Great Drive Of Reindeer From Alaska To Canada
A herd of about 2300 reindeer travels from Alaska toward Canada’s Northwest Territories to reach the Mackenzie River winter range. Department of the Interior officials plan to receive the herd at Icy Reef near Demarcation Point and establish winter and summer camps along the Mackenzie coast to begin supplying northern natives.
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Alaska
Canada
North West Territories
Mackenzie River
Dominion
Department of the Interior
Arctic
Dominion Lands Administration
Icy Reef
Yukon Territory
Arctic Ocean
Reindeer Station
Mackenzie
Kittigazuit
A. E. Porsild
Kittigazuit Station
Eskimo Lakes
Aklavik
Kittigazui
Winnipeg Fireman Seeks Bride To Pay His Bills
Walter Lund a 26 year old Winnipeg fireman offers his marriage as deal to settle personal low mood. He will marry any woman who pays his $800 hospital bill provides him with a home and covers a full course of guitar lessons.
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Walter Lund
Winnipeg
Alberta Sugar Beet Crop Yields Reported by Raymond Factory
Final estimates show 150000 tons of beets harvested on contracted acres and a sugar run of 450000 bags totaling about 45 million pounds. Southern Alberta beet growers average over 10 tons per acre with districts reaching 12 tons and some fields at 15 to 20 tons. The season yields the heaviest crop on record in the province and the Raymond factory, with new capacity, produced six times the 1925 output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Raymond
Settlers on relief under govt grants pushed to build roads
Ninety five percent of northland settlers who took up $300 and $500 government grants last year are on relief, working off benefits by clearing brush along road routes. Arthur Kendall says single destitute cases are few and most men are in useful work or concentration camps only when unfitted for farming.
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Arthur Kendall
Provincial Relief Commission
Kendall
Prince Albert
One Of Perishable Foods Eggs and Their Care
Eggs are highly perishable like meat and milk. The shell is porous letting dirt mold and germs pass, causing spoilage. Proper storage matters because stale eggs in warm pantries or odor filled ice boxes lead to losses that rival production costs.
Lantern Question in Court Sparks Laughs at Crossing
A man in a car was run down at a level crossing and the old signalman Tom testified in court. He kept his nerve under cross examination and said he waved his lantern frantically, though the lawyer allegedly never asked if the lantern was lit. The line superintendent praised his performance the next day.
Increase in Saskatchewan Farms Noted at Conference
A Saskatchewan conference reports a five year rise in inhabited farms, with numbers climbing from 116 990 in 1926 to 135 345 in 1951, driven by new farming in northeast regions and a movement of people back to farms during hard times. The talk covers land use, fallow trends, ranching, cattle and poultry production, and dairy improvements aided by cow testing programs.
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Saskatchewan
Federa Provincial
Saskatoon
S.H. Vigor
J. G. Taggart
Swift Current
J. G Robertson
W. H. McLellan
Poultry Division
P. F. Reed
Health record shows best Alberta year for communicable disease
Alberta health officials report a record low in communicable diseases for 1932 with lower infant and maternal mortality. The death rate is projected to be under 7.2 per 1,000, infant deaths near 58 per 1,000 births, and maternal mortality at 3.8 per 1,000 living births, the lowest on record.
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Alberta
Department of Health
Better Grade Barley Discussed by Western Canadian Farmers
The talk at Saskatoon covered improving barley quality as western Canadi an farmers lag in Saskatchewa n despite a strong home market for malting barley. Participants included George Lailey of the Cana Malting Company and J A Blair of the Regina Brewing Company. Bailey argued for repute and quality while noting 60,009,000 bushels were produced in Canada last year with much being poor and fit only for feed.
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Saskatchewan
George Lailey
Winnipeg
Canaa
Saskatoon
Fbailey
J. A Blair
Regina Broing Company
G. M.soiyi Black
Diack
1Stronz
Western Breweries
Lti
Mr. Bailey
Canada
Christmas Stocking 80 Feet Long Displayed in Albert Hall
A colossal stocking eighty feet long hung from the roof of Albert Hall in London during a Christmas sale, drawing crowds and adding spectacle to the event.
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Albert Hall
London
England
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Ruth Rogers
McDermot Ave
Tom
George Fink
Falun
Mr. Fink
Brazeau
Edmounton
Brazeau District
Hunter States
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Joan Crawford
Hollywod
Fairbanks
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