Timber Supply Nearly Exhausted Says Imperial Institute Report
The Imperial Forestry Institute at Oxford warns global softwood supplies are near exhaustion. It notes nine tenths of pine, spruce, larch and related timber lie in North America, North Europe and Siberia, with Canada facing only about 25 years of virgin softwood remaining and Britain relying on imports to meet demand.
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Imperial Forestry Institute At
Oxford
Canada
North America
Europe
Siberia
Great Britain
Russia
China
Japan
United States
Winnipeg
British Columbia
States
Britain
Best Business in the World by Old Cornwall Story
An old Cornwall farmer John Jats spends his vacation visiting graveyards while a village busybody argues, and a humane view suggests winding one's own affairs is the best business. The tale frames reflections on privacy and propriety with a mock-epic tone.
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John Jats
Cornwall
Joan James
John James
Elizabeth
New Fire Apparatus For Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace will replace its old fashioned apparatus with modern electric summoned crews. The ancient bell is gone and the palace has had no serious fires for years due to sturdy construction and constant guards. The worst blaze in royal history was in 1695 at Whitebell Palace.
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Trebucket Brigade
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Royal Houses
Whitebell Palace
Mount Armour Elevation Named for John D Armour
Mount Armour on the international boundary between British Columbia and Alaska rises to 8 776 feet. It is named for Hon Mr Justice John D Armour Chief Justice of Ontario and a founding Canadian member of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal in 1963.
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Mount Armour
British Columbia
Alaska
John D. Armour
High Court of
Ontario
Alaska Boundary Tribunal
Stone Age Relics Found In Felnburg Cave
Archaeologists uncover artifacts from stone, bronze, and iron ages in Felnburg forests Germany. Pottery quartz tools bronze jewelry and bone weapons discovered. a cave fireplace is noted.
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Felnburg
Germany
World’s Largest Book At British Museum
The British Museum displays a huge tome titled a volume of maps presented to Charles II in 1660. It measures about 5 feet 10 inches high and 3 feet 2 inches across and was wheeled out on a trolley for inspection. The morocco binding features gold harps roses and crowns with large bosses and clasps.
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London
Charles IT
Amsterdam
Morocco
New Cargo for Airplanes From Winnipeg to Fort Churchill
Dominion Government charters a Winnipeg plane to carry 800 pounds of dynamite to Fort Churchill for engineers to use in harbor investigations. The aircraft, long used in northern mining and forestry patrols, will later transport engineers and supplies on additional trips.
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Winnipeg
Fort Churchill
Dominion
Grape Vine at Hampton Court Draws Millions in Fees
Last year 286,009 visitors paid to see the King's 155 year old grapevine at Hampton Court England. The plant yielded up to 2 206 bunches in a year. Revenue from grape sales and gate receipts flowed into the Treasury and the gate price was a penny per visitor.
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Hampton Court
England
Radio versus phonograph boast ends in challenge
Simson boasts that his radio can do anything a phonograph can and more. Caruse counters, inviting a tuning test to prove the claim.
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Simson
Caruse
Co operative Marketing Pays in Alberta Poultry Year 1926
In 1926 the Alberta Cooperative Poultry Producers led Calgary handled 223432 dozen eggs with contracts. Prices paid were two cents below market during the first pool and four cents above market in the middle pools. Final settlements were delayed for stored eggs. overall gains included two cents above market for turkeys and one cent above for chickens.
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Alberta Cooperative Poultry Producera
Calgary
Alberta
Garnet Wheat Discovery Signals Regional Planting Boom
A bulletin from L. W. Newman at the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa forecasts a Wheat Line extension northward and potential cultivation of millions of acres thanks to Garnet a hard red spring wheat like Marquis. The Garnet bulletin presents test results and guidance for growers on this new variety.
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L. W. Newman
Dominion
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Bubbley-Jack Dish Featured at Chelsea Arts Club Ball
A medieval style dish named Bubbley-Jack was served at a Chelsea Arts Club ball supper. The dish, a layered stuffing of goose chicken pigeon lark and quail, mirrors a Yorkshire favorite from three centuries ago. The course sparked amusement with a parody of a famous phrase about marriage.
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Chelsea
Yorkshire
Pacific geology lecture on submerged West Coast land
Dr. E C Andrews of Yale University outlines Canadian findings of a submerged strip of land west of the Canadian coast. He explains a undulatory ocean movement buried this land while coastal ranges like the Selkirks and Rockies rose, reshaping the region from Alaska to the US border near Vancouver Island.
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E. C. Andrews
Yale University
The
Pacific
Andrews
Dr. Andrews
Selkirks
Rockies
Territory
Alaska
United States
Vancouver Island
Wool Industry To Be Studied By Canadian Council
The National Research Council of Canada announces a study into Canadian wool. Dr. H. M. Tory of the University of Alberta will direct the project aimed at mapping wool grades and best uses. It notes past prejudice against Canadian wool and current imports despite local potential.
