Alaska Timber Shipments Highlight Postwar Plans
A lengthy report describes Alaska timber exports led by a 6 000 000 foot first schooner load for Australia and other shipments to London and Atlantic ports. It notes Tongass National Forest under government regulation aims to sustain forests while developing a potential pulp mill industry and regional contracts to supply local and export demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ketchikan
Alaska
Barkeline
Torlgn
Sitka
Australia
Bay
Cape ‘Chacon
Pacific Ocean
Tongrass National Forest
Panhandle
British ‘Columbia
Neutra
Territory
Illinois Tax Commission Keeps 45 Cents Rate For 1922
Governor Coffin explains farm land value reductions were used to equalize property classes after hearings with farmers. The tax commission lowered land valuations by about 127 million dollars while raising rail and capital stock valuations, resulting in a net decrease of around 200.6 million from 1921 figures, with the total rate fixed at 45 cents per hundred dollars for state and university funds, school, waterway, and other purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfeld
Governor Small
Andrew ‘Ruszellne
EB. Miller
Tax Commission
Perry B. Coffin
Tax ‘Commission
Tlinois Waterway Fund
University. of
Llinois
Babson warns on wage jumps and cost pressures
Babson says skilled labor scarcity in late 1922 pushed wage demands while employers should avoid raising wages now. He predicts costs stay high through mid year with downward price trends likely later, urging pay restraint and cost discipline to protect profits and investor confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Babson
Hiss
Blaor
Fight for Speaker Heats Up In Illinois House Race
One of Illinois history’s stormiest sessions opens in two weeks as Democrats challenge Republicans over seating Adolph Marks in the Senate. The speaker battle pits 13 possible candidates including Gotthard Dahlberg, A Otis Arnold, David Shanahan, Sidney Lyon, and others amid anti saloon league influence and court action potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ilinois
Armiong
Norman MacPherson
Adolph Marks
Thompson
Marks
Senate
House
Wiinerg Anti-Saloon League
Len Small
Gotthard A. Dahlberg
Chicago
Dahlberg
A. Otis Ar‘nold
Quincy
David B. Shanahan
Chingo
Sidney Lyon
William R. McCable
Lockport
Norman L. Flagg
Moro
Otto C. Sonnermann
Carlinville
Charles W. Baker
Monroe Center
Homer L. Tice
Greenview
Lincoln Bancroft
Greenup
William L. Pierce
Belvidere
Abraham L. Stanfield
Paris
Farm Bureaus Ready for Illinois Association Meeting
Annual sessions of the Illinois Agricultural Association Will be held January 17 and 18 at the Morrison hotel in Chicago. Delegates from Clark County are expected. Speakers include Howard Leonard R A Cowles H W Mumford C B Denman Frank O Lowden and others with topics on farming markets transportation and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAL
Clark County
Morrison Hotel
Chicago
Illinois Agricultural Association
Cameo
Howard Leonard
R.A. Cowles
College of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
H. W. Mumford
University of Illinois
C. B. Denman
Producers Livestock Commission Association
East St. Louis
Howard M. Gore
U. S. Department of Agriculture
C. Larsen
Minoigs Agricultural Association
Frank O. Lowden
Dlinois
J. C. Watson
Tlinois Agricultural Association
H. Cunningham
U. S. Grain Growers Sales Company
Cleveland A. Newton
U. S
Missouri
Dearborn Street Depot Fire Destroys Chicago Station
Fire destroyed the Dearborn street railroad station in Chicago just before 4 pm, leaving eight railroads homeless. A 1884 building valued at 300000 faced replacement costs over 1000000 as flames engulfed the brick and wood structure, with hundreds of passengers fleeing and clerks rescued from stairs and sheds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dearborn Street
Polk Street
Hazel Locker
Chicago_& Western
Indiana Railrada
Santa Fe
Monon
Erie
Aebertéa
Marshall Girl Takes Flight in Airplane
Mrs. Ruth Montgomery Stowe, a Marshall native, volunteered for her first airplane ride Sunday at Aviation Field on West Central Avenue. From 3000 feet she clearly sighted Sanford Apopka and Winter Garden, thrilling the crowd gathered there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Stowe, Jr
Marshall
Ruth Montgomery
Chester Montgomery
Orlando
Fla
Aviation Field
West Central Avenue
Sanford
Apoka
Winter Garden
Music to be taught in high school soon
Arrangements have been made with Miss Glenora Norris of Logansport Indiana to teach a half day each week at the high school this next half year. Norris was last year in charge of the Susie at the high school at Guyman Oklahoma, a school of 800 pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenora Norris
Logansport
Ind
Terre Haute
Norris
Susie
Guyman
Okla
Town Pests Cracking Under Strain Over Phone Harassment
Fragmentary item notes residents distressed by persistent phone harassment. Mentions strain on households and a threat to take drastic action if nuisance continues. Local officials urged calm amid chaotic messages and printed warnings.
Pilot recalls river diver steamboat incident with snag
Fragmentary OCR shows a pilot describing a river steamboat diver and a snag strike. He notes familiarity with the vessel and its path, then identifies the snag as a notable event on the river.
Pan American Union Advocates International Cooperation
An article extols the Pan American Union led by Dr Rowe as a model of Latin American United States trade collaboration. It praises disarmament efforts, peaceful diplomacy, and annual Pan American meetings fostering trust, mutual aid, and global goodwill among 22 republics since 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Union
Rowe
United Sttes
Europe
James G. Blaine
The
United States
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