No Extension of Occupation in Arid Lands Plan
Report states no extension of the occupation to reclaim arid lands. A vast irrigation project aims to cover over 5,000,000 acres. In Ruhr talks Dusseldorf, French and Belgian ministers of war met with commanders to press for intensified measures, while Krupp directors’ trial is postponed and Ritter’s charges are dropped.
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Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Paris
de Gutte
Ruquais
Baut
M. Maginot
Herr Hartwig
Oster- Mio
Brehme
Krupp
Essen
Herr Ritter
Washington interior survey eyes major reclamation schemes
The Interior Department identifies 26 possible reclamation projects that could irrigate 6,088,000 arid acres. Major targets include the Columbia river basin in Washington at 1,753,000 acres, Boulder Canyon storage in Colorado at 710,000, the lower Rio Grande at 600,000 in Texas, Mountain Home in Idaho at 400,000, and Nebraska’s lower Platte at 200,000 and Tri-County at 140,000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of the Interior
Interior Department
Columbia River Basin
Colorado
Boulder Canyon
Rio Grande
Texas
Idaho
Nebraska
Lower Platte
Tricounty
Nebraska Competes For Lincoln Bond Sale Relief Funds
Nebraska successfully competed with trust companies and brokers as a bond buyer for Lincoln, submitting the most satisfactory offer for 192 790 dollars of special assessment paying and repaying bonds and 36 110 dollars of Lincoln water district bonds. The state bid par and reduced interest from 5 percent to 5 percent. The money comes from World War I relief funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lincoln
Water District
Omaha Trade Extension Tour set for May departure
Omaha wholesalers plan a 1923 trade extension tour covering 2300 miles. Representatives will depart May 20 and visit ninety western Nebraska and Wyoming cities including Cheyenne Rock Springs Laramie Rawlins and Green River.
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Omahna
Omaha
Boosters
Nebraska
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Rock Springs
Laramie
Rawlins
Green River
Death of Bishop Daniel Sylvester Tuttle in St Louis
The Right Rev Daniel Sylvester Tuttle presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States died at his home on Tuesday after several months illness from grippe He was 90 years old and had served as bishop since 1807 in St Louis Missouri authorities reported
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Tuttle
Grippe
St. Louis
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
Episcopal Church
United States
Auto Fatalities Rise Sharply in United States
New York report notes automobile accidents killed 14 000 persons in the United States in 1922. The figure shows an increase of 1 600 or 12 percent over 1921, according to the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters.
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New York
United States
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters
Smoking More Cigarettes in Paris Trade Rise
Paris notes show cigarette paper exports to the United States climbing in 1922 versus 1921. The larger shipments suggest a rising American cigarette consumption.
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Paris
United States
France
Big Red Ant Attack Leaves Theodore Garcia Hospitalized
In San Antonio Texas police found Theodore Garcia semi conscious after a swarm of red ants stung him repeatedly. He received medical treatment and is expected to recover from numerous injuries.
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San Antonio
Tex
Theodore Garcia
Losses of Industrial Workers
Washington figures by Ernest S Bradford of the Economic advisory committee show industrial wage earners lose on average 10 percent of working time to unemployment, 0.5 percent to sickness, 1 percent to strikes and lockouts, and 10 percent to part time employment, published by the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ernest S. Bradford
President's Conference On Unemployment
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
One in Seven Hogs Slaughtered in 1922 Had Tuberculosis
Federal inspection data for 1922 show an average of one hog in seven slaughtered under federal oversight bore tuberculosis lesions. A total of 39,416,439 hogs were slaughtered, with 5,040,061 showing the disease, mainly via feedlot cattle and tuberculous milk. The loss to pork value exceeded $2 million, and public health concerns persist alongside eradication efforts through March 1, 1928, with over 24,000 accredited herds and more than a half million cattle certified tuberculosis free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bounty hunting halted as rabies outbreak hits Washington
Rabies outbreaks in Washington in 1921 drove coyotes to blame for most cases. Predatory control effort moved federal and state hunters to seven hard‑hit counties to protect livestock and people. Many former fur trappers stopped bounty work, and state funding shifted to predator control with no bounties paid. Lincoln County reported 50 animals removed in four months, including three‑legged critters. nearly 3,000 animals were cataloged with 2,790 coyotes among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Wool Growers
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Lincoln
Birds of a Feather standardizes poultry production in Kentucky
A two reel film produced by the USDA with the College of Agriculture at the University of Kentucky promotes county standardization of a single chicken breed. The story follows Jim Buck from Missouri as he advocates the one breed system, with scenes from Henderson and LaGrange Kentucky showing a pullet sale, banker backing, and local adoption of the plan. Prints will be distributed through USDA channels at lab cost.
