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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
2
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The county faces reclaiming 20 000 acres via drainage, with Ed M Winsor inspecting districts this week. In Hooper a strip over two miles by five miles lost fertility to waterlogging, Plain City area sees 3000 acres ruined as the water table nears the surface. Demonstrations in Gear River valley support drainage as a cure for land made barren by excess water and sub irrigation.
The Irrigation Congress revived and moves between Stockton Fresno San Francisco with a on wheels format. Delegates will spend one day in each city September 15 to 20 focusing on exhibitors and district surveys of San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys. A key note discusses gold prospecting in surface factors and ore deposition from country rock.
At Manhattan Nevada a steam shovel digs schist for $1.10 a ton while miners test a placer claim. They reach the end of their pannings as the xald shows no sign of being carried any steal distance. An investigation into the nearby formation follows with no outward mineralisation evident.
A Literary Digest description outlines a device to snag or deter submarines. A floating ring with eight long ropes could entangle twin propellers, potentially halting a submerged craft. A signaling system using a Coston flare could warn and aid capture or sinking. The inventor hopes British support to tackle the era’s submarine threat.
A London Daily Mail piece argues war widows and orphans shape national resolve as men enlist. It questions the burden of motherhood on wartime sacrifice and calls for unity, urging readers to support patriots and endure hardship for the nation’s future.
A stark meditation warns that a few nations could dominate if birthrates and emigration trends favor them. It cites Germany’s rising population and German emigration to the United States, comparing eras of war to long term demographic shifts and ominous political lessons.
The article traces a long, tumultuous history from colonial clashes among French, Spaniards, and Britons through independence in 1804 to repeated power struggles. It highlights leaders like Toussaint Louverture, Desgalines, Jean Jacques I, Christophe, and Faustin I, noting assassinations, emperors, and revolutions. The piece concludes that a stable government and fair laws could make the country prosperous.
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