The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-04
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The are 100000 head Of cattle in
Colombia, half of which are supposed
to be IN the llanos, OF plains.
Tanning snakeskins for the manu-
facture of women's belts has become
a lucrative industry in Madras.
Brazil's great new port at Rio
Grande do Sui was laid out by an
engineer from the United States.
British seed crushers have 100000
tons Of last seasons crop Of soya
beans in the far east under contract.
An English automobile enthusiast
uses a seismograph to register the jolts
impaired to his car by rough roads.
The foreign debt Of Chile is S99,22O,.
636 United States gold, and the inter-
nal debt is SIS. 1866, making a total
per capita debt Of $3.50.
During the last two years the oil
production has doubled in America,
The production is $16.OOO 900 greater
in value than the output of gold in the
United States.
The greatest hindrance to the devel.
opment Of Asia Minor is the absence
OF bridges at three points where the
Euphrates is now crossed by ferries,
1t Is now proposed to build bridges.
Commanding officers in the British
navy are allowed $25 per year to pur-
chase literature for use in the study
Of foreign languages by junior officers
under instruction prior to passing for
lieutenant.
The A" r,entine minister of finance
has prohibited the importation Of ket-
ties and similar kitchen utensils which
may be injurious to health because of
the amount of lead used in manufac.
turing them.
The average for each inhabitant Of
the public debt Of Great Britain is
$9O.26, and it would require five years.
revenue to equal the debt, which is
now $3,944,95 900, on the basis of the
five pound sterling.
In a recent lecture Professor voigt
stated that Norway was only COM
mencing to develop it's vast mineral
wealth. 1t has been calculated that
the mines of S%ydvarager alone con-
tain 100,OOO,00O tons of iron.
There is no prospect or possibility of
the institution of canals in. Cuba, and
nature, by reason of the short water
sheds. has provided no rivers which
can be improved so as to offer water
competition to the railroads.
lreland's most important crop is oats,
to which over 1000, 900 acres are de
voted, potatoes being next in impor-
lance, with $4,000 acres. Because of
the extensive + devoted to grass
live stock is a prominent feature in
local farming.
The inhabitants Of southern Italy
and Sicily are alarmed by an invasion
of ravens, which are causing serious
damage. At the corresponding period
of last year, preceding the terrible seis-
mic catastrophe which destroyed Mes
sina and Reggie, a similar invasion oc-
cured.
Housewives in Australia are wres-
Ting with the servant problem. Their
advertisements make interesting read.
ing. One offers 'plenty of outings"
another throws out the bait Of "Sun.
day Free" while a third goes one bet.
ter with Saturday afternoons and
Sundays Off"
Russia seems to go out of it's way to
find trouble. The legal professions
have been declared closed to women
by a council representing the various
institutions of Russian lawyers and
jurists. The question arose from the
attempts Of two women barristers-
Mile. Fleishutz at st. Petersburg and
Mile. Guensburg at Kiev-to plead in
court. Their appearance as counsel is
now decided to be illegal.
Lake Chad, in the desert of Sahara,
will be investigated by an expedition
which Is soon to set out. Recent eX-
plorers have signally failed to. agree
as to the share and size of this sheet
Of water. Apparently the lake is di-
vided into two by a belt Of islands
and reedy swampy land; but. whereas
the maps of French explorers show an
open channel across this belt, a late
expedition has declared 1t impossible.
Bendigo, Australia. has started a re-
form movement to stop the Ginning
and striking of all night public clocks.
the city being moved thereto by Nine.
Melba. The prima donna passed a
sleepless night in Bendigo owing to
the din Of clocks, and she has threat
ened never to visit the city again.
The complaint has been discussed by
the Bendigo city council, and it was
decided to silence the clocks from mid
night to 6 a. m.
Professor jeremiah Smith Of the
Harvard Law school, who has present
ed his resignation, to take effect Sept.
I, 1910, when he will be in his sew.
e%nty'third year, is actually a ''son Of
the Revolution" His father, likewise
jeremiah Smith by name, ran away
from Harvard in 1777 to join the
Revolutionary army, being then eight
cen years Of age. He served in the