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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 18, 1929
Page
4
Scotland Yard detectives unravel a murder mystery in The Ware Case at the Lo ILo Theatre on January 21 and 22. The film recreates London's Old Bailey court procedures and follows a bookie who testifies falsely, freeing the innocent man.
The Haunted House from First National Pictures arrives at No-lo Theatre Friday and Saturday January 26. Director Benjamin Christensen discusses stagecraft and ghost effects using luminous silk, hidden tubes, and painted skirts to suggest spirits.
The Ange Case of Captain Ramper from the Defu Company of Berlin screens at the Tlo-No Theatre. An aviator awakens after fifteen years in the Arctic and returns to civilization in a dramatic tale. Paul Wegener stars with Mary Johnson. Max Reichman directs with Weiman and Koerner on camera.
A United States Forest Service study on red and jack pine litter in Michigan shows yearly needle deposits averaging 2100 air dried pounds per acre, with nitrogen from 15 pounds per acre. Fire removes 40 to 60 percent of soil nitrogen, underscoring litter’s role for sustainable timber growth.
The study reports that $9.00 to $13.00 worth of sodium nitrate annually is significant. It notes that one ton can absorb about one and a half tons of water and that water also soaks into the needles, with a large amount retained by the litter before eventually draining away.
A Court of Revision and Appeal under the Public Schools Act will review the 1929 assessment rolls for the Comox Assessment District. The hearing is at the Court House Cumberland B C on Tuesday February 1929 at 10 o clock in the forenoon. Charles A Cox Judge of the Court of Revision and Appeal dated Cumberland B C January 14 1929.
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