Putnam patriot., 1911-03-31
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mined in the United States and is now supplying nearly all the domestic de- mand The principal mine is in the Death Valley region. in lnyo county. Another mine Is in Los Angeles coun- iy. About half the product is con tuned in ennameling kitchen ware, but snew uses for borax are found every yeaf'
 The recent action Of Zurieb, Swtzer. land. giving women the ballot. is now at hand A popular referendum was taken on the question, and if was ear ried by three ffths vote. Women were al the same time made eligible to office.
 By means Of plastic surgery new face Is being furnished to A man who fell foremost into a set of revolving eogs, in the railroad yard in Long Isl. and City, tearing away all the features Of his face. Physicians have been al work nearly a year restoring them To some senblance of natural face. The last feature being made Is new nose, which K being made out Of the little finger of his left hand. His eyesight was preserved.
 The new criminal code of Nevada leaves to capital criminals choice of hanging or shooting as choice of death.
 EfapJtpU af ha ufn dam in Arkansas, (which bears his name, ex.President Roosevelt, March 18th, pressed an electric button that set in motion mass of grinding ma chinery which, in turn, raised three of the six massive iron gates, weighing 5000 pounds each. By thls act he ofii cially opened the storage dam, part of the Salt River irrigation project. The dam holds back body ef water 25 miles long and more than 200 feet deep. The waters from the dam will be used to irrgate 250,000 acres Of land in the Salt River Valley, sixty miles distant. The land was esteemed hardly worth one cent an acre. With irrigation il is now valued al from slO0 To Il ,000 an acre
 The vastness of Brazil k not fully realized It k not generally known that the United Stntes of Brazil are larger than the nited States of Anne rica, exclusive of Alaska and the isl andi possessions A territory of about 3,382, 730 square miles-extending five degtees north of the equator to thirty. two degrees south of il. It Is the fifth largest country in the world. It has undeveloped resources agricultural, mi neral, and valuable woods not exceed. ed, II equalled by any other part of the world. great opportunity for colo nies Of enterprising Americans to build up industries that would benefit that country while enriching themselves.
 Congress did good work in setting of the White Mountains Is public re- servation, bui there as a justified reason To believe that the owners of most of the lands, to whom they are consider ed almost worthless, will set big price on them now .the government must buythem and has already adN ertised torprices. We are glad lo know, how. ever, that a member Of the National Forestry Commission is tu examine them in view Of their worth anu what Is asked for them. This will help pro tect the government
 General Booth the gJeat leader of the salvation Army is ftst becoming totally blind, the sight ot one eye be ing already last, aea the other is so ea- feebed that he eau OareiY see any thing. An operation k io te performed on his eyes In hopes D, beueulmg hls sight but his old age. being s2. pfe elndes the pfobabtz=ef any recovery of his sight
 Fanny Crosby, lAe blind p3etess and hymn writer celebrated her Slst birth. dly al her home in Bridgeport, last Friday, March ,24th. Miss Crosby is in excellent health, and was the recipient of many congratulelory messages.
 The State Conference of Charities and Correction will hold it's second an. naal conference at New Haven from April 2iIh to the 26th. The object of the Conference Is toIpromote more accurate Knowledge of and wider inte- rest in charitable, retormaIory and pre- Ventive work, and to provide an oppor. tuaity for persons interested in such tort to compare and discuss prinei. pies, methods and results. The pro. gram is quite lengthy and confined to its special work. Speakers of distin- gliShed character will take part in the services, and arrangements have been by the various committees which sil point to very successful Conference. For mild, easy action of the bow. els, single dose Of Doans Regulets is enough. Treatment cures habltusl constipation. 25 cents box. Ask