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United States Department of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
University of Kentucky
Jim Buck
Missouri
Kentucky
Henderson
LaGrange
Oldham County
Department of Agriculture
Pure bred bulls rise in Winnebago County by 1922
In 1918 only 329 of 1257 bulls in Winnebago County Wisconsin were pure bred. Reports to the USDA note rises to 645 after two years of better fires and 777 at the end of the third year. By early 1922 over half of the bulls in service were pure bred.
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Winnebago County
Wis
United States Department of Agriculture
Revolt of Unemployed Paralyzes Mulheim Streets
About 38,000 unemployed have barricaded Mulheim streets choked by armed demonstrators. Three dead and many wounded, per German Red Cross. Town hall under siege with 300 police inside. stores closed as owners barricade, French troops absent. Unrest feared to spread.
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Mulheim
Red Cross
Prices Making Steady Advance in Wholesale Rates
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows March wholesale prices up 1.25 percent from February across 404 commodities. Building materials and metals led gains, with 189 increases, 79 decreases, and 136 unchanged. Compared with March last year, overall prices rose 12 percent. metals 36.7 percent higher, building materials 27.7 percent, cloths and clothing 16.7 percent, farm products 10 percent, and miscellaneous commodities 8.5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department If Labor
Nebraska Secretary Rules Out Ford Petitions for President
Secretary of State Charles W. Pool in Lincoln Neb reports that 1,624 Ford petition signatures were checked and 786 invalid. Only 338 signatures remained valid but the Fifth and First districts failed to meet the 100 signature minimum with 36 and 72 respectively, eliminating Ford from the Progressive party ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Charles W. Pool
Henry Ford
Progressive Party
Nebraska
Ford
Pool
Rector of Little Church Around the Corner Dead
Rev. Dr. George Clarke Houghton, rector for over twenty five years, died suddenly at the church rectory in his seventieth year. The Little Church Around the Corner is famous for celebrity marriages and is known worldwide for its romantic appeal. He suffered a heart illness prior to death.
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New York
George Clarke Houghton
Henry Ford Lets All Michigan Veterans In Hospital
Detroit Henry Ford opened his large hospital to every ex service man and woman in Michigan ending government hospitalization red tape for 200 to 300 veterans and offering direct admission to the facility in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Detroit
Michigan
Paris Airplane Makes Successful Wireless Stabilized Test Flight
An airplane controlled by wireless and automatically stabilized completed a successful test flight at Etam pes, demonstrating autonomous control and stability in flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Etampes
Hay Reaches Top Price Amid War Rally
Kansas City reports hay prices rising by six dollars per ton in ten days to twenty two fifty per ton, the highest quotation since the war. High freight costs and previously unprofitable prices curbed production, yielding a small crop.
