The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-04-15

tfnctien Of the bald or American eagle
the national bird OF the United States
Is issued by the American museum o,
natural history, which states that more
than one-hatf and perhaps three quar-
ters of the entire species already have
been sacrificed" Destruction of the
birds is attributed to hunters in Alaska,
who are killing them for a bounty paid
by the territorial government. Never
numerous, the ftuseum authorities SAY.
moro taan 6 800 eagles were slain in a
few months in their favorite breeding
ground, the Alaskan peninsula. After
declaring that the American eagle preys
chiefly on large rodents harmful to farm
crops, for the control OF which the
government annually eYpepds large
sums. the museum declares that tales
Of the American eagles destructiveness
to game or domestic animals are for
the greater part pure fiction The
bird. 1t says. Is migratory and therefore
no state or territory can claim the
right to destroy 1t, that right being
vested IN the FEDERAL government.
A girl In her early 2os, Or. J. l.. Cross
fey-Batt. officer OF the Order of the
British Empire, bachelor OF arts. and
doctor of science, is investigating Cana
dian trade possibilities OF a special mis-
sion for the British government. She
recently spent six months in Australia
After reporting the trade requirements
OIL SAlduH dIfu SUStEdlia SIe VIII 90 u
China to study trade conditions there.
Ireland, far from suffering English
oppression" is prospecting under pref
erentiaa treatment, paying lower taxes
than the rest OF the British empire. and
It's inhabitants are so little In sympathy
with propaganda for an independent
government that they refuse to invest
any portion of their s764, 000, 600 savings in
bonds In tho proposed republic. DR..
II -. 49,
Square Methodist Episcopal church, In
Belfast, told u New York city audience
last week.
The skeicton of a prehistoric deino-
don. calculated to be GO. 00O, eco years old.
has been Installed in Dinosaur hall at
the American museum of natural his
tory, New York, Reptiles roamcd the
earth in those days, and save for tiny
oPossum, like creatures in the trees,
there was none of the higher q,ndru-
peds or mammals. 1t has been suggest
ed that the tiny tree dwellers helped
bring about the extinction OF gigantic
reptiles by sucking the eggs deposited
In the swamps.
A correspondent says of Georges Car
pentier The Frenchman bears no marks
of Ills calling. His clean cut features
are n~nblemished by the slightest scar
for all his many battles in the ring.
4 II bUObUs brushes HIS IaE SlTIlB1ll
back from his forehead and dresses in
the height OF fashion. Altogether he
looked far more like an actor than a
fighter"
An increase OF more than 81, 900, 600, 600
10 crop production was made by states
OF the lower Mississippi valley in the
10 years from 1910, according to esti-
mates by the Southern Alluvial Land
Association. of Memphis. The develop
pnapy Ia oftrtI,, tal 4 tn 49, t.~.
and cultivation OF thousands Of acres OF
low lands, and to the fact that farmers
are getting away from a one-crop
eystern.
Organization of a new company by
the principal railroads east OF ,ae Mis-
6issipp to acquire and operate after
May I the fruit growers express cars
now being operated by Armour & Co,
is by II b. Spencer. presi-
dent OF the fruit growers express ex-
change.
An International chamber Of
will be organized ut Paris during tho
week of June q. Five countries-the
United States. Great Britain, France,
Italy and Belsium-wW have member
ship at the start, but later 1t is planned
TO take In bs,ssness organizations in the
other principal countries OF the world.
Five million dollars in bills found In
a sack in the corridor of the Simplon
express. Bucharest. have been seized
and ccnfiscated at the Temesvar sta
ton on the Rnmanian Hungarian from
tier. nj owner OF the money. ii il
asserted, was expecting to make a trip
to England and the United States
shortly.
Federal Legislation providing compuk
sorry education Of every alien in tho
United States unable to read, write or
speak English, Is advocated by the pres
tielt OF the New York city board OF
education. Characterization" he stat
ed, is not a problem to be solved BY
n agency other than that Of the
United States government"
A full and complete Investigation Of
the whereabouts of the police on the
night of the murder OF the lord mayor
of Cork ha proved that acme was off
his beat or at his home at the critical
hour, and showed 1t to be impossible
mat the crime was committed by .
police officer.
Socialism Is not only the concept Of
jewish minds. but Its foremost theoreti-
clans and executnnts are also Jews.
Where there are few Jews socialism Ia
dormant; where there are most there
Y persecution, az In Russia, and this
breeds socialism. declares Austin Har-
riaon. an English writer.
Lady Astor urges alteration OF Tia
marriage Laws enabling q woman Is
MARRY her deceased husbands brother.
y Il ls right for q man to DO allowed
70 marry his deceased wife.s sister. n
the interest Of sex equality, it is equally
TiEiit that widow should have tho
right TO marry her former hushandsn
brother, she argues.
The special commission appointed ~
the national congress to inquire into the