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Newspaper
Cottonwood Chronicle
Location
Cottonwood, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
4
Classified note advertises yard items for sale and battery repairs at Cottonwood Garage. Mentions the Chronicle office as contact point and lists a 30-tf sizing cue. No additional details.
A Jackson county farmer disposes of four unwanted kittens by loading them into a sack and releasing them on a highway near a Kansas City home. A passerby woman later reports finding all four alive, prompting surprise at the unexpected turn of events and questions of mischief.
Milwaukee Sentinel reports a new locomotive mounted digger that extends scoops ahead of the engine to cut a ditch alongside tracks. It buries three feet deep and fourteen feet from the rail, removing eighteen cubic feet per foot at about $6.25 per mile.
In Greensboro North Carolina a church by the side of the road offers a community cow rented for 14 dollars weekly to families unable to buy cows. Proceeds fund future cows to form a community herd. A founder, A W Measter, notes improving health and happiness in children as the program helps families and a nurse checks on the cow weekly.
At a Denver mothers meeting the Housewives' league leader argued that a marriage can be complete without offspring and warned young wives not to let maternal love usurp marital love. She quoted a wife who loved her baby yet contrasted it with her husband who spoke to her by the hour.
Senator Sorghum jokes about taking a vacation as a way to escape public life. He hints at seeking a secluded spot to worry about many things without interference, suggesting a desire for private time away from duties.
The forest service uses squirrels to gather and store seeds for reforestation. Red squirrels hoard high quality pine cones, often eight to ten bushels per cache, with an average of about two bushels, allowing foresters to access seeds after trees drop their cones. Chipmunks and wild mice also store seeds, aiding seed supply.
The Dutch once prized the stork as a national symbol but numbers have fallen as farmers in Holland and the Transvaal combat grasshoppers with poisoned bait. Storks winter in South Africa, where poisoning reduces their food and causes high mortality, risking a storkless future.
Government engineers in Washington will create a plan for river hydraulic tests if a Lansdell bill introduced by Senator Ransdell of Louisiana passes. They say river hydraulics research lags behind other fields and urge the subventery provision. Recent floods on the lower Mississippi and threats on the Colorado river heighten the call for extensive flood control study.
A Folkestone salvage feat involved a sinking ship set near the quay that was righted by five locomotives pulling on wires. In another case a sunken vessel was cut in two while underwater, raised, fitted with new bulkheads, and brought home to be reassembled.
A humorous exchange notes several men ahead of the speaker as he rushes to meet Mr. Grubcom. The other man suggests shouting Fore since Grubcom is a golf fan, illustrating a lighthearted scene from Birmingham.
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