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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1924
Page
5
Auditors J B Peterson and Amy Munk affirm the county’s financial condition as true and correct from Bear Lake County records. Subscribed and sworn January 12 1924 before Probate Judge W Smith Hoge.
Investigations show farmers pay high costs for mercantile credit, with surveys in North Carolina of 800 farmers finding 483 relying on merchant credit. The average annual rate was 26.6 percent, white farmers 21.8 percent, colored farmers 32.2 percent, due to risk and credit sizes.
Rates vary by lender with a commercial bank at about 5 percent for notes, store loans near 36 percent, and charter mortgages around 42 percent. Including taxes and fees the total cost can rise to 6.74 percent at banks and over 38 percent for mercantile credit or 45 percent for chattel mortgages. The figures compare direct costs charged by institutions.
Henry M. Reeve of Maplewood New Jersey reports that electric lights and steam heat in his 20 by 20 foot hen house extend laying in winter and smooth yearly production. Lights from October to March maintain a twelve hour schedule, reducing moulting and keeping egg yield steadier, though not necessarily higher per hen. Two fifty watt Mazda lamps illuminate the scratch pen.
Engineers educators and agricultural workers back an experimental farm transmission line from Red Wing Minnesota five miles into the countryside. Prof B A Stewart leads a broad program of electric applications to farming including poultry raising with incubator brooder and electric refrigerator. The Northern States Power Company built the line and is extending a second line into South Dakota with a cooperative committee guiding the project.
A partial OCR shows JOHN A WALLIS listing terms such as one year and three months with rates and a note that read by ninety percent of valley residents. The fragment includes financial figures and a foreign countries clause, plus an office phone number.
A local resident proposes a civic exercise to “know Paris” by answering a list of questions. Population, site selection, name origin, birth and death rates, natural resources, home ownership, renters, water supply and purity, school ventilation and lighting, school quality, citizen cooperation, and appeal to families seeking permanent homes are among the topics to study and discuss.
Parents and trustees should back teachers to boost child welfare and school growth. Community appreciation through small acts and hospitalities supports teachers, making them happier and more effective.
A reflective piece arguing the presidency drains leaders and shortens lifespans. It notes Wilson and Harding as examples and suggests constitutional amendment to relieve the executive from constant strain.
A six year old dark red dairy cow for sale in Minnesota, due to freshening soon, price sixty dollars. The ad is contrasted by a reader's reflection on dairy cows focus on milk production and fat yield, urging buyers to value productive capacity over color or appearance.
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