The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-02-14
ROUND THE GLOBE


Automobile fire engines will soon DO
i'm service in Bangkok. Siam.
According to the last census there
are l41uuU foreigners in Egypt.
A Bombay phlnnthroplst has given
x7:1u,n, TO start war on tuberculosis.
Double deck electric cars are run
ming on the suburban system of far's.
Many denominations have joined to
form a crcedless church III Forest
Hills. n. y.
Iron and steel manufactures are now
being exported from this country al
the rate of million dollars dag.
I'm sixteen years conf]agrations in
Russia have destroyed :;.OOOOOO build
inys worth more than SSDO.OO.noO,
Durango. Mex. has population or
not more than 10000 people. yet it uses
up 100000 pairs of shoes each year.
Old John Street Methodist church.
New York. has just celebrated its one
hundred aud fortysiXth anniversary.
Denmark has dropped it's plan to en-
large the harhor of st. Thomas. in the
West Indies, owing to lack OF financial
support
An advertisement recently appeared
In Il daily paper in Germany oHer'fS
reward for watch lost from an
aeroplane.
Quartz lamps are experfmentally in
use on the streets of Chicago ana are
said to put the other electric lamps III
the shade.
yecetarianism is almost the rule in
northern China. the food principally
consisting OF turnips. potatoes. maize
rice and millet.
The Austrian courts have recently
affirmed the principle first established
in the United States that typewrit-
ten will is legal.
A factory in England has succeeded
in making paper from Australian blue
gum wood. OF which there is large
supply available.
The number of employees Of both
sexes il, Swiss hotels exceeds 6ooou
The $4,000 restaurants give employ
ment to 45.OOO more.
Very few American families spend
less than $3.50 year for meat. and
milk and butter cost the average fam
lily at least $40 year.
There is some clamor in Holland for
y direct railway line which would re-
dnce the distance between Rotterdam
and Amsterdam one third.
Two Relyian army officers have in
fo &
which can be drawn by dogs. the
wheels having pneumatic tires.
The establishment of the Neither
lands as an independent monarchy in
1913 will he commenlorated in various
forms in that country next year.
Offering prizes t" its motor'nen Tor
the most effective operation OF cars ny
n, English company has resulted in II
saving of - per cent OF the current.
The city OF Osaka, at the end OF lol ]
had IA population of l.23931'. being
the second city in size and the largest
manufacturing center in the Japnnes"
empire
In the construction of the new com
edy house ut Frankfort o,,-the- Main
the usual footlightS are dispensed with
A better system OF lighting the stage
has beef, devised.
The HuIgnrian military transport
service impurtialy uses pack ANIMALS
buffalo carts. horse drawn wagons and
bic automobile trucks. accortn. to the
road or lack Of one
On the second day OF the year every
stranger entering IA Ronmanian house
is expected to throw ~ small H'hnt't!
of salt OH the tire, The salt is Kept
ready in cups on the table.
An Australian ranchtnan in New
South Wales has come to the '"i'r'''
sion that he car, get better return
from ostriches ON $500 acres than from
twice that area devoted to sheep.
nv a decree of the Spanish govern
ment women will in future be admit
ted to all universities in Spain on the
same terms as men and will he entitled
to follow any profession for which the
university diploma Q,Hlities them.
Vermont is now the only state that
has AN iInbroken record Of Republican
victories SINCE ne toIuIdll'H VI l'i''
marty. Vermont cast its electoral vote
for Fremont in 1876 and it has been
regular ever since. in fifteen successive
elections
Rattan Tnta. a wealthy Bombay tner'
chant has given $1,000 year FOR
three years to the University OF Lon
don to promote the study of the hest
means for preventing and relieving
poverty. The fund will be administer
eti by a bureau provided for that pnr
pose.
Organizations Of women known as
haustra n4nverpinp. or housewives as
srialion. based on the principle OF c"
operation and mutual assistance M'
tween the housekeepers Of town anc
country, have attained considerable
growth in the extreme eastern part VI