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...issue of TIME appeared a statement in reference to the Canadian wheat situation that when the Royal Tomb of Tutankhamen was opened in 1922 some wheat grains and other foods were found; that in 1926 a friend sent a few of the grains to Farmer Sydney Cunningham of Alberta, who in turn sent grains produced by his original "King Tut wheat" to Farmer Charles Borry, who grew new wheat from a crop produced by the original old grains...
...group of fastidious Canadians at Medicine Hat, Alberta, once decided that the name of their town was too barbarous. They sent a letter to a great poet and asked him to suggest a new one. The poet advised them to keep the one they had. They did. Unlike the Medicine Hatters, a large block of the citizenry of Linoleumville, Staten Island (pop.: 2,200), dissatisfied with their town's name, chose not to write to a famed poet for advice but to settle the question by ballot. Last week they did. Proposed were ten names (although any citizen...
When the royal tomb was opened in 1922 some wheat grains and other foods were found. In 1926 a friend sent a few of the grains to Farmer Sydney Cunningham of Alberta, who in turn sent grains produced by his original "King Tut Wheat" to Farmer Charles Borry who spoke up last week. Said he stoutly, "I'll plant some more next year...
...Provincial Legislature, has steadily advanced in the Conservative Party, was at one time Minister of Justice. In 1927, with the Party politically bankrupt, Bachelor Bennett was called to a helm he has since masterfully held, putting new vim and fight into Conservatives. He lives at Palliser Hotel in Calgary, Alberta, in austere magnificence with his sister, who idolizes and prays for him. In the lay councils of the United Church of Canada he is paramount...
...ranch in Alberta went to London to buy livestock. When his employer returns from hunting in Africa they will discuss a recent discovery of oil near the ranch...