The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-05-18
FACTS IN FEW L|NES|

1IeluLu ulSHesl app pTOuuct UoeS
not exceed $4,000 barrels per annum.
The forest fire fighting service of
New York state costs $4,000 a year.
From 1880 to 1908 the heart death
rate Of the United States Increased 81
per cent.
Nearly three and a quarter million
tons of potatoes were raised in Ireland
last year.
The Turkish government has awak-
ened to the necessity Of irrigation and
railroads.
Alcoholic liquors for the use Of ma
tives are not permitted to be imported
into Somaliland.
American investments in Mexico are
new estimated at $7OO,OOO,OOO and in
Cuba at $135,OOO,OOO.
OF the political newspapers in Swift
zerland, 1862 are printed in German,
1O1 in French, 21 in Italian and / in
Romansch.
The humble goat Of foreign lands
contributes one-third Of the value Of
the skins imported by the United
States each year.
Routes for horse omnibuses in Lon
don are usually not more than seven
miles long. but motor bus routes are
as much as seventeen.
There are about 10000 oil produc-
ing wells in the United States, repre-
senting directly and indirectly an out
lay Of about 500, 100000.
Jewels to the value Of $1,000 900,
all seized in the Yildiz kiosk when
Abdul Hamid was deposed as sultan
Of Turkey, have been delivered to a
Paris jeweler to sell.
The heightening Of the Assuan dam
is expected to occupy six years in all
and to increase the annual value of the
Egyptian cotton crop by between $15,-
100000 and $2O,OOO,OOO.
It is stated that the refnancing Of
the Guatemalan debt in New York
provides for placing the country on a
gold basis and the establishment Of a
central bank in Guatemala City.
Fears that the sea will soon become
depleted Of food fish if the operations
of steam trawlers are not restricted
is not sustained by experience in the
North sea for the past ten years.
1t requires many hands to clothe
the New York women and some wo-
men outside of the city, for there are
9G,1G2 employees in the metropolis
working on women's clothing, and
their yearly output is valued at $261,-
O49,2S7.
The British Columbia government
has inaugurated q system of advertis-
ing its fruit as we'll as it's province
generally by sending to the leading
horticultural fairs throughout the
United Kingdom splendid samples of
boxed apples and pears.
AS a result of observations made
while with the Shackleton antarctic
expedition an Australian geologist has
decided hat at one time there was
practically continuous land from Aus
tralia to the south pole, much Of 1t
covered with pine forests.
1t has been shown by a physician
who has made a study of the effects
Of roller skating that excessive in.
diligence in this sport frequently re-
suits in fiat feet, defective develop
ment of the leg muscles and impair,
ment Of the gait and carriage Of the
body.
Housewives in Australia are wres.
thing with the servant problem. Their
advertisements make interesting read.
ing. One offers "plenty of outings
another throws out the bait of "Su1.
days free" while a third one goes
better with saturday afternoons and
Sundays Off"
A new move is about to be made il
the Introduction of WOODEN clothing fol
the modern drilled army Of China, an(
this may possibly prove the first steI
toward the more general adoption o:
wooden clothing throughout the coun
try, a result which followed the sam,
action in Japan.
Large quantities of china clay ar,
exported from Swansea to the United
States for the manufacture Of china
ware, etc. The white clay found il
not exactly china clay, but is suitabl,
for the manufacture Of pottery, pipe
and tiles for flooring, also for the ordi
nary cup and saucer
The actual expenses of running tn,
navy of the United States for the pas
fiscal year amounted to $43, zoo, 1000. II
this sum is included everything, from
the pay of enlisted men to the repairs
and equipage Of vessels. And the yes
sells include the tugs and receiving
ships as we'll as the battleships.
On English Atlantic liners Sunda,
morning trays Of prayer and hymn
books are distributed in the dining ga
loon, and the captain reads the servic,
Of the Church Of England. On tn
German vessels before the rising cal
in the morning the musicians play tn,
air Of "Luther's Hymn" sweetly, ant
the days formal devotions are over.
Truancy is on the increase in New
York city, and the board Of education