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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
3
A sweeping Industrial Review lists new and ongoing projects across Oregon. Sawmills Reuters, rail upgrades, road work, waterpower legislation, street lighting, and public works are noted in towns from Harris to Bend.
The Oregon Agricultural College outlines programs across Agriculture Commerce Engineering Forestry Economics Mining Chemistry and Pharmacy plus the School of Music. The Military Department reported 1065 cadets for 1816 17 with U S War Department recognition as a distinguished institution. Registration begins October 8 1017 with subsistence and transportation provided for R C T C cadets. Contact Corvallis Oregon for information.
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America announces a $1,000,000 advertising drive titled Strengthen America to oppose liquor in wet states. Campaign manager Charles Stelzle says the plan accelerates after Senate actions on national prohibition with local leaders to be appointed in 3,500 towns and cities.
The poem outlines a chain of ten potatoes passing through buyers and transporters ending with the ultimate consumer paying. Each verse notes a disappearance by a different intermediary from local buyer to commission man to retailer before final consumption.
National Emergency Food Garden commission in Washington leads a month old drive for conserving war garden produce. Free canning and drying manuals offered for a 2 cent stamp. Lesson covers onions leeks potatoes pumpkins and squash with steps for slicing drying blanching and conditioning before moisture proof storage.
San Francisco August 28 plans for moving over a million men the largest troop transfer in the nation s history are being perfected by the American Railway Association for the U S Government 687000 men to be transported to cantonments and 350000 national guardsmen assembled at camps The program calls for staged entrainments starting September 5 with 200000 moved per wave and further similar movements through October 2 The effort involves 6229 years of train time for a single field army of 80000 and urges shippers to cooperate with railroads in handling this enormous traffic
Healthogam s column explains arteriosclerosis a long standing disease with high death rates especially after middle life. It notes the middle arterial coat loses its elasticity and is replaced by rigid fibrous tissue, hindering blood flow and contributing to mortality in men.
The text explains that arteries change to a low grade inelastic tissue not from time in water but from chronic inflammation caused by waste materials and toxins in the blood. It notes causes include food poisons tobacco tea and coffee, syphilis rheumatism diseased teeth and gums and even drugrelated poisons, leading to arterial destruction and replacement by weaker tissue.
The Geological Survey explains radium is a metal with a white metallic luster but is rarely seen. It is usually obtained as white salts, present only in tiny quantities, and cannot accumulate in visible masses. Radium ore affects photographic film and electroscope readings, though minerals carrying radium are not generally luminescent.
A Pennsylvania Agricultural College bulletin urges dairy farmers to prepare summer silage plans to keep milk flowing during pastures short. Options include extra grain and feeding silage in sail crops, with sailing crops offering a feasible, cost effective solution despite required labor and timing. The bulletin notes corn as the best and cheapest overarching method to cover feed gaps.
Manuel former king of Portugal has been named head of the British Red Cross section on orthopedics for wounded soldiers. He tours British institutions with Colonel Robert Jones, inspecting treatment sites and assisting in operations at a Liverpool hospital.
The plan ensures winter feed leftovers cover the short pasture period. It reduces labor compared to sailing crops and keeps feed ready for use. The summer silo should be narrow in diameter so silage can be fed at three inches daily to prevent spoilage.
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