The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-02-04

of Poland. Prison terms of 20 years
are imposed upon individuals In
volved in preparation OF such at
tempts and the law provides that the
sentences automatically follow on the
courts decision as to guilt.
An old apple tree. the Oldest on the
Pacific Coast. is located in Vancouver.
Washington. When but a Seeding
1t was brought to the mouth of the
Columbia river by employees of the
old Hudson's Bay Company, 100
years ago next March. This patriar-
J chal tree is stfll bearing delicious
fruit.
An ~airplane, flying low over woods
deputy sheriff of that State to locate
Illicit stills. When moonshine opera
tors are spotted, the sheriff returns
to the city and prepares to raid the
stills. In one day he has found three
stills. destroying 1000 gallons OF
mash and arrested three men.
The high prices asked for coal by
American operators and dealers, to-
gether with the high freight rates,
has resulted in British soft coal be-
ing bough in large quantities for gen.
eral consumption in New York and
Boston and the West Indies. The
markets of the West Indies have been
In the hands OF American exporters
for 40 years.
A steeplejack in Chicago was ma
rooned atop a 150-foot chimney in a
cold wind for three hours recently.
While putting the finishing touches
on the chimney the hsisting rope
broke and left him without any
means to descend. Life guns finally
shot him a hosting rope which he
grasped. He was almost frozen when
he descended.
A community concrib. large enough
to hold all the corn that can be Of
fered, will be erected In Neigh, Ne
braska, II the plans of business men
Of that city carry. This crib will be
made available for the use of any
corn grower who desires to use 1t,
and the grower will be paid in cash
the market price of his product on
the day of delivery.
Two ships, the Minneapolis and the
Marblehead. which helped to make
naval history for America during the
Spanish-American. War. were recent
ly sold for junk in Oakland, Califor-
MIA, and are now being dismantled
at a shipyard there. During the war
the Marblehead, in company with an
other cruiser, entered the harbor OF
Cienfuegos, Cuba, and cut a cable
while under fire Of the Spanish guns.
Brigadier General the Honorable
C. G. Bruce will lead the new expedi.
ton to the summit OF Mount Everest
early this year. according to reports.
The present expedition has now ac-
complished fits purpose and ascer-
tanned that the climb Is possible of
achievement. The Royal Geographi-
cal Society must now find six men. in
addition to the chief, who can stand
the billiards and cold which they
will encounter during the later stages
of the trip.
A new method of blasting Goa by
water instead of powder will diminish
greatly the frequency OF mining dis
ssters, IL is believed. The apparatus
consists of a long nozzle that fits ex-
actly into the hole bored by the min
ers for the powder charge. A few
quarts of water injected into the hole
drives put the gas in the coal and
another charge of water cracks and
breaks the coal, making IL soft
enough to bring down with a pick.
II is said the new method is a sue
cess in England and certain parts of
America.
The sea otter, once almost extinct.
is again inhabiting the sea-kelp beds
on the Alentian Islands. These ami
mails, driven from the Aleutians a
generation ago, took refuge on un-
charted reefs south of the Command
er group and increased, and are now
making their way back to the old
grounds on the West Alaskan Coast,
where there is abundant food and
shelter. Like the fur seal. the pelt
shimmers like ebony, showing silver
when blown open. They measure six
feet. in length, have a beaver-like
face. cats teeth and webbed feet.
Wireless telephone news service is
to be distributed from the Eiffel Tow
err in Paris, according to the Chief of
the French Military Wireless Service.
The news will consist of important
political and financial events in
France and throughout the world,
the government wireless picking up
the foreign news. Banks and news
papers with receiving stations are to
receive this official news service free.
London-Paris wireless service will
probably be installed soon, so that
any subscriber in Paris can talk with
a person in London by way of the