The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-06-24
BRIEF MENTION

French tramc experts VIII Try 10
solve congestion difficulties in Paris
by reserving alternate streets for
one-way traffic. .
Chanuncey M. Depew, aged SS,
states he never played golf. never
rode horseback. v played tennis,
never went hunting and never even
saw a baseball game.
The Philippine Islands were dry
April 20, 1922, for the first time In
history, under a law passed by the
last legislature prohibiting the sale
of spirituous liquors on registration
and election days.
Thomas r. Marshall would dis
franchise all who cannot speak. read
or write the English language. He
said, I'm for the melting pot. but
IL there are any Jumps in the pot that
won't melt let's get rid Of them"
Piping made Of paper by an i'm
proved process is the invention of a
Frenchman. This piping Is made by
winding paper in a very tight ann
together with the use Of an adhesive
compound. 1t is almost unbreakable
and very light.
King Faud, the new ruler of
Egypt, suffers from a throat malady
which causes him to emit a cry like
that of a wild beast. Before he can
speak of breathe with comfort he
emits an unearthly sound which en-
harnesses him and his hearers.
Ninety per CEN of 1853 farmers,
who replied to a QUESTIONABLE in the
eastern States, consider time saved
to be the greatest advantage received
from the use Of motor trucks. Near
ly one-fourth of these farmers are
now selling 1t better markets than
before they had motor trucks.
Reports from Geneva state that 40
men and one woman were killed dur
ing the Winter sports season. This
does not include 20 persons, the
members of a Hungarian wedding
party, who were killed trying to cross
the River Tisza when the ice gave
way. drowning all.
A lev type of airplane wing made
1t possible recently for a Handley-
Page machine to ascend and descend
almost vertically in England. The
new wing is slotted and operates like
a birds wing when 1t opens and
cIoaoo tho main foofharc FOR vIour
landing.
OF the $4,000 criminals examined
by the superintendent of New York
States reformatories, only tour were
college graduates. Seven per CEN in
a group Of 1000 prisoners had high
school education, rs per cent had
finished grammar school, and "a per
cen had attended only primary
grades.
The art of pottery and basket-mak-
ing is being taught various Indian
peoples of Mexico by mean of the
motion picture. Many tribes know
the art is an extremely crude man
ner, and the government wishes to
teach them more modern methods.
The pictures are supplemented with
lectures because of the large number
of illiterates.
The waters of the river Jordan in
Palestine are to be developed into
power to turn the wheels of new in
dutry. The British government has
granted a concession for the utiliza-
ton Of the river for 10 years. The
energy obtained will be used for
house and street lighting, pumping,
water supply, railways and many 9TH
err purposes.
A temperature of more than 5O,-
900 degrees-2O, 600 degrees higher
than that of the hottest stars-was
obtained in a recent experiment at
the University of Chicago by dis
charging a large quantity of electri-
city from a condenser through a very
fine wire. The metal tungsten was
actually changed to helium by means
of this enormous heat.
To force tax dodgers out into the
open, the Nebraska State Farm Bur-
eau Federation has made arrange
ments for representatives in each
county in the State to make a copy
of the personal tax returns made by
every taxpayer and to post these
lists in conspicuous places in each
district. This plan is approved by
the State tax commissioner.
A forest ranger in Northern Mimi
esota, seeking authentic Information
ton Of the approximate number of
fires that will kindle from cigarets,
walked n mile throwing lighted
cigarets along the rail, Twenty Gig
arets were used In this manner and
upon his return he found that 10 of
them had started small fires. This
experiment was tried In the dry peat
country. When peat is dry 1t kindles
very easily.