Experts Chart Alaska Oil Lands on Arctic Expedition
Government geologists and topographic engineers head a midwinter survey to map 36000 square miles of Alaska north of Seward. The party, led by Dr. Philip S. Smith with J. B. Mertie, will trek by dog sled and river route, establishing camps, procuring dogs at Tanana, and surveying passes across rugged terrain for the navy petroleum reserve's northern boundary.
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Washington
Alaska
Arctic
Navy Department
Navy
Seward
Dease Inlet
Point Barrow
Philip S. Smith
J. B. Mertie
Smith
Mertie
William T. Foran
Gerald Fitzgerald
R. K. Lynt
Tanana
Nenana
St. John’'s-in-the- Wilderness
Alata
Koyukuk
Naval Reserve
Progress in Child Health in Iowa Report Highlights
Iowa public health nurses reported 1923 progress in child health with 40 nurses serving the state. Home hygiene classes reached 696 children, hot lunches were provided to 1 216 schools, and 178 clinics served 5 552 patients. The association calls for more nurses, especially for veterans families, to sustain health conservation.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Public Health Nurses Association
G. EB. Reynolds
Lena Trott
Association
Reynolds
Expedition plans two canoe caches to map Colville Meade routes
An Arctic survey outlines caching supplies for four men over three months to reach a pass over a northern mountain range into the Meade River basin. Parties will return to a Colville headwater, then resume by canoe after spring break up, concluding at Dease Inlet near Point Barrow with a coastal return via Nome and Seattle. A brief for sale ad is noted.
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Colville River
Meade River
Colville
Meade
Chipp Or
Ikpikpung
Dease Inlet
Point Barrow
Iowa Farms Report Sees Seventeen Million Livestock Headcount
The U S Department of Agriculture announced Iowa had 17 486 000 head of livestock on Jan 1 1924. Swine totaled 10 539 000. cattle excluding milk cows 3 479 000. milk cows 1 206 000. horses 1 241 000. sheep 928 000. mules 3 000. Values per animal and total state worth about 406 939 000. Major class is range and feeder cattle at 119 330 009. hogs 108 552 000. horses 91 834 000. milk cows 72 360 000. sheep 7 702 000. mule 7 861 000.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Hoppe to Play Exhibition Match in New York
Willie Hoppe world balk line billiard champion to play an eight block exhibition duel totaling 3200 points against former titleholder Jake Schaefer in New York starting Monday. The event marks Hoppe’s first long match in years not centered on his title.
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Hoppe
New York
Willie Hoppe
Balkline Billard
Jake Schaefer
Winter Weather Impedes Travel In Coppoock Area
Snow and high winds cripple roads as residents report travel disruptions. Local visitors include Lonis and Mrs Dold, Glenn Hesser, Vera Kyle, Rolio Essiey, Me Simpson, and EB Nichols family. Paul handles store duties in Nichols absence amid winter conditions.
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Coppock
Lonis Dold
Hrighton
Glenn Hesser
Winfield
Rolio Essiey
Gleedy Cold
Koll
Simpson
Fairfield
EB. Nichols
Mr. Nichol
Minnesota
Paul
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Freckles
Alek
BY Blosser
Hlligan
Stee
Halligan's
the Halligan Company
Davenport, Iowa
Aya
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Lyons Bread
Lyon Baking Company
Everett True
Gwergtt
By Stankey
Vera Kyle
Pleasant Plain
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