Commissioners Proceedings August 9 1927 Montpelier county
The Board of County Commissioners met in adjourned session August 9 1927 with Chm Ed C Rich and Commissioners Hart and Peterson present. Minutes from July 11 12 approved. sign boards permitted on Old Oregon Trail. weed district discussed with County Agent. various tax refunds and corrections approved. county fair grant of 200 authorized. plats by Baird and DeSchepper approved. numerous bills and payrolls listed and approved. adjourned to September 12 1927.
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Board of County Commissioners
Ed. C. Rich
Alfred A. Hart
Oliver L. Peterson
Geraint Humphreys
W. Smith Hoge
H. B. Whitman
Oregon Trail
Montpelier
Bennington
Emigration Canyon
Wardboro
Reof
Caribou
Cole
Tueller
Cavanaugh Station
Peterson
Benjamin P.lymas
James Clark
Liberty
Thomas Bridges
Frank Edghill
Paris-Wardboro
Bear Lake County
Clark
Brennan & Davis
John E. Stevens
P. A Mattson
State of
Roghaar's
Mina Nelson
J Ce. Olsen
Baird
Baird and DeSchepper
M. P. Rich
Spitting Adders and Poison Eyes in West Africa
Lieut. Col. A. B. W. Haywood notes that spitting adders are common and dangerous in West Africa. He cites incidents of snakes injuring eyes by spitting venom, including a W. A. A. S. officer who was blinded temporarily after a bite while hunting bush fowl.
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West Africa
A. B. W. Haywood
Bis
Mirage on a Utah Lake Becomes Reflected Miracle
Enos Mills recounts a mirage in western Utah from Romance of Geology where a bighorn ram appears to rise from a shallow lake with lambs and ewes. The animals linger on the desert after the lake vanishes, illustrating nature as the true illusionist of the tale.
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Enos Mills
Utah
Great Basin
Dame Nature
Legal Subterfuge to Fence Public Plot in Atlanta
A seven year public use rule is cited to claim the right to fence a triangular sidewalk plot in front of a former Atlanta building. Popular Mechanics notes a one day fence to prevent public ownership, with a brass plate marking the space as private property.
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Atlanta
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Early Boston & Lowell RR Rules Prohibit Sunday Engine Rides
The Boston Post notes one rule forbidding engine use on Sundays without the superintendent’s permission. It reflects the old practice of joy riding where engineers would allow friends to ride locomotives, a time of no Sunday trains and the big “iron horses” treated as a social spectacle.
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Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston Post
Crows on a Fence Post Riddle Clarified
A joke about three crows on a fence post prompts the punchline that shooting one makes the other two fly away, leaving none. The exchange hinges on whether “two left” means remaining birds or shot birds.
Hydrogen and Luminous Gas Evolve in Welding Tech
Apparatus and method advances enable commercialization of hydrogen and other gases in electric welding. A development allows ordinary illuminating gas to substitute acetylene for plate and riser cutting in steel foundries, boosting practical value to the electric manufacturing industry.
Scientist produces flour from the soy bean at Vienna Institute
A Vienna Physiological Institute scientist reports creating a flour from the soy bean with immense food value. The flour contains plant albumen equal in value to costly animal albumen, promising a high quality protein source.
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Vienna—Physiological Institute
Bear Lake legal rights meeting in Montpelier
About one hundred Bear Lake shore property owners attended a Montpelier Friday session on legal rights for Utah Light & Power Co. Edward Pugmire led the gathering and heard from engineers on Bear Lake water rights and related projects.
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Utah Lhnre
Bear Lake
Montpelier
Edward Pugmire
Utah Light & Power Co
Bear
Dead Sea Apple Described as Smoke Emission Fruit
The Dead Sea apple or fruit of Solanum sodomeum is a prickly shrub bearing small yellow tomato like fruit. The fruit appears fair but dissolves into smoke and ashes when plucked, earning the name Dead Sea apple used in historical descriptions.
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Sodom
Wishing Away Time Motto from American Boy Magazine
A short excerpt from American Boy Magazine urges readers not to wish away time. It argues that hoping for a different day or milestone erodes personal time and identity, comparing wishes to losing a leg as days pass.
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American Boy Magazine
Why do geese walk in a row asks questioner
In an editorial from Guntersville Alabama the Democrat poses a curious query about how geese travel in single file. The piece notes the public interest in natural behavior and invites readers to consider avian marching habits.
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Alabamlan
Guntersville
Ala
Democrat
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