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...conservation in the U. S. was only a fraction of their problem. Not overshooting, but destruction of breeding grounds by agriculture and drought was the prime cause of duck decrease. And approximately 80% of all ducks shot in the U. S. breed in Canada-chiefly on the prairies of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. In 1935 More Game Birds surveyed the Canadian region, saw what needed to be done. This year it is ready with a well-rounded program to sell to U. S. duck hunters...
Died. Patrick Burns, 81, millionaire Alberta rancher, board chairman of P. Burns & Co., Ltd. (meatpackers) which he sold in 1928 for $15,000,000; in Calgary. In 1878 he tramped 160 miles from Winnipeg to Tanner's Crossing where he staked out a homestead, sold his first two cows to the late railroad-builder Sir William Mackenzie...
...ALBERTA MAHLE...
...when its buffalo were almost gone, the Canadian Government purchased a herd of 738 from Montana, established them in a 125,000-acre buffalo park near Wainwright, Alberta. The original 738 have since increased to some 23,000 and, despite scattering of specimens over Canada and the world, the Park herd requires a periodic thinning out. Warden Purshell was reducing a herd of 6,000. Buffalo meat is relished by Canadian gourmets, buffalo-hide overcoats esteemed by Royal Northwest Mounted Police...
...prosperity certificates started off fairly well. They were used to pay in part relief workers, legislators, Cabinet members, Premier Aberhart. They were accepted by most retail stores. The first day, Alberta merchants gave "hard money" change to purchasers with prosperity certificates. On second thought they made change in credit slips or required buyers to spend a whole certificate. A list of wholesalers who had agreed to accept certificates from retailers was published. Trumpeted Premier Aberhart: "You'll have to get used to using something else than this little thing [waving a real dollar bill] for money...