Rebuilding of Farm Machinery Rapid in Prairie Provinces
Economic study shows postwar rebuilding of farm equipment inventories nearly complete in the Prairie Provinces, with faster replacement of tractors and shifts toward standard and larger size tractors. Farm income gains and falling debt accompany a decline in harvesting equipment share while haying gear drives total sales up from 217 to 250 million dollars between 1949 and 1952.
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Department of Agriculture
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Modern Walnut Dining Table and Matching Units Pattern
A Home Workshop pattern provides a modern dining table with a walnut surfaced top and light pine legs, plus extension slides and storage units. Includes separate construction drawings and three dimensional diagrams, pattern number 226, price 35c, from Prairie Publishers Limited in Vancouver.
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Home Workshop Pattern Service
Prairie Publishers Limited
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Excavations in Manitoba Reveal Early Indigenous Villages
Montreal reports National Museum archaeologists excavated five stacked Indian villages near Lockport, 18 miles northeast of Winnipeg. Remnants include pre historic pottery fragments arrowheads spear points bone tools and a thunderbird mosaic suggesting migrations from northeast Asia via the Bering Strait and earlier habitation in Manitoba.
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Montreal
Lockport
Man
National Museum
Winnipeg
Canada
Jerry Zaborski
Archaeological Party
Zaborski
Whiteshell Park
Winnipeg River
New World
Asia
Alaska
Bering Strait
Manitoba
North of Edmonton Firing Range Under Construction
The RCAF air weapons firing range is being built at Grand Centre about 180 miles northeast of Edmonton. It will host 45 major buildings and a rotating fighter squadron for air weapons training. A self-contained townsite for about 2000 personnel is planned. The range spans Alberta and Saskatchewan with rail access and lease provisions for future natural developments.
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RCAF
Grand Centre
Edmonton
Air Force
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Albert
Police Chief Gets Parking Ticket in Winnipeg Visit
Police Chief Chris Eineld of East Kildonan, visiting Winnipeg, received an illegal parking ticket and paid a $1 fine remarking that city officers were alert.
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Winnipeg
Man
Chris Eineld
East Kildonan
Eineld
Calgary pheasant hunters bunk in a traveling bus
A contingent of Calgary pheasant hunters found hotels full and installed bunks in a special bus. They traveled to different regions and slept in the bus parked in fields along the way.
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Bassany
Ana
Calgary
Saskatoon Pulp and Paper Mill Option Signed in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan government and Anglo-Canadian Pulp and Paper Mill Limited of Quebec City sign a one year option on 2000 square miles of timber land near Candlelake for a potential pulp mill. If accepted by September 1954 construction starts by June 1955 with initial capacity of 100 000 cords annually.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Anglo-Canadian Pulp and Paper Millis Limited
Quebec City
J. H. Brockelbank
Natural Resources
H. D. Ruthman
Candlelake
Prince Albert
Anglo-Canadian
Candle Lake
Tariffs Named After Tarifa Seaport Origin
Researchers note that the term tariffs traces to the Spanish port of Tarifa where duties were historically collected from arriving ships across centuries.
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Tarifa
Lacombe Plans to Form a Town Band by Month's End
Lacombe Alberta expects a full band to form by month’s end. Enthusiasm runs high as residents organize this long awaited group to provide musical training and bolster future parades sports events and public functions in the town.
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Lacombe
Alberta
Apple Dipped Candy Recipe From Old Directions
A vintage guide describes making red coated apples with skewers. Wash apples, insert skewers, boil sugar corn syrup and water to 300 degrees, color red, add peppermint or cinnamon, then dip apples and let harden on a rack.
Saskatchewan Beaver Population Sparks Trapping Expansion
Regina reports a surge in beaver numbers across rural Saskatchewan causing crop and road flooding concerns. Regulations are relaxed to expand the harvest, with trapper permits and seals available from the southern district office in Regina. Trappers must obtain landowner consent and provide trapping plans and expected catch.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
E. L. Paynter
Department of Natural Resources
Provincial Administration
Ancient dirks from Scotland arrive in Yorkton
W J McDonald of Yorkton obtained three ancient dirks from Scotland. The relics come from the era of Scottish feuds, many of which were destroyed after 1746.
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Yorkton
Sask
Scotland
W. J. McDonald
Canada Goose Fights Coyotes to Shield Injured Mate
Montana hunter N. Shultz witnessed a Canada goose defend a wounded mate from a coyote near Rose Mary. He killed the predator and plans to nurse the bird back to health, seeking federal permission to relocate the goose to his Fort Benton home.
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N. Shultz
Montana
Rosemary
Shultz
Fort Beton
Mr. Shultz
Free Press
Prairie Farmer
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