Growing timber becomes United States forestry priority
The article notes a shift in the US lumber heartland from the South to the Pacific coast, with 8,000 big sawmills to be scrapped and output cut by 50 percent within eight years. It urges reforestation, cites Capper and Snell bills, and details rising transport costs, denuded and cutover lands, and the need for a national forestry policy to avert a forestless future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Pennsylvania
Lake States
Gulf States
Southern Pine Association
Pacific Coast
United States Bureau of Corporations
United States
Congress
Capper
Snell
National Forestry Policy Committee
United States Chamber of Commerce
New York
Chicago
Minneapolis
Spokane
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
David L. Goodwillie
Charles S. Keith
Central Coal & Coke Company
Kansas City
F. C. Knapp
Peninsular Lumber Company
Oregon
George L. Curtis
Curtis Companies, Inc
Clinton, Iowa
John Fletcher
Fort Dearborn National Bank
Chicago, Ill
Charles F. Quincy
Q. and C. Company
New York City
Henrys. Drinker
Merion Station
Hugh P. Baker
American Paper & Pulp Association
Harvey N. Shepart
Boston
Mass
Junius H. Browne
Pacific Lumber Company
W. B. Heinemann
B. Heinemann Lumber Company
Wausau
Wis
W. D.B. Brookings
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington, D. C
South
Goodwillie
Chamber
National Forests
Forest Service
Bureau
Agriculture Department
W. B. Greeley
Colonel Greeley
Central
Dinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Mississippi
P. S. Lovejoy
Forestry Faculty
University of Michigan
Lower Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
Detroit
Arkansas
Grand Rapids
Louisiana
Tennessee
Idaho
Virginia
California
Safe Storage Power Elevator Help for Farm Cribs
William A Radford explains a high corn crib combines safe storage for corn and small grains with a power elevator. The frame building on a concrete foundation features a 10 foot central driveway, 34 by 8 foot cribs on each side, and overhead bins. It reduces labor, improves air circulation, and protects against rats and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam A. Radford
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Crete
Corn Belt
Plan to Cut Panama Isthmus Aims Through History
The article recalls Ferdinand Magellan and the 1572 survey by Charles V for a canal across Panama. It notes doubts about tidal synchronization and flood risk, and cites Padre Acosta doubting such a feat against the natural barriers which long resisted the sea’s force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Panama
Charles V
Spain
Atlantic
Pacific
Padre Acosta
The
Indies
Detroit News
Cause and Effect Lovers Quarrel Mirrors a Black Eye
A young man bears a facial discoloration after a lovers quarrel. He pretends it came from sport or war, but reveals the mark resulted from another lover, leaving his friend to question the story. The exchange is reported in a London Tit-Bits vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marine fossils reveal predators fed in ancient Lompoc bay
In Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, vast diatom beds preserve millions of small herrings and remains of predatory fish from when the area was a bottle-shaped bay. Evidence includes a large mackerel skeleton with two herring skeletons still in its stomach, showing predation in ancient waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
California
All Red cable route used to fool enemy intelligence
A London Telegraph and Telephone society talk by A Avery described the All Red cable between Peterhead and Alexandrovsk. The Colonia ship feigned a different voyage while cables linked London to Petrograd, aiding allied communications with staff trained from London and the Eastern Cable Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph and Telephone Society
River Plate House
A. Avery
London Daily Telegraph
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
Alexandrovsk
White Sea
Kola Peninsula
Colonia
Cologne
London
Petrograd
Russia
Greece
Levant
Central Telegraph Office
Eastern
Dream Lore and Equator Omens in Folklore
The passage explains dreams about saving at the equator signal abundance of lifeways. For farmers it forecasts good weather and fine crops while merchants expect a business downturn. Crossing the equator by ship foretells riches northbound and poverty southbound, and seeing a line of the equator indicates strong business qualifications and success in trade.
Minister Discusses His Wife's Troubles
Rev. A. H. Sykes, former Watkins Park Presbyterian pastor in Nashville, praises Taniac as powerful medicine that quickly relieves his wife's stomach trouble and nervous breakdown after ten months of ill health. He says she gained strength to sit up and assist at home. Tanine sold by leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Sykes
Watkins Park Presbyterian Church
Nashville, Tenn
Taniac
Tanine
Boy Suggests Tying Tin Can To Dog For Steam Power
A professor tests steam theory with a tin can and asks a child to explain how speed can be generated. After a boy answers inanimate, the teacher improvises a provocative example. A student named Carter proposes tying the can to a dog's tail to illustrate the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Cuticura Ads Promote Baby Skin Soothing Routines
Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for hot bath relief, followed by Cuticura Ointment and Talcum to calm itchy baby rashes. Claims fragrance and purity, price 25 cents each, with Rivals as the source. The second fragment shows a flirtatious dialogue from the Boston Transcript.
The Closer You Get to Some People Delivers Distance
A reflection on social dynamics and humor as a man navigates closeness and perceived distance. The piece explores how proximity can intensify separateness and caution in humor.
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Ilinois
John Dickinson Sherman
Claid Service
Tire Lookout
Gurtas
LS Forest Service
Panama Canal Project
Camoens
Ferdinand Magellan
Portugal
Magellan
Spice Islands
Central America
Africa
Arabia
India
Malay Peninsula
Scotland
Rivals
Ferdie
Boston Transcript
Lucky ST
Acac
Vibaltte
Cadillac
J.H. Hansen
Cadillac Co
Omaha
Lincoln
Mig. Co
Dept
Ashland
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