The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-17
AROUND THE WORLD
Porto Rico plans to restore Its forests


Porto Rico plans 10 restore It's forests
Mexico, on September celebrated the
iO7th anniversary OF her Independence.
Denmark requires 100000 tons OF
coal annually to supply its industries
and railroads.
Chile IL land OF landlords. Her
tillable soil is held by only per cent
Of the population.
Porto Rico In 1916 produced 4s3,59s6S
short tons of sugar. an increase OF
1877 .O99.25 tons over 1915.
Hungary is confscating all table
cloths and napkins In the country 10
provide cloth for new army uniforms.
The Straits Settlements are planning
to clear vast tracts of land for the pro-
duction OF bananas.
Cuba. as result of her extensive
sugar and tobacco production. is report
ed to be the most prosperous of all Lat
in American republics.
Japan is supplying this country with
some of the buttons used here, and
which formerly were provided by Ger
many and Austria.
Sweden has an area of l72 ,S76 square
miles and "a population of 5,680,000 It's
war strength is estimated at 900
men, with 100000 more unorgani2ed
Argentina ranks second among the
countries of South America, being
next to Brazil in area. population and
military strength.
South Australia has. since 1891. erect.
ed 29,l4S miles of "vermin fences"
enough to encircle the globe, and is
still increasing the mileage.
India has $4,000 miles of railway and
10000 miles of telegraph, compared
with 800 miles of railway and II 900
miles of telegraph in 1861.
France has appointed number Of
officials To report on a scheme for the
transformation of the port of Brest in
a great transatlantic commercial
port.
Siberia is Of great extent. covering
an area of more than one and one-half
times that of the United States. II is
ha
live from the products of it's rich soil
Yucatan can well he called "the
American Egypt" The ruins of 172
cities, big and little, have been dis
covered, and not "A quarter of the ter
ritory has been carefully explored
Australia is supplied with 100 species
of snakes. three-fourths of them ven
omous. The big pythOns and rock
snakes of Australia are harmless. There
are 800 species of lizards.
Iceland has decided TO introduce com.
pulsory national service. Every young
man is to give to the state six months
labor on some work of national impor-
tance, such as bridge and road making
and the building of public edifces
Belgium had a population of 1900
at the outbreak of the war, but no ac.
curate estimate of its population can
be made now. Many thousands have
been killed. thousands have starved.
thousands have been deported and thou.
sands are in exile.
Holland has become land of refu.
gees. There are POO 900 Belgian civil
ians who fled across the border since
! the outbreak of war. Besides. there are
now interned 10000 Belgian soldiers.
$4,000 German soldiers and 1900 Brit.
ish soldiers
Portugal, one of the smallest coun.
tries in the war. two years ago had no
army and no navy To-day her army
numbers 10000 men. and she possesses
fleet stronger than that of her big
neighbor, Spain.
Russia, according to the latest cen.
sus, has a population of I7S,37S.SOO
Some of the largest cities are: Petrograd
formerly St Petersburg 2.1S3,190; Mos.
cow. 1,S17,1OO; odessa, 631 03O Kiev
| 626,31s; Riga, 55s,OOO Fourteen cities
have each more than 100000 inhab.
itants.
GOT TOO MUCH NURSING.