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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1921
Page
6
Charles Mayer describes the orang outang's physical strength and behavior. He notes ten foot arm span, impressive limb strength, and the difference between bending bars and breaking ropes. Orang-outangs live in tree platforms, swing through forests, form colonies, with a male as chief and parental roles split after birth.
The Rev John Roscoe of Ovington Norfolk lectured in London about his East Africa tour for the government and Royal Society. He recounted a tale of Bunyore servants and the king's cook performing a fatal meat offering, with the king dining on milk otherwise.
Testimony before a Senate inquiry by Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of Southern Pacific, argues high freight costs did not trigger the business stagnation. He cites global deflation, market shortages, and inefficiencies by merchants as primary factors, noting rail and ocean rates remained low while trade languished.
The article reports a Greenwood Massachusetts plant producing 60 tons of paper daily from three times that amount of cotton stalks. It notes a tubular fiber yielding durable cellulose, strong and flexible, with potential to eliminate a U.S. paper shortage if a quarter of Southern cotton stalks are used annually.
Agricultural notices advise lime sulfur for gooseberries and rose mildew, with one or two applications or winter Bordeaux mixture to prevent peach leaf curl. Logansberries should be sprayed with Bordeaux 4-4-50, thorough coverage essential. Willamette Valley apple and pear growers urged to spray for scab with lime sulfur after petals drop and add lead arsenate for codling moth.
A roadside tip urges drivers to always carry a spare tire to avoid inconvenience and delays on long trips. The guidance emphasizes preparedness for unexpected flats rather than fear or alarm.
The article urges drivers to carry a good quality spare and cover it to shield from sunlight and heat. Sunlight damages rubber even in cold weather, causing cracking that worsens over time.
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