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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1934
Page
4
Washington reports the federal government through the Public Works Administration will require 150 foot right of way on roads built with federal funds. Trees and natural screening will be preserved or added, with footpaths for pedestrians and erosion protection, in a move praised by the Helena Independent.
The Old Timers Association in northern Alberta plans to gather memories from long time residents to document early days in Edmonton and surrounding districts. They will select the oldest residents in districts such as Clover Bar and Sturgeon to assemble material for a book preserving pioneer history.
Feed and fodder relief for Saskatchewan totals 1.5 million bushels of oats 4.5 million bushels of barley 150 000 bushels of wheat and 3 000 tons of fodder. C B Daniel general manager says local transfers are substantial and spring supplies are being arranged. No undue horse deaths reported.
A Toronto resident near a market garden dries and packs small parcels of marjoram sage and summer savory for women in the north who cannot obtain fresh herbs. The philanthropist compares the effort to that of pioneer mothers, noting the herbs are a perceived luxury.
A timorous wild partridge has taken up residence in the Charlesbourg zoo near Quebec after discovering food is easily obtained there. The fish and game department notes the bird is unusually shy and tends to shun populated areas, making this behavior exceptional.
Canada sold 25,554,827 pounds of branded beef in the first ten months, up 7,759,439 pounds from the same period in 1932, reflecting a strong year over year gain for the industry.
The St Thomas Times Journal recalls Dickens’s polite yet scathing note to fifty three contributors who sent Hyde Park Exhibition poems to Household Words. He warns that none could be printed, and many editors today might bluntly discard such submissions as tripe.
Turkeys should be wintered where they will lay in spring. Keep them in straw-barns with concealed nesting sites to protect eggs from predators. Build nests with one inch boards, eight to twelve inches wide and three feet long, forming a square frame near the noon wet mash.
Alberta dairy output reached 23,750,000 pounds of creamery butter from 96 creameries in 1933, up 300,000 pounds from 1932. With butter priced about one cent higher per pound, value totaled $12,725,000, a $600,000 gain, much of the production shipping to British Columbia markets.
Alberta Agriculture holds the sole carload of Garnet wheat from field inspected crops in Canada. It is likely the only registered Garnet seed wheat car lot in the world. The government plans a decision on its future use or distribution methods.
The magistrate questions the motorist about repeated incidents as the girl insists this is the fourth distinct person knocked down this year, noting one individual was counted twice.
Miss Do I Mackenzie, principal of Montreal girls high school, spoke to Christ Church Cathedral's women's guild about false ideas on high school value and nationalism in education. She warned that some see office work as a social ascent, neglecting practical skills and cultural offerings.
A recent count in Elk Island National Park Alberta reported 1340 buffalo 473 elk 396 moose and 209 mule deer to the Department of the Interior.
A man offers a taxi driver five dollars to meet his mother-in-law at the train station. The driver fears a no-show, prompting the man to raise the payment to ten dollars if she fails to appear.
Sir E John Russell of Rothamsted addresses the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists in Ottawa. He argues farmers face unavoidable risks despite science support and policy shields, often choosing between undesirable options. He cites a western England anecdote of a seventy-year-old bride and a seventy-one-year-old groom to illustrate the farmer’s need to balance competing choices.
In a Lord Riddell peace conference diary excerpt, Lloyd George asks Lord Dawson which drug he would pick if limited to one. Dawson names morphia, implying sedative value more than cure. The discussion shifts to three-drug choices with quinine as second and a tie among mercury, digitalis, and arsenic for third.
Herman Treille known as The Wizard of Wembley may miss a Chicago world title but he remains devoted to improving wheat and oats in Peace River. At a Grande Prairie Board of Trade banquet he gave junior seed clubs a dozen sample packages and offered to supply further samples to any member who writes requesting them.
A new automobile tire mimics the camel’s foot with a nine inch tread and twelve pounds air pressure to distribute weight evenly on sand. It enables a vehicle to travel thirty five miles per hour across the desert. Desert police using such tires reportedly overtook five drug smugglers on camels.
The Craiginche governor in Aberdeen Scotland recently proposed that church attendance would grow if women vowed not to marry men who do not belong to a church. He urged moral reform through marriage choices to boost congregations.
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