Virden Oil Boom Tests City Lease Plans
Virden Manitoba faces a lease decision as oil firms push to drill across the town of 2500. Officials favor a pool lease to award Royalty based on land ownership and city acreage. McIvor Roselea wells near the city reveal outside prospects while prior fields 12 miles away show growing production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Dumbietom
Virder
Virden
D. J. Reid
Manitoba
Reid
Daly Field
Hart
McIivor
McIvor-Roselea
McIvor
Imperial
Melvor-Roselea
Mclivor Brothers
California Standard
Crawford E. Smith
Minot
Virden- Roselea
Smith
Tioga
North Dakota
Prairie Indians Benefit From Oil Rights On Reservations
Oil revenue in 1953 paid Canadian reservation Indians 860000 dollars for exploration rights and royalties. Most tribes live in Alberta and Saskatchewan, using the funds to buy equipment, build houses, and improve services. The Enoch band on Stoney Plain near Edmonton earns about 8000 dollars monthly, with half distributed to members and half to reserve projects. The department notes well-planned budgets and compares bands to efficient town councils while mineral rights on 2500000 acres have been surrendered for negotiation, about 1700000 acres under contract with companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Enoch Band
Stoney Plain
Edmonton
Indian Affairs Branch
Manitoba
Ontario
Idea Barons Solve Wheat Delivery Crunch for Arena Financing
In Alta a debenture drive for a new town arena stalled as farmers could not ship wheat due to clogged elevators. Wheat was moved from the elevator to the arena to free space for deliveries, with storage funds aiding arena costs. Also notes Canada 1952 candy bar output and historic death rate lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta
Five Or More Crops Grown In One Season By Artificial Light
A Ottawa Ottawa Experimental Farm article explains growth chambers using fluorescent lighting, air, and controlled temperature allow five or more crops per year without natural light. It notes 60 day cycles for grain, greenhouse limits, and potential underground food production in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Bogue
United States
Canada
Ottawa
Central Experimental Farm
First Nickel Shipped From Lynn Lake
The first shipment of nickel concentrate from the Sherritt Gordon mine at Lynn Lake Manitoba moved by Canadian National Railways to Fort Saskatchewan for the new processing plant. A 280 ton shipment rode in seven CN closed hopper cars on the line from Lynn Lake to Sherridon, via The Pas Canora and Saskatoon, ending at Fort Saskatchewan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherritt- Gordon
Lynn Lake
Manitoba
Canadian National Railways
Fort Saskatchewan
C.N.R
Sherridan
Pas
Canora
Saskatoon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Minot Daily News
Higginbotham
McBain
Fred Dumbleton
Dumbleton
England
Collegiate Institute
Finland
Charles White
Les Halstead
Hamilton, Ont
Central Police Station
Department of Citizenship
Indian Affairs
Mtawa
M. Harrison-Gray
Aqs
Central Press
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