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as he and said in- at is a TWO -THE LEADER- -POST, REGINA, FARMERS LEAVE ARID AREA Hansen Resettlement program under way CABRI (Staff). A resettlement program which will make it possible for farmers living on the edge of the sand hills of southwestern Saskatchewan to exchange their holdings there for irrigable land at Vauxhall, Alta, is now under way, Victor Rea, agricultural representative for Leader said Thursday while making a tour of the sand hills area. The practically barren land covers stretch 80 miles in length and 40 miles wide between Leader and Maple Creek, and as far west as the' Alberta boundary. A few miles from some of the finest land south of the South Saskatchewan river, the soil suddenly changes into a barren waste, which gradually becomes a series of sand dunes which range in height from 40 to 60 feet. This soil moving constantly and the surface is marked with ripples like the waves on water.

It takes only a minimum of wind in this area to reduce the visibility to nil. For some years farmers have endeavored to continue operations on the edges of this semi-arid area and they have had little returns. Buildings have deteriorated and farms have taken on a run down appearance. Chief source of income has been the crop failure bonus which has kept body and soul together for years. Now these people have the chance of a new start in farming and a new start in life.

By exchanging their small units here for similar sized units at Vauxhall, they will be able not only to have grain crops but to grow gardens and to produce fodder for production of their own livestock. The new start, officials believe, will not only do much to better the people financially, but will also boost their morale, give them a new sense of social security and a pride in their achievements for they will have the basic needs for crop production at their disposal, and they will have a new sense of responsibility for with proper care their little farms in Alberta can be profitable holdings. It won't be like moving into an entirely new community either because a goodly number of the people there have been old neighbors who have also decided to Hectic ride brings fine ESTERHAZY, Sask. (Special). -A wild tractor ride through the village here recently resulted in the driver, John Urzada of the Grove Park district, being fined on charges of being drunk and creating a disturbance and operating his tractor as a motor vehicle in an imprudent manner.

Before he was apprehended Utzada drove over a private lawn, through a hedge, smashed through la fence and narrowly missed a telephone pole before coming to a belt in front of a service station. He was fined $5 and costs on each charge. SPRINGFIELD Horse track betting in Illinois in 1951 amounted to about $147 million. to stand SWIFT CURRENT (Staff). Ald.

Irving Hansen, a prominent citizen here for many years, Thursday night that definitely would stand for mayor in the forthcoming elections, To date, no other prospective candidate has announced his tentions, Ald. Hansen has served for seven years alderman an different times. He has been chairman of the works utilities, committee and has had considerable experience on the finance committee as well. Ald. Hansen came to Swift Current in 1929 from Shaunavon, and has made his home here since that time, He has operated several businesses in the city since he has been here, and since 1940 he has been chairman of the Frontier Days board.

For the past two years he has been tour manager for the Swift Current boys band. He member of the union "hospital board, and the Swift Current health region board, and a member of the Kiwanis club. Fully Guaranteed! I MONUMENTS FROM ALEX YOUNG MONUMENTAL Fourth Avenue and Scarth Street, Regina The Oldest Monumental Firm in Saskatchewan Lowest Prices Highest Quality UNDERWEAR for the Mother Yes, the Watson's label is her guide to quality underwear. You'll see it on warm woollies, snuggies andvests in wools, cottons and mixtures, and on a wide range of styles in rayon panties and vests. Son Choose from a wide selection of Watson's Jerseys, Shorts a and Union Suits in cottons, wools and mixtures.

Dad, It's the Watson's label for him! He knows it stands for quality workmanship, comfortable, lasting fit, and a wide style selection: This includes sleeveless and short sleeve jerseys, various types of shorts and union suits, in cottons; wools, rayons and mixtures. W6-51 LOOK for the WATSON'S LABEL in ALL GOOD Stores Across CANADA FRIDAY, OCTOBER '17, 1952 MEDALIST: Vera Elizabeth Lockhart, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R.

Lockhart, 1035-Seventh avenue N.W., Moose Jaw, was one of two Moose Jaw winners of the governor general's bronze medal. Born at McCord, Miss Lockhart took her high school education at Central collegiate, Moose Jaw. She is at present attending Seattle Pacific College, Seattle, where she is working for her B.A. degree. Horse trading brisk MOOSE JAW (Staff).

Prices at Moose Jaw's 30th annual horse auction sale, which opened a twoday run Thursday, compared very favorably with those of last year, when prices doubled the 1950 bids. Altogether, 165 head horses passed through the ring, bringing an average of some $60. The highest paid for a single animal was $95, while last year a roan gelding drew top bid of $145. The largest amount for a team was paid by O. Leugnar, of Crestwynd for a the price being $230.

