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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1915
Page
7
Municipal power plants rely on steam oil gas or water power with steam most common. Local conditions determine best source and careful design avoids oversized plants and high charges while allowing future expansion. Water power, cycle frequency, and use of exhaust steam for ice and heating are discussed alongside the need for extensive engineering study.
The piece contrasts two farming approaches: the scientific farmer tests variables like wheat oil and soil, while the citizen farmer follows routine methods, often disregarding results to persist with old practices. It references experiments, peat soil, tillage, and plant conditioning in an American City setting.
George J Shaw of the Bureau of Animal Industry argues for reform of slaughterhouses, citing lack of local inspection and interstate trade issues. He notes federal inspection covers about two thirds of meat and proposes centralized municipal abattoirs with state and local inspection to supplement federal standards. He offers plans and cooperation to establish local inspection systems nationwide.
World Outlook describes Algiers gateway to a rapidly developing Oran nicknamed the Chicago of north Africa. It tours a district with new towering apartment blocks, a broad paved street, and a park, noting a shift from old downtown to a modern spine of up to date business houses.
A joint committee of three members from the Paterson chamber of commerce and the Passaic board of trade was formed to study municipal state and county matters affecting Paterson Passaic City and Passaic County New Jersey. At its first meeting it discussed county official salaries the proposed main highways linking Passaic and Paterson the proposed county colony farm and other timely issues. The group aims to prove valuable to both organizations.
The International Child Welfare League led by Mrs Walston Hill Brown of New York collaborates with P P Claxton, U S education commissioner, to fund a program where schoolchildren cultivate vacant city lots and rural poor soil under school supervision. The plan expects about one third of 10 million children participating could generate over 200 million dollars each year.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines ten axioms for road improvement emphasizing proportional burden sharing, traffic-based funding, cash taxes over labor, definite responsibilities, and sustained employment. It argues for permanent, well-maintained roads funded publicly and warns against using convict labor or private production over state resources.
The article discusses tension around the city manager system, questioning whether a single executive can master all municipal affairs. It argues that relying on a lone administrator may undercut the diverse expertise needed to run departments effectively and meet community needs.
A Jamaica style tale describes Ridgewoodville a city of children governed entirely by juvenile officials elected by juvenile citizens no adults hold office. Boys and girls share wards aldermen and a chief of police chosen by contest and exams. Parks sanitation and financing are managed by youths with adult advisers.
Tam Hastings, a painter, helps a sadness shadowed story unfold after a quarrel with Alice Trevor. He discovers a boy named Jack and a girl he once loved, now with her own role in the drama. Hastings confronts Alice, then offers solace as the house and hearts align around a new family.
A Danish explorer returning from Greenland's inland ice found Icelandic ponies well suited for Arctic travel. Horses were sheltered in ice stalls during stops, covered with tar hauling in severe weather. The small horses performed well and are likely for future Arctic expeditions.
Under Commander John K. Robison U N command of the para torpedo station at New Port a test shows torpedo nets may no longer be secure against attack. One torpedo with a heavy kuncolton charge fired from the torpedo boat Morrla at eighteen knots passed the steel net moored to protect the target and exploded on impact.
A floating caisson gate, claimed to be the largest of its kind, has been completed in San Francisco and towed toward the Panama Canal. It will be used to close the entrance when locks are repaired, repainted, or when rock removal is needed.
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