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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 13, 1956
Page
3
The Springfield Leader lists agents and editors for Lac du Bonnet Pine Falls Pointe du Bois River Hills St George Stead Seven Sisters Falls Thalberg Tyndall Victoria Beach Whitemouth with contact names and phones. Listings indicate local coverage and staff assignments across Manitoba communities.
A Canada wide Education Week observance March 4 to 10 promotes education as everybody's business. It urges public involvement by industry, parents, and home and school groups to support standards, defend democracy, and show that the money spent on schools is also a matter of civic responsibility.
The article extols grass as a superior erosion barrier, noting its ability to hold rainfall and reduce runoff. It cites measurements showing soil loss under clean tillage far exceeds that under grass, and outlines conservation methods like terracing, contouring, strip cropping, and mulch to store rainwater and lessen flood risks. It also urges balanced land management in Western Canada integrating large structures with soil and water conservation. It highlights growing only recommended cereal varieties to maintain quality in export markets, warning against nonlicensed imitations and inferior Red Thatcher.
The House of Commons focused on procedural motions to form a committee for non military research and Atomic Energy work, and on Fisheries estimates. Private Members urged decentralizing industry to balance provincial growth, while a railways and shipping accounts committee debated CN Railways and TC A operations. The article also discusses wheat variety yields and farming recommendations.
Farm article cites 1948 US Yearbook findings on flood control. It argues floods arise from rainfall and runoff, and protection depends on land treatment, not just main-channel works. Emphasizes watershed management, stabilized waterways, detention basins, and silt control to reduce damage in tributaries and urban areas.
Whitemouth residents travel to Phoenix and Los Angeles as guests of families Harold Hames and Saul Adams. Birthday observances honor William Dunn Sr and Clarence Nelson. Hospital guild meeting, sale of property by the Malkoskes, education week at Whitemouth School, and various social visits and church activities are reported along with weather-related travel notes and warm thanks from local groups.
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