This is only $10 short of the record price last year paid for a pair of sorrels by Red Kare of Winnipeg. Some 500 animals are in the stockyards, and business is expected to be brisk Friday, with leading buyers from Weyburn, Herbert, Crestwynd and Ogema. Most of the horses going to the Soo Line bidders are destined for the States, both saddle and work classes. Auctioneer Laurie Drackett is confident that the level of last year's prices will be maintained, and says that the quality of the animals coming under his hammer is good. Bylaw approved CANORA, Sask.

a vote of 198 to 53 burgesses, of the town of Canora Wednesday favored a bylaw authorizing the borrowing by debenture of the sum of $84,000 for the purpose of paying part of the cost of a sewerage system for the town. The $84,000 is to provide for the capital cost portion of the plan which will provide a sewerage system for most of the town already served directly by water lines. The total cost is estimated at $196,000. The balance of 000 is the local improvement portion. Debentures to issued under the will be repayable in 20 years from the date of issue in 20 annual instalments of principal and interest combined, with interest at the rate of per cent.

The amount of each instalment will be $7,029. the local improvement por-Ition the town as a whole will pay paid Annual $41,000 by and means instalment the of balance required frontage will to tax. fi- be At nance the town share is estimated at $3,430.85. has been estimated that it will take a tax rate of about six mills on Canora's assessment to carry through the plan. But it is hoped that this will be largely offset by savings due to sewerage installation and added encouragement to building and establishment of new businesses in Canora.

MUSIC IN A PINCH: This contraption might not deliver the tonal quality of a Stradivarius, but Woodbury Nickerson, of Roxbury, is satisfied with the "music" of his homemade "violin." He made it out of one of the claws of a 39-pound, four -ounce lobster he caught off Scitu te, Mass. 47 films compete at festival YORKTON (Staff) Yorkton film council's second international documentary film festival was officially opened Thursday evening by Mayor C. G. Langrill before a large gathering in the collegiate auditorium. The festival 15, the second of its kind to be staged in Canada, the previous one having been sponsored two years ago by the Yorkton group.

The festival opened Wednesday and because of the large number of entries the films are being shown simultaneously in the collegiate, auditorium and at the auditorium in St. Joseph's college Thursday and Friday, An afternoon program was shown Wednesday in the York theatre and at St. Joseph's college in the evening. Forty-seven films, including three in the amateur class, will compete in the three-day festival, Audience approval, voting by ballott, will decide the winners. W.

Stearn, president of the Yorkton film council, the purpose of the festival ensaid. courage distribution and wider use of audio-visual aids, with particular emphasis on documentary and educational 16 m.m. films to Cougar sighted at Churchbridge YORKTON, Allary reported seeing a cougar about four miles northwest of Churchbridge Wednesday afternoon. Churchbridge is about 30 miles southeast of Yorkton. Mr.

Allary said he saw the large animal as he was cutting across a field to a neighbors, intending to shoot rabbits for his dogs. "I took a shot at it with the only .22 bullet I had left, but believe me, I'll never do it again," he said. He said the cougar was in the open about 100 yards distant. "When 'I shot, it never even moved. Just stood and glared at me.

I walked slowly backwards for about 20 yards until I could get out of sight behind a bluff. I'd heard animals were afraid of a fire so I thought I'd try to make one in case it was following me. But I was shaky I couldn't even light a cigarette paper and I used up the whole package trying. Mr. Allary said he then ran to the neighbors and got three companions to set out after the cougar, but they had given up after following its tracks for about four hours.

Tracks in the snow he said, showed where it had taken about five jumps before starting to walk. There were no signs that his shot had wounded the animal. Mr. Allary estimated the cougar was about five feet long and stood almost three feet high. Straw bins store grain LEADER (Staff).

Gill, a well-known farmer in this area, has come up with a new solution to the grain storage problem which he believes is much better than the snow fence and buildingpaper corrals that many farmers Weyburn scouts plan Apple day WEYBURN (Staff). Annual "Apple day" sponsored by the boy scouts will be held in Weyburn Oct. 18. Both the scouts and cubs will be out in force on the streets with apples, the proceeds from the sales to go towards the scout movement in the city. Those people wishing to purchase a box of apples may do so the Scout hut on Fourth street.

have used this year. keep the public well informed and to promote enterprises for the welfare of the community. Friday evening members of the (local council and their guests, including a number of officials from other cities, will attend a dinner hall when the speaker be W. S. meeting, Castle, Jobbins of the National film board, Ottawa.

Exhibitors at the are: the National Film Canfestival, ada, Crawley Films Limited, Consult de France, Legation of Sweden, office of the high commissioner for India, Norwegian national travel office, United Kingdom information office, J. Arthur Rank film distributors, Royal Danish legation, office of the high commissioner for Australia, office of the high commissioner for New Zealand, Union of South Africa government information office, Legation of Switzerland, Encyclopedia Britannica of U.S.A.. Netherlands embassy, Belgian embassy, Federal Republic of Germany, Fred of Regina, P.G.A. Films Limited and amateur exhibitors, Ralph Steuck of Abernethy, H. Ferman of Yorkton and J.

