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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1926
Page
1
Machinery breakdown delays this week’s Courier Felate as editors struggle to find late matter and plan repairs. Report notes Sitka Spruce is plentiful from California to Alaska with specimens reaching over 200 feet in height and 25 feet in circumference.
The Forest Service announces that starting January 1, 1926, permits will not be required to obtain dead timber material from Ashley National Forest for individuals. Green timber still requires permits. This administrative change aims to speed supplies and ease administration while preserving dead material for unrelated uses.
The U S Department of Agriculture Biological Survey urges protecting wild birds by adding nest boxes and shrubs where hollow trees are gone. Provide summer water and winter shelter and guard birds from threats such as air rifles, cats, storms, and predators. About 25 million cats threaten bird life nationwide.
The article explains how seals replaced signatures when literacy was low, noting seals as forgery safeguards. It highlights the Great Seal as the most important, kept in a metal case with yellow wax, and explains defacement and transfer to the lord chancellor, with Privy Seal as second in authority.
A historical review in the Ohio State Journal notes the high costs of European state funerals. It cites Berlin at 430000 with 550000 from the imperial treasury, Wellington at 500000, Victoria at 175000, Edward at 260000, and Ebert’s German funeral just under 50000, illustrating thrift in comparison.
The drudging trade in English ports uses skilled drudgers aided by jong and poles called hitchers to recover coal lost at slips. The fleet of drudging boats works all waterside slips for coal washed into harbor mud. Drudging is a hereditary trade, with workers retrieving coal and selling it to households at low prices.
A historical note traces slang to a secret jargon used by certain classes. The text links slang to old terms like sang and decodes how words once misled their users, while acknowledging other proposed origins and noting its modern broadened meaning beyond official language.
Supervisor A G Nord outlines how the Ashley National Forest supports irrigation and watershed protection, with seven hundred thousand acres timbered and a one and one half billion feet of timber. Regulated cutting and fire protection sustain timber and grazing for thousands of cattle and sheep, while road funding expands access and development for future production.
A man’s wife dreamily takes credit for a casino roll and stores the winnings. He later imagines a far larger win and returns to the game to recover the money, only to lose it all again. In the end the wife reveals the tale was a dream-like misperception from the New York World.
The article details tiny tobacco seeds used for cigarette production and the labor-intensive process. It notes some growers never sell seed, the aging of crops for mellowing before stemming, and the dust removal that lightens tobacco. It also contrasts manual cigarette output with machine production.
An American girl described as Parisian in appearance strolls the Avenue des Champs Elysees when four Frenchmen speak to her in their language. She says she does not understand a word, provoking a quip from a Frenchman who departs. A friend later shares a similar encounter with a companion who also insists she cannot speak French.
The Amende honorable began in ninth century France as punishment for murderers traitors and sacrilegious persons. The offender wore a halter and carried a lit taper while pleading pardon to the king and country, with death or banishment possible. The term now means any apology or reparations to an injured party.
Movements in inter community trading and interstate travel expand in line with progress. These developments add to local prosperity and support the purpose and objectives of the National forests.
The Moffat tunnel commission adopted a resolution allocating rental values: two thirds of the tunnel cost for the railroad bore and one third for the water tunnel. Rentals projected average $345,900 annually for the railroad bore and about $172,950 to $223,350 for the water tunnel over future terms, with contracts to specify rent payments and maintenance.
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