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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1924
Page
3
The Shenandoah will carry the Navy’s most powerful radio transmitter yet on its voyage. The new wireless plant, built at the Naval Experimental and Research Laboratory, expands range to thousands of miles and includes a radio compass claimed to be unmatched in airship history.
The Out Door Recreation conference under President Coolidge calls for nationwide enlistment in nature education. Key figures include Theodore Roosevelt appointees Chauncey J. Hamlin and John Barton Payne, with Mrs. John D. Sherman and Anna Botsford Comstock leading efforts to publicize parks forests rivers lakes and playgrounds.
A U S Bureau of Labor report based on 5 772 establishments in 46 industries shows an overall 5 2 percent drop in employment and 2 percent dip in payroll totals from April 1923 to April 1924. Earnings declined slightly across most sectors though steel and cement show gains.
The 1922 agricultural appropriation bill signed by the President provides 75 million dollars for federal aid for the current fiscal year starting July 1. It authorizes immediate apportionment to states and allocates 10 million for immediate use, with the rest to follow in later sessions. The highway system now totals about 170,000 miles, with 60,000 surfaced and 110,000 remaining to be surfaced by 1934 under a planned 11,000 mile annual program.
A joint aeronautical board is created by the secretaries of war and the navy to unify development and employment of air services. It will study questions, report on joint policies, and recommend efficiency measures, while avoiding internal competition and coordinating stations and experimental plans.
Miss Josephine Timberlake explains that radio helps some hard of hearing individuals by concentrating sound and improving ear comfort, similar to a telephone, yet it does not cure deafness. Experiments show benefits from practice and advanced devices, including personalized headsets and a multi-room battery system for equalized hearing.
A harmless water snake caused the deaths of Frank Balsz his wife Rita and his sister Agnes at Gray's lake north of Los Angeles. The two women were rowing when the oar swept up the snake and leaped into the water. Frank tried to rescue them and was strangled as all three died.
Three year old Katherine De Marco fell from a fourth floor fire escape in Brooklyn landing on grass and suffering only shock. Her mother Rosa De Marco was treated by an ambulance surgeon as she became hysterical but the child remained unhurt.
Treasury figures show 137 income tax payers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland earned over 300000 each in 1922-24. The 187 high earners averaged nearly 1 000 000 dollars per person.
Ernest Young of Van Atchison aged 73 asserts he has lived in the same house for 68 years. He says he has never paid a penny to the driver of a moving van.
National Geographic bulletin from Washington describes Asir as a million-strong Arabian area allied to World War effort. It notes vague eastern borders, Red Sea western boundary, rugged mountains, nomadic tribes, and Subiyah as capital with hut cities and a three story mud brick palace.
The village of Lindentree Ohio with 43 dwellings is awaiting occupants after being bought at public auction by Canton businessman GC A Kolp. He offers the village keys to any Ohio organization willing to move in for up to one year. The town, once thriving from mines, is now deserted except for the mayor marshal deputy and one family. The property includes a school house and a garage.
Report notes Great Britain consumes 20 million gallons of ice cream annually. Comparison claims equal to all New York state residents plus two thirds of Pennsylvanians, per manufacturers.
William Bear, a Cedar Rapids dairyman known as Bear, was sentenced in police court for slitting a cow’s tongue to stop her from sucking. The act cost him $25 plus court costs and drew the Humane Society’s ire after an investigation. The tongue was cut in three places.
Mr and Mrs Lesco Chubak of Trenton New Jersey told state police they were duped while visiting Mahoney City. They lost more than 3000 dollars to fortune tellers who allegedly predicted death for Chubak and insanity for his wife unless they paid. They handed over the money seeking the gypsies' intercession.
Deer in Glacier National Park stay near park administration all winter, drawn by daily rations from forest rangers. About 150 white tailed deer entered from Rocky Mountain recesses after first snows, exploiting protection for the season.
