The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-11-04
BRIEF MENTION

The first gold to arrive In Canada
since the signing OF the Armfstice has
! been received from New York. For
NAL announcement was made by b
New York Trust Company that 1t had
shipped $500, 900 In gold to the Can
adian Bank of Commerce.
A red cap at the Grand Central
terminal in New York City was body
| servant to Lord Kitchener for a doz-
en- years and was the head interpreter
| Of the Roosevelt big game expedition
| to Africa. He Is familiar with IL
!! languages and Eve African dialects.
All property in Fiji is owned in
| common. No man there labors as an
| individual but the work is done in
| common and the result divided equal
ly among all. If a mans home is
destroyed he reports to his chief that
he needs a new one, and a certain
! number of men are assigned to build
it.
A small, uninhabited island on the
| South American coast has been pur-
| chased from Ecuador by a dozen
| students Of Loughborough College,
England. They raised $4,000 and
| purchased a cotton boat and their
island, on which they hope to make a
good living growing fruit and raising
cattle.
Coal is plentiful In Skowhegan.
Maine. This town established a mu-
nicipal fuel yard several years ago,
and at the end of each season a sur
plus of from 500 to 1000 tons OF coal
| is purchased, to guard against strikes
or other emergencies. Consequently,
| there is plenty of coal to supply the
needs of every householder.
The old-time cowboy used the
handkerchief which encircled his
| neck, but not as an ornament. As
| the cowboy rode behind a bunch Of
| moving cattle, the still knotted hand
kerchief's broadcast part was drawn
up over the wearer's mouth and nose
excluding the suffocating dust and
making breathing possible.
The inhabitants of the island Of
| Marker in the Zuider Zee wea the
q~uaintest of Dutch costumes. Girls
and boys up to the age of seven years
| are all dressed exactly alike, in girls
attire. Not till the boys reach the
| age of 10 do they blossom forth into
| full masculine clothing. The change
is gradual.
Sir Auckland Geddes. British am
bassador to the United States, speak
ing at a dinner in New York recent
ly, stated, America coming into the
war as she did when she did. played
a great role, a great part in ending
| the war. The nan OF woman who
says otherwise is one of three things,
ignorant, malicious OF just a fool"
During the fiscal year ended June
80, 1922, exports from this country
| totaled in value $3,770,000,0 900, as
| against the $6,516, 000,0 900 value OF
exports in the previous fiscal year.
During the same period imports to-
tailed in value $2,6O8 100000 as
against the $3,654,000,000 value OF
imports in the previous fiscal year.
Buffaloes at the Canadian federal
game park at Wainwright, Alberta
have increased In such numbers that
government officials state the vast
tract of land set aside for them Is in
sufficient to accommodate them A
number of the older animals are tC
be slaughtered, the to bt
made into pemmican. The govern
ment will retain the hides.
Two hundred and sixty thousand
farm families either made their frs
home garden or changed their previ
GUS ways of gardening in 1921, as
result of demonstrations of improved
methods by agricultural extension
agents, according to reports received
by the United States Department o.
Agriculture.
A road, a quarter of a mile long
laid down in the shape of a race
track al %Pittsburg, California, is con
structed of IS sections, each section
Of a different type OF concrete pave
ment. Forty motor trucks trave
continuously over its surface. The
problem is to find out which type
will last the longest. 1t is hoped
that the information obtained will
more than Offset the cost of the ex'
4 pertinent.
Lenin Is reported to have said
"Our Comm unists are often mighty
fine theorists, but they are no good
as far as practical labor is concerned
Our worst enemy nowadays is the
Communist-orator, who is put in high
positions. We must do away with
agitators and propagandists, who
know how to break down, but who
are unable to put something else ir
the place. These people are a hind
rance to the proletariat."
Seventy-five years ago, a New
Hampshire man, Horace Greeley
gave the advice, go West. young
man." To-day, New Hampshire II
saying to young westerners, Come
East, young man." A board of pub
licity. serving without pay, is en-
~deavoring to place before young west
ern farmers, of American type, the
advantages of New Hampshire. This
attempt to YER the course OF
American emigration Is almost revo-