Pioneer Hunters Recall Days Of Unlimited Bags
Saskatchewan hunters reminisce about an era with no bag limits when ducks and geese roamed freely. The Qu Appelle valley near Leader’s Point hosted famed shoots. geese blocked the sun as 35 ducks in a morning grew to 200 in two days. Spring shooting and commercial sales existed. Sask became a province in 1905 ending unlimited bags with licenses and a 1915 game sale ban.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Qu’Appelle
Jack Leader
Pasqua Lake
Prince of Wales
Duke of Windsor
Lord
Lady Minto
Lord Byng of
Vimy
Bernard Baruch
Fred Dunk
Provincial Museum
Agriculture Department
Home Workshop Graceful Plane Pattern 210
This article describes a two foot wing span white enamel plane with red and black trim. The propeller turns in a breeze and can be mounted on a garage ridge pole or exposed area. Pattern 210 includes actual size cutting guides and assembly directions. It costs 35 cents and mails the day the order is received with optional extra postage for faster air mail.
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New York
Cabinet for hand tools in a woodworking shop
A compact tool cabinet pattern shows a cabinet with center panel and two door wings that fold in to save wall space when closed. The bench pattern and tool cabinet pattern cost 35 cents each with 2 cents extra for mail and 5 cents more for air mail. Address orders to Home Workshop Pattern Service, Prairie Publishers Limited, 4483 West Fifth Avenue, Vancouver, B C.
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Home Workshop Pattern Service
Prairie Publishers Limited
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Nylon nets boost Fraser salmon catch in British Columbia
Fishermen on the Fraser River switch to nylon nets from linen, claiming four times the effectiveness and leading to longer season closures. Nylon is nearly invisible in water, easy to extract fish from, and less prone to silt buildup, though it costs twice as much.
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Vancouver
Fraser River
New York
Salvation Army Opens Harbor Light Home In Vancouver
The Salvation Army opened Canada’s first alcoholics home in Vancouver named Harbor Light on Skid Row near the waterfront. Commissioner W. R. Dalziell of Toronto said the service aims to reclaim up to 80 percent of entrants and that 26 men can be accommodated. The home was renovated with help from reformed drinkers.
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Vancouver
Salvation Army
Canada
W. R. Dalziell
Toronto
Harbor Light
Skid Row
Dalziell
Humorous Vignettes Across Small-Town Life
A collection of light jokes and sketches from a humorous village setting. Bits include a prom encounter where a grandmother humorously rebukes a young sailor, a doctor diagnosing a broken ankle after a wife’s protest, a moaning night outside Brown’s window, and musical roommates trading barbs over technique. The items mix family, romance, and daily quirks with gentle irony.
Alberta Workers’ July Wages Hit High Canada Second Only to BC
The July 1953 average weekly pay in Alberta reached 359212 dollars, up 471 dollars from last year. Alberta’s weekly wage ranks second in Canada, behind British Columbia’s 64.11 dollars, and employment and payrolls show the largest gains since 1939 with employment up about 140 percent and payrolls about 460 percent.
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Bureau
Alberta
Canada
Ontario
British Columbia
Largest Polar Bears Weigh Up To 1600 Pounds
Do you know that the largest type of living bears includes male polar bears that can weigh as much as 1600 pounds. This impressive weight showcases the animal’s massive size and strength in Arctic habitats.
Happy Voyage The Pal Man 25th Cedar Lake Anniversary
Guests of honor Mr and Mrs Oscar Little attended their 25th wedding anniversary at the Cedar Lake home of their daughter and son-in-law. They traveled 75 miles down the Sask patchewan river in a small boat for the celebration. A cubic foot of Lithium weighs about 30 pounds.
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Oscar Little
Cedar Lake
Sask
Patchewan River
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Ec National Carbon Limited
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