The Alaska citizen., 1912-12-23
Interesting Items
From Everywhere

The United States navy recently
nuencl the new wireless station at
Arlington, Va. 1t will keep every
ship OF the United States navy and
every insuIar possession within in
stant communication with the can.
ral. The radius Of the nov plant
will be about three thousand miles
When it is in working order Com
muniCation with the Pacific coast
will be attempted only at night for
the present. but throughout the DAY
the secretary of the navy. al his
desk IN WASHINGTON. viii be within
Instantaneous communication nith
&eE West. Guantanamo. Colon, the
naval coaling stations the virtc-
uaReuycr grounds and all Arl7rtfa
stations When the plan, is work
iHg perfectly and the chain of ST.
tions is completad Washington will
he in touch with Hawaii Samoa
Guam the Philippines. It cost one
million dollars,
For the support OF their postat
service The people Of the Cnitct
states next year will pay $3.50 >u5-
- Nearly ten million dollars
viii he required to put into effect
he postal legislation enacted this
year. II is estimated that seven
million two hundred and forty thou
and dollars will lac needed for par
GELS posi- system; one million three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
TO meet the conditions required an
der the new eight hour law; seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
to provide for reclassification OF
railway mail clerks, and one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars 10 "s-
tablish the new village free deliver
service.
The total acreage of all land b.
longing to producing mines in 1899
was 24216,G00 acres. The greater
part of this land was mineral and
acres Of timber land and 1859 600
acres OF other land This includes
laud which had not been surveyed
and whose mineral resources were
still unknown. as we'll as some land
used for building and other pur-
poses.
The number of people engaged il
the Industries in the United States
which include the operations OF
mines, Guarries and wells. as re
turned for December II. 1909. or
nearest representative day, was L.
1882. Of whom 90 , per cent were
wage earners, As per cent We're
proprietors or officials. and % per
cent We're clerks.
Cotton grown in the United States
constitutes about 20 per cent o.
The entire consumption of the world.
of the 1911 crop there were ginned
in the United States upwards of
sixteen million bales of five hundred
pounds each. At current prices the
value of the years crop is over
billion dollars
SiXty-four million bushels is the
extent of this years crop of wheat,
barley and oats in the province of
Alberta. Canada
The total length of wiring for
telephones in Delhi India, will run
to as much as seventeen hundred
miles, but only ninety-six miles of
this will be carried on posts, as it is
desired to disfigure the new city
rs little as possible with overhead
wires. The remainder of the wiring
will be carried in twelve and one
half miles of underground cables
the latter in some cases containins
as many as three hundred and six
conductors.
The destruction of birds costs the
United States in food losses approxi
mately four hundred and twenty mil
lion one hundred thousand dollars
year. according to the committee Oh
wild life protection of the national
conservation congress. Farmers and
fruit growers will be urged 10 cor
slider the damage to agricul ure IN
insect pests that could be avoided
by the protection of bird life. Like
wise those in the cities will be con
fronted with the alleged contribution
to the high cost of living" by the
destruction of crops.
Probably the quantity of apples
unloaded in New York during De-
tober has Appropriated an average
of eighteen thousand barrels per
day ipcludipo Wostarp how annIac