Sir Harry Lauder Lauds Rotary Loyalty in Canada Tour
Sir Harry Lauder, guest of the Rotary Club at a luncheon in Hotel Ceil, praised Rotary as a global fellowship with 11,000 members across 29 countries. He lauded Canadian loyalty, noted Lord Byng of Vimy's Governor General role, and quipped about meeting Harding and Lloyd George on golf. Alberta to test pulp industry from northern timber. inquiries rise as government vets settler capital.
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Rotary
Harry Lauder
Canada
Republic of America
United States
Lord Byng of Vimy
Lord Byng
America
Harding
President Harding
Mr. Lloyd George
Beld
Lloyd George
Land Map Details For Homesteaders In Western Canada
A 1921 edition map lists total Crown land available in each township and unoccupied private lands buyable from non residents. Supplementary district lists show asking prices sale terms soil quality cultivable acres and building values. Railway belt shading indicates land within 5 10 or 15 miles of lines and free copies are available from Ottawa.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of the Interior
Lisia
Dominion Parks
Natural Resources Intelligence Branch
Ottawa
Poincare Presses Resolve Over Alsace Lorraine at Veterans Congress
France will not allow Alsace Lorraine to be separated from the country. President Poincare denounced Pan German propaganda at home and abroad and urged vigilance against any attempt to overturn the peace won. He warned that Germany must fulfill its pledge to repair the damage caused by its arms.
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Alsace Lorraine
Pygmier Poincare
Genoa
Germany
France
Veterans’ Association
M. Poincare
America
Idle Forest Land in Canada Calls for Timber Growth
The text argues Canada faces timber shortages due to idle forest lands. It warns vast logged and burned areas produce little and must be reforested. The author says the nation must shift from being wood users to wood growers to prevent grave consequences.
Grain Shipments Rise With Vancouver Exports
Wheat shipments from Vancouver exceed 5 million bushels since winter start. Japan has taken about 2.5 million bushels and the British Isles about 3 million. Total grain shipments last season were under 500,000 bushels.
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Vancouver
Japan
British Isles
Alberta Farmers Optimistic Over Crop Prospects
Alberta farmers foresee a strong grain season with wheat potentially exceeding one million acres across southern districts. The optimism stems from favorable moisture and crop conditions, per the crop report by the Lethbridge division of the Cana dian Pacific Railway. A suction dredge project for gold recovery is planned on the Upper Peace River at Hudson Hope, with Edmonton investors supplying materials for construction.
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Alberta
Lethbridge
Canadian Pacific Railway
Peace River
Hudson Hope
Edmonton
Dentist to the Arctic on Mercy Mission from Edmonton
Dentist W P Miller of Edmonton is sent on a northern mercy mission to treat toothache sufferers from Fort McMurray to the Eliie River post. The Hudson's Bay Company provides transport via Athabasca Mackenzie routes and the Lady Kindersley, with overland dog team options via the Yukon if needed.
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P Miller
Edmonton
Far North
Fort McMurray
Eliie River
Edmonton Bulletin
Hudson's Bay Company
Miller
Athabasca
Mackenzie River
Behring Straits
Alaska
Lady Kindersley
Arctic
HBC
Yukon
U.T
Chipewyan
Fort Smith
Mackenzie
England to Abolish Speed Laws and Signage
England plans to abolish speed laws for motorists and other road users. Enforcement for dangerous driving remains in the taxation and regulation report. Speed limit signs will be removed and replaced with a warning line about safety.
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England
Committee On Taxation and Regulation
joNy
Science urges less cooking for fruits and vegetables
The Boston Transcript argues that advancing science suggests reducing or eliminating cooking for many vegetables and fruits. It questions what vitamins will do and notes we may be depriving ourselves of beneficial effects, calling for more knowledge on cookery’s benefits and mischiefs.
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Boston Transcript
Value Of Cow Testing Demonstrated Across Regions
Dominion Dairy Commissioner reports cow testing boosts milk yield and fat. Comox BC 1400 lbs more milk and 70 lbs fat per cow 1914 18. Ontario herds raise from 5400 to 12000 lbs per cow. 1920 average 866 lbs milk 313.4 lbs fat. Denmark 20 percent tested. US 452 associations 272000 cows. Canada 3400 farmers. Cooperation and trained testers urged.
