The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-10-19

that their use will be general if the
war continues another year.
One Of the many tricks to evade the
dry laws of Oklahoma and get whis-
key into the state is by means Of CO.
~coanuts fro mwhich the milk has been
removed. Each cocoanut held scarce
ly a pint but the smuggler usually got
about $3.50 apiece for them inside the
border.
The international Institute Of Ayr
culture at Rome, Italy, reports the
following grain estimate for 1917 to
the U. S. Department Of a~gricultur-:
Wheat in Ireland 4,347, 600 busae.s
tower $50 per cent Of the 1916 crop
and 237 per cent Of the average Tor
19l1-19l5l; The total wheat cI09 Of
Spain, France, Ireland, United States,
india and Japan l,366, 000 900 bushels
tower 100 per cent Of tie 1916 cc5p
and So per cent of the average Tor
19l1-l915); the rye crops of Spain,
Ireland and the United States $4,000
600 bushels (l10 per cent of the 1916
crop and 125 per cent Of the average
for ~19ll-19i5); the barley crop Of
these three countries 266. 0OO, UG0 BUSH
els tl04 per cent of the 1916 crop and
103 per cent of the five year averaged;
oats for the same three countries,
! 1,574,0O 900 bushels (ll6 per cent Of
the 1916 crop and lis per cent of the
five year a%verage).
In an article published in the engi-
neering news Record, 7. K. Thompson,
a New York consulting engineer, aivo-
Gates the construction Of a huge dam
in the gorge about four miles below
Niagara Falls. Such q dam. he saws
would develop 100000 horsepower
that now goes to waste. Speaking Of
its construction as a foregone conclu-
sion, he says: THE masonry structure
will be about 1900 feet long and $50
feet high, and will raise the down
stream level Of the river about 100 feet
The power house would extend down
stream from the dam on both the Can
adian and American sides, considerable
distance being required to accommo-
date the many turbines necessary
The War Banner, the first Of a
fleet Of 100 vessels to be built in this
country Tor Great Britain to replace
the losses which that nation has sus-
tanned as q result o' TIE submarine
warfare, was launched d f.. days ago
at the Chicago ship building yards.
The vessel cost approximately $780,
900.
A motion to have the state lcgisla-
ture legalize the administration OF an
easy death to those suffering from
hopelessly incurable diseases was pas.
sed by the American Association Of
Progressive Medicine, in convention in
Chicago a few days ago.
When Investigators looked into the
case of William Murphy, a Chicago
newsboy who had pleaded to be ex-
empted from war service becaue of
dependent parents, It was found that
be owned property and money to the
value Of 100000 The exemption
board refused 70 release ham.
= packet of letters ten by pt
llis Of Che Pa. =, prutaly luble loo
For glri. ana etteh eAAressca 70 a.
school girl, was received the
other day by Secretary Of State Ian
sing, who turned a number of thcn
over to school authorities to read ,n
of girls who are study
French. Each letter will be answered
m English and the replies sent 10
Paris through the French embassa-
dor.
Reports to the department Of agr,-
from the International Insti-
.ute at Rome state that, over 1885,
l89, 600 bushels Of wheat were harves-
ted in the principal countries Of the
world this year. This is over three per
sent greater than the yield Of 1916.
The worlds barley crop is AGA, 289 900
bushels and the rye crop S0,950, 900
bushels, an increase of two per cent
and ten per cent respectively over the
production the year before. The oats
crop is reported to be 1895, 5O4 900
bushels and the corn crop 1928, 900 900
being heavy increases over the
year 1916.