Swift Current couple win Canada's Honey Queen title at Winter Fair
Mrs. Kent of Pambrun near Vanguard wins the Canadian Beekeepers Council Trophy for Best Honey in the Show at the Toronto Royal Winter Fair. The Kents harvest 1200 pounds of honey from five hives and run the farm together with Mrs. Kent handling active beekeeping since Mr. Kent allergy to stings. The Silver Bowl trophy, enshrined and awaiting delivery from Toronto, caps a decade of beekeeping and provincial wins for the couple in Saskatchewan.
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Swift Current
Canada
Kent
Canadian Beekeepers Council
Kents
Toronto
Regina
Swifk
J. W. Kent
Mr. Kent
Susan
Pambrun
Sask
Banff Winter Carnival Plans Underway
The 36th Banff Winter Carnival runs February 10 to 14 with Earl Gammon as chair, R. E. Johnson as vice-chair, and R. E. W. Edwards as secretary treasurer. Edmonton’s Carol Taylor will be queen and Calgary’s Al Azhar Shrine Patrol Precision Marching Group closes the event, undefeated in its competitions.
Buffalo Meat Returns to Dauphin Counters
Buffalo meat shows up in a Dauphin market as the Plains Indians staple. About 22 buffalo calves were killed this year to fit the Riding Mountain park herd size. Healthy bones can withstand compression up to 18 000 psi.
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Dauphin
Man
Riding Mountain National Park
Humorous Quips and Puns From Everyday Life
A collection of short jokes and wry lines about marriage finances temperance hotels and everyday mishaps. The humor riffs on stubborn spouses a partner taking a dartboard coal orders and a doctor patient exchange plus wordplay about whales and matches. A joke about a colt becoming a horse ends the sequence.
Littleburg Depot and Crossing Scene Pattern Request
Complete tracing pattern description for sketch including depot at Littleburg crossing tender shanty and gateman. Pattern 350 price 35c and railroad packet $1.50 with freight yard structures overpass culverts tunnels church and factory buildings. 1800 square inches of tracing designs in correct proportion. Orders mailed the day received.
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Littleburg
Management of light sandy soils in Central Alberta
The Metiskow Substation demonstrates feeding and erosion control for light sandy soils. Rotations with forage crops, grass-legume mixtures, and limited grain crops reduce erosion, preserve fibre content, and maintain soil fertility. Two-year rotations yield slightly higher net returns and Ammonium Phosphate boosts 3–5 bushels per acre.
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Metiskow
Alberta
L. J. Anderson
Lacombe
Bank of Montreal President Calls for Realism and Salesmanship
Gordon R. Ball at the bank's 136th annual meeting urged renewed emphasis on salesmanship efficiency and sobriety in business. He warned boom conditions are subsiding and stressed export difficulties, keener competition, and the need for smarter trade policies for interdependent free nations.
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Gordon R. Ball
Bank of Montreal
B of M
Ball
Canada
Rare White Ring Neck Pheasant Shipped From Taber
Taber residents learn of a rare white ring neck pheasant shipped to the Calgary Zoo. Everett Kerkhoff coordinated the shipment for Roy Brewer, highlighting the rarity of such mutations in the area. The note also references Canada's National Parks origins in 1885.
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Taber
Everett Kerkhoff
Roy Brewer
Calgary Zoo
Canada
Bank reports record 136th annual statement and loan high
General Manager Arthur C. Jensen presented the 136th annual bank statement showing deposits loans and total resources at new highs. Loans rose to a record 787 million with an increase of 124 million driven by wheat carryover and consumer credit, while mortgage lending policy reviews were noted. The report also noted no clear downturn in business and praised staff while detailing ongoing mechanization and staff welfare programs.
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Arthur C. Jensen
Jensen
Bank of Canada
Canada
United States
Kitchen Meditations By Jane Dale
A concise motivational piece argues there is a path to achieving goals through steady daily effort. With a clear aim each day adds to progress and brings reward as diligence and perseverance finally yield the desired outcome.
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Jane Dale
Orchid’s Tiny Seed Sparks Growth Insight
A tiny orchid seed, among the smallest on earth, initiates growth into a full plant, illustrating remarkable seed-to-flower potential and the complexity of orchid propagation.
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Chuck Thurston
Tela
Scott
Emusion
Mike Rafferty
Jonah
Johnny Jones
Lal
Home Workshop Pattern Service
Prairie Publishers Limited
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Gordon Ball
Enterprise
Arthur Jensen
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