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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18

nONALD l.. BREED, Trade Commits.
y %sionsr, representing our Department Of
Commerce at Prague, reports that muskrats
are o%yerrunning Czecho- sloyakia and have
become a frightful plague.
Sixteen years ago a sporting nobleman of
Bohemia, the Prince of Colleredo Mansfield,
while on a shooting trip in Canada became
so interested in muskrats as fur bearing anil
mails that he took four PATS Of them back
home with him. knowing no method of
breeding them in captivity, he set them at
liberty. u .M .
To the business of propagation they pro-
ceeded to attend with extraordinary CELEBRITY.
Whereas in America the female muskrat
rarely produces more than ons litter a year,
Of about sixnofspring, An Bohemia she gives
birth to three or four filters of eight or nine
young.
Consequently, the species over there has
multiplied at an almost fabulous rate, and
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18
Growing Insect Powder

having 800 acres devoted to the plant that
Yields pyrethrun.
1t used 10 be a mystery. Nobody knew
where it came from or what it was made Of.
For centuries it was Familiarity known in
Asiatic countries before Europe was ac-
q%uainted with it. Although the secret was
carefully kept, discovery was eventually
made that the Persian powder was simply
the ground up flower heads of a plant closely
resembling our common field daisy. Its eff
cacr as a bug killer is due to i volatile oil
which suffocates insects.
In Europe the plant was first grown ex.
t~ensively in Dalmatia. where at the present
time It is cultivated on Il vast scale: Our
Department Of Agriculture, wishing to in7
troducc it into this country. imported the
seeds again and again, but they refused to
sprout-the reason. as eventually ascer.
taincd, being that they had been previously
baked by the canny Dalmatian planters.
At length, however, we secured some live
ones. Insect no"der in bulk may now be
bought for twenty cents a pound. Time
was when it cost SIG j pound.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18

THE United States Fisheries Bureau is
i catching Goldfish and releasing them with
numbered aluminium tags attached to their
tails, the object in view being to gain some
definite knowledge about their migrations and
the rate at which, they grow. When a
tagged Goldfish is caught again anywhere the
fisherman will be expected to send the tag
to Washington or to one of the bureaus
stations with a memorandum stating the
locality, etc. Then the number can be
looked up, and it will be known how far and
in what direction the; fish has meanwhile
Travelled. Also how, much it has gained in
size and weight during the interval.
The North Atlantic Ocean is after all only
a large pond. In places there are shadows
called 'banks'--as, for instance, off the
coast of Observation-Disclosures, because the
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18
Many Modern Inventions
Antedate Christianity.

Ix1IiY is the flying machine so new?
~ 1t was long overdue. Inventors had
been trying to solve the problem for thou
sands of years. but its solution had to wait
for an engine that could make 1t 60 fast.
That is really all there was to it. Glenn
Curtiss says that he could almost fly Il
cellar door if provided with a proper en-
CINE.
DR.. Herbert w. Horwill, IN English
scientist, in discussing the matter of de-
layed inventions calls attention tn the fact
that as long ago us 100 Il. C. a descrip-
ton of a simple steam engine was published
by Hero, of Alexandria. 1t was a hollow,
spherical vessel. made to turn on its axis
by escaping jets of steam.
Some kinds Of trick apparatus used in
ancient Roman temples for producing
miracles were undoubtedly operated by
stna;n. There was one such in the temple
Of Misrxva. at SAILS. by which, when fire
was kindied on the altar. concealed machin-
org was set in motion. cuusing Diana and
Bacclus to pour milk and wine while a
dragon Kissed.
Not. however. until the seventeenth cen
tury were the experiments begun, which
in 1860 eliminated in the famous inven-
ton Of Watts.
The road locomotives of Oliver Evans
in America and Trevithick in Wales were
forcruuners Of our motorcars Of today. The
automobile was even then in sight. but
nobody saw it.
And how about the taxicab? Vitruvius
describes a practical taximeter which the
ancient Romans attached to their chariots.
Why was steam navigation SO long in
coming? The pnddlcwheel Of Il
is only the familiar waterwheel used in an
other fashion, and the screw propeller is
copied from the windmill.
Though the world had to.wait until the
fifteenth century for the invention Of print
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18
How Goldfish Are Tagged

