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Show AUTO FAMINE IN WESTERN CANADA Record crops and .an automobile famine in western Canada wero described de-scribed by B H Taylor and S S. Franklin of tho city of Edmonton, Alberta Al-berta who arrived in New York recently re-cently Edmonton Is 1,000 miles northwest of Winnipeg, in the center of a grain bolt which is now amazlnjr tho grain growers -with Its crops. Taylor and Franklnl Rbo aro real estate brokers, say the city has grown from 5,000 to 08,000 population In IeBs thnn six years, and tho inability of automobile dealors to get a sufficient allotment of nutomobiles haB prevented the farmers from enjoying the monoy brought In by the crops Friends of the Alberta tourists tried to discourage them when they announced an-nounced their intention of driving to New York, tho trip having been ro-garded ro-garded as almost (Impossible. For nearly 1,000 miles they traveled through fields of grain higher than the top of tho car. Their itinerary Included Winnipeg, Minneapolis, Chicago, Chi-cago, Detroit, Toronto and Kingston. oo |