Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-07-14
TIMELY BREv|TIES
fne Tyre was invented 1904 p n

the year los b. G. III
Alaska has the only tin mines of anv
consequence 10 the United States.
Inc BARRIERS of Europe collect a cron
u i'<oo'ooo pounds Of hair annuaIIv
VI every hundred pounds OF food wa
eat fourteen pounds consists of nota.
toes. po'a
ine Australian government offers
nrge prizes for the best postage 81. mn
designs. ''"'p
a japanese army officer has invented
waterproof knapsack that ia made ~,
horsehair. -
manufacturers In the United States
exported lO4.SS3.S3S pounds of print.
Ing paper last year.
Mexico. Venezuela and Guatema,.
are the only countries where authors
enjoy the privilege Of perpetual copy.
right. 4
Artificial lace Is French develop.
ment OF cellulose and Ia said TO wear
better and to have other advantages
|
The Ink In fountain pen will not
dry SO rapidly when the pen is idle II
the noies In the cap be plugged to
keep out the air.
The rocket type of life saving anna.
ratus has saved the lives OF more than
1000 shipwreked persons on the Brit
fish coasts since 1870.
Potash may be derived from organic
sources. as from wood ashes ana sen.
weed The giant seaweeds of the Calt.
rornla coast contain potash salts.
The term "Eurasian" has been Off
c1ally discarded By the government of
India. which has decided to adopt
anglo indian" In the coming census
Nickel mining is active In New Gale
donia. European firms are investing
largely In il aud other mining. Some
fair gold discoveries have been made
recently.
Tests In Dublin have shown that the
wind will carry disease bacteria 2U0
feet ana as nigh as SIXTY feet into the
| All SNCb "DCu luSIG Is d uSuty rain
fail.
Louisville. Ky, has new grand
hotel. and 1t has been named after the
nationally famous and admired editor
OF the Courler-Journal, henry Waiter
son.
On an average there are nearly ten
thousand people more than sixty five
years old dying In New York ever year
This is the highest proportion of old
folk ever recorded by any city In the
world.
The Saxon state railways reward
wOrkmen who have been IN their serv-
ice twenty tive years ana more with
small sums OF money, and at the same
time distinguish them with marks OF
honor.
There are twenty eight cocoa and
chocolate factories 10 Amsterdam. OF
which eight do an almost worldwide
business. Dutch commerce with the
Dutch East indies greatly fayors these
industries.
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many and sold to consumers In steel
drums Is nonpo,sonous, gives an IN
tenseIy white light ID mantel burners.
and Is said 10 be thrice as powerful As
the ordinary city gas when used IN
engines.
10 Hungary Junior Woman Sui
frage league mas been formed with
membership Ut 25U young men ana
women BET ween the ages OF sixteen
and twenty four. These young people
are to act as ushers at the meetings
Of the older suffragettes.
Cantilever bridge construction makes
possible some astonishing things. For
example, the new railroad bridge
across the Pend d'OreiiIe river. near
MetaIipe, Wash, was built out from
one side of the, ST eam until the END OF
the span reached the pier on the other
side. u distance Of 80 feet.
Five tunnels now pierce the Alps
The boring OF the Loetschbprg tunnel
which began IN 1897. was nuished Il
few weeks ago. but the tunnel VIII not
he ready for railway traffic until 1913
II Ia about nin2 miles long-the thiro
longest tunnel IN Europe-and IL
really a supplement to the simplon
tunnel.
Goid-the sovereign and half sover'
eign-is now being largely used In In,
din instead of silver Traders. instead
Of going about With bags Of rupees
have taken to carrying gold In their
pockets. Last year $NW0'0W In go'o
was imported into india. compared
with x35.OOO.OOO In 19US and SoO'Ooo'
OOO In 1909.
II ia estimated that the failure OF
his golden voice caused Enriro Caruso
a loss of fully s7sWN He missed
nine and one baif weeks OF fhe Met
ropolitan Opera company. besides
road tour of two weeks. He will not
attempt to sing again until November
and meanwhile will enjoy himself ID
Florence. painting doing some plaster
work and rela King generally.
Yaukel Heller. now ffty-three years
did who was one of the drst men 10
New York TO buy CASTOR clothing anu
has accumulated so5O.UOo in thirry-hve
years. has sailed for bis native town
IN Russia, which be left when ne was
.,,h,eap Gears old and will marry the
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