Western Canada’s Farmland Promise Still Untapped
An analysis of Western Canada’s agricultural potential highlights vast undeveloped tracts across British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan and enduring opportunities for settlement. Despite 25 years of growth the region remains a fertile frontier with millions of acres suitable for cultivation and rising land values signaling expected expansion.
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Western
Canada
West
United States
British Columbia
Pacific Ocean
Great Briatin
Alberta
Great Britain
Dominion
Only & Mitle
Saskatchewan
Local Purchases Support Community Prosperity at Home
Citizens are urged to buy from nearby merchants to directly contribute to the financial health of their own town, bolstering local jobs and neighborhood commerce through everyday spending.
Road to Prosperity Hinted by Local Business Revival
The Regina Leader notes rising production and sales, falling unemployment, and renewed industrial activity as signs of a national revival. It cites a Rotary Clubs prosperity campaign across the United States and Canada expected to spark immediate gains in communities, including Canada.
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Washington
Rotary Clubs
United States
Canada
Regina
Cargo Carrying Airplanes Under British Air Ministry
A British company is building a cargo oriented aeroplane under the Air Ministry. The design prioritizes payload over speed and will undergo experiments to resolve cost questions of air freight. Aviation experts believe long distance air carriage could cost only slightly more than road transport. The machine will have a capacity of three tons.
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British
Air Ministry
Lumber Cut on Nahanni River For Government Sawmill
Large quantities of spruce are being cut on the Nahanni River with about a million feet scheduled for the government sawmill at Fort Simpson. The lumber will be rafted to the mill in spring for use in northern government buildings. Vast spruce stands remain largely untouched in the area.
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Nahanni
Fort Simpson
Canadian Fur Farms Value and Livestock in 1920
The Bureau of Statistics lists 687 fur farms in Canada with species including silver, red, blue, white foxes, mink, raccoon, skunk, fisher, lynx, marten and Karakul sheep. In 1920 12,695 silver foxes were on farms, with 3 blue foxes and 1 white fox. Fur stock sold totaled 763,221 dollars, and live fox exports for the year ending March 31, 1921 reached 1,670 animals worth 277,182 dollars.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba Rural Credits Plans Require Four Million Five Hundred Thousand
Provincial officials say 1922 operations of the Rural Credits Societies of Manitoba need 4.5 million dollars in loans. 1921 loans totaled 2.8 million. Already 400 thousand in new loans funded farm work and seed purchases. December is noted as an unlucky month for literary celebrities. George Elliott and Robert Brown are mentioned.
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Rural Credits Societies of
Manitoba
George Elfcott
Robert Brown
Princess Mary Receives Gifts From War Workers
Princess Mary values gifts from women who served during the war. She keeps treasures at Sandringham Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, including Copenhagen china and Sevres pieces. During a post armistice tour she visited Rouen and Bruges and did some personal shopping. A wedding decision looms over her rabbit run at Sandringham.
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Sandringham
Windsor Castle
Buckingham Palace
Copenhagen
Queen Alexandra
France
Rouen
Im Bruges
Chesterfield House
Naval Officer Proposes Simple Prism to Clear View at Sea
A naval officer describes using a Nicol prism in the telescope eyepiece to filter polarized haze reflections, improving visibility of distant ships and coastal rocks in hazy weather. The simple device costs only a few shillings and could enhance maritime safety. Remarkable whist hands in England drew notice at a charity game where four players each held nine cards of a single suit.
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England
Armenian Relief Appeal Urges Western Canada Wheat Gifts
Western farmers are urged to donate wheat and money to aid starving Armenians. William Irvine reports the western crop year was disastrous, yet donors have given over $5,000 cash and $9,000 in pledges. A ship with food will depart early next year, with funds sent to C. W. Rowley in Winnipeg.
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Western
Canada
William Irvine
Dear Eastern Relief
West
Armenia
Turka
United States
Irvine
C. W. Rowley
Winnipeg
Relief
Timber Industry in British Columbia Booms in 1920
The timber sector dominates BC commerce, generating about 93 million in 1920 with projections above 106 million. Over two years there were 1100 logging operations, 49 sawmills, 10 shingle mills, and six pulp and paper plants, employing more than 20,000 workers to yield roughly 2.6 billion feet of wood products.
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British Columbia
Los Angeles Labeled Refuge for Offenders by Times
A Sacramento report cites 210 extraditions recognized by the governor, with four fifths tied to Los Angeles. The piece attributes the city as a refuge for fugitives citing climate as a factor in the Times style notice.
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Los Angeles
Sacramento
Los Angeles Times
Outlook for Western Canada Agriculture 1922 Better Says Auld
Regina Rotary lunch speaker deputy minister F H Auld says 1922 offers better prospects for Western Canadian agriculture and farmers' purchasing power than 1921. He notes deflation of farm input prices, lower freight and implement costs, and stabilizing farm markets will improve farmers' finances, despite possible uneven regional moisture and market challenges.
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Rotary Club
Regina
F. H. Auld
Canada
Auld
Ing
United States
Ottawa
Canadian Apples Reach London in Less Than Eight Days
The Canadian Pacific Railway and Dominion Express shipped apples from Ontario to London in under eight days. Ontario consignments left Trenton on November 1 and arrived in Quebec City before boarding the Empress of Britain for Liverpool. The apples were displayed at Charing Cross with a “producer to consumer in less than eight days” card. The voyage from Quebec to Liverpool and return took 15 days including embarkation and disembarkation.
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Department of Colonization and Development
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dominion Express
Charing Cross
Europe
Trenton
Ontario
C.P.R
Montreal
Quebec
Canadian Pacific
Liverpool
Euston Station
London
Canada
England
Feeding For Egg Production From Beef Scraps To Skim Milk
A Canadian Department of Agriculture circular from Cap Rouge Quebec details that egg yield rises with more animal protein. It cites skim milk as the best egg producer, with beef scrap and fresh bones as alternatives. milk must not freeze and should be fed in liberal quantities, especially for farm flocks.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Dominion
Cap Rouge
London Transport Tracks Peak Passenger Flows
Twenty years ago Clapham Junction led world rail traffic with a train per minute. Now Earl's Court and Charing Cross handle up to four trains a minute during rush hours. Omnibus routes at Charing Cross Bank Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus brim with hundreds of vehicles each hour. Daily riders exceed four million as city travel grows despite modest population gains.
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the Bank
Oxford Circus
Piccadilly Circus
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