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75 years ago - From the Friday, Nov. 2, 1934, edition of The Steamboat Pilot

The Bear River School has started a health campaign. There are 14 children in the school who will be provided with milk and cod liver oil as a means of bringing them up to normal weight.

In every school there are a number of children who are underweight from lack of nutrition or some other cause. The health survey will aid in determining who these children are. Teachers who are ready to start this beneficial campaign should communicate with Miss Elliott, home demonstration agent, so that the milk and cod liver oil may be provided as early as possible. The sooner the child receives this help, the better he will be able to do good work in school.

Farmers must unite to control crops, experts say

The farmers must organize and control their production according to the market demands. Agriculture must be placed on a business basis the same as any other industry. The farmer can no longer operate as an individual. These statements were stressed Tuesday at the courthouse by several outside speakers who addressed an audience of 70 farmers from all parts of Routt County.

J.L. Shields, extension economist of the Colorado Agricultural College, showed the position of the farmer in comparison to the buying power of his dollar today and the dollar of a few years ago. He explained by means of charts the production trend of commodities in relation to the price received. When the farmer gets his production down to a certain quantity, his dollar will buy more than it does when he produces, regardless of the demand. Owing to the reduction programs carried on by the government, the farmer's dollar buys more this year than it did a year ago. Today it is about 24 points below the normal buying power; a year ago it was 54 points below, Shields said.

Webb See has chicken leg producer ready for bandits

Webb See is well prepared for bandits with his new automatic chicken leg producers. All he has to do is point it at the intruder. But when the gun is not in action for protection, it is turning out the cutest, neatest imitation chicken legs a cook ever fried. There is a bone in the center and the meaty part is made up of veal and pork. Heine says it will stay put under the test of hot fat. But how it tastes is the best test.