Items of Interest

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Japan furnishes an example of what can be done in growing wood on small plots.
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For penalties due the State of Texas for violation of the anti-trust laws the State has seized the property and garnisheed funds of the Security Oil Company, the National Oil Company, the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, and the Navarro Refining Company.
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The Board of Trustees of Stanford University, Cal.
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The Massachusetts Legislature has passed a till in which provision is made for the establishment of industrial schools in cities and towns through local boards of trustees.
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The special committee of six members of the House, appointed upon complaint of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, to investigate the wood pulp and print paper situation in relation to the tariff and with regard to an alleged conspiracy in restraint of trade, submitted a majority and a minority report.
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A bill has been signed by the Governor of New York which will revolutionize highway construction in that State.
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A plan has been proposed to stop the costly spring floods at Pittsburg and other places along the rivers which drain the Appalachian Mountains.
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The White House was the scene three days last week of an important gathering called together by President Roosevelt to consider the question of the conservation of the country's resources.
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A bill has been introduced in Congress by the senior Senator of Massachusetts, appropriating four hundred thousand dollars for the purchase of a building in Paris to be used as the American Embassy.
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The Union Pacific Railroad Company is charged in an official report made by the Interstate Commerce Commission with "absolutely dominating the mining, transportation, and selling of coal along its lines in Wyoming and Utah.
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A suit by the Government to compel the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad to dispose of its trolley lines is said to be probable.
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The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has favorably reported a bill regulating the practice of granting injunctions by United States courts restraining the enforcement of State statutes.