Hoehn of Regina. take on a new project which has been made available to them. To arrange for a transfer to Alberta farmland, the Saskatchewan farmer first makes application through his agricultural representative to the provincial government which in turn teams up with the federal government to make the move possible. Mr. Rea pointed out that some of the families involved had received crop failure bonus payments 10 years out of 11.

He said that the reason the people were moving to Alberta was because most of them were interested in irrigation, and this locality offered the greatest possibilities for them in this line. No one is forced to go, he said. It is a program which is brought about entirely at the request of the families affected. So far approximately 40 families have made application for the move to Vauxhall in connection with the resettlement plan, and this would mean a loss of approximately 160 people to the province. Reclaim Land When the farmers leave the object is to reclaim as much of the land as possible by establishing seed grass crops which will provide fodder for livestock, and eliminate soil drifting on much of the land.

This year an experiment has been carried out in parts of the sand hills in an attempt to stop soil drifting by regrassing some of the land. The work was carried on from a jeep with a grasshopper poison bait sprayer as the mechan-1 ical seeder which sprayed the grass seed on the land. Mr. Rea said that he was hopeful that. this work would meet with considerable success in some parts of the sandy area.

Some grains or grasses may eventually be able to grow on this ground that today has no sign of vegetation. There is little chance of ever having an irrigation project here though because of lack of water in the vicinity, and also due to the elevation the sand dunes. Chorus pleases YORKTON Jar. off Male chorus and dancers, better known to the public as the Don Cossacks, received a rousing ovation Wednesday evening from the large audience attending the first of the Celebrity series concerts in the Dr. Brass Memorial auditorium.

It was the chorus' first appearance and the auditorium, which seats 1,000 persons, was filled to near capacity. A large section of the audience was from outside the city. Ivan Shaw, president of the local Celebrity series executive, expressed a vote of thanks to his co-workers and to the public for the enthusiastic response. On completing its tour of Canada and the west coast of United States the chorus will be heard and South America preceding a tour of Europe. Death probe to resume WEYBURN coroner's inquest into the death of Const.

Joseph Nelligan, a member of the Weyburn R.C.M.P. detachment who died in hospital of gunshot wound Oct. 10, will be resumed Monday at 7.30 p.m. in the city hall courtroom. Dr.

H. A. Brookler, Weyburn, is coroner. Const. Nelligan a gunshot wound in the in the received, early hours of the morning of Oct.

10 in the R.C.M.P, sleeping, quarters above post rushed to the Weyburn general hospital where he died about 5 p.m. the same day. Const. Herring, also of the Weyburn R.C.M.P., was wounded in the hand at the same time and was also admitted to hospital WINNER: Second Moose Jaw winner of the governorgeneral's bronze medal is. Velma Joyce Ellis, 19, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. R. F. Ellis, 525 Home street west. Miss Ellis was born in Moose Jaw and attended the technical high school.

After completing the -year commercial course she took employment with the Moose Jaw Medical Clinic. Gideons pay visit to schools WEYBURN (Staff). A delegation from camp of Gideons here 'Wednesday for the official opening of Weyburn's Union hospital also visited the city's three public schools where they presented New Testaments the students. The students receiving the testaments were those from grade five to grade eight. More than 300 copies of the New Testament were presented.

Brief services were held at each school when a member of Gideons spoke on the work of the society which sponsors presentation of the New Testament to school children throughout the world. Various members of the Weyburn Ministerial association accompanied the Gideons to the schools and offered prayers of dedication at the time of presentation. Usually the Gideons visit the schools each year and present the Testament to the grade five pupils but as they had not been able to visit this city since 1948, made presentations to these students from grade five to grade eight. Schools visited were Haig where 120 copies were presented, Assiniboia where 125 copies were presented, and Souris, where 80 copies were presented. The Gideon delegation included L.

Rusk, W. Wolfe, president, Larry Reimer, Roy McVety, and C. H. Derby. Nokomis resident, S.

Felberg dies NOKOMIS, Sask. (Special). Samuel Felberg, 84, a Polish immigrant, died here Wednesday at home of his daughter, Mrs. A. Richter.

Born in Poland, Mr. Felberg had resided there until the Red occupation when he fled to the British zone in Germany. He came to Canada in 1949. He is survived by three sons, Rudolph and Otto in the United States and Albert in Vancouver. Two daughters, one in Poland and Mrs.

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Outside the bales he has placed heavy page wire on stout fence posts. Farmers who have their grain exposed to the elements don't plan to leave it uncovered this winter. Many plan to thatch it with oat sheaves on the top of the bin or else to place a heavy covering of straw on the top surface which they hope will shed most of the moisture caused by melting snow. SWORD STOLEN AGAIN ROME (AP). Thieves have stolen, for the second time in recent months, a sword from the statue of St.

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