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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
4
An article explains radio waves travel at about 186000 miles per second and that transmitter power affects range not wavelength. Wave length depends on antenna inductance and circuit capacity. adding inductance or a series condenser tunes the wave. directional antennas focus energy, while broadcasting aims for wide area coverage.
Professor Svante Arrhenius argues Mars is an old dying world bleak with dry sands and meteoric dust. He sees Venus as the patient long-term prospect with clouds 10 kilometers thick and possible life in polar regions, predicting Venus could carry culture after Earth ends.
A report from the Water Power Branch of the Department of the Interior states Canada’s water power development represents a $530,000,000 investment and yields an annual equivalent of 20,500,000 tons of coal. If growth continues, total investment could reach $8,900,900,000 by 1940.
A London magistrate tells a complaining wife that a soft word from a woman can bring a hard man to his knees. The speaker argues women wield profound influence, shaping men across professions, and urges women to use gentleness to inspire rather than provoke.
The Early Malcolm corn from the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa shows top ear quality and about ten days earlier harvest than Golden Bantam. Developed from Early Mala kof selection begun in 1909 and named in 1913, it has been steadily improved for better ears. Ears average six inches with twelve rows. Dominion Horticulturist W. T. Macoun notes rising popularity and wide seed availability in U S and Canada.
Major Power of Quebec South renews effort to amend the Pension Act so widowed mothers of soldiers who died on active service receive a pension without reduction for income and with or without other children. He seeks to include deserted mothers under the same pension rates as widowed mothers.
Saskatchewan and Alberta buyers of eastern horses are shifting as western provinces boost home supply. A recent shipment from Saskatchewan to Ontario featured Belgian and Percheron stock with prices to buyers ranging from 150 to 189 dollars per head.
Cattle and horses have come through the winter in splendid condition reports from stock raisers to the Provincial Department of Agriculture. There has been ample feed and no loss. Cattle have increased in value since last year, prompting renewed interest in the stock raising industry.
Visitors to the Lake Windermere region in Southern British Columbia will see a replica of Kootenay House, Thompson’s 1806 Hudson’s Bay post. David Thompson, an explorer and astronomer, shaped western exploration from York Fort to Astoria, with a notable 1811 Columbia River ascent. The new post honors his sixteen years with the company and adds to the Windermere valley’s natural attractions and Banff Windermere road trips for Banff and Lake Louise travelers.
The University of Saskatchewan plans to resume field work on the province soil survey, led by Professor Roy Hansen, with Moose Jaw as a likely start point. Two additional districts will be surveyed, and initial results are expected next winter after verification of last year’s data. Mr. A H Joel joins the staff, improving same-region soil analysis and rapid lab feedback during field work.
The Bureau of Statistics estimates Canada produced 21,251,456 pounds of wool in 1921 valued at 14 cents per pound totaling 2,975,000 dollars. The national count of sheep and lambs stands at 3,675,866.
Ontario farmers struggle as farm produce prices fall leaving many unable to make a living. Mortgage holders demand interest and principal, with some cases ruled in court. A farmer laments rural credit would greatly aid those like him who bought land under brighter prospects.
John Dyneley Prince America's new minister to Denmark charms Copenhagen by speaking fluent Danish in an interview. The former Columbia University professor reportedly has some 20 languages at his command. He later lectured on Oriental music, playing various instruments with ease.
An agent of the Canadian Department of Immigration and Colonization touring New England says 350 families have been sent to Alberta and Saskatchewan, including 150 from Manchester, as part of a push to move striking textile operatives to Western Canada.
A reflective line asserts that no person remains solitary when there is a fellow human ready to give feeling, trust, and reverence. It emphasizes the enduring human need for connection and mutual care.
A London Daily Mail despatch from Genoa outlines unpublished clauses of the Russo German treaty. It notes Germany will aid 000 Russian prisoners in Germany and allow their return if desired. It also mentions bans on czarist officer unions and counter revolutionary groups in Germany and restrictions on war materials headed toward Poland Romania and Estonia. Russia would grant Krupp a concession to manufacture guns and war materials within Russia.
In a Commons review a 36,000,000 vote supported forest protection across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Northwest Territories and the railway belt in British Columbia. Hon. S H Stevens warned of wasteful lumbering and fires while Hon. Charles Stewart said large scale reforestation was not planned though reproduction looked adequate. An efficient fire prevention service and air patrols were urged, with Hugh Guthrie noting over fifty incipient fires located by the High River Alberta air patrol.
Based on first quarter production figures, northern Ontario gold mines are expected to yield about 21.2 million dollars this year. The estimate excludes several properties under development that are expected to come online later in the year.
The Saskatchewan Government with its university ceramics lab has started a ceramics course to train students. A survey of provincial clay resources is under way, focusing first on deposits near transportation hubs.
Premier Dooley announces a state commission will travel to Canada and the United States to study prohibition. The commissioner's findings will guide NSW Government action on prohibition measures after the report is received.
The Department of Agriculture at Ottawa reveals that current bran and shorts often fail to meet approved standards for protein, fat, and fibre due to modern milling and adulteration by screenings. New targets propose higher protein levels for bran and shorts and revised fibre limits, based on tests of twenty flour and thirty screening samples.
The Saskatchewan Dairy Association directors meet and set the 1923 convention in Saskatoon from February 7 to 9. Invitations come from North Battleford Saskatoon and Melfort with Saskatoon Mayor McConnel pressing for the University city. Committees will prepare the arrangements as dairy interests grow.
Four of the largest locomotives ever bought by the Soviet Government arrived in Moscow from Germany. Each engine weighs 96 tons and, though some work has begun on sections, foreign experts say the railroad beds are badly in need of repair and much must be done this summer to keep the networks running.
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