water is. not very deep, the bottom is rich
in molluscan, crustacean and other forms
of marine life. Fishes flock to these banks
to feed and there the. fishermen gather great
haryests. 81, the fishing may be overdonc.
On this account the halibut have almost
disappeared from certain banks and fears are
entertained for the maintenance. of the cod
fish supply. Hence it is that during the last
few years the Fisheries Bureau has been
y Matching Goldfish eggs by the hundreds Of
millions and planting the young fly"
How much good this has don nobody
knows. But it is manifest that in tryine
to help the preservation of any species of
fish every bit of information that can be
gained regarding its-Afe history is Of value.
Whence the usefulness Of tagging the cod
fish, So
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18
Carbonated Candy

A. NEW method Of making candy is the
~ idea of a Chicago man, Wilfred P.
Heath. The product might be called car
donated candy.
The candy mixture. in a liquid or semi
liquid state, is put into an air-tight' metal
container. Then carbonic acid gas-the
same gas that gives the fzz to soda waterv7-
is forced into. the .container, the mixture
being simultaneously violently agitated. !
TIE gas thus. injected forces the afr out
of the container and is at the same time in.
corporated with the candy mixture, render
ing the latter. light and porous and. irhparting
a flavor, described as peculiarly delicious by
those who have eaten it.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18
Chopped Dollars

A "ClIOp," in China, is a trademark.
n 1t represents incidentally a guarantee
Of value, which may be greater or less In
pronortion to the commercial standing OF
the firm whose chop it is. The silver dol
lar in that country is chopped by each firm
or money shop through whose hands 1t
passes. 4. clean, unchopped dollar is looked
upon askance. TIL chop affixed may be
merely an ink stamp. or it may be put OH
with a sharp die. defacing the coin. Thus
a silver dollar. after being in circulation
for a while. becomes unacceptable. =
properly guaranteed coin assumes n cup
shape. and not i%nfrequently with a hole
through the middle. The Chinese silver
smith exacts a percentage from the dollar1
that pass through his hands by scoopins
out some of the silver.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18
Plague of Muskrats

the muskrats are doing enormous damage,
They honeycomb the banks Of canals, raid
vegetable patches and fruit orchards, and
where maize is grown they cut down the
stalks and carry away the ears bodily.
In Czecho- Slovakia the raising Of carp and
other fishes in fresh water Enclosures is of
great Importance. Likewise the growing of
crayfsh for market. Both Of these industries
have been largely ruined by the muskrats,
which eat the fish eggs and sobb!e up the
crnyfsh.
The musk at Is native exc usively to
America. T~ransplanted to Europe, it seems
to have changed its habits altogether, becom-
ing a smarauding animal.
One might imagine that it's value as a
fur bearing animal would to some extent
Offset the damage 1t does but, sad to say, in
czccho. Slovakia its fur has become less
thick, much coarser and Of small market
worth.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18

TINE bug powder market in Japan is said
L by news dispatches to be depressed.
This should be cause Of citation to the bugs.
During the war there was an enormously
increased demand for bug powdcr-known in
tls@trade as pyrcthrum. or persian insect
powder"-grea quantities Of it being used
in. the trenches. The price " ent sky. high.
a, Japan exports the stuff by millions OF
pounds annually. But since the end of the
war the demand has fallen off and the price
as dropped to onc-fourth what TWAS.
~ Fortunately, We in this country are indie
pendent Of foreign supplies of this kind OF
lug powder. In California it is produced on
a big scale, a single farm near Stockton
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18