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Dominion Dairy Commissioner
Comox Association
British Columbia
Ontario
Denmark
United States
Canada
Soldier Settlement Board Evidence On Land Settlement Rates
Major Barnett told the pensions committee that about five percent of assisted soldiers had no prior farming experience, while fifty percent were not on land at enlistment. Many ex-farm laborers had taken land for themselves. End-of-year arrears stood at 1,203,000 of 2,296,000 due, with over 1,000,000 in prepayments. Loans valued at 87,740,000 were advanced by the Finance Department, which the board has repaid 11,585,000 to date.
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Major Barnett
Soldier Settlement Board
Pensions Committee
Tlouse
Finance Department
Wheat crops valued in prairie provinces for 1921
Dominion Government figures place 1921 farm values for wheat in Manitoba 35,539,000 Saskatchewan 142,880,000 Alberta 46,756,000. Other grains total oats 70,611,000 barley 17,006,051 rye 13,135,900 flax 5,431,000. Values are farm before marketing.
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Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Ooo
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Hollow cored bars boost strength for mining and industry
A British firm develops hollow cored bars made without drilling, using a packed hole technique welded at ends to preserve an end-to-end bore. The bars aid mining drills by enabling air or water cooling and reducing miner’s tuberculosis risk, with broader use in automotive and other sectors. The piece also urges greater farm garden efforts to lower home costs and improve health, noting hedges and shelter belts as key.
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Dominion Horticulturist
West
Alpine Club of Canada plans summer camp in Palliser Pass
The annual camp will run July 27 to August 15 in Palliser Pass Colorado mountains three days by pack from Banff. About two hundred members from Canada and the United States are expected to attend in Banff. Innovations in cliff mountain scaling will be introduced this season and feasibility of climbing Mount Logan will be discussed with tentative arrangements for the feat.
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Alpine Club of Canada
Palliser Pass
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Banff
Canada
United States
Mount Logan
North America
Reclaimed Sumas Prairie Land Boosts Settlers
The Provincial Government reports twenty thousand of thirty thousand acres at Sumas Prairie reclaimed under the reclamation scheme. Settlers have taken up the property and are making many improvements and plowing. Vedder River has been diverted into a three mile long high diked canal. The balance of the undertaking is expected to be completed next year.
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Sumas Prairie
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Vedder
Canadian National Livestock Improvement Train Demonstrates Breeder Bulls
The Canadian National Livestock Improvement Train toured across Manitoba with support from CN Railways, Dominion Agriculture, Manitoba Agricultural College, breed associations, Winnipeg Livestock Exchange and packers. The train carried demonstration bulls tested for tuberculosis with no reactors and offered for sale at each stop.
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Canadian National Livestock Improvement Train
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Manitoba Agricultural College
Breed Associations
Manitoba
Winnipeg Livestock Exchange
Winnipeg Packing Companies
Canadian National Railways
Pitiable Conditions of Volga Famine Cited in Toronto
Professor Atkinson of Melbourne describes the Volga famine in Russia as the most appalling disaster in history. He recounts a starving child reaching for bread and insists that blame is not useful for humanitarian aid since Soviet efforts are helping deliver food to children and all food reaches the youngsters.
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Volga
Russia
Toronto
Atkinson
Melbourne
Australia
Friendless Flowers In Mas Recites Floral Social Rules
The text explains that cut flowers have social traits, with some varieties harming others in a vase. Sweet peas droop in mixed arrangements, while mignonette, lily of the valley, and shirley poppy are nearly universally unfriendly to neighbors.
Four Prospector Party Finds Gold in Northland Deltas
Carl Lan geren and a party of four prospected the western tributaries of Great Bear lake and streams into the Liard near the Mackenzie River. They filed claims on the Dahaninni and report washing an average of sixteen ounces daily for nearly a month.
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Northland
Carl Langeren
Great Bear Lake
Liard
Mackenzie River
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Sir Harry Lauder
Prince of Wales
Louis Greig
Duke of York
GQ. N. Barnes
London Times
Near North Country
Advisory Scientific Research Council
North Country
Poincare
Idle Forest Land
Dor Ww
Willovide
Dan
Gerous Driving
Dominion Dairy Commission
Alpine Club
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