Lay Fleming's Folly in Boone County Irrigation Battle
Venice Here is an absorbing tale of a man and a girl battling prejudice and ridicule as they face sabotage and threats. Link Fleming speaks to Boone County cattlemen about forming an irrigation company while Roper Kilgo opposes the plan, pressuring Soak Torney to reverse his stance and label Hamiltons Plan a waste of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Link Fleming
Boone County
Roper Kilgo
Boas
Soak Torney
Kilgo
Boons County
Getu
Trailend Hotel Ranchers Clash Over Watering Land Stance
Buzz Hamilton taunts as ranchers drift toward the Trailend Hotel door. Link Roper probes a shift in mood among farmers who felt pressured by a water project push. One man pledges to push ahead, betting on support to back his plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buzz Hamilton
Link
Roper
Trailend Hotel
Irrigation Plan Faces Rancher Split at Hotel Meeting
In a tense hotel lobby scene linked to a Silver Creek dam scheme, rancher leaders weigh loans and spread participation as Otto Pieper and others listen. Helen Hamilton, a Triple H heir, pushes for join in despite Flint Fleming and Buzz Hamilton’s misgivings.
Prominent Men Discuss Ride Out To The Spread
Anger flares as one man weighs his next move while Roper Kilgo appears with a saccharine smile and offers a ride to Helen. He says he has much to talk about and does not mind if others hear. To Be Continued.
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Link
Buster Townsend
Young Hamilton
Helen
Roper Kilgo
Botanist H. T. Gussow Honored by Royal Netherlands Society
Ottawa Dominion botanist H. T. Gussow notified of nomination as honorary member of the Royal Netherlands Horticultural and Botanical Society in recognition of his world wide contributions to horticulture. Since 1910 he led Canada’s plant pathology efforts and helped found the country’s plant pathology service. He holds numerous memberships and has represented Canada at international conferences.
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Netherlands Society
H. T. Gussow
Ottawa
Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Royal Netherlands Horticultural and Botanical Society
Holland
Canada
Gussow
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Association
American Plant Pathological Society
International Agricultural Institute
Rome
Canadian Phytopathological Society
Royal Society of Canada
British Museum
British Royal Society
The
Linnean Society
Royal Horticultural Society
British Association of Biology
Societe Mycologique de France
Verinigung Fur Angewandte Botanik
Societe Pathologie Vegetale de France
Doctor at Chesterfield Inlet Alive Says He Is Not Dead
Dr. L. D. Livingstone in charge of Chesterfield Inlet hospital, NWT, 400 miles north of Churchill, declares he is very much alive after rumors spread by Reginald Orcutt of the New York Explorers Club. Orcutt's inquiry, from Greenland to Copenhagen, led to a Canadian Press report and a radio-telegram reply. Livingstone quipped he would not know enough to lie down if dead.
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Chesterfield Inlet
L. D. Livingstone
N.W.T
Churchill
Greenland
Reginald Orcutt
New York Explorers’ Club
Eskimos
Copenhagen
Orcutt
Saskatoon
Chesterfield Intet
Radio Department
Ottawa
Livingstone
Botanical Garden Planned for Toronto in Canada
A committee led by Sir Robert Falconer aims to establish Canada’s first botanical garden in Toronto. Backed before the Royal Canadian Institute, the project seeks to study plant growth nutrition disease and breeding, with landscape gardening and gardener training facilities contemplated.
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Canada
Sir Robert Falconer
Toronto
Royal Canadian Institute
English tavern The Hole in the Wall in Chancery Lane
The Hole in the Wall at No 39 Chancery Lane, long popular with boxers, is noted by Hazlitt in 1811 as an enduringly seen tavern name in England.
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England
Chancery-lane
Hazlitt
Bank of Montreal annual meeting signals strong position
At the Bank of Montreal annual meeting held December 2, shareholders approved the directors report for the year to October 31. Assets reached 792.8 million, up from 759.1 million. profits after taxes were 3.005 million, down from 3.205 million. Sir Charles Gordon cited a tax-driven drop in deposit rates from 3% to 2% and warned taxes are effectively a hidden cost to citizens. General Manager Jackson Dodds argued continued tax burden and policy shifts hinder long term investment and recovery.
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Bank of Montreal
Charles Gordon
Jackson Dodds
A Great Gentleman John Buchan Honored in Ottawa
Irvin 8. Cobb recalls John Buchan as a true great gentleman. From plain writer to Col. Buchan of wartime press bureau and finally Sir John, he earned honors with grace. Cobb forecasts warm reception in Ottawa and notes Buchan's skill, even casting a trout fly with ease.
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John Buchan
Robert Louis Stevenson
Col
Sir John Buchan
Ottawa
Baron Tweedsmuir
Irvin
Cobb
New Ultra Precise Thermometer Aims At Absolute Zero
University of California researchers W F Giauque and D P MacDougall unveil a thermometer capable of reading the last tenth of a degree, enabling measurements near absolute zero where heat ceases to exist. The device promises unprecedented precision in extreme cold research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California
W. F. Giauque
D. P. MacDougall
Pay For Luxuries In Five Story Leghorn Dwellings
In Granite Falls North Carolina J L Coffey houses 500 White Leghorn chickens in a five story apartment building with each hen having a private bath and luxuries. Coffey notes the hens pay for what they get by laying more eggs in the market basket. An elephant meanwhile has a single molar tooth on each side that renews six times over a normal lifetime.
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J. L. Coffey
Granite Falls
N.C
Coffey
Little Helps For This Week Walk Worthy Of God
A devotional excerpt urges readers to accept their God given station with contentment. It counsels adapting to one’s lot, loving one’s fellow humans, and maintaining trust in providence rather than dwelling on present discomfort or future worries. A quoted remark emphasizes gratitude for being placed where one is and when.
Inaugural China Clipper Flight to Manila and Return
The China Clipper completed its inaugural mail flight to Manila and back arriving December 6 at 11 36 am M T. It covered 2400 miles from Honolulu in 17 hours one minute with total 63 hours 28 minutes for the Manila to Honolulu route. The round trip times total 123 hours 15 minutes for the 16 000 mile span. The Pan American seaplane left Alameda November 22 with stops at Honolulu Midway Wake Island and Guam.
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Manila
M.S.T
Honolulu
Pan American Airways
Alameda
Calif
Midway
Wake Islands
Guam
Sub Sea Wolf Launched at Greenock Scotland
The British submarine Sea Wolf of the Swordfish class was launched at Greenock Scotland. It measures 202 feet six inches in length and displaces 640 tons on the surface and 935 tons submerged. The Ceyton cotton tree drops its leaves in dry weather to prevent its stored water from evaporating.
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Greenock
Scotland
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