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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1925
Page
4
A brief quoted reflection cautions that harming others harms oneself, attributed to Desmahis and noted by gregh. The message condemns evil deeds toward others and urges self restraint and moral conduct.
An article discusses the German central bank announcing redemption within two months of pre rents mark currency for one gold mark per trillion paper marks. It notes the vast loss to holders, the government profits from foreign traders, and warns that chasing quick bargains harms both citizens and the economy, urging prudence for youth and society.
A corrupt private utility firm tried to buy a public official with promises of great wealth. The official rejected the plea with a moral stand, stating no one has ever secured a bargain in sin, describing virtue as the costliest thing in the market.
President Coolidge urges federal and state experts in Washington to craft simpler, more economical revenue methods. He criticizes overlapping inheritance taxes as confiscatory and rejects continuing estate taxation as a wartime relic. He warns against presenting socialism by stealth and says the people should decide public policy directly.
The Chanute Tribune laments Emporia’s scholastic contests in Latin geometry and other subjects calling them a dastardly attempt to undermine our football and basketball culture. It warns such events threaten the educational soul of the campus area and urges vigilance.
Jericho Vermont’s Wilson Bentley devoted a lifetime to photographing snow crystals. He has built a 4200-image collection and earned global attention for his photomicrography, revealing endless crystal variety and scientific insights into formation and weather patterns.
The latest list names KDKA KFKX KYW WBZ WDAP NGY WJAZ and WTAM as the only stations using 1,000 watts. The text also covers questions about bow wood versus arrow wood, the Boxer Indemnity fund, annular solar eclipses, Cairo University, scallops, the Mount St Albans Cathedral area, Easter dates since 1875, the Pre Raphaelites, and world ship tonnage.
Two brothers, 29, settled 500 acres on the Mohave Desert under the Homestead and Desert Land Acts. Once barren, the land now supports tall alfalfa fields fenced against jackrabbits. They lived in a house with their mother, left for war service, and later returned.
A self built homestead features a car enabling independence from distance, a horse stable for hay mowing and baling, a contented cow yielding 28 quarts of milk daily on alfalfa, and a concrete pumping station with an electric pump and a 358000 gallon irrigation reservoir.
A group of boys built a water reservoir themselves after lacking 2000 for the contractor. They used concrete raised above ground to ensure water tightness, with material costs totaling 175. They then describe loading a large amount of water onto the laf id, mentioning 1,000,000 pounds of water per pound of dry alfalfa.
A plan describes pumping water at low cost to irrigate alfalfa on a desert site. An electric line supplies cheap power, with pumping 350 000 gallons costing about $1.50. Water is abundant within eighteen feet of the surface amid arid sage and grease wood. The description highlights fertile soil and promising yields.
The text describes desert land near the Nile Valley producing seven alfalfa crops yearly from seventeen acres. It notes 127 tons per season sold at $27 a ton, totaling $92,429, with irrigation from subterranean streams and seven harvests, emphasizing reliability and drought resilience.
The piece argues that with enough brave young men and exploitation of nationwide resources, including desert crops, the United States will have a secure future and no need to fear upcoming challenges. It emphasizes agricultural and developmental potential over sensational topics.
The desert is busy with daily traffic to the Pacific coast and occasional post office flying machines. Young men hope Edsel Ford’s all metal monoplanes will soon join for an ocean bath trip and return to the ranch for 10 p.m. bedtime and 5 a.m. rise.
Dreamers find plenty of imagination near Barstow as oil wells work nearby and a powerful company drills miles away. Marble quarries dot the hills while Calico mine has yielded fifty million dollars in gold already.
The site has been reopened and reports indicate another gold mine is operated nearby, suggesting increased activity and potential competition for mining labor and resources.
The 860 acres taken under homestead and desert land acts are now valued at 56000 dollars as alfalfa proves the soil ideal. Young farmers avoid plowing deep, using a spring tooth harrow to sow and harvest seven crops yearly with no fertilizer. Deep alfalfa roots loosen soil and enrich humus while nearby lime-rich hills aid growth.
If you speak with the Hodge brothers about oil or gold they smile and say those are interesting but alfalfa that grows seven crops a year is good enough for them.
A description praises farmers who work their own land and invest in its improvement. It notes the contentment of their labor, the confidence in a brighter future, and the joy of a widowed mother who lives with them and shares in the sons’ success. The speaker invites readers to suggest an improved life path if any.
The text urges contacting a congressman or the Interior Secretary in Washington for information about desert land under the acts. It cites thousands of square miles, government help to select land with water and crop potential, and guidance to Barstow via Santa Fe offices in Chicago. It references Mr. White and a new town on a hill, then directs turning to Page 6 for the Hodge brothers case.
A dense schedule lists multiple stations including WCAP WEAF U WNY which air a series of performances and programs. Vocalists Charles Wei ner Margaret Kollmer and groups Atwater Kent Artists Howard Men’s quartette and Nixon Entertainers feature in concert broadcasts across New York Newark Philadelphia Pittsburgh Boston Montreal and other cities.
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