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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1921
Page
8
The USGS explains that water flows downhill toward sea level despite the river running away from Earth’s center. It notes the source is about 1,500 feet above mean sea level and the mouth farther from the center, with gravity and centrifugal effects causing a downhill flow overall.
The piece compares ranges in the United States and Asia, noting Mount Whitney at 14,501 feet and Death Valley at 276 feet below sea level in California. It cites Mount Everest at 29,002 feet above sea level and Dead Sea shores at 1,290 feet below, totaling a 30,292 feet difference. It also mentions the deepest ocean depth as 32,088 feet.
A point about 40 miles north of Mindanao lies in the Philippine Islands where the sea floor sits more than 110 miles below the summit of Mount Everest, highlighting extreme ocean depth near the region.
The Pacific County cow testing association reports strong results for the past year per county agent J R Beck. Five herds show higher averages this year with no single herd driving the gain. Mrs A Chapman’s Jerseys, nine cows, rose from 566 pounds milk and 28.7 pounds butterfat in 1920 to 702 pounds and 45.5 pounds butterfat in 1921.
The 2800 coal workers and operators agree to arbitration to return to work. Director Howard Clifford secures a four party panel with two representatives from each side and a fifth from the director. International Mine Workers President John L. Lewis approves local discretion and John Allport of Pittsburgh is slated to mediate in Washington to restore peace and prosperity in the mining districts.
The Department of Public Works adopts revised auto stage rules effective June 9 detailing seating space of sixteen inches per passenger, front seat limits unless 48 inches clear, separate tariffs or tariff bureaus, and updated bonds and operating requirements including liability, insurance, heating, and rest periods.
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