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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
4
New York dispatch notes high expectations for the upcoming government crop report. Analysts predict record or near record winter and spring wheat output, large corn and oats prospects, and strong yields for rye amid favorable weather and replanting efforts.
The Liberty loan of 1917 will channel most bond money into American farmers. Allies will pay for food and farm goods with the funds, while the U S government will become the nation’s largest buyer, keeping money in local banks and boosting farm demand. Farmers should subscribe liberally.
The garden movement is framed as patriotic and practical. People will discover gardening offers pleasure beyond duty, learning each plant’s needs from sun and moisture to cold tolerance. The farmer’s mindset turns plants into a family requiring tailored care, improving taste and self-reliance.
A critique argues that postal, telegraph, and railroad rates largely stayed stable or fell while living costs rose. It claims monopolies control food prices, but government and political agencies often push higher costs. The piece targets demagogues and upholds principle in policy debates.
A June Ameri can Magazine excerpt argues happiness depends on personal context and progress, not a fixed income. The speaker recalls times when small earnings felt affluent and notes ongoing contentment as finances grow, from $60 monthly to $800 yearly, $36 and then $100 flats.
Popular Mechanics notes a salt dust control method used in Belleville Pennsylvania. Calcium chloride in salt helps moisture bind with dirt, keeping streets dust free between applications about every six weeks at low cost. Proper mixing before rain is essential.
Sitka area crews report 145 miles of the Alaska cable relayed out of reach after repeated anchor strikes by halibut boats. Signal corps records show more breaks near Sitka than other cable points, with storms driving anchors into the line and causing damage.
In Vancouver British Columbia June 7 authorities look to end seal depredations at Fraser mouth. Seals bask on Fraser sandheads and are killed by high explosive charges placed beneath the surface. Nearly 200 seals were blown apart by a battery wire to the seal grounds with more blasts planned to protect the sockeye salmon run.
The grand council of United Commercial Travelers for Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana opens a three day session in Great Falls tomorrow. The entertainment plan is set and business sessions will follow. Governor and Mrs. Stewart will be guests of honor at the banquet with the governor as chief speaker.
Liggett & Myers Tobacco announces a $100,000 Liberty loan bond purchase through the Anglo & London Paris Bank San Francisco. Employees may buy bonds with payments as low as 50 cents weekly. The company will preserve jobs and salaries and provide support for families of employees who enlist, with life insurance kept for service members.
Freight from Duluth to New York can now move by water via the New York barge canal, linking Buffalo to Albany and connecting the lakes with the Hudson. The project cost New York taxpayers 154 million dollars, with repayment anticipated through higher grain and ore traffic.
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