ing, some Of the most important elements :
Of the art were familiar long before. The
Chinese printed from wooden blocks in the
tenth century of our era, and they even
separated characters into movable types,4U
years before Gutenberg set up his press at
Mainz.
The typewriter ought surely to have come
long before it did. In 1714 a patent was
taken out in England by Henry Mill for a
machine for impressing letters singiy and
progressively, as in writing, whereby all
writings may be engrossed on paper, so ex-
act as not to be distinguished from print.
The card catalogue seems first to have
suggested itself to a French priest and
scholar. about 1870 years ago, who wrote
the titles of the books in his library on play.
ing capds and arranged them endwise in
alphabetical order. But the idea remained
dormant until taken up and utilized BY an
American librarian in the ffties Of the last
century. -
Photography seems to have narrowly
missed discovery long before the dawning
Of the art. a camera oscura was ex-
hibitcd in the sixteenth century by Battista
l'OTLA. JHcIc WIS u1uCA laIn ~ LIZ AOA
lowing century about the possibility of
making reflections permanent At the
beginning of the nineteenth century Thomas
Wedgwood succeeded In making prof1es by
the action of light upon silver; but many
years were destined to elapse before por-
traits could be produced.
Eighty years ago there was serious eco
nomic trouble in Southern Australia because
sufficient labor could not be obtained to reap
the harvests Of great areas planted with
wheat. In this emergency a miller named'
Ridley devised a machine called a strip
per- which. drawn by a pair Of horses.
pulled the heads off the straw aud threshed
them. 1t reduced the cost Of harvesting to-
oue-sevcnth and made the growing and cx-
port Of grain Il fourishing industry.
The odd thing was that Ridley derived
his idea from an article IN an old en-
encyclopedia about a reapins machine worked
by oxen on the plains Of ancient Gaul.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18
Houses Built on Water

(X7HO were the lake dwellers of switzer-
" land and what became of them? Facts
newly brought to light are most interesting.
For one thing, it. seems. to be proved that
the lake-dweller were the veritable am
cestors of the ancient Romans. II, has long
been thought that the early Romans mi
grated to Italy from somewhere in tn,
North. Now. IL appears to be definitely es-
tablished that they. came from Central
Europe, and that in their original habitat
they were a lake dwelling people, their vii
luges being built on piles over. the water:.
The stlrsts Swiss lake village to be dis
c9vcred--its remains that is to say-was
found near Zurich in 1854. That set the
psychologists to looking for others, several
of which were located. Apparently they
were, inhabited about $1,000 years ago..
Within recent years, however, similar vii
lagos have been found over wide areas all
the way from Switzerland to Hungary.
Recognizable remains of such villages have
been discovered in italian lakes. Evidently
this, was a very common method of living at
a pre- historic period in Europe. It>was a
method adopted primarily for security against
enemies, the only approach to the village
s(unless by boats) being over a narrow cause
way erected on piles. Defense was thereby
rendered easy.
The lake jewellers enjoyed . fair degree
of civilization. They knew the arts q
spinning and weaving, as,proved by the tools
they left behind. Their boats were followed
tree trunks. They had no agriculture, but
subsisted by hunting and fishing. ~.
Herodotus describes such a village which
\ be. saw with his own eyes at a much later
period in Lake Tachynos. He writes !:
Platforms stand in the middle Of the lake,
which are approached from the land BY a
single narrow bridge. Each head. Of family
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18
Shark Skin Found
Good for Shoes


DECENT tests of sharkskin uppers for
~ shoes by the United States Bureau OF
Standards We're made in a way both in
genious and practical. Pairs were MADE
to order. with~onc upper Of kid and the
other upper of shark leather. and these
were worn by employees of the bureau.
1t was found that the shark leather wore
better and longer than the kid. 1t has the
special advantage of being waterproof.
1t is officially announced that shark hides
yield leather of high quality. suitable for
many purposes and attractive for travelling
bags, brief cases. desk sets and the like.
When the value Of the livers for "cod liver
oil and the availability of the flesh as 4
meal for feeding animals are taken into
consideration. it seems obvious that there
is an important future ahead of the shark
fishery. s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18
Music Roll Pictures

front edges, Of the latter, and. inasmuch as
the lower jaws are omitted, the animals and
queer people seem to be opening and shutting
their mouths with the fall and rise Of the
keys. Just nonsense business, Of course, hut
amusing. The box, 1t should be said, 10 made
just wide enough to ft In front OF the black
keys and lie Fat on the. white ones.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18