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National Research Council of Canada
H. M. Tory
University of Alberta
Research Council
Ministers Tour Montreal with 28 Western MPs
Ministers W R Motherwell Robert Forke and Charles A Dunning arrived in Montreal from Ottawa with twenty eight western MPs to spend a day at Windsor Street station. The delegation included A L Beaubien T W Bird John L Brown John S McKarmid Robert Milne James Steedsman William J Ward Chas E Bothwell Dr Thomas Donnelly George W McPhee John Millar J Gordon Ross George Spence Albert Totzke John Villance A McGillivray Young Edward J Young Hegbert B Adshead Kenneth A Blatchford Robert Gardiner Edward J Garland Dr Frederic Gershaw William Irvine Donald Kellner Donald M Kennedy Alfred Speakman Henry F Spencer and others. Also Hon Chas A Stewart J Fred Johnston DPD G McKenzie led by J A McGill of the Canadian Pacific Railway Ottawa.
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Hens
W. R. Motherwell
Agriculture
Robert Forke
Chas. A. Dunning
Windsor Street
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Ottawa
A. L. Beaubien
Provencher
T. W. Bird
Nelson
Edgar Bissell
Springfield
John L. Brown
Lisgar
John 5. McKarmid
Winnipeg
Robert Milne
Neepawa
James Steedsman
Souris
William J. Ward
Dauphin
Chas. E. Bothwell
Swift Current
Thomas Donnelly
Wilow Bunch
George W. McPhee
York Ton
John Millar
Qu'Appelle
J. Gordon Ross
Moose Jaw
George
Spence
Maple Creek
Albert Totzke
Humboldt
John Villance
South Pattleford
A. McGillivray-Young
Saskatoon
Edward J. Young
Weyburn
Hegbert B. Adshead
Calgary
Kenneth A. Blatchford
Robert Gardiner
Arcadia
Edward J. Garland
Bow River
Frederic Gershaw
Medicine Hat
William Irvine
Wetaskiwin
Donald Kellner
Archbasea
Donald M. Kennedy
Peace River
Alfred Speakman
When Is a Man Most Productive in Life
The article cites Edison’s claim of thirty five as his peak while noting it is personal. It cites historical statistics: masters from chemists and physicists at forty one, poets at forty four, jurists fifty eight, and painters hold to fifty. It discusses poets and aging, citing Hardy as counterexample.
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Thomas Edison
New York
Lfe
W. A. N. Dorland
Providence Journal
Thomas Hardy
Mallana Empire
Prince Rescues Cairn Terrier From Express Train
Report from Melton Mowbray claims the Prince of Wales risked life to save his fox terrier Cora during a London express approach. Two Scotland Yard detectives pursued him but he dashed to the dog and leapt back to the platform moments before the train swept by.
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Prince of Wales
Cora
Melton Mowbray
Scotland Yard
Prairie provinces vital to Canada’s prosperity, Major Webb says
Major R H Webb of Winnipeg told the Calgary Board of Trade that Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba are essential to Canada’s future. He urged cooperation with railways and expansion of waterways and river transport including shallow draft cargo boats to move 1000 tons with minimal water depth.
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Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
Panama Canal
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Winnipeg
Webb Pointe
How the Eye Reads Lines of Print Across Languages
A study using light reflections from the eye at Stanford labs shows readers jump between word groups rather than move smoothly. It notes readers often start mid line and prefer bottom to top writing, explaining why ancient Chinese script read upwards.
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Psychology Laboratories
Stanford University
My Magazine
Women Aid in Public Affairs Say Governor General and Viscount
Lord Willingdon testifies women are a great help to men in administering public affairs and bringing sympathy to public life. He cautions crisis moments may test this value but upholds the general principle. Viscount Henry Pace, cited by the Montreal Star, hopes cooperation will raise spirit and bring a global brotherhood and sisterhood.
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Hellp
Lord Willingdon
Canada
Vis Feace Hency
Montreal Star
Homemade mash boosts chick gains over commercial feed
Experiments at the Morden Manitoba Experimental Station show homemade mash with equal parts bran shorts corn meal oat flour and meat scrap costing 3.50 per 100 pounds outperformed commercial mash priced 6.40. Both groups got the same scratch feed and buttermilk, yet home mash produced greater weight gains at lower cost. A separate note states only about one million of 22 million dolls produced in the United States in 1926 were blondes.
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Morden
Manitoba
Water Power Ties into Canada Resource Growth
Canada benefits from abundant water power along both coasts and inland, supporting industrial centers near mineral and timber reserves. In Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Maritime Provinces where water power is scarce, vast coal and lignite resources exist, while water power complements forest and metallic minerals nationwide.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Maritime Provinces
Canada
Survey Work Aids Navigation In Mackenzie Valley Route
Interior department survey parties have worked along the Mackenzie Valley to map routes especially on Great Slave Lake and Slave River. Maps, buoys, beacons, and lights aid navigators. fencing by French women is noted as a health practice.
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McKenzie Valley
Department of the Interior
Great Slave Lake
Slave River
France
Man Succumbs to Hidden Habit Overcoming Strength
A man’s persistent weakness overtakes his strength as the habit governs his choices. Medical authorities note long term effects and social consequences while witnesses describe a gradual decline in willpower.
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