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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 22, 1951
Page
2
Hon Robert F Winters minister of Resources warns timber growth may not keep pace with losses. He urges careful management and replenishment to sustain Canada’s forest wealth amid waste, fires and disease noted at the Truck Loggers Association convention in Vancouver.
Forests supply income for lumbering pulp and paper mills sawmills and related industries. They provide jobs for thousands of Canadians each year and aid wildlife conservation. Prairie provinces recognize trees in soil water conservation and forests help flood control nationwide.
Regina based former RCMP member F J Bigg argues in a letter to the RCMP quarterly that longevity has declined from an average 81 years for 19th century personnel to 61 years after 1900. He cites diet and living conditions, condemning modern meals and lifestyles as factors.
A folding model of the white cane is being tested by blind people across Canada. The Canadian National Institute for the Blind organized a demonstration during White Cane Week in Toronto. The cane uses four tapered aluminum sections held by elastic and folds to fit inside a suit pocket.
Former Saskatchewan curler Pete Ferry of the Granite club won grand aggregate honors in the 34th Edmonton bonspiel after an 11 and 1 record. He also captured the King Edward event, emerging as a surprise standout among 138 rinks.
A collection of short gags and quips on common situations. A teacher tests Dora May with a cannibal riddle and Dora replies an orphan. A speed elevator joke, financial quips about paydays, a boy shaking a cat, an office joke about a returning former employee, and a dentist charge plus a landlord pun.
Manitoba oat and barley producers will vote in a plebiscite on compulsory marketing of coarse grains. Premier Douglas Campbell announced the plan in the legislature saying results will follow the final 1950 51 crop returns and a spokesman cautioned the vote may not occur before October 29 1921.
Saskatchewan’s Game Branch uses corrals to trap elk ravaging farms. Two concentric enclosures capture in stages, but only four elk have been trapped. elk feed on alfalfa bait, avoid humans, and a dehorning plan may ease loading for relocation to Beauval district. About 300 elk roam Fort a la Corne forest. 25 were killed for food in 1949. Open hunting season declared last November to reduce numbers.
In Cloverdale British Columbia William Hoehn relies on his hybrid geese for protection. Descended from a Saskatchewan wild goose mother the geese guard the farm and alert at any stranger. The birds are a Toulouse gander mated with a wild goose from Yorkton Saskatchewan.
Ken Morton, head of BC federal public works, plans an eight million dollar program to tame the Fraser River. He aims to build wing dams and jetties to keep the river’s lower reaches clear of silt and accessible to deep sea shipping, avoiding costly dredging. The Fraser has caused extensive damage in the past, with a thirty million dollar bill last year, and Morton began this effort eleven years ago with guarded optimism.
Rev William McWalter, former bank inspector and bursar of St Pauls College, told the National Office Management Association that Canadian banks are the safest, noting they remain unlikely to fail and that Hollywood actors hold accounts there for security.
Edmontons Edmonton Journal notes Celanese Corporation of America plans a new chemical plant here at a cost of 40 million dollars. Construction will define a major industrial project for the city and region.
An advert promotes Moone's Emerald Qi scalp oil for itching and loose dandruff. It advises applying with fingertips once daily and shampooing every fourth day to soothe irritation, promote healing, and thicken hair, claiming the product is available in the original bottle at drugstores.
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