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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
3
An official notes field mice cause over 30 percent of fruit tree damage, not rabbits. Editors urge tar paper or wire netting around young trees to deter burrowing and bark chewing. experts warn that mice are difficult to catch without standing at the tree base.
Admire Sims in the World's Work describes subchaser listening devices during wartime. When a submarine injured and at the bottom, a piercing gunfire sound finally broke the silence. The crew of 25 to 30 men died by their own hand rather than surrender, a grim end to the submerged tragedy.
Melville E. Stone recalls a 1875 exchange between General Butler and Samuel J. Randall in which Randall asks Butler to hold a Sunday session and Butler refuses saying it is unnecessary work. Randall retorts about New England Puritanism and Butler fires back that Randall will be in the lower house in another world.
The piece narrates neighbors Mr Smith and Mr Jones with gardens and chickens. A dry year halts crop plans yet leads to an unlikely marriage between Mr Smith and Mr Jones's daughter as sympathy deepens. The tone echoes Edinburgh Scotsman humor.
Dr William C Mills of the Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society plans excavations of seven prehistoric mounds at Camp Sherman on a condemned government farm. He argues the mounds were built by American Indians of the Algonquin family, countering the Squier and Davis theory of a separate mound builder race. The site contains 23 mounds. one dug earlier yielded 133 skeletons and 12000 artifacts including mint copper and pottery vessels.
The Rainbow of the Desert canyon 300 miles south of Salt Lake City near Lund Utah is named Little Zion after Salt Lake City once called Zon Brigham Young and early Mormons named the canyon The area features red and cream cliffs up to 2500 feet with natural bridges plateaus and dramatic amphitheaters drawing many visitors
A massive flawless black opal, claimed as the world’s largest uncut stone, has been officially reported in Washington. The gem measures about 20 cubic inches and weighs 2,572,382 carats and is valued at $250,000 by its owners. It surpasses the famed Viennese opal at 1,658,927 carats, though it reportedly has flaws on that rival.
Sage J F Brown of Nolte s board recalls hiring Japanese laborers on Molokai Ranch facing questions about basic amenities. A Japanese worker asked for a barber shop and store and picture house before saying he could not stay because his brother is very sick. The report from the Pacific Commercial Advertiser notes cultural and business frictions in island labor.
The article explains resin-secreting cells under pine bark enlarge when bark is wounded to secrete resin. Cuts in parallel V shapes allow resin to drain into a receptacle. Distillation yields turpentine while the residue rosin is used in various applications including explosives.
The sugar maple is the most important maple for sap sugar and lumber value. The American Forestry Magazine notes its abundantly sweet sap and its distinction as a premier sugar producer, historically used to lure settlers to Pennsylvania lands.
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