Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-22
&. P. rHoRNE, Publisher.

e. p. THoRNE, Publisher.
FOREST CITY. SOUTH DAKOTA.
it HIS taken the Germans TO use
beans for making rubber. The process
has last been patented. 1t consists In
extracting a thick Oil from the soya
bean, treating this with nitric acid,
and then heating the material to a
given temperature, whereupon 1t be-
ome viscid and tough like crude rub
Der. 1t can then be vulcanized by
the addition OF sulphur the same as
vegetable rubber, and used for the
same purposes.
There will be a mirror in West
minister abbey on coronation day for
every peeress. The mirrors will be
fitted to the seats in front of the mem
bers of the nobility and will be used
their n Though the peeresses
may wear their coronets before the
coronation exercises, they are not sup
posed to have them IN in the abbey
until after the queen has been crowned.
Ollie James is one of the most in
teresting and lively characters in the
House of Representatives. He is not
yet 40 years old, but he is serving his
nth term In the House. He began his
public career at the & of 16 as a
page in the Kentucky legislature. be-
hard hitting campaign orator and has
been a consistent Bryan democ:at.
Mrs. Alice Pomerene, wife Of the
democratic senator from Ohio, Is a
clever water color artist. She has made
oo0noro1 dainty ckotNheS nf The Rock
creek section neal Washington, and
her drawing rooms are filled with her
own paintings. Mrs. Pomerene ais Is
skilful with her needle and many OF
her gowns are adorned with her own
work. She designs her own patterns.
In Salt Lake City q historic grave
yard, which furnished the most suise
able location for the new $250,000 race
track, has been purchased by Montana
and California capitalists. The course
leads over the graves of q score OF
early Utah pioneers, including the
father n brothers OF Lott Smith, the
famous Mormon DANTE.
T. B. F. Bates. of Oakland, has a.
bear trap made by a Lubec black
smith In 1857 to catch bears. The pres
ent owner has also used 1t for this
purpose. The trap has W large
springs, one on each side Of the Jaws;
on one Of the Jaws are Ave large teeth
and on the other side six. The jaws
have an opening Of u by "A inches.
The American Bible society, possibly
by way Of celebrating the tercentenary
Of h King James version, has issued
q circular to members telling OF an inn
portant achievement. 1.-THE old testa-
ment In Korean has just been COM
pleted," says the announcement. thus
making the whole bible available for
the people OF Korea for the first time
In their history"
Thirty students Of the Commercial
Dritten to the New York board of
education asking that q public school
be set aside for their lodging in the
summer OF 1912. The students explain
that they are contemplating a visit to
New. York and that similar courtesies
have been extended them in other
countries which they have visited.
Here 10 q heavyweight A
man who weighs $50 pounds recently
married a woman of 26O pounds in st.
Louis. Mo. The bridegroom is William
M0ntandon and his wife was Mlllicent
Montgomery. The two were acquainted
fos more h two years. MOntandon
got the girls consent to wed and the
engagement lasted only two weeks.
The six leading states in the salt
industry are Michigan, New York,
Ohio. Kansas. Louisiana and Califor-
duced salt valued at $7,714,587. The
salt from these states is obtained from
rock salt, sea water and natural brine
lin other words. from all the known
sources Of salt.
"A school for piano makers has been
proposed In Stuttgart, Germany. The
courDe was to cover year, 10 hours
q day.swith one months vacation; with
two CLASSES. q for beginners, one to
At competent worIInen for foremen. So
few pupils applied that the project has
been abandoned.
Censor Wen Pin has impeached H
=. Esao Ju-lin for having received q
bribe pk @o0O,OOO when he was In Man
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