The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-11-04
SCIENTIFIC AND
GENERAL.

According to Danish laws, automo-
biles are forbidden to pass trolley
cars at a rate faster than one mile an
hour.
American wild west" moving pic,
ture scenes are most popular In Scot
land. Many American made films are
used.
One of the European companies
manufacturing harvesters for years
has employed an American technical
manager.
| Lewis Bower, of Audubon, ILL.,, SO
Years old, still goes on short hunting
trips, though obliged to use a wheel
chair in getting along.
The business men of Manila are
preparing a monster petition, asking
that the Canadian Pacific steamers
| make their city regular port Of call
Paris has a wood BLOCK pavement
which is used exclusively by automo-
b:,es. After three years. during which
time it has never been repaired, the
wcod is better than ever.
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The value Of phonoyl aphic records
exported by this country last year
was more than double thot Of the pre-
,'cus year. The exports under this
head for 1910 we're valued at S2.7os,.
oso.
William A. Larned, who has won
the lawn tennis championship Of the
United States for tho seventh time
is ~. The challenger whom he de.
feated is 20 years younger.
A natural gas well IN Alberta. Can
ada. has tapped an enormous supply
end is now running 29,00a,o00 cubic
feet a day. Il eciipses in volume any.
thins hitherto found on this continent.
Women rarely invent anything, but
an exception is new kind Of cur
tain rod, which will adjust itself to a
window frame Of any width. The rod
is made to do this because II carries
a tiny spring.
John Pronmiller, a former member
of congress from Maryland, now con-
ducts an umbrella mending establish.
ment in Baltimore, public life having
lost its charms for him. He is a great
reader and a student of Egyptology.
Major John II. Lynch, who was one
of the five negro officers on the &C,
tive list of the army until he was re.
tired few days ago for age, came
through the reconstruction days in
Mississippi with credit to his race
He served two terms in the lower
house Of congress when 25 years OF
age.
The statistical department of the
international hygiene exposition a
Dresden has issued a circular, II
which the success of this. the frs
enterprise of its kind, is noted. Tn,
management says also that a com
plete record OF what has been sale
on the subject of the exposition b!
the newspapers of the world woul'
be valuable addition to the archives
and "all who have newspaper or mag
azine articles relating to the exposi
ton are requested to forward then
for preservation and for future refer
ence."
In the erecting of the building 10
the state educational department a
Albany. a saving OF more than $500
, 900 was effected by the use of terc
Gotta without in the least sacrificing
; 1.-The appearance OF the structure. Tn
! greatest item was in the capitals TO
the columns surrounding the building
. Theer are twenty-eight Of these, an
: the caps" are about twelve feet high
!. II was at first intended that thes
should be carved out of marble t
!. match the remainder of the facade
a but 1t was discovered that the subst
: tuition could be made without bein
!, apparent, and so the terra Gotta wa
n adopted -New York Tribune.
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