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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1943
Page
6
The Chatham Daily News notes that while pioneers had no modern government aid, they also bore none of today’s tax burdens. They built from nothing without paved roads, schools, or armies of inspectors, and did not pay interest on government debts. The piece urges balance in judging pioneer hardship versus current farmer taxes.
This article recounts the 1916 origin of a government supported public health service on the North American continent. It credits a nurse who expanded a reporting program for infant deaths, taught mothers proper infant care, promoted clean feeding and boiling practices, and established well baby clinics. The Manitoba Department of Health and Public Welfare administers the service via Winnipeg’s Nursing Division.
The Students of Grades VI and VII under Miss Morrison bought War Savings Stamps totaling 103.00 in one week during March 29 to April 2, following a prior week total of 60.05 in March 1 to 5. The school year total reaches 675.19 since last September, as the effort supports saving money and lending to the government.
J S McGowan, director of colonization and agriculture for the Canadian National Railways, told the Kiwanis Club that farming is crucial to post war readjustment. He cited 1942 as unusually productive, noted 735000 farms and 16 million acres in production with a 5 billion dollar investment, and urged careful consideration of rural workers in peacetime readjustment.
Plant pathologists from Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan reached resolutions on seed treatment. They discourage formaldehyde for hulless wheat and urge organic mercury dusts for wheat oats barley and flax with a 24 hour pre seeding treatment. Alberta advises treating all cereal seeds. Manitoba prescribes specific mercury dust rates for flax and barley. Saskatchewan warns to treat if not known free from smut and notes occasional benefit when seeds are cracked or root rot risk high. Enquiries to Dominion Laboratories of Plant Pathology in Saskatoon and Winnipeg.
This week recalls events from Ten Years Ago in 1933 with a turkey supper hosted by Mr and Mrs Alf Wareham and Cribbage there. Mr and Mrs J E Mitchell traveled to Ontario and the Eastern States. Alex Roberts recovers from an appendicitis operation.
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