Drouth Disaster Sweeps Wide Texas Region
The worst drought in Texas history enters its fourth year with parched rangeland, cattle sold at ruinous prices, and hundreds of thousands shipped out for pasture. Dust storms bury highways, trains halt for sand, crop failures rise, and banks limit credit while stores face empty shelves across a 900 mile by 450 mile drought zone from the northern border to the Rio Grande.
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Texas
West Texas
Rio Grande
New Straws in the Legal Wind Highlight Air and Water Rights
A columnist surveys Indiana Ohio legislative debates on air rights around airports and underground water rights. He notes a trend toward complex laws governing who owns air and water, citing a Paulding county limestone quarry draining wells and potential future clashes between private property and public interests. He recalls past openness to natural resources but warns of growing legal friction as air and water become regulated domains.
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Luster Coole
House of Representatives
Thhat
House
Miller
Paulding
Legislative Service Commission
Ohio
Snall Lakes
Ississippi
Paulas
Ing County
Paulding County
Fancy Branding Irons Are Causing Trouble
Colorado brand commissioner Ed Paul says fancy electric and gas heated branding irons are making brands unreadable on cattle. Greenhorns, drawn by earlier high profits, now exit as livestock prices fall. He notes irons burn or smear brands when misused.
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Colorado
Ed Paul
Greenhorn
Paul
Dive Bomber Owl Slaughters 286 Chicks at Farm
A dive bombing owl smashed into a hospital farm chicken house at Fanny Allen Hospital, killing 286 six week old chicks. Poultry specialist William Ashey confronted the bird, which attacked him. Ashey defeated the owl and killed it by breaking the chicks neck, ending the incident.
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Fanny Allen Hospital
William Ashey
Hospital
Ashey
Timber Wolves' Days Numbered in Canada
In Saskatchewan the timber wolf population is shrinking due to control programs. Harold Read, northern game supervisor, told Prince Albert officials that 229 adult wolves and an estimated 650 unborn wolves were killed last winter, with about 400 killed the prior winter, reducing predation on caribou, deer, elk, and moose.
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Canada
Saskatoon
Can
Saskatchewan
Harold Read
Northern Game
Prince Albert
Bonnet Green Thumbs Credited for Success
Santa Barbara California CP Mrs Eldore Griffin aged 77 has become a local garden advisor after 25 years in the city. She attributes her success to hard work and her blue sunbonnet which she says is essential to tending blooms and plants of every description.
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Bonnet
Santa Barbara
Calif—Cp
Eldore Griffin
Watershed District Project Among World's Greatest
The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District in eastern Ohio stands as a major flood control and recreation project. Initiated after the 1913 flood, it spans 18 counties, covers 5000 square miles, and includes 16 000 acres of water with 865 miles of shoreline. Since 1938 the system has prevented major floods and is funded by user fees for maintenance and recreation. Bryce Browning, Arthur Morgan, and George Maxwell spearheaded the effort, with state and federal support shaping the district’s growth.
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George L. Zeis
Muskingum
Browning
Zanesville
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District
Conservanty Court
Conservancy Court
Common Pleas
Ohio
Bryce Browning
Tooney
Dr. Morgan
George Maxwell
California Becomes Sweetest State With Record Honey Yield
SAN FRANCISCO California set a new honey record in 1952 at 48 974 000 pounds. The Federal State Market News Service said this was 74 percent above the 1951 record, keeping California the leading state for honey production.
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San Francisco
California
Albino Gopher Captured on California Farm in Tulare
Richard Linhares on his Tulare county farm captured a rare pure albino gopher with pink eyes. He plans to care for the creature and display it at the fair, turning an unusual find into a local curiosity.
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California
Tulare
Richard Linhares
Richard
Lana
Connecticut Woodlands Cover Most Of State
Connecticut spans about 5000 square miles and is densely populated and industrialized yet more than two thirds of its area is forested.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Conn
Ohio County Freed From Swine Quarantine
Washington dispatch reports seven states released from federal quarantine for vesicular exanthema. Nevada Rhode Island and Washington are no longer affected. Quarantine removals include areas in Alameda County and other locations as stated by the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Agriculture de Parent
Nevada
Rhode Island
Alen County
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Sharpsburg
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Drouth
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Athens Pharmacy
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