Tourist Traffic Advances In Mountain Parks Of British Columbia
Tourism figures show Canada’s national parks attracting more motorists in the six months to September 30 1936. Kootenay Park up 29 percent to 44 656. Yoho up 20 percent to 17 474. Banff eastern gateway 118 247 up 29 percent. Waterton Lakes 58 546 up 22 percent. Jasper up 55 percent to 3 391. Prince Albert Park up 20 percent to 24 271. Riding Mountain 94 627 nearing 100 035 1934. Point Pelee tops with 260 140 motorists, a new record.
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National Parks of Canada
T. A Crerar
Interior
British Columbia
Kootenay
Yoho Park
Alberta
Banff
Waterton Lakes
Banff Park
Waterton Lakes Park
Jasper Park
Elk Island Park
Buffalo Park
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert Park
Riding Mountain National Park
Manitoba
Point Pelee Park
Ontario
Electric Plough Shaping England at World Power Conference
The World Power Conference in Washington highlighted electric ploughing and noted England’s single working electric plough on a East Grinstead farm. A 12 hp motor drives a two wheeled carriage with dual cable drums and a roundabout haulage system for double furrow ploughing. The setup ploughs one third to one acre per hour, averaging five acres daily with a small crew.
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Washington
U.S.A
England
East Grinstead
Coronation Colors Chosen for King Edward VIII Celebrations
Red and blue shades selected from thirty hues will be named coronation red and coronation blue. The reds lie between magenta and scarlet while the blues sit between royal blue and lido. London shoppers rush to buy the colors as royal approval is given. Meanwhile American taxes exceed spending on food, rent, clothing, and other living costs.
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Edward VIII
London
Scientists Confront Wake Island Rat Eradication Mission
Two U S scientists Henry K Spencer and H G Hansen flew 2500 miles from Honolulu to Wake Island to oversee a rat extermination project before Pan American Airways starts service to the Orient. They will use traps guns and poison to clear the three Wake Peale and Wilkes islands where thousands of rats overrun camps and stores and outsmart simple traps.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Wake Island
Wake
Orient
Pan American Airways
Henry K. Spencer
U.S
H. G. Hansen
U.S. Biological Survey
Hawaii
Peale
Wilkes
Pan American
Manila
Islands
Soil exhaustion threatens long term Canadian yields
The Farmer's Advocate argues soils worn from centuries of tillage in Europe contrast with Canada where near virgin land yields lag. It links livestock health and crop performance to soil deficiencies and urges adoption of soil tests and conservation to sustain future crop and forage production.
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Europe
Canada
What If You Miss The Mark In Advertising
A quote from J C Kirkwood in Marketing questions blame and urges persistence. It compares a missed stone aim to advertising efforts failing after one try, asking readers to consider personal skill and continued effort to improve outcomes.
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J. C. Kirkwood
Magistrates in Shantung to receive monthly salary
Shantung Province magistrates will be paid six dollars and seventy five cents per month starting soon. The move aims to standardize compensation across local legal officials and align with regional pay scales.
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Shantung Province
China
Hand Pollination Aims To Replace Bees In Apple Orchards
Wenatchee orchardists with Washington State College extension service trial hand pollination on apple trees. A limb with 137 clusters yielded seven apples, while a 93 cluster limb with hand pollination produced 87 apples. the method shows promise where trees are healthy and crops light and could be cheaper than shipping bees.
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Kelter
New York Sun
Wenatchee
Washington
Washington State College Extension Service
Prairie livestock faces shifts as hogs rise 23 percent
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports as of June 1, small drops in horses cattle and sheep on Canadian farms, with hogs up 23 percent. Prairie provinces show cattle rising since five years earlier while horses hogs poultry fall. Sheep rise in Saskatchewan but fall in Manitoba and Alberta.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Britain
Weather Extremes Reported at Alto Curcerim Bolivia
In Alto Curcerim Bolivia the climate features freezing nights year round and scorching noons. The area experiences daily temperature swings with frigid nighttime air and a hot sun at midday capable of blistering skin.
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Alto Curcerim
Bolivia
Scotland Woman Hidden Heroine of Keller Household
A Glasgow woman Miss Polly Thomson served as eyes for Helen Keller and her teacher Miss Sullivan Macy for 14 years. Thomson read newspapers at breakfast and relayed news by hand while Keller and Macy relied on touch to receive information.
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Helen Keller
Polly Thomson
Miss Keller
Anne Sullivan Macy
Mrs. Macy
Miss Thomson
Miss Thompson
Glasgow
Evolution of Making a Bed display at Nova Scotia show
The unique display titled The Evolution of Making a Bed by Dartmouth public school children from grades one to eight drew much attention in Halifax at the Nova Scotia provincial exhibition. Supervisor G C Beazley said the display measures development by grade rather than individual drawings, from simple lines to developed representations, with final work of high character.
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Nova Scotia
Dartmouth
Halifax
G. C. Beazley
Beazley
Scotland
Bolivia Ranks Second in World Tin Production
Bolivia ranks second globally in tin production, yielding about one fifth of the world’s total supply according to the latest figures.
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Bolivia
Pattern 5723 Toys Promise Quick Popularity
Pattern 5723 offers simple two piece toys made from leftover materials. Instructions include animal shapes and material lists. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Dept. of the Winnipeg Newspaper Union in Winnipeg for the pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Patriotic corn developed at Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Dr. W. R. Singleton described a patriotic corn that shows red, white and blue kernels after pollinating a white stock with red blue and white pollen. He divided the silks into three parts and covered them to prevent cross pollination, resulting in ears with striped kernels.
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Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
New Haven
Conn
W. R. Singleton
Confucius Name Origin Explained as Western Variant
The text clarifies that Confucius is not a native Chinese name but a Western Latinized form of K ung Fu tze meaning philosopher or master. It explains K ung as the family name.
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Confucius
K’ung Fu-tze
K’ung
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