Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-06

England, 10000. including $4,000 for
conveyance of Supplies; France, 10000,
including $4,000 for carrying supplies:
Russia, 100000. including 10000 for
carrying supplies; Italy. 10000. includ-
Ing 5000 for carrying supplies; Bel
GUM. 100000; Roumania, 100, and
Serbia. 1875.
Gardeners who had only evenings in
which to care for their vegetable
daylight allowed them. With this diff
ficulty in view. a New Orleans electrical
has put on the market a light
which readily lights a air sized garden.
This light Is mounted on a pole. and its
glow intensified by u reflector. The
set deeply in the soft soil. The plug
may be attached to a socket within the
house.
When the former car was asked to
state his wishes as to the course the
railway. which connects Petrograd and
MOSCOW, should take. he drew Il per-
fectly straight line between the two
capitals and the engineers proceeded
accordingly. although they had many
natural difficulties to overcome and the
expense would have been much less If
they had made some deviations. This
is probably the longest straight rail
way line in the world.
The Harvard graduate school of bust
ness administration in cooperation with
the department of forestry, announces
2 course in the lumber business for col
lege graduates who look forward to
undertaking some branch of numbering
I'M also to graduates who desire special
instruction in the lumber business. The
course covers two wears. and on com
pletion ~raduates receive a degree OF
master In business administration.
The average sized American walrus
is as big as an OK n often weighs
more than "A ton. \ walrus was recently
killed by some whalers near Point Bar.
row.. whose head weighed so pounds,
ana skin. including flippers, 500 pounds.
me animal had a girth of il feet. the
skin was from half an incl to three
inches IN thickness. and the blubber
weighed 500 pounds.
III was the travelling circus" Of Baron
a kichthofen. made up of 40 or more
a~irplanes. which surrounded Captain
Guynemer. the French aviator, and
succeeded in killing him. 1t has been
the method of these air soldiers to
travel in large parties and surround
aiiled machines. Cfrculing about they
prevent their escape and finally shoot
down their adversary.
"SiS o,ofc,S0u forest trees
raised at the four state nurseries in
New Zealand during the fiscal year end.
ing March 81. 1917. and 5,419,569 trees
were planted in the eight government
plantations OF the dominion covering
ESQ acres. The total area planted since
the start OF operations in 1896 is &c, 992
acres.
In the vault Of the United States land
office at Springfield, No., are 1900 UNI
were patents to government lands
a~ggregating 10000 acres. and an effort
else the titles to the land involved viii
always be imperfect. Some Of the pat
ents are dated prior to the civil war.
The stock Of gold in the United
reached its low point during the war
at the end of 1914. and it's high point at
the end of last June. From 1857. 200.
900 ON August 1. 1914, 1t declined to
!l.sl6.s00.00O on January. 1915: rose to
$4,000. 500 goo on July L. 1917. and
stood on Octooer l at $3.O35, 10000
In the urgent deficiency appropria-
ton bill. passed by congress. the appro-
prlation for the transportation Of the
army and its supplies was fixed at
original House bill the proposed appro-
priatfon was $3.50. 000. 900. The Senate
Increased 1t to $3.50 00 900 and the CON
ferees adopted a compromise.
A new project of American engineers
IL a giant canal ESQ miles long, to con-
meet the Arctic ocean and the Baltic
sea, extending from Kandalaska. on the
White sea. to Tornea. near the Swed-
fish frontier. on the Gulf of Finland.
The cost 10 estimated at $780, 0. 900.
Many young women Of England have
formed Q league Of honor, Zach prom
Using 'by tho help Of God to do an
that 10 In my power to uphold the
honor Of our empire and it's defenders
IN this time Of war by prayer, purity.
temperance and ss~le-dsniaI."
The four biggest firms in the United
states. doing q business OF nearly Sl60.-
0e0.0e6 . year. depend on nickels aad
6imes. There are four 5 and 10 cent
stores In this country that made sales
last year Of 1~s7,000.44l from nickels
and dimes.
nirminahsm u the headquarters Of
the eiase.eyo trade In England. and
thst nv feo brought IT. manufacture
az mr. p~aftlcular article to great pNr-
Ssction- Eye are ssnt TO all parts OF
che world.
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