Work forms commission to study irrigation reclamation
Dr. Hubert Work announces a national fact finding commission to examine government methods in reclaiming arid lands by irrigation. Seven prominent citizens are invited to serve, to study costs, payments, and policy, and to report to Congress with an emphasis on open publicity and home ownership for settlers.
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Ashington
Hubert Work
Interior
Whrk
Julius Barnes
United States Chamber of Commerce
Oscar E. Bradfute
American Farm Bureau Federation
James R. Garfield
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona
David W. Davis
Idaho
John A. Widtsoe
The
State University and Agricultural College of
Utah
Congress
Government Essay Contest Promotes Highway Safety Education
The Highway Education Board announces its third annual safety campaign with about 46 500 in prizes. Elementary pupils and teachers may enter essays and safety lessons on Highway Safety Habits I Should Learn and Training Children in Habits of Safety on the Highways. Prizes include cash, gold watches, and all expenses paid trips to Washington. The contest runs through December 4, 1923, with support from state education departments and civic organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enewal
Highway Laucation Board
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Washington
State Departments of Education
New Paper Money Designs Approved by Treasury
Secretary Mellon announces standardized new currency designs to deter counterfeiting. United States notes silver certificates and $100s will feature uniform faces and backs with portraits of Washington Lincoln Jackson Grant Franklin and others. The $2 bill may be retained with Jefferson if continued.
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Ecretary Mellon
Treasury Department
United States
Federal Reserve
National Bank
Treasury
Washington
Lincoln
Jackson
Cleveland
General Grant
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Japanese Government Thanks America for Relief Efforts
Count Yamamoto, premier of Japan, conveys thanks to the United States for swift relief after a devastating disaster. The message credits American aid, the Red Cross, and the Asiatic fleet, expressing hope the gesture strengthens peace and friendship between Japan and the United States.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
Japan
United States
Count Yamamoto
State Department
Masano Hanibara
Washington
American Red Cross
Home grown Montana turkeys guide shipping and handling
Montana Extension Service advises a short November to December market for farm turkeys. Local markets can supply many flocks and quality dry picked birds fetch better prices. avoid live shipping long distances. Prepare birds, ensure proper coop, humane killing, cooling, and careful packing in barrels or boxes with clear labeling and separate grading by sex.
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Montana
Montana Extension Service
Stain Removal Tips From A Past Era
A guide states soap is often useless for stains with alkali in the stain fixing indelibly. It prescribes boiling water poured forcefully from three to four feet above the fabric, followed by sun bleaching or hydrogen peroxide. Silk and wool stains need hot water dabbed with a lintless cloth. Cooked fruit stains lift easier than raw fruit stains as water tends to “cook” the stain.
Farm News Notes and Warnings From The Fields
Farm points Russia will export 60 to 100 million bushels of wheat this year up from 15 million last year. Cleaning crop remnants and litter helps control breeding pests. Fourteen U.S. counties are officially free of bovine tuberculosis. Do not feed grain to rats, feed them arsenic and corn meal. Watch hens for mites as they multiply with heat. A rustic reflection ends with Aristophapfes’ line about labor in the fields and farming life.
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Russia
United States
The Federal Reserve and Americas Banking System
A historic endorsement of the Federal Reserve System arguing it serves public interests and stability through currency and credit management. It warns against political influence, notes the 1791 and 1816 banks and their failures, and stresses competent leadership to prevent politicization of banking policy.
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Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Act
First Bank of the
United States
Bank
Making Capitalists Out of Workmen
An opinion arguing workers should save and become capitalists to reduce labor waste. The piece credits savings with discipline, links it to full employment, and cites the Federal Reserve and sound currency as foundations. It advocates bank advertising to promote worker capitalization as a constructive solution.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Fustua J. Wade
Four bulletins due at State College Bozeman soon
State College at Bozeman prepares four bulletins in print or compilation. Topics include a farming survey in the Triangle, turkey farming, the art of sewing, and an analysis of weather conditions in north central Montana and their relation to crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Bozeman
Triangle
Montana
Name Your Farm for branding and value
Choosing a farm name enhances dignity and market appeal. Pick a short easy name tied to the land or business to strengthen branding and product identity.
Winter Feeding of Sheep Objectives
The three aims in winter sheep feeding are to keep ewes in good condition for strong lambs, maintain enough condition to ensure ample milk after lambing, and avoid wool that is tender dead or harsh.
Culling the Ewe Flock Aims at Seasonal Best Practices
The guidance notes culling the ewe flock in the logical season. It urges marking undesirable ewes for easy later distinction and recommends retaining the best ewe lambs to improve and potentially increase the flock.
Long Knife Squaw of Nelson County Legend
A frontier tale from 1787 Kentucky where John Merrill and his brave wife defend their cabin from seven attacking Indians. Mrs Merrill uses an ax to kill intruders, blinds others with smoke, and defeats the war party, earning the name that survives in legend.
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Appalachians
John Merrill
Nelson County
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Nelson
Merrill
Enabin
Chillicothe
Franklin the outlaw state that used skins as currency
In early frontier days the region now eastern Tennessee formed the then called Franklin before it joined the Union. Governed by John Sevier its currency depended on skins with deer and coon skins as pay while other goods were valued as legal tender. North Carolina reclaimed Franklin by force, ending its brief republic by 1790.
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Franklin
Tennessee
North Carolina
John Sevier
King’s Mountain
Old Southwest
Sevier
State of
Commonwealth of Franklin
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Sam
Moran
Secret Service
America
Aristophapfes
Craig B. Hazlewood
Association of Reserve City Bankers
C. B. Hazlewood
Festus J. Wade
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Western Newspaper Union
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