Encouraging Report on Western Canadian Park Visitors
The Department of Mines and Resources Ot ta wa reports a sharp rise in motor tourist traffic to western national parks in the four months ending July 31. Banff and Waterton Lakes show large gains, with total western park visitors up about 55 000. much of the increase is from Canadians and foreign travelers alike, aided by better park facilities and roads.
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Canada
Department of Mines and Resources of
Ottawa
Department
National Parks
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Kootenay
Yoho National Parks
Waterton Lakes National Park
Buffalo National Park
Alberta
Prairies
Riding Mountain National Park
Manitoba
Prince Albert National Park
Saskatchewan
United States
Prairie Provinces
Millikan Leads Six Month Cosmic Ray Quest From Pasadena
Dr. Robert Millikan sails from Pasadena with two aides Dr. Victor Neher and Dr. William Pickering on a six month expedition to study cosmic rays. They will deploy more than 50 detector types across Australia, Tasmania and India using high altitude balloons to transmit counts by tape for automatic recording.
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Robert Millikan
Pasadena
Calif
Victor Neher
William Pickering
Australia
Tasmania
India
Earth
Dr. Neher
Do-Ministry Erosion Study Links Fertility Loss to Eroded Surface
Experiments at the Dominion experimental farm in Ottawa over four years show erosion as the major factor in soil fertility loss. William Dickson reports barley yields drop from 39.5 bushels with full surface soil to 5.2 bushels when all surface soil is removed, underscoring the need for soil-conserving crops and slope farming.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Ottawa
William Dickson
Field Husbandry Division
Dickson
Editor’s rifle errand prompts gifts from subscribers
A Kansas paper editor, chasing a delinquent subscriber, carried a Winchester rifle to return it to its owner. Subscribers misread his intent and offered repayment weighed by the gifts left at the office including hay corn potatoes wood and turnips. The note mentions acorns stored by woodpeckers in tree bark.
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Kansas
Curtain falls on great sun spot show since 1870
The 11 year sun spot cycle produced enormous groups seen without a telescope. Over twenty five sun spots exceeded 1.174 billion square miles in area. Telegraph and phone outages occurred due to magnetic storms and aurora displays reached toward the Mexican border. Dr J O Hickox reports record prominence with a hydrogen calcium cloud rising 970000 miles above the sun.
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J. O. Hickox
Carnegie Institution
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
Cal
Big Arctic Development Hinted by Buchan Son
Hon. John Buchan son of Lord Tweedsmuir returns from Hudson's Bay posts and predicts a tremendous development for the Arctic country Away Up North. He backs fur farming but warns it cannot fully replace trapping and laments musk ox preservation efforts while noting musk oxen are hunted by Eskimos. He spoke in Saskatoon en route to Jasper.
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John Buchan
Lord Tweedsmuir
Hudson's Bay Company
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Baffin Island
Canada
Saskatoon
Jasper
Alta
Buchan
Far
North
Arctic Circle
Rothschild Woman Faces Flea Challenge with Grizzly Bear
Hon Miriam Rothschild, sister of the third Baron Rothschild, admits she cannot collect fleas off a live grizzly bear in the Rocky Mountains. The London University zoology graduate recalls early worm collecting and long interest in insects, noting her family’s link to flea research linked to the bubonic plague.
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Miriam Rothschild
Baron Rothschild
Rocky Mountains
London University
Miss Rothschild
Durban Rejects German Cables for British Bids
Durban Municipal Tender Board unanimously rejected fourteen German tenders for telephone cables in favor of British offers. Costs rise to £2065 from £1757, despite German bids being up to 55 percent cheaper. Telephone Manager Roxburgh supported the lowest British offer as compliant, noting the British price remains within ten percent of it.
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Durban
J. W. Roxburgh
World's Largest Jewel At Smithsonian Worth Five Thousand
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington reports the acquisition of a nearly flawless topaz weighing 350000 carats and 153 pounds. Discovered in Brazil's Minas Geraes province, the pale blue exterior and pale sherry interior jewel is valued at about $5,000.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Minas Geraes
Brazil
Water's vital role in farming and nature
The piece stresses water's importance for animals and plants. It notes that producing a bushel of corn uses about 13 tons of water and growing a ton of alfalfa hay requires around 36 tons, highlighting water's heavy agricultural demand.
Doctors seek ancient bacteria clues in Churchill frozen soil
Two Winnipeg physicians aim to determine how long bacteria survive in perennially frozen soil. They collected sealed soil samples from beneath Churchill the Hudson Bay port, after traveling via The Pas. Italian colonies in East Africa span 659260 square miles and house about 6.6 million people.
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Winnipeg
Churchill
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
A. M. Davidson
J. Buller
University of Manitoba
Pas
Man
East Africa
Ethiopia
Dream Of State Coach Stuck In Arch Reveals Low Clearance
The Duke of Portland dreamed the state coach could not pass the Horse Guards arch, forcing guards to chew off the crown. Officials measured and found the arch nearly two feet too low, noting road leveling during repairs.
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Horse Guards
Westminster Abbey
Ewart
Vancouver Province
Detroit Man Claims Water Heat Invention Works
Glenn Watson of Detroit says his new heating method uses a film of water to create steam that condenses on the chamber walls and returns to the source. He claims the device can heat a room with just a dozen drops of water and can also make coffee in 30 seconds and grill a steak in 80 seconds.
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Glenn Watson
Detroit
Watson
Busy June in seed testing with 4787 tests filed
The Plant Products Division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture conducted 4,787 tests in June, a quiet month by typical standards, including 527 tests on binder twine across its laboratories.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Sup posé old drivers not sole traffic hazard
A report from England finds that about half of fatal motor accidents involve drivers under 31, contradicting the idea that older motorists pose most danger.
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England
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