The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-06-03
ROUND THE world

traffic.
There are 40 savings banks in New
York state.
One in every eight wo1len il Great
Britain is a widow.
Over $1,000 women are employed in
the factories of Australia.
The United States is the largest pur-
chaser of Persian carpets.
British Columbia in 1913 surveyed
100000 acres Of new lands.
Popcorn has found a new market, it
is said, on the b%oulevards of Paris.
British capitalists have begun lum-
bering operations in the Philippines.
Ninety per cent Of the farms of this
country are said to be without any
sheep.
Umbrellas are in great demand in the
Netherlands, where light rains are fire.
Quent.
One Of the principal byproducts Of
the national forests Of Japan is mush-
rooms.
More than a billion dollars of capital
is now invested in this country in cold
storage.
The English city Of Shetricld has 400
concerns engaged in the manufacture
Of steel.
Italy has taken to wearing carriers.
Tel years ago the custom was almost
unknown among men.
Dec. 10 is the centenary Of the birth
Of Edwin NJ. Stanton. who was Lin
coins secretary of war.
Japanese hatlnakers are making a
| hat which is difficult to detect from the
South American panama.
Over 375,OOO,O0O behring's have been
landed in the harbor at Great Var
mouth in a single season.
A new English portable vacuum
, cleaner can be used as a seat, table.
| cabinet. music stool or pedestal.
Sweden is to send an expedition to
! the antarctic regions in 1915 that is to
remain in the fur south five years.
The water Of the Swiss city Of Basic
is so injurious to the teeth that a mu-
| nicipal dental clinic has been estab-
lished.
New Zealand breeds between @. OOO,-
| 600 and 24.OOO.OOO sheep. of which
! about % per rent are annually ex-
ported.
Mothers are equal guardians with
the father over children in Kansas.
Colorado, California. Oregon and Wash
: ington.
Much interest has been aroused in
England by the rumor that Kerr Har-
, dy. NJ. F.. may possibly be succeeded
in the craftsmanship Of the Independ-
| ent Labor party by a woman.
The forest service is compiling a new
volume table for calculating the board
contents Of standing western yellow
pine trees in the southwest. 1t is based
on actual measurements of 5000 trees.
The present American merchant ma
rine has a tonnage. according to cen
sus statistics of 7.SSG.31S tons. ranking
second among the nations of the world.
Great Britain being first and Germany
, third.
! The "crimes" in the German army
last year may thus be summarized:
Five hundred assertions from the col
ors. 1000 thefts and 33S cases of i'll
treatment Of rrivates by noncommis-
stoned officers.
The tonnage of the merchant vessels
launched throughout the world in 1913
showed a large increase over the pre-.
ceding year and. in fact. over any pre-
vious year. being estimated Mt 1882 600
tons, as against 2,9O1, GOO tons for the
vessels launched in 1912.
An Association Of Neglected Wives"
has been formed Mt Schoenebeck. on
the Elbe, to establish a time limit for
husbands visits to beer houses and
cafes. II necessary the wives will form
a militia to remove all husbands found
OF the premises after II p. m.
Denmark and Sweden are busy with
plans for a channel tunnel between
the two countries. The greatest depth
at which the tunnel will run will be
about 100 feet, and it Is estimated that
the undertaking can be completed In
Ave years ut a cost Of about 30 5000
COZ.
The Berlin municipal council have
UHurONeU VI Il SClIclllc 1OT SclIllS dSluc
a sum of 3OO.OOO marks for the pur-
pose Of making small loans to citizens
whose means have become temporarily
, straitened through nc fault Of their
:, own. but owing to the present econom.
ic conditions.
:. Experiments conducted by the Unit.
ed States bureau Of entomology prove
that the newly hatched caterpillars of
the gypsy moth may be blown. under
favorable conditions. Il distance Of six
miles or more. Thus the wind is an
:, important factor in the spread of this
destructive pest.
OF 431 American Rhodes scholars
who have left Oxford university ia
take up their life work, only eleven
q have remained in England. according
to the recent report Of the Rhodes
scholarship trust. The fear that Great