A NOVEL attraction for player pianos is,
"A to be a pictured series Of grotesque ami
NAL. and human heads, which appear to open
their months when the keys Of the instrument
areidepressed. The heads form a,panel along
one face Of q patented box containing q
music, roll. When the boz is laid along the.
white keys the funny faces are flush with, the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18

a button, which. in connection with. q see.
ond button surrounding the 3all0on- neck
serves the purpose Of 4 valve.
The air pressure inside the balloon holds
the two buttons together. thus, with thc help
Of the twist. making the balloon perfectly
air tight. The above. mentioned slit 10
laced up, and THE result il ! sphere sui.
able for geographical study. inasmuchsas
a map Of the world 10 printed on the rhyel.
ope In colors.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18

TRAINING in craftsmanship is naturally
= regarded as a very important %feature~ OF
The work of our military Air Service, and no
little ingenuity has been exercised in de-
y~eloping methods of target practice.
Newest in this line is the Photographic
machine-gun. I.
Some of the targets used are miniature
flying machines, which look exactly like
real airplanes save that they are only four,
feet long.
1t costs money to make them, and to shoot
them to pieces with machine rifles would
never do. Accordingly, a machine gun has
been developed for the purpose which is
Just like any other such gun except that, in
place Of a magazine of cartridges, it carries
a coil of Photographic film. ra =,
This Photographic gun is fired in exactly
the came way as an ordinary machine gun.
1t is fastened TO a dummy ~fusilage, on the
ground, in which the .marksman sits, and
every shot makes a picture. When the film
is developed the accuracy of his shooting r.
shown. y @ 5&
Targets of. the kind described are upheld
; at a considerable height in the air. Usually
Z, there is a row Of them, separated by dis
tances of q few feet, and men stationed
behind butts, manipulate them in such fash
ion as to cause them to present themselves
at varying angles to the view of the, marks
men. 1n this way shooting conditions that
initiate those Of air. fighting are produced
For practice work with real machine guns,
silhouette targets are used-sheets of paste
board bearing pictures of airplanes, or
sometimes paper sheets with similar pictures
that are tackled upon boards. These arc
cheap, and when one has been shot to pieces.
1t is replaced with q fresh one.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-19
Might as We'll Admit It.
lCincinnati Ennuirer l

Inquirers into the for economic conditions will be shotn of their parochal view if they will but the official figures relating to the foreign trade of the United States. These reveal the umi- mating fact, often repeated, but without general suit, that it is world vortex in which are caught and whirled, and that local forces have but lttle concern ir the larger situation.
 In comparison with March, 1926 our foreign trade three quarters of billion less last month Where year ago he expors $S:0 COG, 900 they this but $384 900 900. The imports ago were $524,0 d.e00, and at the last accounting they were $252 COG, 900. Tle trade balance there fore has dwinded from $296 900 900 for March 1920 tG but $132,000,000 for March this year. or more than 50 per cent. If affairs Washington turn out as planned this dwindling process will continue
 It is perfectly fatuous to endeavor to make our calculations without considering this foreign factor. and while it is sound policy to follow the President adVlce hrst to make sure of the home market, the hard fact may well be faced that no subs iaI improvement is to be expected until there comes d settlement across the In large measure there is little that the United States can do 10 bring the veXed and disturbed European peoples their senses There vii! be no permanency until the question of war separations is finally answered oy Germany to 1 he satisfaction os France
 These things not merely theeoratical specula tons They existent conditions, and the busine ss people of the United States should make up their minds to admit their dsagreeable presence We must aiso' cut our garments according to our cloth.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-19
MELVILLE E. STONE RETIRES

