Encouraging Ottawa Report on Park Visitor Increases
A Dominion Department of Mines and Resources release shows substantial growth in motor travelers to western national parks in Canada during the four months ending July. Waterton Lakes and Riding Mountain set records while overall western parks saw a total rise near 55 000 visitors, with Canada and interprovincial travel contributing significantly.
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Weaterr
Canada
Department of Mines and Resources
Mt Criawa
Weil
Rio
Ottawa
Une Patledal Parka
Tanf National Park
Jazper National Park
Kootenay
Yoho
Waterton Lakes National Park
Buffalo National Park
Alberta
Prairies
Riding Mountain National Park
Manitoba
Prince Albert National Park
Saskatchewan
United States
Department
Prairie Provinces
Millikan Leads Cosmic Ray Quest From Pasadena
Dr. Robert Millikan sails from Pasadena with two aides to pursue the cosmic ray mystery for six months. They carry over 56 instruments to detect frequency and intensity and will span Australia, Tasmania, and India. Balloons will lift new counters to 90 000 to 100 600 feet and broadcast counts to tape.
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Robert Millikan
Pasadena
Calif
Victor Neher
William Pickering
Australia
Tasmania
India
Dr. Neher
Dr. Millikan
Earth
Erosion Key Factor in Soil Fertility Loss from Dominion Trials
Do minion experimental farm Ottawa four year tests show erosion likely the main cause of fertility loss. William Dickson reports surface soil removal reduces barley yields from 39.5 to 5.2 bushels per acre. He advocates soil conserving crops and slope tillage to curb erosion.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Ottawa
William Dickson
Field Husbandry Division
Dickson
Editor's rifle errand brings farmers' bounty to Kansas paper
A Kansas editor, carrying a Winchester to return a subscriber, meets debtors who offer payment. On returning to the office, he finds a rough gift of hay, corn, potatoes, wood, and turnips. The note also mentions acorn storage by woodpeckers.
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Kansas
Great Sun Spot Show Nearing End From 19th Century Cycle
The Sun's 11 year cycle produced one of the largest spot groups on record with twenty or more areas over 1,000,000 square miles. Short wave outages followed eruptions near spots, disrupting telegraph and telephone services amid magnetic storms and auroras reaching toward the Mexican border. Dr J O Hick reported a record prominence with a huge gas cloud rising toward 970,000 miles above the sun, starting at 65 miles per second and accelerating before fading away.
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Ara
Egraph
J. O. Hick
Carnegie Institution
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
Cal
Durban Tender Board Rejects German Telephone Cable Offers
Durban Municipal Tender Board unanimously rejected fourteen German tenders for telephone cables in favor of British bids. Despite German prices being up to 55 percent lower, all German offers were dismissed as the lowest British offers exceeded them. The council now faces paying about £2065 instead of £1757 for the cables.
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Durban
J. W. Roxburgh
World's Largest Topaz Jewel Acquired by Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington has acquired a gigantic topaz weighing 153 pounds or about 350 000 carats. Found in Minas Gerais Brazil, the pale blue exterior and pale sherry interior gem is described as almost flawless and valued around 5000 dollars.
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Smithsonian Institute
Smithsonian Institution At
Washington
Minas Geraes
Brazil
Arctic country forecast by John Buchan son of Lord Tweedsmuir
Hon. John Buchan, Governor-General’s son, predicts vast development for the Arctic region known as Away Up North. He spoke at Saskatoon en route to Jasper about fur farming, musk ox preservation, and the enduring role of trapping in northern economies.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Arctic
John Buchan
Hadeeon’s Bay Company
Baffin Island
Canada
Saskatoon
Jasper
Alta
Buchan
North
Plins
Arctic Circle
Importance of Water for Wildlife and Crops
A reflection on water's essential role in farming and ecology. It notes that producing 8 bushels of ear corn needs about 14 tons of water and a ton of alfalfa hay requires around 8 tons of water, highlighting water as a vital resource.
Rothschild sister admits puzzle facing fleas and grizzly bear
Hon Miriam Rothschild, sister of the third Baron Rothschild, says she does not know how to collect fleas off a live grizzly bear in the Rocky Mountains. She recalls collecting worms since childhood and credits her father with early studies of fleas linked to plague.
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Rothschild
Miriam Rothschild
Baron Rothschild
Rocky Mountains
London University
Miss Rothschild
Winnipeg Doctors Seek Clues On Bacteria In Permafrost
Two Winnipeg doctors Dr A M Davidson and Dr J Buller aim to determine how long bacteria survive in permanently frozen soil. They collected carefully sealed soil samples from below the surface at Churchill Manitoba, on Hudson Bay, after arriving at The Pas Man with their earth samples.
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Winnipeg
Churchill
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
A. M. Davidson
J. Buller
University of Manitoba
Pas
Dream Warned Duke of Portlaind About Arch Height
The Duke of Portlaind dreamed the state coach could not pass the Horse Guards arch before the Prince of Wales coronation. He and Colonel Ewart verified the arch was two feet too low after measuring, noting road repairs raised the level since the last passage.
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Duke of
Vancouver Province
London Box Raids Linked to Italian East Africa
A fragmented report ties raids on London telephone boxes to Italian colonial activity in East Africa, noting monthly losses of 1500 dollars and a total territory of 659,260 square miles with about 6.6 million people. The Pacific Ocean is stated to cover more area than all land on earth.
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London
East Africa
Ethiopia
Pacific Ocean
Detroit Man Unveils Water Steam Heating Invention
Glenn Watson of Detroit claims a new heating method uses a film of water that, when heated, becomes steam and condenses on chamber walls to return to its source. He says a dozen drops of water can heat a room with 30 second coffee and 80 second steak grilling capabilities.
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Glenn Watson
Detroit
Watson
Busy June for seed testing across Plant Products Division
The Plant Products Division laboratories of the Dominion Department of Agriculture conducted 4 787 tests in June, with 527 tests on binder twine, marking a notably busy month in seed testing.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Young drivers drive fatal accidents less than warned
Report from England finds about half of motorists in fatal accidents are under 31, challenging the idea that old people are the main hazard on the road.
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England
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