Geogagla County Success Credited to Live Stock
Turner county Georgia farmers shifted from cotton after boll weevil damage. By 1922 diversified farming including dairy cattle hogs and poultry yielded about 1 million dollars in sales with an average 600 per farm. Creamery growth, hog shipments, and 45000 pure bred chicks reflect countywide cooperation with extension workers and USDA reports.
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Turner County
Tarnee County
United States Department of Agriculture
Hunter scales cliff to kill famed Arizona mountain lion
Charley Milner, a cooperative hunter under the Biological Survey, US Department of Agriculture, descended a cliff in the Whiteriver district to shoot a mountain lion believed to be one of the largest in the state. His pack of wirehaired terriers pursued the lion into a cave, and Milner lowered himself by rope to kill the predator after a tense chase. The animal had damaged five stock nearby.
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Charley Milner
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Whiteriver
Arizona
Miller
Miner
Railroad Signal Men Seek Increased Pay
Chicago July 5 signal department employees of the Chicago and Northwestern filed with the railroad labor board for higher wages. The request seeks rates from sixty cents for helpers to one dollar an hour for gang foremen. In a separate note, the Bureau of Entomology reports progress on controlling the pea aphid in southern California through extensive experiments near San Jose, promising inexpensive control measures soon.
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Chicago
Signal Department
Chicago and Northwestern Today
United States Railroad Labor Board
California
San Jose
Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
Santa Fe railroad survey nearing completion Tejon Pass
Bakersfield Echo reports prospects for a direct Bakersfield to Los Angeles line by the Santa Fe. A double survey costs 135000 with checks on steam or electric propulsion. The route would run north south through Tejon pass, serving Bakersfield Kern county Arvin and Weed areas and shorten the distance to Los Angeles from about 190 miles via Barstow Mojave to roughly 150 miles, with electricity a possibility.
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Santa Fe
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Tejon Pass
Southern Pacific
Valley Points
Kern County
Tejon Ranch
Arvin
Weedatch
Barstow
Mojave
English Coal Deal Boosts American Consumers
The Financial Review of New York notes a contract between a British coal dealer and U S buyers for one million tons annually over five years at a price below U S mine delivery costs. Welsh colliery owners report coal deliveries to the United States, with mine to Atlantic seaboard shipping priced at 1.68 dollars. The piece argues improved waterways would raise western mine interest and questions the 4 dollar coast delivery from Pennsylvania.
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the Financial Review of
New York
Betwen
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Arudenden Bill exempts farm product trucks from ACT provisions
The Arudenden Bill will take effect in about six weeks and exempts trucks transporting farm products directly from farms to warehouses or storage plants, loading points, or creameries from the Auto Transportation Act provisions.
Federal bird banding permits reach seven hundred seventy
Federal permits for 1923 have been issued to 770 persons who are cooperating in birdbanding work with the Biological Survey United States Department of Agriculture In 1920 when the work became a regular activity of the Biological Survey 9 persons volunteered to assist and were supplied with the necessary permits In 1921 the number increased to 189 and in 1922 to 559 Bird banding cooperators serve without pay their motive being a desire to assist in increasing our knowledge of birds.
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Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers Attend Extension Meetings in 1922 Data Summary
Reports to the U S Department of Agriculture show 88,500 farmers attended meetings on farms to learn approved practices. Over 470,090 attended extension schools or short courses, and the total attending extension meetings of all kinds across the year is estimated at over 114 million.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Geyser steam harnessed near Santa Rosa to power tests
Natural steam from a 400 foot geyser bore ran a turbine engine and produced 21 kilowatts of electricity in tests near Santa Rosa California. Officials say this may be first such achievement in the United States and that Sonoma county geysers could power Central California. Plans for further development already underway.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Sonoma County
California
Italy
British pay balance due on war debt in U S trade
Washington July 5 the final step in refunding Britain's wartime debt to the United States was completed when the British Embassy counsellor turned over bonds amounting to 4.6 billion dollars. Acting Secretary Gilbert signed the receipt on the demand obligations held by the treasury since the loans were issued and handed them to the British official.
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Washington
United States
United Kingdom
Gilbert
Treasury
Combating San Jose Scale in Western Apple Orchards
United States Department of Agriculture initiated experiments to control the San Jose scale across the southern apple belt. Findings favor oil-emulsion sprays, especially paraffin-oil emulsions, with dormant season applications ideal for two sprays and summer sprays offering partial control, while cool daytime application is advised during heat.
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San Jose
United States Department of Agriculture
Beause
Department
Wage dispute hearing set for July 19 in railroad labor board
Chicago July 5 The wage dispute between the Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen and several railroads including Atlantic Coast Line Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Chicago Western Indiana Crand Trunk Louisville and Nashville Western Pacific and others will be heard July 19 the United States Railroad Labor Board advised. The signalmen seek a wage increase.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
Atlantic Coast Line
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago & Western Indiana
Crand Trunk Lines
United States
Louisville & Nashville
Western Pacific
United States Railroad Labor Board
Local Herald Quote Sparks Debate on Law Breaks
A fragment from the Hagers Town Herald quotes a local resident claiming it is possible to break the law until three or four miles from home. The excerpt reflects community discussion on legality and personal conduct amid unclear context.
California senator resigns and moves from Santa Ana
The resignation of Senator Eden of Santa Ana has been received by the governor. The senator has removed to Los Angeles and out of the Thirty ninth district which he represented. The last of a series of crime bills backed by the Los Angeles crime permission to expedite handling 603 criminal cases was signed by Governor Richardson. The bill was S. B. No. 685, which gives a defendant charged with felony the right to waive preliminary examination in police or justice courts.
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Los Angeles
Richardson
Eden
Santa Ana
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