Catalogs and newspapers keep a town alive
The Laurel Outlook argues that catalog shopping drains town life but newspaper advertising can counter this. It cites how mail order spread and hurt local merchants, urging ads that match catalog lure to preserve local enterprise, libraries, and culture.
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Despond
Laurel Outlook
Proper barb wire use and first aid for horse injuries
Instructions advise keeping barb wire taut with staged posts to prevent cuts and using woven wire at the fence bottom for protection. For wire wounds, stop bleeding, hot-water wound cleansing, antiseptic dressings, boric powder dusting, and regular dressing changes. move horse to clean pasture and seek bandaging if needed. W. J. Hartman discusses this extension guidance.
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W. J. Hartman
Extension Service
Basket Social at Jack School House Planned
Basket social at Jack school house on June 20 to raise funds for the school house. Everyone invited and encouraged to bring baskets for a big time.
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Split
Jack
Suffragists Press Congress as Session Opens
Mrs. Robert M Ta Follette Miss Elsie Hill daughter of Illinois Representative and Genevive Walsh daughter of Montana Senator urged Congress to vote on woman suffrage. Henry of Texas chairing the Rules Committee said no bill would pass the caucus this session and urged waiting until next year. The women planned to press the Democratic caucus when Congress convenes in December.
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Robert M. Ta Follette
Elsie Hill
Representative Hill
Illinois
Genevive Walsh
Senator Walsh
Montana
Henry
Rules Committee
House
Congress
Texas
Cultivation as a Moisture Conservation Practice in Jind
Cultivation helps conserve moisture over large areas by making the surface catch and hold rainwater until it soaks in. Weeds are killed to reduce water loss, evaporation is limited, and loosening speeds surface drying while lowering capillary loss. The aim is to sacrifice moisture in the cultivated layer to protect deeper soil moisture.
Antitrust Bills Move Through House To Senate
The House has advanced the Clayton trust bill prohibiting interlocking directorates and curbing holding companies. A second Interstate Trade Commission bill expands the Bureau of Corporations within the Commerce Department, creating a major new investigative branch to scrutinize tariffs and business practices nationwide.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Interstate Trade Commission
Clayton Trust
Bureau of Corporation
Department of**Commerce
Notice to Malta water users on repair of US damage
The Milk River Project warns water users that damage to United States property caused by improper water control must be repaired at the user’s expense. If unrepaired after ten days’ notice, the project manager may repair and charge the cost to the next O&M installment on the land where the damage occurred, per Pamphlet Paragraph 20. Signed by Project Manager W. W. Schlecht.
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Malta
Montana
Milk River
Reclamation Service
Secretary of the Interior
United States
W. W. Schlecht
Postal theory applied to telephone rates explored
The Post Office Department weighs government ownership of telephones after parcel post success. Burleson advocates national lines and equalized rates, citing $2 monthly residence and $3 business rates in many cities, with New York averages around $50 yearly. Comparisons to London and other cities touch unrest over rate fairness and service quality.
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Post Office Department
Burleson
Congress
Washington
Recnet
Parcel Post
New York
Bell System
Cours
San Francisco
Seatle
Chicago
England
London
Liverpool
Ciies
Europe
United States
Natual Gas Discovery Promises Heat and Light for Havre
Excitement grows in Havre after a newly drilled well yields gas at 480 psi. An Indiana expert asserts the supply could heat and light the city indefinitely, signaling a major local resource.
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Havre
Indiana
Nelson reservoir and Sherburne dam plans approved in Milk River project
United States Reclamation Service ordered start of the Sherburne Lake dam on the Milk River irrigation project and prepared for the Nelson reservoir dam 250 miles east of Malta. The Nelson reservoir will store 190 41 acre feet and supply 25 060 acres via the Vandalia diversion, with contracts to build.
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Sherburne Lake
St. Mary
Milk River
F. H. Newell
United States Reclamation Service
Reclamation
H. N. Savage
Rocky Mountains
Glasgow
Milk Inver Valley
Montana
Sherborpe
Nelson Reservoir
Malta
Dodson South
Nelson
Vandalia South Canal
Whintyee
Nelson North Canal
Nelson South Canal
Washington
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