun use for the Wildbeeste. Hunters return with loads of meat while open country grows unsafe and casualties rise as police struggle to curb the carnage.
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Transvaal
Canada employment rises 2.3 percent in July
Employment at the start of July increases in Canada by 2.3 percent elevating the index to 6.8 from 94.5 in June and 95.9 on July 1 1924. With seasonal decline in logging and no general change in trade other industries show overall higher activity per the Dominion bureau of statistics.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Monument to Four Hundred Sailors and Soldiers Unveiled
A monument honoring four hundred British sailors and soldiers drowned when the transport Transylvania was torpedoed by Germans in the Mediterranean Sea in May 1917 was unveiled on August 17 at Sportoerno.
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Transylvania
Mediterranean Sea
Sportoerno
Health as Wealth Says Physician
A physician notes the core value of health over wealth, arguing that without health wealth loses meaning and urging care for well being as the true measure of value. The remark underscores preventive care and prudent living as central to a prosperous life.
Livestock Trade In Six Months 1926 Review
The Dominion livestock branch reports for the first half of 1926 versus 1924 a net drop in Canada's cattle head, with Toronto up but other markets down. Hogs rise by 5 million pounds value, calves hogs and sheep export volumes up. Britain doubles beef purchases while the United States falls 50 percent. bacon sales rise 10 million pounds. pork exports double and mutton and lamb show gains amid overall weaker trade.
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Dominion Lvestock
Canada
Toronto
Britain
Pacific Coast
Great Britain
United States
What Is A Good Veal Calf A Guide From Canada
The author of Beef Raising in Canada advises veal calves should be four to eight weeks old, well fattened, and weigh 100 to 200 pounds with prime 120 to 160. A good calf dresses 65 to 70 percent with skin on, has a small head, thick scrag neck, full brisket and ribs, wide loin, full flanks, plump rump and thighs, and a firm back with sleek skin ready for market and a good price.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Weather and industry shape thriving cities and trade
The piece notes damp climates boost cotton in Manchester and linen in Belfast, with Belfast experiencing 232 rainy days a year aiding flax growth and manufacture. It provinces that weather lightly influences wealth and people, and comments on gender stereotypes. Europe currently has 13 sovereigns and 10 presidents.
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Manchester
Belfast
Europe
English Hounds for Ontario Hunting Grounds
A consignment of twenty one Foxhounds from the Mengip Hunt Pack at Priddy Somerset was shipped to Canada in July by the Dominion Express Company for the Toronto Hunt Club. Huntsman Morris accompanied the dogs and reported no ill effects from the voyage. This marks the third batch delivered to the country by Dominion Express in recent weeks.
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Mengip
Priddy
Somerset
Canada
Dominion Express Company
Toronto Hunt Club
Montrose
Morris
Dominion Express
Pioneers From Many Nations Seek Homes in Western Prairies
The article notes diverse nations, including Iceland, China, Japan, Persia, Greece, India, Palestine and Mexico, taking homesteads in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. It highlights calcium needs for cattle swine and poultry, the role of legume forages like alfalfa, and mineral supplements from bone meal and by products. It recounts an Englishman who returned to homesteading in the Peace River country and cites 55 million acres surveyed for homesteads and 8 754 entries in 1923.
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Shutt
Dominion
Edmonton
Alberta
Peace River
Canada
Cornwall
England
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hil Sons
West
Prairie Provinces
Iceland
China
Japan
Persia
Greece
India
Palestine
Mexico
Western
Homsteads
Saskatchewan
Canada May Have New Ocean Port
The Vancouver Sun reports from Stewart British Columbia that Canada may gain an ocean port enabling direct sea access from the Yukon Territory. Dominion Engineer J P Forde notes Glacier Bay open water now extends into Canadian territory due to ice loss and suggests an outlet could be feasible if a Yukon River connection is found.
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Vancouver Sun
Stewart
B.C
Canada
Yukon Territory
United States Territory
Skagway
J. P. Forde
Glacier Bay
Lynn Canal
Alaska
Forde
Boundary
Canadian Territory
Yukon River
Interior
Saskatchewan Butter Output Rises Sharply in July
Saskatchewan creamery butter production rose 27.9 percent in July to 2,925,291 pounds from 2,286,700 a year earlier. For the first seven months this year output reached 9,305,322 pounds, up 25.8 percent from 7,395,579 pounds a year prior, with the central region showing the strongest gains.
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Saskatchewan
Hebrideans Thrive in Red Deer Immigration Effort
Rev. Father John McMillan says young Hebrideans in Red Deer district are doing well. The immigration scheme has brought several hundred settlers from northern Scotland who actively entered the labor market and earned good wages. Their earnings are invested in local farming operations.
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Red Deer
John McMillan
Scotland
Fifty Fifty Basis for Couples in Sweden and Denmark
The article explains that when both parents work in Sweden and Denmark they split bills evenly. If the father loses his job while the mother works, she must support him until he finds new employment. Each partner has the right to know the other’s earnings and bank status.
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Sweden
Denmark
Procuring Caribou for Museum Mission to British Columbia
Mr and Mrs James Lippitt Clark sailed from Vancouver to obtain Os borne caribou specimens for the American Museum of Natural History New York. They plan Wrangell Telegraph Creek and up the Stikine River to outfit for two months in the Coastal region. Mr Clark is assistant director at the museum and has prior expeditions for specimen collection.
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Cassais
British Columbia
American Museum of Natural History
New York
James Lippitt Clark
Vancouver
Wrangell
Telegraph Creek
Stikine River
Clark
American Museum
Sounds That Travel For An Experimenter In A Balloon
An experimenter in a balloon reports hearing a crane’s shout at 1690 feet the croaking of frogs in a marsh at 3000 feet the roll of drums and music of an orchestra at 4500 feet church bells tolling at 6000 feet a rifle report at 5900 feet the noise of a moving train at 3200 feet and the whistle of a locomotive at 16000 feet.
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Cvan
Rare Tuberculosis Warning From London Doctor
Dr C A Saleeby of the London Medical Institute predicts tuber culosia will be very rare in twenty five years, comparing its current rarity to lep rosy.
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T.B
C. A. Saleeby
London Medical Institute
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Farmere
W. Nou
Abss
Univeil Monument
Ontario
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