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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1919
Page
7
Captain Gilliland recalls captivity in German POW camps in Saxony and Bishofswerda. He details no medical care, brutal confinement, escapes across the Dutch border, and a late return after enduring severe wounds and months of isolation.
A Japanese immigrant Kumatro Saka Moto, 30, living in Los Angeles, killed himself in his room after horrific self harm. He had tuberculosis and was unmarried with no relatives. He severed his tongue and nose before cutting his throat with a razor and died several hours later in hospital.
New York report says Captain Robert A Bartlett will lead an expedition in June to survey the pole with the Rowevelt memorial expedition funded by the Aero Club of America. Officials note the name honors President Roosevelt and mention Bartlett commanded Peary’s ship Roosevelt West.
Mrs Franz Messinger of Altoona Pennsylvania says her family owned a tract near Strassburg before World War I and plans to pursue title papers through German devaluation and French restitution channels. If honored she would gain independent wealth.
A cousin of General Pershing, J. J. Jain Cremuburg, writes of the family’s 200 year history and the hope that Frederick Pershing Jr would return to reclaim Liberty Lorraine. He traces the Pershing line to Keto in Alsace Lorraine in 1774 and notes the émigré move to America with Frederick Pershing Sr. settling in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where Pershing’s grandparents were born.
A naval commission of three officers a mining engineer and a geologist will inspect the Matanuska coal field in Alaska to assess its potential as navy fuel. The team will sail from the Brewerton navy yard with preliminary selections pending.
A fragmentary report describes an excavation site where a box containing four dynamite charges was found. The items appeared buried about 45 years ago and were wrapped in a 1874 issue of the New York Weekly Bulletin. Details on context and disposal are incomplete.
The supreme war council in Paris marks the passing of Helgoland, the North Sea fortress. Since 1890 Britain and Germany poured funds to fortify this strategic island with concrete casemates and 12 and 16 inch guns. Helgoland housed 2200 troops, with mine fields, tunnels, and bases for naval and air operations, as Britain threatened coastal supremacy.
Wisconsin dairymen and farmers launched a statewide drive to replace scrub bulls with purebred sires in a push to boost profits and elevate the state’s dairy reputation. The Brown County cow testing collection last year exemplifies the benefits of purebred stock.
Twelve cows qualified for the register of production all sired by purebred bulls. Six daughters came from a single sire. The top five herds used purebreds, the bottom five used grades or scrubs. Purebred herds averaged five pounds more fat per cow. Last year eight members bought purebred sires of known breeding to replace their scrubs.
C H Staples Louisiana State University dairy specialist advises keeping dairy cows to stabilize income, utilize waste roughage, and provide steady labor use. He says cows offer cheapest human food for families when markets exist, consume otherwise wasted seeds, and keep farming profitable with a steady cash flow and soil benefits.
Dairy specialists say careful handling of milk and cream and improved farm butter making will cut problems in home production. The result is a superior product that can be sold more easily and at a better price than average farm butter.
The dairy herd is the foundation for the stock farmer or any farmer who keeps several kinds of stock. Skimmed milk makes raising calves pigs and lambs easy but without it substitutes are costly and unsatisfactory. Keep dairy cows and then these others may be added.
The text discusses roughage for dairy cows using clover or alfalfa hay and outlines two example grain rations. It notes that when such roughage is used, specific mix weights of corn and cob meal, ground oats, gluten feed, and wheat bran may apply. It also mentions careful consideration of the butter market package.
An account notes that horses arrived in New England in 1629 after the 1620 voyage brought one horse and seven mares. Oxen proved far more useful for farm work for many years due to rugged land, cheap upkeep, and easy harness, leading to horses being less valued and seldom groomed except on work days.
An American Museum Journal recounts A W Dimock's Florida expedition methods to lure a crocodile from its burrow for a camera shoot. The rope noose draws the reptile from its cave, fights and drags, then faces the lens before being released, a behavior-driven ethics note included.
A humorous column notes costly car repairs proving a misjudged car knowledge with a $154.11 bill. Cartoonish gossip covers teased romances among Kitty, Jack, Betty, and Dibbleby, plus motoring witticisms about keeping a car in the road and prepaid hotel charges.
The Post Office Appropriations Act expands funds for federal aid road work by 200 million dollars and authorizes up to 7 million for roads and trees under Agriculture. War department transfers gear and materials to Agriculture for highway projects with limits. Agriculture may build roads in forests without local cooperation if needed for administration or national importance. Forestry officials hail it as key to rapid forest road development benefiting rural communities and recreation. Preference is given to veterans for labor.
In the recent Pennsylvania election 494780 of 504029 votes favored the 850 million bond issue for good roads. Voters show strong support for proper permanent highways and are willing to pay for them.
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