Alberta Water Diversion Plan Aims to Relieve Drouth
A proposed large scale water-diversion project could be submitted to Prime Minister R. B. Bennett to solve drouth and unemployment in southeastern Alberta. The scheme would divert the North Saskatchewan River west of Red Deer and cross the Red Deer River at Content. Sullivan Lake would become the first reservoir feeding Hanna and Acadia Valley then southern Saskatchewan, with an estimated cost near 29 million dollars.
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North Saskatchewan
Alberta
R. B. Ben-nett
Red Deer
Content
Sullivan Lake
Hanna
Acadia
Saskatchewan
Bentonite deposits eyed for Eastend district
W H Hastings of the Departments of Railways Labour and Industries sees potential in Saskatchewan bentonite in the Eastend area. Bentonite, a fine clay from weathered volcanic ash, serves as filter material for refining oil and paper plaster soaps and beauty products. Some development has occurred via International Clay Products of Estevan, which shipped clay to Estevan for drying as an experiment. Hastings notes profitability would require a local processing plant at the deposits.
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Saskatchewan
Eastend
W. H. Hastings
Department of Railways, Labor and Industries
International Clay Products
Estevan
Hastings
Regina
Prices Fall in September Wholesale Index from 69 to 69
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports September 1926 wholesale index at 68.9 down from 69.4 in August. Of 484 quotations, 84 rose, 102 fell, 316 unchanged. Vegetables dropped from 65.7 to 62.5 while animal products rose to 60.7 and textiles advanced to 71.7. Wood and paper moved up from 63.4.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Amazing Flower Display in Southport Show
An elaborate flower exhibit in Southport England features thousands of roses carnations and dahlias orchids once owned by Joseph Chamberlain a 70 year old cactus collection and a new raspberry strawberry hybrid. The ten year old show cost 50000 to present with 25000 in prizes offered.
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Southport
England
Joseph Chamberlain
Consolidation of Customs Act Issued By National Revenue Dept
Officials of the national revenue department complete a comprehensive volume consolidating the Customs Act with all amendments to the tariff. The book includes Canadian trade treaties and interpretive notes for importers guidance and several explanatory appendices to clarify fiscal administration and the tariff.
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National Revenue Department
Helping Him Out Reveals Love Proposal
The maiden confronts the caller about his nightly visits and her time being claimed for his marriage proposal. The astonished young man admits his plan and agrees to proceed, declaring, I do.
Oldest vegetables Carrot history spans from Greek references to modern varieties
The article traces carrot origins from Theophrastus and Dioscorides, noting early misidentifications with parsnip and naming, the dominance of white and yellow varieties in history, and the purple carrot’s disappearance after two millennia of cultivation, with current carrots descended from a wild European–Asian strain.
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Theophrastus
Dioscorides
Europe
Asia
St. Thomas
Word of Praise For Prince From Le Jour Editorial
Le Jour, a Paris newspaper, praised the Prince of Wales describing him as athletic in resilience and keen intellectually. The editorial calls him morally steady, self commanded, and destined to lead a large portion of the world as heir to a vast empire.
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le Jour
New Temperature Method Aids Cod Fishing On Grand Banks
At the North American Council of Fisheries Investigation annual meeting in St. John New Brunswick Dr Harold Thompson of the Newfoundland Fisheries Research Commission described a developing technique to locate cod on Newfoundland’s grand banks. The plan uses water temperature sensitivity, with a ship equipped with temperature recording gear patrolling the banks and broadcasting condition reports to guide fishermen to areas of higher fish density.
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North American Council of Fisheries Investigation
St. John
N.B
Newfoundland
Grand Banks
Harold Thompson
Newfoundland Fisheries Research Commission
Va mnpire Yacht Arrives in Boston After Long Transatlantic Voyage
The yacht Va mnpire launched over 3,000 miles from its shipyard arrived in Boston aboard the Hamburg American freighter Leuna from Lemwerder Germany. It was lowered oversides in Boston harbor by a navy crane and consigned to a New York yacht brokerage firm. Duties totaled 7 707 dollars with ocean freight charges of 2 500 dollars.
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Vamnpire
Boston
Leuna
Lemwerder
Germany
New York
Hornbills Discovered Across Africa
Ornithologists report hornbills, large billed forest birds with exceptionally light hollow beaks, found in several African regions expanding their known range.
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Africa
Walking Sponges Surface in London Aquarium Tanks
Walking sponges have appeared in London Aquarium tanks, unlike typical anchored sponges. Mr Maurice Burton of the British Museum confirms no known walking sponges among previously captured specimens. Living examples were studied and shown to move slowly from foodless to food-rich areas in search of nourishment.
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London Aquarium
Maurice Burton
British Museum
Burton
Escape-Proof Cell Built in Denver County Jail
A new escape proof cell was built in the Denver county jail to confine dangerous criminals like Harvey Bailey. The cell is concrete with a double set of bars over the window and door and includes a steel cage inside with a full runway around it. A heavy steel door guards the cage and another at the cell entrance.
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Denver County
Luxury goods surge in Bolivia as demand for basics falls
Sales of luxuries have boomed in Bolivia while demand for necessities dropped perceptibly, signaling a shift in consumer spending patterns and possibly broader economic changes.
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Bolivia
An Unpleasant Experience in Nova Scotia Cave Tale
Halifax writer A Mews Ettinger a Nova Scotia schoolteacher and Halifax Men Teachers Federation secretary recounts a perilous expedition into a deep plaster cavern near Maitland. He describes carbon monoxide fumes narrow passages and thousands of bats while detailing a three hour struggle to find the surface. A rededicated newspaperman Mike Ryan corroborates the tale noting it as an unpleasant holiday experience.
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Halifax
A. E. Ettinger
Mike Ryan
Ettinger
Kentucky
Richard Haye
Maple Grove
Maitland
Hant's County
Nova Scotia
Captain Kidd
Floyd Colling
Mammoth Cave
Priests Fight Plan for National Park on Sacred Yoshino Mountain
In Yoshino district, Omineyama Temple priests oppose a government plan to create a national park around Sanjo-Badake sacred mountain. They warn that permitting women to climb the peak would violate a millennium-old prohibition and provoke backlash from over 500000 devotees who view it as sacrilege.
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Omineyama
Japan
Yoshino
Sanjo- Badake
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