EF C Button of New Jersey State College of Agriculture advises cleaning cows before milking to reduce bacteria in milk. Dirty cattle harbor millions of bacteria. washing teats udders and removing mud hair lowers counts from 23 000 to 7 000 and to about 2 000 with clean utensils. Proper grooming before milking limits souring and meets stricter health standards.
Kansas Agricultural College expert A. E. Oman promotes poisoned oats as an effective gopher control. Reports show near total eradication after one treatment, with small quantities of poison protecting large fields. The college zoology department filled multiple orders for poisoned oats cyanide and strychnine during a single week.
Practical guidance to keep work horses healthy. Take a barrel of water to the field and give the team a drink each outing. Let them rest at noon and after work. Feed split into quarters morning noon and night. Wash necks daily with cold water and a touch of vinegar.
The article explains that pasture fed pigs gain more profits when tankage is added to the grain ration. Older pigs require less tankage per 100 pounds of live weight, about a quarter of a pound per head per day for pigs of various ages. Substitutes include skim milk, buttermilk, and linseed meal or soy meal, with one pound of tankage replaced by two pounds of linseed or soy meal or two gallons of skim or buttermilk.
A farmer in a community with an established dairy breed should adopt that breed to gain cattle access and fire use when surplus. Dairymen will have better chances to sell than isolated breeders as buyers seek locales with many of the desired breed.
Green leaf vegetables such as spinach lettuce dandelion greens beet and turnip tops are urged as rich iron sources. Raisins also provide iron along with milk and milk products as strong sources of growth promoting vitamin A.
Milk feeding of roasting chickens peaks as weather cools near Thanksgiving and Christmas. Producers note young birds weighing about 8 to 14 pounds are ideal for fall feeding to improve confinement tolerance and readiness.
A disinfectant whitewash recipe lists hydrated lime salt water and sulfur as ingredients. It instructs mixing lime with water to form a paste and then adding salt and sulfur to reach a total blend.
The New York State College of Agriculture outlines a home grown pig ration using corn, barley, oats, potatoes, and other farm produced feeds. It lists energy and protein sources such as meat meal tankage fish meal skim milk and alfalfa hay and suggests a sample mix for brood sows with quantities and feeding rates. Ingredients include ground limestone bone meal charcoal and suit as mineral supplements.
Sumner county Kansas farmer William Dietz reports success eradicating bindweed on his land. He used salt on small patches but warns against it, while hogs cleared two to three acre patches in three years and a 20 acre field was freed by early plowing followed by three to four monthly passes with a knife weeder.
The age of a fowl can be judged by spur size and leg texture though not always reliable. Skin conditions on the face and comb show age, while body skin becomes coarser with age. Wing-feather patterns help separate pullets from hens despite traditions. Australian guidance notes rose veins under wing skin and fine hairs that fade after a year, with skin turning white and less yield. Waterfowl aging remains harder to judge than other poultry.
To keep swarms down and build strong colonies, give big hives extra space so the queen can lay continuously until new brood hatch. Bees stay content when they have work and resources, but crowding causes loafing, restlessness, and trouble.
The text notes that careful spray thoroughness matters as much as correct materials and timing. It states no definite spray quantity can be given since requirements vary with tree or bush size variety and pest type, making factors like pressure less decisive.
The article discusses using crankcase residue to control pests, promoting cooperative marketing for better profits, and emphasizes managing home orchards with well cared for trees. It notes clover and legumes should not wait to seed, advises silage maturity, and mentions binder use for bundled clover to save time. It warns chinch bugs mainly affect alfalfa and soy and stresses soil productivity.
Reports cover tipton trust fund, Iowa State University ranking, pollution issues on the Outer River, Council Bluffs birds killed by lightning, oil prospects in Van Buren County, 1925 automobile tags, inheritance taxes, Iowa fair preparations, and dairy growth in Page County. Also notes on Governor Kendall's world tour and Des Moines crime prevention at Union Park campground.
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