The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
LETTER
Especial Correspondence

'aSt SESSION. Tie patent ONCE mas pup
lished a notice in the latest issue Of the
Gazette to the effect that many Of the
models which have been in the possess
sion of the office ever since its estab-
ssilinent AMI have been accommodating
from year to year will be disposed of
either by sale. gift or otherwise. Some
If the models in the collection are very
valuable, as, for instance, models Of
sd patents which are the basis Of many
modern inventions over which litiga-
ion is constantly arising. Many of
these the office will keep.
Many Of the devices that have been
patented are, Of course, Of 50 little i'm
2ortance to the public that it will not
be considered advisable to preser~e
their models. Some idea Of the number
IF this sort Of models may be had from
the accurate statement that there have
oeen 1901 mouse traps patented since
The office was established.
Oppose Negro Colony.
Five hundred residents of Bethesda.
Friendship heights, Washington, lear
the boundary line between the District
If Columbia and Maryland, are protest
Ing vigorously against the proposed sale
Of Belmont subdivision to negroes. The
promoters of the suburbs subdivision
are advertising for negro purchasers.
The white residents Of the neighbor-
hood declare that the negro colony
which it is proposed to establish in
their immediate vicinity will be across
the district line in Maryland and there
fore beyond the restraint Of the District
police.
An organization has been formed 10
buy off the promoters, and still an
other organization declares its purpose
to prevent the contamination Of the
scheme, using any mea that may be
necessary.
German Embassy to Build.
Germany Is to have a new home for
her ambassador and in the heart of the
most recently fashionable residence
portion Of Washington. The site, which
has just been purchased at a price said
to be between $125,OOO and $15O.O0O. is
on Kalorama heights. near Twenty
third street and opposite the site recent
~ purchased by the French embassy
for q home.
Rumor among real estate circles has
It that the German government will
erect Il home to cost $25O.O0O on the
site thus selected. 1t Is said that plans
for the embassy are practically COM
pleted, but that it is not probable work
will be begun before next spring.
Trying to Save Fuel.
For some time the geological survey
has been conducting an interesting
series Of experiments on the eXposi-
ton grounds at st. Louis with Goals.
which have proved satisfactory to the
engineers and others in charge. 1t
has been stated that the people of this
country spent about 5OO.OOO.OOO for
fuel during the last year. and the Off
Gals of the geological survey say that
If the results Of their Investigations
can save the country even l per cent
Of this expenditure the investment
will certainly be a good one.
In the past two years the geological
survey has tested more than eighty
Ave different kinds of Goals from sew
enteen states in the country, from
which 1900 chemical analyses have
been made. IN these coal tests it has
been found that in the mining of coal
in the United States fully so per cen
Of the coal remains in the ground. II
has also been found that from 5 to II
per cent is lost in handling aNd trans
p~ortation.
WashinEtOn's Fountains.
There are thirty fountains in the va
rious small and large city parks Of the
capital, and there are very few cities
and certainly none the size of the CAPT
tai. which can boast of thirty foun
tains which play every day. These foun
tains are one of the features of the city
and one Of the most attractive of the
many superior features Of Washington
over other cities. They are scattered
city. though perhaps they are more
frequently met with in the northwest.
Novel Wall Decoration.
In the bachelor quarters of a at
tache of the British embassy In Wash
ington is Il "den' decidedly odd in or
namentation. The walls are papere'
with playing cards. That in itself |
no new idea, but these playing card
are Of every land that has such things
They have been put topsy turvy on tn
wall and vanished. The effect Is strik
ing. The Britisher has dwelt in man,
lands. Almost all nations, he says
have playing cards or a substitute
Turkish cards are thick and exquisite
~ tinted. and some Of the far eastern
countries have cards that deserve to b
framed in gold leaf. The dado in tn
attache ''den" is made entirely Of fac
cards, arranged symmetrically with
deep red molling separating it fror
the hurry burly below. Swords. stick
and guns are hung on the walls. TIL
furniture is conventional, but the wall
and ceiling give a distinctive look I