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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
3
Police and Superior Judges in San Francisco propose offering defendants convicted of minor infractions the option to invest in Government securities such as War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates instead of fines. The plan aims to instill saving habits and better citizenship while keeping court procedures intact.
The Oregon State Federation of Labor asks the AFL heads conference in Washington to include a War Savings Stamps plank as a permanent national policy. The letter argues WSS investments aid workers and provide security during strikes, urging other state federations to support the measure.
San Francisco readers in the Twelfth Federal Reserve District will receive about 10.045 million dollars in interest on First and Fifth Liberty Loans on December 18. The total is split into 2.296 million on the First Loan and 7.750 million on the Fifth. The government urges reinvestment in War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates at 4 percent, compounding quarterly, to earn interest on interest. If all were invested and held to maturity in five years, interest on the interest would total about a half million.
Julian Carr reflects on shifting views of labor discipline at the Durham mill. He describes initially strict military rules and the need for common sense, noting a first circus visit and the impact of crowd behavior on his approach to management and work routines.
The article surveys diverse ox uses from agriculture to crafts and industry. It notes the flesh for candles and soap, bones for buttons, hides for leather goods, tendons for strings, and bones for fertilizer and feed. It recalls curious historical clubs and a monument inscription linked to 19th century figures and donors.
At a Buffalo American Chemical Society meeting Charles Baskerville presented specimens of a tin based process applying lead as a substitute coating for sheet iron, tin, and wire. Roofing shingles treated show rust after two years and eleven months of exposure, suggesting the coating may detach and expose bare metal. Chicken wire treated similarly rivals galvanization in performance and cost.
The British War Office salvage committee has built a crane and winch system to extract buried and broken barbed wire from Flanders and northern France. A single truck and trailer carry the plant, which rolls recovered metal into blocks from 18 inches to 1 foot, weighing 70 to 80 pounds. If 100000 tons can be removed, the 40 ordered outfits may prove cost effective.
The Virgin Islands residents adjust to U S control after sale and occupancy by American ships and residents. The islands, governed locally under Danish colonial rule, face funding gaps and await U S Congress decisions on future government.
The Ghosts held a social at Eastside schoolhouse Friday raising 52.25 for a Xmas tree for valley children. Mr and Mrs John B Johnson move to Yale Oregon and open an engineering and real estate office. I M Walker of Ontario nearly burned in a Ford gas explosion.
Local brief recounts various residents travel visits and home projects including Mr and Mrs Chas Bolton in southern California and Los Angeles visits, C B Johnson and wife in Ontario, ranch house updates by C A Currin, moves from Boise to Ontario, Hank Williams settling on his homestead, and Mrs Oscar Kelfer’s recovery hopes with many friends noted in the valley.
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