Beets and Sugar Industry Promises Local Prosperity
County Notes reports Fred Mohl and C F Pike back with land seekers, Amity farm improvements by G W Clark and Geo Bender, and investment interest from Rocky Ford. It highlights artesian well progress, a sugar beet industry boom, and how a 600 ton sugar factory would boost local employment, farms, rail freight, roads, and overall prosperity with figures from Alameda and Eden Washington townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda Sugar Company
Alvarado
Cal
Eden
Washington
Salinas
United States
United States Creditor Nation in Global Debt Table
A historic Inter Ocean table ranks five nations by government debt against wealth. McLean Brothers show 6.195 billion for the United States priority while Russia holds 3.555 billion and the United Kingdom 3.5 billion. Germany stands 3.255 billion and France leads wealth debt at 12.8 percent. The U.S. at 1.4 percent is a creditor nation with vast resources.
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Russia
Germany
France
United Kingdom
United States
Inter-Ocean
Industrial Commission Urges Tariff Safeguards and Reforms
Washington February 7 The final report to Congress from the Industrial Commission calls for protection of the beet sugar industry amid tariff changes, extension of forest reserves, increased road funding, and broader rural mail delivery. It favors stricter railroad supervision, rate control, and audits, proposes seven-man representation for affected interests, and urges anti stock watering laws, plus expanded agricultural pure food oversight. It also notes recommendations on dairy products meats cereals and dairy department powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Industrial Commission
Congress
Commission
Commerce Commission
Massachusetts
Seaboard
Interior
Agricultural Department
Denver Post
Sowing Cowpeas and Sorghum on Thin Ten Acres
On July 3 I sowed two acres with four bushels of sorghum seed and one and a half bushels of Whippoorwill cowpeas by broadcasting. The land was thin and the planting mixed two crops in a single pass to cover soil and start a cover crop.
Prescription Cure Sale Sets Record in San Francisco
A record 112,500 in coin and stock changed hands on Aug 30 1901 for a treatment claimed to cure Brights Disease and Diabetes. Investigators began Nov 15 1900 selecting dozens of cases with 87 percent well or improving by Aug 25. Free reports from the investigating committee and clinical tests will be mailed on request to Joan J Farron Company 420 Montgomery St San Francisco Cal.
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San
Joan J. Farron Company
Montgomery St
San Francisco
Cal
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D. L. Silver
W. H. Cox
Lamar
West Side Main Street
New York
Union Hotel
W.S. Pittman & CO
Pierceville, Kansas
North Side Cash Store
Geo. T. Feast, Manager
North Main St
Lamar, Colo
Paler Ocean
L. R. Taylor & Son
Topeka
Kansas
Gion
Ohio
Sr Seb
Eavens
Colorado
Arkansas Valley
Lamar Hardware CO
Holly
Fred Mohl
C. F. Pike
G. W. Clark
Geo. Bender
Amity
S'heo. Schmidt
Rocky Ford
Geo. Wilson
Amity Canal
Iowa
John Dunjean
W. J. Sickelbower
G. E. Dyksterhuis
Denver
Santa Fe
Here
la Junta
Trust
London Daily Mail
McLean Bros
Illinois
Breeder’s Gazette
England
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