Great Falls tribune., 1921-02-27
Easter lilies to Be grown from seed
at home instead Of requiring imported

Easter lilies to Be grown from seed
at home instead Of requiring imported
bulbs.
n The government Of India has asked
each OF the provincial governments tt
make survey of its water powers
city.
i Four small drills that cut through
rust or any other insulating matter
features a new tool to test the con.
ductIvity Of electric bonds between rail
joints
A German scientist believes that the
artificial lakes that have been built in
his country decrease the temperature
and increase the number of foggy days
Instead OF using rear bumbers an. au-
tomobile designer has incorporated
curved steel bars into the back of the
body OF car to protect IL from col
lisions.
T. Frances wine production last year
has been estimated.in excess of g.
/ 100000 hectoliters hs compared with
about 100000 hectoiters the pre-
vious year.
A new stroke counter for golf play
ers resembles watch with nine small
dials on its face, pressing the stem
causing hand on each dial in turn to
register.
The banana is raised extensively
throughout South Africa as an orna-
mental plant or to provide shade in
gardens, being cultivated commercially
only in Natal.
Resembling a huge power hack saw
and using wavy edged knife, ma
| chine has been snvented that slices
! crude rubber in bales at a speed of
1000 pounds an hour.
Potash deposits in Alsace north Of
| Mulhausen alone recently were estimat-
| ed to contain the equivalent Of from
35O,O00,0 GOO to SIC, 0,OO0, 600 tons Of pure
potash.
To enable persons to find their way
around in foreign countries disk de-
vice, which can be carried in a pocket.
carries translations of frequently used
phrases.
Locusts have become a national
menace in Argentina and that country's
cabinet has authorized the expenditure
of $S5O,OOO to combat them and other
insect pests.
Moving a single lever on a new type
writer attachment removes an enve-
lope that has been addressed and
feeds another into position to be writ
INh APoAa IL VII a NOAldlACI
A Frenchman has invented what is
claimed to be the first successful ma
chine for making raised embroidery,
cSesely resembling hand work, from
gold and silver thread.
The presence Of carbon dioxide in a
room can be detected by a new device
featured by a glass tube containing a
solid chemical that changes color on
contact with the gas.
In compiling code dictionary for
use in radio telegraphy an English
concern included about 5000 technical
words used in connection with wire |
less telegraphy and telephony.
Water drawn into one opening and
expelled from two others by a CEN
trifugal steam pump drives a lifeboat |
that has been built in Holland, steer
ing being done by closing one or the |
other outlets.
For motion picture operators there
has been invented film rewnder and |
filing case all enclosed in fireproof |
cabinet.
Swiss experimenters with wood in
the manufacture Of gas have had good !
results by mixing ten per cent of saw
dust with coal.
Operated by cars exhaust. new
' NdCuulI ucf1Ge ClCdAS al AUlOAOu1lE
top and upholstery and its owners |
clothing as well.
The Belgian government has resumed |
with the use of palm Gil
as fuel in internal combustion motors
in the Kongo.
A Los Angeles man has invented an
easily erected mast to anchor dirigible
balloons by fastening their noses into
n steel disk
interchangeable gelatine slides fea-
ture new lamp for lighting store win
dews with any color tint or combination !
Of tints desired.
The Panama canal set new high rec
ords for traffic last year, 2S14 COM
nereial vessels carrying 1926, 600
tons of cargo using the waterway.
Invented by a Georgia man, a new
lathe turns 1O0-foot masts for ships
IN less than three hours as compared
with about 16o hours of hand labor.
English experiments in the produc-
ion of sugar from beets in East Anglia
have been so successful that their
production viii be extended this year.
Scored steam or gasoline engine cyl
nders can be repaired by new process
n which their pits are filled with an
alloy that is fused electrically.
cru VIII WuSt Wal OAA ~
reating patients, protecting residents
# malarial regions, destroying germ
,earing insects and draining lowlands.
An automobile rear bumper that is
in vertical flexible loops is
'aid to be proof against tenders of
ther cars passing over or under it. |
Sweden has prohibited the sale of
my commercial preparation containing !
nore than two and quarter per cent
( alcohol unless 1t has been denatured.
A storage battery with an electro
yte in jelly form SO there is no acid I
0 spill has been perfected by an of 9
icer of the United States Marine
,orps
A deposit of uranium and radium
as been discovered in the Mexican
tate of Chihuahua and the government
as granted concession for its ex-
loitation. y
A California blind man has invented ,
n attachment by which persons so af-
icted can operate adding machines 8
nd read their totals in Braille char )
cters.
Tests made in Europe have led ex-
erts to decide that ivy benefits rather :
han Injuries stone walls on which it
rows by drawing excess moisture from :
hem
Garments that have become shiny
trough wear can be restored in APP
earance by recently patented device
nat draws mir through the fabric to