Manitoba forest seeks 150000 more seedlings for reserves
The province plans to transplant four year old seedlings from Pineland Nursery at Hadashville into Crown land in Sandilands and Spruce Woods near Shilo. Forest era will plant 150000 more trees in Whiteshell and Agassiz reserves this fall. Minister Witney reports 10 percent of nursery output goes to shelterbelts and farm stock, with 40000 white spruce ordered at 1 dollar per hundred for shelterbelt use and 150000 Scots pine seedlings at 20 dollars per thousand for tree farms, timed for Christmas harvest in eight years.
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Hadashville
Sandilands
Spruce
Shilot
C. H. Witney
Warns on Shooting Owls and Hawks in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan wildlife director EB Paynter warns it is legal to shoot hawks and owls in summer months while birds are protected seven months of the year from March 1 to November. The law allows shooting only if birds attack poultry. farmers may protect stock any time if necessary.
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Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife
Eb, LL Faynter
Paynter
Mr. Paynter
Tolstoy's War and Peace word count estimate
A rough figure places Tolstoy's War and Peace at about 500000 words, reflecting its expansive scope. The exact count varies by edition and language, but the work remains one of the longest novels in world literature.
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Leo Tolstoy
May wardrobe patterns offer elegant summer sheath suits
Dazzle your after five audience with a willowy sheath that hugs the figure. Anne Adams Pattern Dept promotes a Chanel like jacket and a mid century sheath in shantung or cotton. Printed Pattern 4601 names Misses sizes and yardage. Pattern 4805 lists sizes and fabric needs. Send coins to the specified addresses.
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Shantung
Sarah
Manitoba First Economic Atlas Released by Government
Manitoba releases its First Economic Atlas after four years of work. It covers development, resource use, and economic potential with more than a hundred maps and 40 pages of text photos and charts. The 23 by 17 inch atlas compresses up to date provincial material into one volume.
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Manitoba
Pion-Era Grandstand Show Finalized in Saskatoon
The 1960 Pion-Era week in Saskatoon runs July 4 to 9 with the Birth of a City pageant a 100 member cast and 40 Indians, Campfire Memories with 130 performers, and an Indian show. Abel Watetch signs autographs for Payepot and His People. junior rodeo and multiple stage acts headline daily attractions. Andrew W. Sereda named assistant agricultural representative for district No. 22, Colonsay.
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George Bate
Saskatoon
Prairie City
Payepot Reserve
Whitecap Band
Wood Mountain
Thunderchild
Abel Watetch
Andrew W. Sereda
Colonsay
Sask
Sereda
West Bend
Foam Lake
College of Agriculture
U. of S
Dominion Experimental Farm
Indian Head
Lands Branch
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Biologist Hired for Manitoba Lake Winnipeg Whitefish Work
Ronald W. Rybicki of East Lansing Michigan joins the Manitoba Mines and Resources fisheries staff to work on the Lake Winnipeg whitefish fishery. He will participate in the trap net experiment this summer.
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Great Lakes
Manitoba
Department of Mines and Natural Resources
C. H. Witney
Mines and Natural Resources
Ronald W. Rybicki
East Lansing
Michigan
Lake Winnipeg
Tax Him Tax Him All You Can
A poem railing against heavy taxation by an unknown author. It lists items to tax from clothing to land and even the unborn, urging government to tax every aspect of life and make life difficult for the taxed.
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Henry
Canada’s 1959 Exports Share of GNP
Canada’s exports totaled 6,657 million dollars in 1959, making up 19.2 percent of the country’s Gross National Product.
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Canada
Age of discovery and rail to the north
The Herald Tribune argues Canada faces an age of discovery as an economist from the Department of Northern Affairs urges taking risks to push rail facilities north. It notes development follows rail and cites Grimshaw to Great Slave Lake with farmland timber and oil gas potential as driving factors and cautions about eastern route risks.
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Canada
Canadian Department of Northern Affairs
West
Buffalo Wallow
St. Laurent
Grimshaw
Great Slave Lake
Weed em out or starve editorial critique of publicity clogs
A Revelstoke Review excerpt rails against wastepaper items sent to editors for free publication. It condemns publicity reps who ply newspapers with unpaid clippings to avoid ad rates, arguing publishers must rely on paid content to stay solvent and avoid collapse.
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the Review
Revelstoke, B.C
Watchman-Warder
Lindsay
Ont
Express
Policher
Don’t throw it Stow it
A Standstead Journal note urges readers to keep highways and picnic spots clean. It advises using trash cans at public sites and service stations, and to bag and discard refuse at the next stop if facilities are unavailable. The piece promotes a simple summer practice to preserve the countryside’s beauty.
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the Standstead Journal
Rock Island, Que
Beams and Shadows in Global Democracy and Canadian Policy
The text urges sympathy for South Africa’s oppressed dark-hued majority while warning Canadians not to overlook the mistreatment of aboriginal Indians. It notes long confinement to reserves and nominal freedoms, contrasting international democratic ideals with domestic policy. A biblical proverb about removing beams from one’s own eye closes the piece.
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South Africa
Canada
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Anne Adam Pattern Dept
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Formnto
Anne Adams Pattern Dept
P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Vahr
Anne Halesins
Pioneer
Prairies
Jastarland Steele
Royal Architectural Institute
Winnipeg
Yeste
P. E. Thurston
Saskatchewan
W. C. Twaits
National
Cars
Canadian
Arthritis and Rheumatism Society
Westbury Hotel
Guess
the Herald Tribune
Grande Prairie
Alta
the Bulletin
Brooks, Alta
Ae Nomad
Bates
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