Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-12-25
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In Hawaii the average wage OF
farm hand is $40 a month.
Fifty years ago a trainload OF 200
tons was heavy. Now loads Of 2.00O
to 900 tons are handled
Palace and sleeping cars go back
only TO the close of the Civil War the
alrbrake to 1868 and vestibuled trains
to 1886.
American made machines and imple-
ments are popular In Manitoba, anu
the more general use of them Is simply
IA question of cost.
In Korea the Inhabitants are desper-
ately poor. and wages are lower than
In any part of the world that has any
pretense To civilization.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
covers two square miles, 1910 acres.
1t Is larger than the Chicago, Omaha,
Buffalo and Paris expeditions com
bined.
Il won't be good" said Willy. Then
Santa Claus won't bring you any pres
ents." Wasn't | bad last year, and
didn't get more'n everr-Cincinnat
Commercial Tribune.
John ID. Rockefeller Is building two
chester County, New York, and will
spend 500, 900 in rebuilding number
of private drives on his estate.
White farm labor Is producing an In
creasing proportion of cotton and the
dictum that the negro Is absolutely In
dispense BILE for cotton culture Is fast
becoming a wornout tradition.
1t Is purposed to construct railway
from Halfa, on the Palestine coast, to
the Sea of Gennesareth, taking in Naz-
areth and other towns in Galilee. 1t
will he controlled by Germans.
Eastern Siberia offers an enormous
field for iron and steel ware for build
ing purposes; also for tools, etc., for
carpenters and locksmiths. These lines
are largely In the hands of Germans.
There Is also a large demand for guns
and hunting material
The Minnesota Board of Tax Equal
/ ization has discovered that Of the
many hundreds of automobiles sub
ject to taxation in the State the values
scheduled ranged from $4.75 to $500.
Several automobiles in one county
were listed at $13 each.
Papier mache mushrooms and toad
stools will form an interesting and in
structive exhibit prepared for the
worlds fair ny the Massachusetts Ag-
ricultural College. The difference be-
tween the edible and poisonous mush-
rooms will be made clear.
On Catamount hill, at Molrain,
Mass, a monument has been raised to
mark the site of the first flag raised
over public schOolhouse In the United
States The flag In question was dis
played In May, 1912, from log school
house which stood on the hill.
The tunnel through Khingan pass,
another year. 1t will be some ten
thousand feet In length. Many thou
sand Chinese are employed. Two tun-
nels are being cut, the upper one for
removing the debris. Considerable diff
ficulty has been met with, but there
is no doubt of its ultimate success, nor
Of the saving In time it will effect over
the Chinese Eastern Railroad.
The Massachusetts Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
has accepted a design for tablet to be
placed In the Boston public library in
commemoration of early composers of
American patriotic music. The in
scription states that the society, ''in
grateful recognition of the inspiration
of patriotic verse and song, commence
rates the following names: William
Bangs, Oliver Holden, John Howard
Paine, Samuel Francis Smith, Francis
Scott Key, George Frederick Root
At any of the big railroad terminals
In any city now man can get spe
cial engine and car to chase flyer al
most as easily as he can check his
trunk. Only few minutes notice Is
required and rlght-of- way is obtained
for 100 or 200 miles along the line
without notlceably disturbing sched-
uled runs. A man who has had to
keep an important business engage
ment, or a woman hurrying to a sick
husband, pays 500 or double that sum
for special with as little concern ms
paying supper check in swell hotel.
SOME FACTS ABOUT GLOVES.