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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1922
Page
7
Rathburn rescues a snarling dog named Stub, raises him in bond and hunting, and forms a fragile companionship. After illness weakens him, Stub stays loyal bringing prey to a dying master, guarding the cabin through snow until relief finally comes.
Governor Preus of Minnesota urges federal seizure and operation of railroads hauling coal from Kentucky non union mines to lower lake ports. He convened a fuel conference with Sen Kellogg and civic reps to secure Wisconsin Iowa North Dakota and South Dakota support for action to avert a developing coal famine. Kellogg said the group is organized to ensure Minnesota gets its share of coal from both non union and soon union districts.
Staunton Indiana reports the first hostilities as national guardsmen guarding state seized mines are ambushed. Firing with automatic rifles lasts over an hour. Governors and officials plan to start coal production under martial law and import labor if local miners do not volunteer. Officials anticipate extending troop reach to more mines in the state.
Chicago seeks to end transit stalemate by funding city owned motor buses from the $30 million traction fund. Mayor Thompson proposes a $3 million appropriation to equip and operate the buses at five cent fares, with Alderman Oscar Olsen backing the plan.
Assistant Forester Theodore Goodyear says Washington faces an overwhelming forest fire menace with calls for help unheeded. Fire teams from Montana to Washington and near the Canadian border fight fires across thousands of acres, with new blazes reported and older ones regaining control.
The body of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell was laid to rest from his Bevin Breach mountain home, where he resided for 35 consecutive summers. At sunset, burial occurred in a granite tomb blasted into the summit.
Fern Colat reports a local 1 acre winter wheat field near Wessington Springs yielding 728 bushels, an average of 52 bushels per acre, believed to be a top season grain record in the area.
Berne reports that a glass of beer in the Austrian Tyrol costs 800 crowns while a pint of milk runs 630 crowns. The dispatch notes the high cost of common beverages in the region.
Instruction notes for building a variometer tuned radio receiver on a vertical panel 6 by 8 inches with a four by seven inch base. Details include winding 40 turns of No 26 wire on rotor and stator, shellac drying, wooden blocks A and B, two shaft holes, and panel alignment with plan views.
The article says the small crystal receiving set, called the poor man’s set, is as efficient as pricier vacuum tube outfits. It notes typical range of fifteen to twenty five miles, with some amateurs reaching fifty miles. A New York retailer reports connecting an amplifier to the crystal set, functioning daily despite surrounding steel skyscrapers.
The electrical apparatus committee of the National Electric Light Association says radio detects approaching storms in time to adjust electric service and also identifies defects in electrical equipment more efficiently than other agencies.
The University of South Carolina Columbia plans a broad casting station by subscription aiming to raise 12000 dollars. A radio bond news service via a San Francisco firm will provide local investors with price quotes and bond information and connect branch offices by wireless telephone.
John Bischof, a Dakota Business College graduate from Fargo North Dakota, rose to head four banks within fifteen years. G A Thiel, another DBC alum, became high salaried secretary of the Equity Cooperative Exchange. The college reports many DBC graduates have successful careers as W A Schulz joins Bischof. Fall sessions open. write for Success magazine.
Two disabled men in a nearby community started their own greenhouse business after a little over a year of training. They combined resources to buy two acres, erected a greenhouse with modern equipment, and grow garden produce for winter markets. The venture is already yielding a small return while they continue Veterans' Bureau training, aiming for full self support in business and society.
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