Canada to Spend 7.37 Million on National Parks in 1948 49
The Dominion government plans a national park budget of 7 372 000 for 1948 49 with over 5 482 000 allocated to Western Canada. Funds cover Banff Jasper Prince Albert Riding Mountain Elk Island Waterton Lakes Glacier Yoho Kootenay Mount Revelstoke and other western parks, improving roads facilities and preservation.
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Dominion
Canada
Banff and Jasper
Alberta
Prince Albert National Park
Saskatchewan
Riding Mountain National Park
Manitoba
Elk Island Park
Waterton Lakes National Park
Glacier Park
Yoho, Kootenay
Mount Revelstoke
British Columbia
Canada Plans Park Improvements to Boost US Tourism
The government aims to attract American tourists to Canada by upgrading national parks in the Prairie provinces and the Canadian Rockies. Enhanced facilities are expected to draw more travelers from the United States to spend money and explore these beauty spots, unlocking Canada’s vacation potential.
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Canada
United States
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Rockies
New Artificial Rain Irrigation Promises Easier Watering
Regina reports E L Gray describes a new irrigation method using portable aluminum or magnesium piping and pumps to spray water up to 150 feet, covering a 30 foot strip each side. The system, already used in the United States, draws water from rivers creeks dams dugouts and sloughs reducing labor costs versus ditch irrigation. An unskilled worker could irrigation ten acres a day versus five acres by ditching.
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Regina
E. L. Gray
Pf.r.a
Saskatchewan
Institute of Agrology
Saskatoon
United States
Mr. Gray
Brooks
Alta
Companies to Prospect at Great Slave Lake
Ottawa reports a $200,000 search for lead zinc ore bodies around Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited and Ventures Limited hold exclusive rights to prospect over a 500 square mile area, per an order in council.
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Ottawa
Great Slave Lake
Northwest Territories
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited
Ventures Limited
Garden Notes 3 Percent Best Disease and Pest Defense
Healthful soil and seed guard against pests with early weed control and proper cultivation. Spray for leaf hoppers and potato bugs. fresh chemicals each season. Water deeply, thin, weed, and cultivate. avoid overcutting lawn. sow vegetables through July 1 to ensure fresh supplies.
Pickled Horsemeat Shown as Rare European Delicacy
At a Swift Current meeting of the Horse Cooperative Marketing Association delegates eyed a display described as pickled horsemeat resembling a bologna. The chair noted it is not edible in current form and would need cooking, with 115,000 unwanted horses canned or disposed of by the cooperative to reduce surplus.
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Horse Co-Operative Marketing Association
Swift Current
Sask
Belgium
Holland
Co-Op
Plan to Develop Faster Freighters
Ottawa launches long term program to boost Canada’s merchant marine and shipbuilding. Government to grant concessions to shipping firms to retire outdated vessels and replace them with ships built in Canadian yards.
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Ottawa
Canada
Boy Builds $15,000 House For $3,500 in Vancouver
Frank Huwgler, a high school student, built a house valued at $15,000 for $3,500 over four years starting at age 17. The home features a ground floor living room with brick fireplace, a roomy kitchen, two ground floor bedrooms, and a second floor suite with a large bedroom and sitting room.
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Vancouver
Frank Huwgler
Frank
Making Gains In Leprosy Treatment
TORONTO. No complete cure is known for leprosy but modern treatment is making advances against the disease. Sir Walter Kinnear, chairman of the British council, told the Canadian branch of the Mission to Lepers. A lot can be done by separation, and healthy children of leper parents can be saved if they are put into new homes.
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Toronto
Walter Kinnear
British Council
Mission
Canada Ranks Third in World Exports Fourth in Imports
Canadian trade in 1947 shows exports dominated by wood products minerals and manufactured goods. The country remains third as a seller and fourth as a buyer among major economies, with shifts from farm and fish staples toward industrialized exports and capital goods.
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Canada
Lighthearted Exchange and Jokes From An Old Clip
A collection of humorous exchanged lines from a newspaper page, including love at first sight, travel banff pun, a dentist vs agitator punchline, and witty banter about photography and kissing. The tidbits reflect stagey humor and single punch contrasts.
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Rocky Mountains
Great Ara Falls
Niag
Green Cross
Europe
E. S. Ferguson
Camrose
C. Shirriff
The
Edmonton
Dodd
Dodds
Roopertown
Pillsburg
Grande Loren
Les Carronl
SIAM
United Kingdom
France
Lake Louise
Banff
Lipton Keine Lipton Limited
Gastine
Serrey
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