River Of Golden Grain Moves From Prairie Farms
An overview of Western Canada grain movement shows the Canadian National Railways coordinating a vast flow from prairie elevators to Lake Ontario and Vancouver ports. The Car Service Department tracks daily grain car loads, orders equipment, overhauls cars, and expands locomotives to keep over 50 000 cars in motion. Continuous vigilance and strategic concentration of locomotives ensure a rapid, orderly harvest season and rising Pacific exports.
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Prairie Provinces
Western Canada
Canadian National Railways
Ocean Port
Car Service
Prairies
Lake of Ocean Ports
Grsig
Western Region
Winnites
Lakehead
Vancouver
Canada
Car Service Department
Eraer
Great Lakes
Pacific
Canadian National
Alberta
Sand and Gravel Core to Canada’s Construction Drive
Canada relies heavily on sand and gravel for roads cement and railway ballasting. Regions vary in availability with prairie provinces needing imports. Glass and moulding sands exist, but construction use dominates output and public familiarity.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Prince of Wales Ranch Wins Gold at Regina Show
Prince of Wales stock won top honors at a Canadian exhibition in Regina. The white Short bull Prince of the Fairies bred on the ranch’s Old Country line earned the gold medal from the British Association of London for the best bull shown. The ranch also claimed reserve champion red yearling bull and led in Shorthorn cattle, Shropshire sheep, and Hampshire sheep championships. The FE. P. Ranch sits near High River, Alberta, about 60 miles from Calgary, on roughly 6 000 acres.
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British Association of London
King of the Fairies
ITRH
Prince of Wales
Britain
Bus Alserta
Canada
Regina
Prince of Wales Ranch
Shropshire
Hampshire
FE. P
High River
Calgary
Cattle Exports Rise in First Half of Year
Canada shipped 32,179 cattle to Great Britain and 46,953 to the United States in the first six months of the year, versus 30,029 to Great Britain and 23,659 to the United States in the same period of 1925, a gain of 18,991 head.
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Canada
Great Britain
United States
United State
Nightmare Land She in Gallery Draws Cubist Dread
The artwork titled Nightmare Land She prompts a viewer to call the cubist piece a dreadfully staged scene. The critic comments on the unsettling atmosphere and questions Cuba’s portrayal alongside a note that the British Empire expands over 12 000 600 square miles.
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British Empire
Mission Boat Gains Tied Funds for Alaska Church Work
Mrs Harding and Mrs Hibben have pledged 26 000 dollars to build and equip a power boat for church work in Southeastern Alaska. The ship is expected to cost 46 000 dollars with Dr Young to raise the remaining funds. Dr Young previously lost his first mission vessel to fire and notes Mrs Harding’s Alaska interest after traveling with President Harding.
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Alaska
Florence King Harding
Harding
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Hall Young
Presbyterian Missions
Dr. Young
Western Canada Corn Output Surges and Butter Production Climbs
Canada's 1923 creamery butter production reached 163,456,739 pounds valued at 56,594,008 dollars, up seven percent in quantity and six percent in value from 1922. Western provinces show rising corn acreage with Alberta and Saskatchewan expanding about 50 percent, Manitoba 25 percent, and total prairie output driving self sufficiency and potential exports.
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Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
Sakatchewan
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Prince Edward Stand
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
United States
Prairie
Fort Livingstone site marked for national historic park
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada designates a 960 acre area at Ft. Livingstone Saskatchewan as a national historic park. The site recalls Fort Livingstone as the Northwest Territories first capital in 1876-77 and the first Northwest Council session.
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Ft. Livingstone
Saskatchewan
Northwest Territories
Northwest Council
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Regina
Cocoa Bread Promises Longer Freshness and Cocoa Flavor
The USDA announces a new Cocoa bread using eight to ten percent cocoa substituted for flour and no shortening. It mixes equal parts sugar and cocoa, producing a dark brown loaf with a distinct cocoa taste and extended freshness compared with ordinary bread.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Tourist Trade Growth Highlighted by CPR Official
Walter Pratt general manager of hotels and dining cars for the Canadian National Railway praised booming tourist traffic at Jasper Park and Minaki. He announced the new 18 hole Minaki golf course will be ready next year and nine holes at Jasper are hoped to be open when the 1925 season begins.
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Jasper Park
Minaki
Walter Pratt
Canadian National Railways
Reidel Aims Record Honey Harvest in Southern Alberta
George Reidel expects to harvest between 25 000 and 50 000 pounds of honey in his first year in the bee business. He operates 300 colonies across six apiaries in the Coaldale irrigated district and calls Southern Alberta one of the world’s finest bee districts and the best in Canada.
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Alberta
George Reidel
Coaldale
Reidel
Canada
Canadian Honey Exports Seen At Six Million Pounds
C G Gooderham a Canadian apiarist estimates total honey export capacity for the year at 6,000,000 pounds. He says this level should stabilize honey prices in the domestic market.
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C. G. Gooderham
Mr. Gooderham
Manitoba Eyes Largest Crop Since 1915
Premier Bracken predicts a record crop in Western Manitoba, saying this year will be the province’s best since 1915 after a long trip covering part of the region. He recently returned from a 1,000 mile journey through the area.
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Manitoba
Bracken
New Wheat Varieties Forthcoming From Ottawa Trials
Experiments on 50 western farms using seed samples from Ottawa aim to breed two early maturing rust resistant wheats named Reward and Garnet. Preliminary results show healthy prospects with Reward maturing about a week before Marquis and offering superior quality. Some samples performed well in favorable districts while poorer areas showed potential growth.
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Ottawa
Central Farm
Marquis
Beaverbrook hints at returning to Canada as home
Lord Beaverbrook the British publisher now visiting the Dominion suggested at a rerouto that he plans to return and make Canada his home again in the future. Beaverbrook, a New Brunswick native, was Sir Max Aitken before his elevation to a peerage.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Dominion
Canada
New Brunswick
Sir Max Aitken
New Rural Hospital Districts Form in Alberta
The latest district is at Westlock northwest of Edmonton. Fifteen hospital districts now operate in the province serving about 155 000 people, roughly one third of Alberta rural residents.
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Alberta
Westlock
Edmonton
Japan Aids Emigrants with Travel Grants to Brazil
The Japanese Government plans to cover all travel expenses for natives emigrating to Brazil and to grant each emigrant two hundred yen or one hundred dollars as assistance.
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Brazil
Beggar Arrest in Redding Yields Cash and Ledgers
Police in Redding California arrested a cripple for begging and recovered twelve hundred dollars in cash along with bank books showing deposits exceeding twenty six thousand dollars.
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Redding
Calif
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Canadian National Train of Wheat
Natural Resources Bulletin
Toteticence Servier
Department of the Interior
Alberta Grain
Nightmare Land
Cuba
Mrs. Harding
Western
South
Fort Livingstone
W. N. UL
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