Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-13

DTOhacf treasure Tor enterprlSlnS bOy1
could he fashioned.
The doctrine of the "unWritten laws
applied to confiscated coal did not i'm.
press the federal grand jury at CleVe>
land and that body handed down q
batch of indictments against the Of
ficia4s of the town of Willoughby. Ohio
who swiped carloads Of coal without
permission OF the company. Town
Prosecutor Won Beselar. one of the in.
dlctca men. is said to have advised talk.
ing the coal. saying the law of hu.
mainly is greater than that of the gov.
erHment."
In the Danish sailing fleet are nc
lever thar l6 vessels. each more than
100 Years did. The Oldest is the Con
stance. registered at Nalskov. II built
at Aerce in 1928. This vessel has seer
10 generations of Danish kings and vas
already 100 years old when the first
teanier was built. The average size
of Danish sailing vessels is Ala regist.
cred tons. In March, 1916, there were
iohr of more than 1000 tons, but pur.
chases abroad lave now increased that
umbe to %.
Nov that new locomotives cannot
DC obtained within any reasonable
tiIhe.' writes the Railway Review. in
discussing the country's need for addi-
uonai transportation. lit is the part of
"isdem to make the most of those
whose serviceability can be increased
~. :" or 30 per cent. Money spent i'm
.his WAY begins to earn money and to
smooth out the situation quickly"
brazil. which moves annually the
greatest coffee crop in the world. has
developed an important industry in the
weaving of jute bagging. The entire
coffee eHnOr of Tlrn0t1 nvl ,>ov, AlA
products leave the country in bags of
domestic manufacture. Brazile imports
Domestic manufacture. Brazil imports
It's )ute from the Games region of Brit
ish India through Calcutta or Scotch
markets.
Captain Luis Llanso, Of Spain, ar
rived in San Francisco recently with
ms wife and nine children. The chill
dren were born in seven different coun-
tries: Montserrat, in Spain; Estela, in
Portugal: joaquin. in United States:
Luis. in China: Francisco. in ,Japan:
Josefa and Mar in Manila. and Nuria
and Jaime, twins, on the Pacific.
Secret service agents already have a
score of nearly 500, 0OO, 900 of mer-
chandise and food tagged in the ware
houses of three cities. New York city's
total foots up $4,000, 000. Buffalo S1O,-
oUp,o0o in sugar alone and Boston
$4,000 600. The record of only 80 days
warehouse sleuthing is regarded as "a
mere starter.
lhe total value of the mineral pro
duction of the country IN 1916 was more
n S3,410,000 900, Increasing s1,O76.-
100000. or 45 per cen over the $685.
100000 recorded for 1915. and exceeding
the former record ear I913) by more
ina $1,000. oO0, 900, according to the
geological survey. department of the
interior.
The United States government is re-
ported as having placed additional Or
ders for $500 narrow gauge cars for the
use of the forces overseas as follows:
American Car and Foundry company.
1900; Pressed Steel Car
1000: Standard Steel Car company,
1000. and Ralston Steel Car
600:
The longest novel in the world be-
longs to Japan. Its author is Kiong TIE
Bakin. 1t was commenced in 1852 and
published volume by volume. as it
came out. over a period of SO years.
There are LOG volumes. LOG, 900 pages,
3.1s0.OOO lines and about SO, 900, 900
words. A complete copy weighs 1870
pounds.
The first telescope has been attribut-
Gu " tdlAOUS SCISIlllStS 0Ilu inventors OI
the carly part OF the Seventeenth GEN.
tsry. including Calico. Jansen, Jacob
Adrfanz and Zacarias Tausz, but docu-
mentary evidence points to a Dutch
spectacle maker. Hans L~ippershey. as
h man who discovered the germ Of the
idea.
enc practical means of safeguarding
soldiers interests Mt home is taking
shape at Washington in an organize
ton of lawyers pledged to render
gratuitous legal service tor members Of
the army and navy. The plan contem-
plates the appointment of branch COM
mlttees In every community.
Experiments are being made to de-
termtne the value of pulYerized coal for
fuel on the railroad of Brazil. An
American pulveriziMg plant has been
built, and with American coal. the tests
We're successful. Brazilian coal will be
tested In the near future.
Columbia university. New York city.
now maintains an extension school, at
eos Broadway. in the heart OF the bust
ness district. where courses are given
in railway traffic II rates. There IL
nlsO a course on theory and practice OF
ocean transportation.
The mangrOve OF the south from
Florida to the mouth OF the Mississippi
is q curious plant not closely related to
any other genus. but somewhat an.
preaching the myrtle family and is a
plant Of unusual interest.
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When they ran out at yarn several
North Dakota women did not stop knit
ting. but sheared the wool from their
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