Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-11-28
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


OF all the gold in the possession Oh
man 70 per cent IL In the shape of
coin
A statue of Liebig 81 to be stested
In Darmstadt, where he was born LII
1903.
British India has S6,912 miles Of tel
egraph and cnble wires, which are
worked at a very good profit
A company has been formed In Eu-
rope for the purpose Of erecting and
operating frst-class hotels In various
cities and towns Of Greece.
sault Ste. Marie canal trsf1c for the
season Of 1907 reached 4 grand total
of 1921, PA tops. which shows a net
increase Of II per cent, or $685. 34
tons, az compared with that Of the sea
son Of 1905.
Maine and Missouri and North Da-
kota are soon to vote upon constitu-
tional amendments embodying the In
itiative and referendum for State mat
tiers, and Maine proposes to extend this
right to municipal corporations
An acre is 6,272,64O square incheA
An inch OF water on an acre Is, there
fore, 6,272,640 cubic inches That
amount, at 227 cubic inches to the gal
lon, equals $1,000 gallons. or 10000
pounds, or 100 tons. An inch of rain
Is, In other words, rain falling at the
rate OF 100 tons to the acre.
The area OF Maryland is 1920
square miles, 1880 square miles of
which arc water. There are seven
States in the Union which have a
smaller area, viz. every New England
State except Maine, and New Jersey
and Delaware. The gross area of none
OF these States equals the Land area OF
Maryland
For the first decade of the twentieth
century one Of Canada's greatest &C
complishments will be the completion
OF the Dominion's second transconti-
mental railway. The Grand Trunk has
finished It's prairie section from Winni-
neg to Edmonton. From Edmonton 10
the coast. 700 miles, through the noun
tains. three years more will be needed.
The work is exceedingly difficult and
expensive.
The wireless telephone Is being
steadily pushed toward commercial
practicability by the inventors. The
work of the French naval lieutenants'
Colin. Jeance and Mercier, and Mr..
Lee De Forest, Of this city, seems al
ready to have opened the ether to wire
less converse, OF an experimental ma
ture. over distances Of from 300 to SOC
miles, and Mr.. Poulsen, of Copenhagen
has promised a transatlantic wireless
telephone soon.-New York Globe.
Florida Judge ruled that mullet
we're not fish, but birds, because they
had gizzards. The customs officials II
New York ruled that frogs were fisf
and must pay duty as such. game
warden In Maine gained popularity by
declaring oysters were game and so &C
ouired Jurisdiction. And now comes
decision from the custom house tina
bagpipes are toys and cannot be classe(
as musical instruments for purposes o
axation.-Florida Times Union.
In 1899 the production of fermente'
LIQUORS In the United States upol
which taxes were paid was 36,697,63
barrels. including 116.520 for export
In 1906 the production had Increases
To 54.724553 barrels, and In 1908 {
SO. TAI. ESQ barrels. In 1899 the Unite
States internal revenue tax was pal
for consumption on S3,S19,314 gallon
of distilled spirits other than frul
brandy. In the nine years to 1908 til
amount of distilled spirits withdraw
for consumption had increased to 119
sos. 402 gallons.
AS figured out by London Answers
the annual cost of running q battle
shin of the Dreadnought class Is $500
600 year, OF which 100000 goes
the officers for salaries and wages
Ammunition In time of peace costs $6O
600 year. the expense of necessar
target practice being very heavy. vi
tualing. fuel, etc, make up the balanc
Estimating the original cost OF the:
ships at S7,500OO0, and allowing Ill
OF twenty years, the cost from tie FIR
draft plans to the sale OF the vess
as junk reaches a total of $17,5OO.OO
: Twenty-four years is long time Il
a ship to be away from its home poi
but that Is the record of a whalir
! bark that has Just locked In New Be
: ford. The vessel left New Bedford
, 1884 for voyage around Cape Hol
: and since has been engaged most of Il
time In whaling In northern latitude
/ The snip brings news that the whalii
. ships in the Atlantic are generally ma
/, ing heavy catches this season. II
: whaling business seems to have expel
= enced a revival, and with this Ne
; Bedford is developing new importan
: which presents some likeness to Its oil
= time activities as whaling port.
: Springfield Union