Melville F. Stone, for three decades General Man ager Of the Associated Press has retired from tb active headship of the wonderful newsgatberipp organization in the world He has been made Conn seIior of the Associated Press which is virtuar, am emeritus position earned by his many years il; arduous ana enlcient services in building the organi zation to its present envable state
 The Associated Press is the acme of bigbo - paper development. It has done more than any tbe, agency to give the American people the authentt news of the world without color or favor Trained newspaper men. instructed to present the news n, importance as it develops. all sections of inc world for the Associated Press of which more than l.20o- AHercsn daily newspapers are members Tho fact that 1t of all political parties and
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-19
Canada's Experience.
Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monor)
 Canada is not in altogether happy position in her experience thus far of government ownership of railways The first years operation showed a deficit or $4S,oOOOO0 the second deficit of $70 0GO 900 The opposition in the House of Commons at Ottawa can hardly be blamed when it insists that if Parlia- heht Is to be saddled with such liabilities should nave the right to know how the money is being spent ana whether the management is efficient and econ omcal The Prime Minister has seen the justice of thls demand, and it has been decided to set up committee to decide what information can be sup- piled to Parliament and to inquire what mprov emens can be made in the general scheme of management Mahy people outside Canada will be interested to see now this experiment in standardization progresses ana It IS to be hoped that those who either urge or oppose public ownership of the the transport VIII oDtalh useful data from Canada's experience
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-19

indpendent journals papers of all degrees of con- servatsm and progressvism and to the satisfaction ot all who accept the best standards and conceptions of the profession is best evidence of it's tireless fairness patriotism efficiency. This great achieve ment has been due to the conscientious and high minded work of Mr Stone more than to any else.
 Mr Stone had high place in American journal ism before he undertook the huge task of managing the Associated Press He for years associate with Victor F. Lawson in the publication of the Chicago News and Chicago Record. He was tine editor of the firm, MT Lawson being the business man. Had the association continued MT Stone would have been millionaire probably several times over, and his associate desired that it continue He quit
 the Chicago publication field for the greater oppor- tunity it gave him serve the public as a' news paperman. There few real newspapermen who will not agree that he chose wisely, notwithstanding that he quits active without riches them in these days
 MT Stone has been succeeded as General Man ager of the Associated Press by Frederick Roy Martin who has been Assistant General Manager for several years. Mr. Martin has already been tried takes with him his greater responsibilities the confidence of the membership of the great or of which he is the head
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-19

Throughout Great Britain, her colonies and posses sions, decennal is being taken this year. The enumeration has been completed in British India population ascerained to be slightly in excess 1000, compared with 5,100, 900 in 1911. The total for the Empire, it is declared, will reach 450 GOO, 900 if include the acquisitions from Ger many in South Africa exceeding by many millions the population any other country in the world.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-19
Highway Work and Federal Aid.
(pacifin puiIdar and Ero;raa,

(Pacfc Builder and Engineer.)
 Since the start of Federal aid years ago in the building or highways, the Bureau of Public Roads had completed March l, 1921 Federal aid projects to me amount of $155320799 There is aavilable for "ork during the present year contracts, $1l1- 1z9'Zol of Federal aid funds. notwithstanding the ialufe or Congress to the Federal highway bill al the last session. On March l, 4976 miles of Fed eral aid roads had been completed with 17O55 addi- l-onal miles in process of construction.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-19

As matter of principle practical results the Federal Government and the nonresident people of Alaska have absolutely monetery interest in Alaska worthy of recognition except such have been or may be acquired by investment in Alaska through the benefits that from the development of the Territory that may from further development
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-19

been married for about two weeks.
 The oldfashioned girl who used to be the Pink of Propriety now has a daughter who is Red Hot Sport.
 A man can brag so much about his Family Tree that other men will get the impression that he is Block head
 The reason you never see the old fashioned motto What Is Home Without a Mother?" any more is be- cause so many families consist of a Husband, a Wife and a Poodle.
 What doth it profit a man to get a Daughter off his hands when he has to keep a Son-in-law on his feet?
 No one ever speaks of Petticoat Government any more It is now either Pettibocker Government or Teddy Bear Government.
 Every small community has a man who is willing to back his two-dollar watch against the town clock any old time
 No matter how high a man rises in this world he never gets above sus- picion.
 A lot of towns are putting women on the Police Force. If this keeps up, smart crook will have to carry a pocketful of mice around with him.
 Of course it is none of our business. But big stickpin with a stained glass setting doesn't make a dirty tie look any cleaner