Budget Meeting in Dallas Divides Polk County Officials
A January budget meeting in Dallas, Polk County, chaired by L. D. Brown, debated the 1922 budget item by item. Taxpayers, about 400 strong, approved election and sheriff items, but proposed cuts to education and county agents, with heated exchanges between County Clerk and W. T. Hoffman. The session trimmed emergency funds, libraries, and bridges while striking weights and measures and ferries, final tax forecast about 422,954 with court oversight.
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Dallas
Enterprise
Budget Committee
Polk County
Circuit Court
L. D. Brown
W. T. Hoffman
Independence
Hoffman
H. B. Elliott
Perrydale
E. C. Kirkpatrick
P. ©. Powell
Hadeen
G. A. Peterson
G. O. Holman
Carpenter
Oregon Guard Ranked First in Northwest for Strength
Oregon's national guard finished the year atop western states in relative strength and efficiency within the ninth corps area. Strength rose from 1400 to about 2400 with 1800 attending two-week camps at Camp Lewis and Fort Stevens. Federal support exceeded $200,000, and units include the 162nd infantry, 164th infantry battalion, and other elements all linked to the Alst division.
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Salem
Oregon
George A. White
Camp Lewis
Fort Stevens
France
Oregon National Guard
National Guard
United States Treasury
Portland
Silverton
Woodburn
Independence
Dallas
McMinnville
Corvallis
Lebanon
Albany
Eugene
Marshfield
Newport
Toledo
Roseburg
Medford
Ashland
Hood River
Cottage Grove
Gresham
Adjutant General's Office
Naional Guard
162Nd Regiment of Infantry
164Th Infantry
147Th Field Artillery
167Th Field Hospital
Engineers
Army Artillery
Agriculture Student Growth Tied to Farm Prosperity
Dr W J Kerr told Oregon farmers during college farmers week that agriculture must offer stable profits like other businesses. Roosevelt linked national welfare to farm welfare and science aids rural needs. Illinois 25 years ago had 25 agricultural students. Oregon rose from 109 to 900 students last year.
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W. J. Kerr
Oregon
College
Roosevelt
America
Ilinois
Effect Of Light On Eyes In Luminescent Dials
A discussion on how pupil response to light affects reading luminous watch dials. In daylight pupils contract, in darkness they expand gradually, making luminescent numerals essential for night visibility. Radium compounds illuminate dials but are described as coarse and dangerously regulated by science.
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Congress
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Desolated Wires Boost Altar Trend in Japan
A Japanese superstition links marriage year to birds. after 1900, the year of the nonkey notion, marriages rise in the telecom workforce. Government run service faces delays with 21,000 applications awaiting service and a teledensity far below the United States.
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Japan
United States
Telegraphy by Taste Experiments in Radio Reception
Two radio engineers Alfred N. Goldsmith and Edward T. Dickey tested taste reception for radio signals using tongue placed electrodes and low voltage direct current. They found inability to reach audible signals beyond 500 in detector circuit even with four amplifier stages, concluding taste is possible in principle but far inferior to hearing for radio reception.
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Alfred N. Goldsmith
Edward T. Dickey
Intenna
Why Lead Disintegrates
Professor Matignon of the College of France describes experiments on ancient lead artifacts in the Ghina Museum showing gradual disintegration into dust over years. Minute saline traces from burial sites drive microscopic chemical changes, making lead objects "sick" and prone to decay unless the harmful matter is removed.
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Matignon
College of France
Ghina
Admiral Mherle remarks on naval ignorance in San Francisco
Admiral Mherle, new head of the Pacific fleet, told a San Francisco reporter that questions show naval ignorance. He likens the reporter to a young lady puzzled by man o war and tug of war tugs, noting how even familiar terms can be misheard.
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Mherle
Pacffc
San Franciscs
Ud Boatman
Freight Handling in Europe and Comparative Costs
This piece explains how Europe moves freight via canals and horse drawn gear with large boats, arguing costs are lower due to lighter handling and direct carriage. It contrasts with US practices requiring heavier standard freight cars and longer rehandling, noting terminal delays and labor costs.
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Europe
Lw Cosid
United States
TO EVERY MAN HIS GHOST IN EGYPTIAN BELIEFS
An article notes Professor George A Telaner returning from a Harvard expedition with ideas on ancient Egyptian beliefs. It discusses how the living honored the dead with offerings and ritual actions, and how wives received honor only as a companion to their husband’s ghost. The piece describes coffin symbolism, offerings of bread onions and beer, and warnings for the afterlife path.
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George A. Telaner
Meypt
Harvard
Uedene
Tale
Wireless Surveyors to Use Teletype for Africa Frontier Work
The Anglico French military commission will employ wireless telegraphy for geographient survey work to delimit the frontier of Soudun and French Equatorial Africa. The two governments jointly organize the mission, which may last about two years and operate across unexplored African districts. Daily wire messages from Paris will allow precise position fixes during frontier elimination.
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Soudun
Frenceh
Equatorial Africa
Africa
Mot Atel
Sahara Desert
Frontier
Picture of Rev W H L Book prompts child question
In the porch of Tabernacle Christian church Columbus a portrait of Rev W H L Book hangs. Four year old Henrietta Boyle studied it with growing seriousness and asked awe filled if it was a real photograph of Abraham.
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Tabernacle Christian Church
Columbus
W. HL. Book
Book
Henrietta Boyle
Henry Boyle
Colubiyy
Alie
Abraham
Indianapolis News
Unusual County Land Sale Near Salina Draws Record
The county buys thirty one acres along the Meriden road north of Salina in a standout transaction. The plan includes widening the road and planting trees to shade the roadway corridor through the county.
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Kansas
Monmouth School Advocate Sees Oregon’s Superior Systems
L. J. Gilmore of Williamsport writes the Monmouth Herald praising Monmouth Normal School and Oregon schools while critiquing Pennsylvania. He notes higher pedagogy, church habit, and social life, urging residents to show faith by works.
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L. J. Gilmore
Williamsport
Monmouth Herald
Wtyn
Odd Fellows
New Years’ Grange
Monmouth
Picture Rocks
Philadelphia
Overwon
Pennsylvania
Monmouth Public
Dorothy Leade Hur
Mac Siorith
M. Tf. S
Walla City
Nat Wats
Why a Man Should Go to Church Regularly
A fragment urges men to attend church in a churchless world facing decline. It argues religious duty, community strength, and moral guidance as essential, warning of societal rot when faith is neglected. The piece emphasizes church as a corner stone for personal and communal well being.
Continuous Grain Crop Outlook For Farm Managers
OAOC farm manager specialist D H Scudder notes dry farm grain practices risk profit loss. He stresses selecting the right enterprise as the key factor, with cash crops like potatoes, wheat, and alfalfa commonly growing on farms. Pure seed markets remain limited.
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D. Scudder
OAOC
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Oregon Guard
Northwest
Creigh
W. C. Grog
Invincible Safety Deposit Boxes
Independence National Bank
Independence, Oregon
Wennsylvania
T. Ry Rouse
California
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
San Diego
Southern Pacific
Western
Crewton
Southern Pacific Lines
John M. Scott
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