Iditarod pioneer., 1913-12-06
A FEW FACTS

Egypt in 1912 imported goods valued at SIPS O62, ,O35
 China in 1912 exported S2,244 packages of hrecrackers.
 Hungary exports much of its hay crop at $l5 to SIS ton.
 Peru has passed law to encourage irrl- gation projects in e:eIy possible WAY
 Swiss will colonl,e 100000 acres oi lsnd along Magdalena bay, Lower California
 rey!on has about l,000 mines for rlum b,go that country: most important nnn- ual product.
 The spring sheep shaaring in Utah brought about l3,OO0,O00 pounds of wool from 100000 sheep. A sailing vessel built l03 years ago re- gently began another voyage from England to South Africa. Irrigation has been practced in Spain nearly century, the first canal having been begun in 1874.
 The official headquarters of the Percheron horse industry are at NOSent-ie-hollou, heai Paris
 A motor driven reciprocatlng saw has been patented by California inventor for slcing meats evenly.
 There are nearly 5000 professional for esters in Germany who are associated with various technical societies.
 The people of the United States read and support as many newspapers as Eng land France and Germany combined. The German navy has converted an old torpedo boat into combined tugboat and ice breaker for use around Berlin.
 The government of Panama has given 8 new concession for the establishment of a hippodrome near Panama City.
 The Panama canal lock gates are recely- ing coating of marine paint that will av- craze sixteenth of an inch thick.
 The United States and Russia together own about one-half the horses in the world each having about 2l,0OO,OOO head A motor driven machine, operated by one man, has been invented to harvest sugar cane and deliver 1t ready for the mill | By inventing delicate apparatus Rus sian scientist proved that light waves ex- erted measurable mechanical pressure.
 The Asiatc town of Mawatch, on the borders of Russia is peopled by men only. Women are forbidden entrance there. Two of the largest circuses carry their own electric plant, Illuminating everything from the largest to the smallest tents.
 A portable machine has been patented by a North Carolinian for cutting leather belts or perforating them accurately for splicing,
 Greece possesses a curious criminal law. A person condemned to death there waits two years before the execution of the sen tence
 The value of the grindstones and pulp stones produced in the United States last year was the greatest in the history of the industry.
 The Balkan war brought about a rise in certain lumber prices in Europe because of the big demand for wood for ammunition | boxes.
 To keep automoblists' feet warm in cold weather an Englishman has invented hot water tank with foot shaped depressions in ! the top.
 l According to French experimenter, the 1 of tho carhon flamapt in an ordinary incandescent lamp approaches 2,90O degrees.
 The German army expects to spend nearly s25OOOO 900 in the next five years 1 for dirigible balloons and aeroplanes, and the navy half as much.
 A single turn of a corkscrewlike imple- ment that a Pennsylvanan has patented cuts out the core of grapefruit and loos- ems the pulp from the skin.
 Nearly 70 per cent of the residents of the United States are using electricity in some form every day if only for telephon- ing or ringing door bells. 1 Trade in human hair is big industry | abroad, exports sometimes reaching total of s3ooo0oo to s4,oooooo year. Italian merchants lead in the trade The first extensive list of books and art- cles on industrial, trade and vocational edu- cation yet compiled has just been issued by the United States bureau of education.
 In the hope of introducing it into the United States, an expert from the depart ment of agriculture has been sent to Man churia to get specimens of a peach that weighs pound. 1 In 1912 British Columbia admitted 56,8l7 settlers not including settlers from the mid dle west of Canada as follows: Great Britain, 16,518; United States, 2S,6SS; oth- CTS, 11,611.
 Of the 22OO02 Germans who emigrated in 1881, 206,l89 or 93 per cent went to the United States. Throughout the suc- ceeding three decades the proportion ranged about 90 per cent
 In most parts of China wood is very scarce and costly. Most of the trees were