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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1952
Page
7
In a rural gas station tale, Old Joe Simpson outwits four intruders this season with his collie. A bluecoat sheriff arrives, confirming the dog’s role in delivering a blank paper that signals a chase. Joe quips that the robber isn’t smart enough for the trade.
Western brief notes report Churchill Manitoba forces warned against unauthorized shooting after investigations into killings of ducks swans geese and a white fox. Other items note repairs to a Saskatchewan Landing bridge costs and Manitoba accident tallies for early 1952.
A Lethbridge theatre patron reported his topcoat missing from the checkroom after a show. An unclaimed coat of a similar design held a coupon from an Edmonton photographer. manager Douglas Hackleford sent 35 cents for the picture, helping Mayor L Turcotte realize he had worn another man's coat for a week.
Four University of Alaska students led by Al Paige reached the 17,130 foot King's Peak summit on June 6. They planted the university banner at the ice capped top after a perilous climb in the St. Elias Range in the Yukon Territory northwest of Fairbanks.
Provides a fish pie recipe with butter or margarine flour milk and canned fish combined with onion parsley capers or pickles and lemon juice seasoned with salt and pepper. The dish is baked under a crust topping and yields four to five servings.
Saskatchewan harvesters will be sent to Ontario to help gather that province's crop. Manager T. E. Conroy of the Prince Albert employment office said the plan, once feared due to foot and mouth disease, has been approved. He hopes Prince Albert's contribution will exceed 100 workers. Unemployment among men has fallen while women workers rise. Immediate needs include mucking machine operators, automobile mechanics, laboratory technicians, accountants, druggists, production workers and berry pickers.
A claim explains that a wind must exceed 75 miles per hour to qualify as a hurricane. The statement emphasizes the need for strong wind power and balanced living choices.
The Waterton Lakes herd, descended from the Pablo herd of the Flathead in Montana, was purchased by Canada in 1906. The herd, once numbering 18,900 in 1938 and now estimated at 16,000 to 18,000, is kept as a show herd of about 12 head in two adjoining pastures on a historic fur trade route. The article traces the herd’s transfers from Wainwright to Elk Island, then to Wood Buffalo, Fort Smith, and current holdings, noting tuberculosis outbreaks and long-range grazing areas. Also mentions elephant tusks as extensions of upper incisor teeth.
The Governor General is appointed Honorary Patron of the Canadian Geographical Society succeeding Viscount Alexander of Tunis. His Excellency accepted the post in a message from Government House to the President of the Society, Air Marshal Robert Leckie.
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