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Kansas City
Hawaii House Urges Volstead Act Change on Light Wines
The territorial house of representatives adopted a concurrent resolution asking Congress to amend the Volstead act to permit manufacturing light wines and beers in the Hawaiian islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
T. W
Territorial House of Representatives
Congress
Hawaiiian Islands
Amoy Boycott Grows Over Japan War Demands
In Amoy China protests against Japan intensify as Tokyo rejects abrogation of the 1915 treaty. A nationwide boycott of Japanese goods seems likely with organized agitation spreading through aid societies and schools. Public demonstrations and anti Japan sentiment mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amoy
China
Many Home Improvements in Southern States
The U S Department of Agriculture reports 1922 extensions spurred home comfort gains in the South with 1435 water systems 1932 lighting systems 482 heating plants and 679 septic tanks installed. Screenings broadened to 12898 households for full homes and 8342 for kitchens amid kitchen repairs rearranged equipment 9130 kitchens 1387 sleeping porches 745 club girls rooms 4730 living rooms updated and numerous new or moved laundry and storage items reflecting a strong home improvement trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Colorado reports success in predatory animal work
A Biological Survey report to the USDA notes no success eradicating mountain lions in Colorado especially along the Arkansas River and near Eagle and Hot Sulphur Springs while describing effective bobcat control in Horse Fly west of Montrose and Spring Creek Basin. It cites wolf pack cleanups near De Beque Piceance Fruita Thatcher and Whitewater with strong Utah Colorado cooperation. total predatory animals taken 1729 in 1922 including 1007 coyotes 55 bobcats 12 mountain lions 19 wolves and 3 bears plus 204 badgers and others for 1933 total 1933 caught.
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Colorado
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Arkansas River
Canon City
Selida
Eagle
Hot Sulphur Springs
Montrose
Spring Creek Basin
Utah
Big Salt Wash
Fruita
de Beque
Piceance
Thatcher
Whitewater
Denver
The
Organized Forces Fight Tuberculosis of Animals
Tuberculosis of livestock is being attacked nation wide by Federal State county veterinarians and thousands of accredited veterinarians. On March 1 1923 there were 24132 fully accredited herds 26034 once tested free herds and 332887 herds under supervision with federal guidance and timely information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Predatory Animal Control Tally in Montana 1922
Government hunters corralled 1,791 predatory animals in Montana in 1922. Dens yielded 848, trapped 969, shot 144, poisoned 191, snared 1. dogs aided in 138 hunts. Data from Biological Survey and State Fish and Game Commission.
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Montana
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
State Fish and Game Commission
Passage of Captured Wildlife to District Bureau Office
The animals secured were turned in to the district office of the bureau as evidence of capture. The total included 1 544 coyotes 55 bobcats 56 wolves 38 lions 17 dears and S81 miscellaneous animals.
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Bureau
Nevada Coyotes Kill Totals Reported for 1922
Nevada's 1922 predatory animal kill reached 6 608 with 5 881 coyotes destroyed, based on traps and poisoned baits. Poisoned animals numbered 1 271 versus 415 in 1921. Washoe County shows costs of 1 873.51 for three months while fur revenue totaled 1 773.82, leaving a 100 gap. Coyote skin prices ranged from 6 to 10 dollars.
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Nevada
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
State
Washoe County
Home-Study Tours Popular in Western Clubs
Time study automobile tours attract Cascade County club members offering a convenient way to visit demonstrations in home equipment furnishings canned goods meal planning and other home management topics. A local organizer arranges transportation for non drivers and coordinates entry. Others handle housewives’ previews program announcements and lunch arrangements.
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Cascade County
Mont
United States Department of Agriculture
Host to Wild Deer on Hardy Island Zoo Like Feat
The veteran prospector T. B. Brazil on Hardy Island off British Columbia hosts a wild deer sanctuary. He has won deer confidence from afar, building deer tables and individual bowls, making the first wild deer restaurant in the world with orderly feeding and visits.
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Hardy Island
British Columbia
T. B. Brazil
Deer Refuge Grows on Island After Six Years
When Mr. Brazil moved to the island as its sole human inhabitant he found two deer. Feeding them built trust and they multiplied. by autumn five more joined, the next year thirty appeared, and six years on hundreds now visit the island as a protected refuge during hunting season.
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Brazil
The Other Side of War and Learning in New York
In Forbes Magazine Richard Spillane observes that despite wartime unease many New Yorkers seek serious books at public libraries. He notes night classes at New York University and strong demand for economics volumes, while warning the city’s nightlife masks broader intellectual pursuits among visitors and locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Public Library
Washington Square
New York University
New York
Richard Spillane
Forbes Magazine
Bake Sale Planned by Willing Workers of Christian Church
The Willing Workers of the Christian Church announce a monthly bake sale on the first Saturday of each month. The inaugural sale will be held at Burgess Music Store on Saturday May 8.
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The
Christian Church
Burgess Music Store
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Arc Welder
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