The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-29
SCIENCE NOTES

The cases In which beer and other
bottled goods of this character are sold
represent q considerable Investment, and
when they nre sent out there Is no rs.
suranco that they Will ever come back. BY
knocking out the interior divisions these
boxes make excellent garbage and ash
rcccptaclcs, aud To this humble sphere
they ncqucntly fnd their way. This has
been overcome recently by the conStruC-
ton of these cases OF pressed steel Of
which materlol they are very strong and
durable. BY making them Of metal 1t Is
possible to construct them with nm open
bottom, which renders them uosuited for
many purposes To which they have boen
sUrreptltiously devoted
Tlc plans for the new Quebec bridge
vii not he completed for several months
Ict, and although the design i'm many
particulars win be the same as that or
the old bridge, none Of the old material
will he used in the new structure. All
the girdcrS alI other material delivered
for the n-fated bridge Will be treated as
scrap.
Col. Frank Touvclle. a raucher living
near Mcdford. Ore. Is said 10 have pro-
duced decp-rooted vino which brings
forth three crops of berries in season,
which result hns been obtained by graft
Ing alfalfa roots on the roots OF the
strawberry vino. Alfalfa roots deeply
and produces three 70 i've crops yeor.
without irrigation. II occurred 70 him
that Strawberries might do the same II
the vine could he made to extend down
lar enough, so as 10 receive moisture
from the soil throughout the season.
= is not generally known that n wntcr-
way between Lake Michigan and tho
Mississippi now exists across the Statc
OF Wisconsin. Ond recently two steamers
II considerable size passed through from
the lake TO the river The route extends
from Lake Michigan up Fox River. ]S
miles 10 and across Lake WinuebaCo.
ana through the upper Fox River los
miles to the Portage Canal which Is
2iI miles In length Thence It passcs
down the Wisconsin River. reaching the
Mississippi near Prairie du Chen.
Prof T a. JnSgar OF the Massa cbusetts
Institute OF Technology, is spending the
summer in Honolulu, making arrange
ments for the construction Of an obscr-
vatory at the brink of the Volcano Kill
nuea for the study OF volcanic action.
The people Of the island were invited
to cooperate with the American institu-
ton md have succeeded in raising a
large amount OF money Tor tue purpose
Arthur Wright hns Invented an clectri-
cal device for cyaiuating nlgebraical for
mulae and equations. says the Scientific
American The device consists 10 the
combination OF special rbcostots attached
to slide rules and Wheatstoue bridge,
by which Quantities can bc multiplied,
divided, added. or suhtrnctcd simultun'
counly. and by which complicated alsc-
braicaI expressions or equations can be
cyUuntcd or solved with an accuracy
comparable with that attOlnable 6y or
dinsry slide rules.
The special gold medal OF the Roynl
Geographical Society has been prcSeutcd
10 Lieut.. Edward III. ShacIleton. tho pre-
sentatiou having been made by the Prince
OF Wales on behalf OF thc society. An
other Antarctic expedition is contem-
plated by Lieutenant Shacklcton at Az
early date.