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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1919
Page
5
Kilmer Quinn, government inspector, visited the Basin post office last week and found everything in good condition. Auto licenses due. all automobile owners must have a license and those without will be prosecuted. License forms available at the sheriff's office. HK F Wickwire, Sheriff.
Historic notes describe iron bacteria discovered in Rotterdam iron pipes in 1887. Scientists claim they are a higher life form and attach to iron in water. They may store iron in their cells and, under favorable conditions, multiply rapidly, tinting water red and risking clogged reservoirs.
The piece extols sunlight and fresh air as essential germicides in house cleaning. It urges airing bedding, exposing rugs and cushions to sun and air, and criticizes shutting out sunlight to protect fabrics, claiming sun exposure reduces tuberculosis and other diseases.
Within walking distance of the old cathedral town of Chichester England is the Rising Sun Inn North Bersted a house of interest to stamp collectors. Every room in the inn is covered with postage stamps including walls doors chairs and picture frames while ceilings hold long rope-like lines of stamps and tens of thousands more hang in festoons.
A praise of voluntary food rationing in America. It argues that self denial preserved bread prices, prevented shortages, and promoted national vigor. It credits food control with thwarting German starvation while uniting the world through shared sacrifice and goodwill.
The article recounts Clemenceau surviving an attack with his face bloodied, noting he was cheerful and suspects a former acquaintance as the assailant. Foch and Petain arrive, while professors perform an X-ray exam and Clemenceau discusses the incident.
Western woolgrowers fight for survival amid government sales and large imports from Argentina and other Latin nations. They oppose government control of marketing, demand legally forced labeling for substitutes, and seek longer game preserves while resisting wartime valuations for sheep and wool properties.
In uncertain times reports show increased planting of sugar beets. This development promises expanded sugar production in the west and will aid the stock industry by providing large quantities of cheap food.
The three Pacific coast states guard a key world food supply. California’s salmon industry declines while Oregon and Washington expand packs with Columbia River propagation. From 1914 to 1917 the combined canned salmon output reached 2,116,175 cases, with historic peaks near 2,220,000 cases in 1878 to 1881. State hatcheries boost Oregon streams and demonstrate a five dollar return for every state hatchery dollar.
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