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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
3
Old Mississippi field guide outlines two insect groups by mouthparts, biting and sucking. It highlights grasshoppers and caterpillars as biting pests and details chemical controls including Paris green, arsenate of lead, white arsenic, and arsenate of lime, with mixing ratios for dry and aqueous spray applications.
The silo should be located in a sheltered place to minimize freezing of silage. A west side position exposes it to cold winds and can cause more freezing even with dead air spaces than a solid concrete, sheltered silo.
A historical call argues poultry owners must divest from drones and only keep hens that contribute to profits. It warns drone upkeep is unaffordable and urges slaughter or disposal to prevent losses.
The Tamworth hog, brought from England about 30 years ago, is less popular in the United States. It has a long head and higher cost to maturity, but Canadian experiments show it is an excellent and economical feeder. Suited to bacon due to right shoulder, side length, and lean meat yield. crossing with Berkshire enhances bacon qualities. Some breeders call it the best bacon hog, though this claim should be taken with caution.
A satirical remark notes that rats arrived with the Mayflower and now cost the United States about 100 million dollars annually to feed the rodent tribe.
Russian refugee and alleged counterfeiter Albert Leon was arrested in the Dutch Royal West India Steamship office in New York City while buying a ticket for British Guiana. He awaits further hearing at the Tombs and is wanted in multiple western cities for passing counterfeit $10 and $20 notes. Two confederates were arrested in Chicago. Leon allegedly operated from Nootka Island British Columbia and printed notes for several banks the notes circulating mainly in Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle Chicago and New York. He is described as an expert engraver and color mixer with a noted counterfeit method.
Mrs. Tabor Hart, sixty, was gored by a farm cow in Loyd near Poughkeepsie while milking. The cow charged her, tossing her against a barn partition and trampling her after Hart tried to intervene with a pitchfork. She died before a doctor could arrive.
In Yonia Michigan an elderly poor farm inmate, Mrs. Mary Butler, desiring death, refused food until officials resorted to a plate of ham and eggs. She tasted the meal and decided to live for a while longer.
The article recalls Rear Admiral Melville famed for Arctic heroism as a naval engineer and constructor. He sailed with De Long’s Jeannette expedition crew and later led efforts to recover bodies and records, earning a special congressional gold medal. Melville entered service in the Civil War and rose to engineer in chief under Secretary William C Whitney with appointments in 1887 1892 and 1896.
In Schenectady New York a mixed ticket of Republicans Democrats and Socialists won all city offices except one and captured county posts while electing a state assemblyman. The winner Rev Dr George R Lunn polled about two thirds of the vote. Lunn formerly pastor of the First Reformed Church later led the United People's Congregation and edits a weekly paper the Citizen. The city population is around 81000 and the prior Socialist vote was 2240.
The religious movement shows rapid organization with 76 cities reporting active campaigns and a New York headquarters coordinating nationwide efforts. James G. Cannon of Fourth National Bank leads the campaign committee and predicts a historic church effort, aided by business leaders. In Grand Rapids a mass meeting featured Rev. Charles Stetzle and Dr J J Lansing on the topic The Church and Labor.
Miss Edith Campbell is elected to Cincinnati’s Board of Education, becoming the first woman in the city to hold public office. President Taft endorsed her candidacy in a public speech and voted for her though not on his ticket. Campbell, 35, a married executive with strong educational experience, marks a threefold distinction as the first woman elected to public office in Cincinnati, the first independent candidate on the Board, and the first U.S. president voted for by a candidate’s own civic work context.
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