Store Showcases Early Canadian Firearms and Relics Exhibit
A store owner and curator presents a miniature museum of firearms and Canadian history artifacts. The collection features a 1860 Spencer rifle, Enfield rifles, a Remington army rifle, a Winchester 73, a Colt repeating rifle, foreign rifles, and early shotguns. Relics include buffalo gear, arrows, stone tools, pottery, pemmican, petrified fossils, and prehistoric bones. Visitors are invited to sign a guest book and donate items.
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Graham
Providence
Rhode Island
Burnside Rifle Co
Austria
Fort Norman
Earth
Cypress Hills
Saskatchewan
Redvers
Sask
Do Evergreens Lose Their Needles
A study of needle loss in evergreens notes that while most species shed some foliage seasonally, it is not a mass defoliation as seen in broadleaf trees. Injury in winter can cause browning and needle drop, but healthy buds allow regrowth. established evergreens shed annually, with Scots pine and American arborvitae showing predictable patterns. Larch species shed in a ordered sequence, beginning in late summer to mid autumn, with natural needle loss not harming the trees and contributing to soil mulch. Spruce retain needles longer, offering shelter belt value.
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John Walker
Indian Head
Sask
Sawdust Mulch Boosts Tulip and Iris Bulb Yields
Horticulture specialists report sawdust mulch used at two inch depth raises iris bulb size by 348 percent and 35 percent more large bulbs, while tulips gain 42 percent more large bulbs and 12 percent by weight.
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Experimental Farms Service
Vancouver Doctor Tackles Northland Frontier on Foot
Dr. C. E. McDonnell, a Vancouver physician with a large British Columbia practice, travels by foot snowmobile and Indian dugout to treat patients in remote northern areas. He and partner Dr. A. W. Mooney have worked in mines tees forest and reserves, delivering babies and tending patients from Vanderhoof to the Omineca river.
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Vancouver
C. E. McDonnell
British Columbia
Indian Territory
Omineca
A. W. Mooney
McDonnell
McGill Medical College
Montreal
St. Paul's Hospital
Weathermen Get Queer Questions From Halifax
In Halifax a flood of odd calls to the weather office includes a woman asking what causes the cross on the moon and another seeking low tide times. Forecaster Reid Dexter notes several early dawn inquiries about fishing conditions and harbor weather. The most distressing queries come from women terrified by thunderstorms asking when it will end.
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Halifax
Reid Dexter
Dexter
Canned Distilled Water For Army Use
Canned water is produced for the United States army. The water is scientifically distilled and sealed in cans that resist salt water and sub zero temperatures and will not sink if dropped into the sea.
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United States Army
Rain Making Committee Formed At North Battleford
North Battleford officials form a temporary committee to promote cloud seeding with silver iodine dust. Lloyd McSorley of Water Resources Development Corp cites successful trials in Manitoba and the Dallas area, noting modest costs and potential rainfall gains.
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North Battleford
Sask
Liyod McSorley
Water Resources Development Corporation
Mr. McSorley
McSorley
Canada
Manitoba
British Columbia
Irving P. Krick
Denver
Colorado
Dallas
Texas
Pheasants Arrive in Alberta and 1953 Recovery
Alberta welcomed its first pheasants in 1908 thanks to the founders of the Alberta Fish and Game Association. A 1951 March snowstorm devastated about 90 percent of populations in irrigation districts. Calgary and its members raised 15000 to buy eggs and chicks, aiding a 1953 rise in pheasant numbers.
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Alberta
Alberta Fish and Game Association
Austin de B. Winter
Dan Patton
Fred Green
A. G. Wolley-Dod
A. E. Cross
Calgary Fish and Game Association
Floyd E. Mitchell
Calgary Association
Rocky Mountain Game Preserve
Camrose Canadian
Germans May Invest In B C
Vancouver attracts German investor interest as the Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Industrial Commission reports many inquiries from West German firms. Negotiations cover about six entities including a $750,000 German tool contract to equip a Vancouver welded pipe plant, with Canadian Eastern financing assisting the deal.
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Vancouver
West Germany
James S. Eckman
Greater Vancouver
Richard M. Reiner
Canadian Western Pipe Mills, Ltd
Germany
Eckman
Canada
Newfoundland
Quebec
Ontario
Twin Beef Calves Used In Feed Experiments
U S Department of Agriculture specialists plan to use identical twin calves in two feeding tests to gain reliable results with fewer animals and lower feed costs. In earlier runs they tested six pairs and then ten pairs, arguing twins’ identical inheritance reduces variability.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Fence Posts With Long Lives
Canadian farmers face dwindling native timber for fence posts due to rot. Chemical preservatives chromated zinc chloride and copper naphthenate can extend post life from four years to about 25 years. Methods include end diffusion with 10 percent solution and hot cold baths, plus peeling and soaking for copper naphthenate. An unrelated note mentions an ostrich reaching eight feet.
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C-I-L
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Orillia
Ont
U.S.A
British West Indies
M. Harrison-Gray
East
Sims
West
North
New York
John Dufosse
Oxford
N.J
B.C. Northland
Lake
Colorado Mountains
South Dakota State College
B.C
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!