The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-08-05

Uuited states alone.
A New York specialist on mental
and moral disease, declares that
smoking for a m is a sign OF
degeneration. 1t Is a brand OF moral
instability"
Albert d. Lasker. head Of the Uni
ted States Shipping Board. was born
in Germany and is a member OF the
American Jewish Committee. the rul-
ing body in American Jewry.
Fires in the peat boys of Mime
sofa continue the year around.
Buried under the snow In Winter, the
fires shoulder, and In Spring their
presence is made known blythe smoke
which sits through crevices in the
baked soil.
There are four mutual savings and
loan associations engaged in coop
erative banking in Spokane, with H.
600 depositors, and s6.000,000 in
savings accounts. The dividend dis
bursements of July 1, were $4,000
or FIVE per cent annually.
A prize of $4,000 has been offered
by the city Of Trujillo, Peru, for the
best small model for a monument to
Liberty, so feet high, to be erected in
the principal square as a memorial
signalling the centenary Of the dec
laration of Peruvian independence.
For the first time In the history of
the Vatican. the papal housekeeper
is a The present Pope
brought his mothers old maid to the
ancient buildings. The Cardinals
protested. II shall set a precedent
for my successors" said Plus XII.
Approximately 5000 Seattle resi-
dents have subscribed 100000 in
bonds to finance the erection of a
new hotel there, sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce as a commun-
ity enterprise. 1t was announced. The
sum was raised in five days.
Sands dunes are forming over a
large area north of Winnemucca, Ne
vada. and the vast fields of dunes Is
slowly travelling eastward. In GER
tain spots the telegraph poles have
been buried so deep that they have
had to be spliced to keep the wires
above the sand.
Two or three hundred farms con-
tanning 20 acres each are to be laid
out in eastern North Carolina as
Farm City. These farms are to be
sold to men and women of means,
who are weary of schoolroom and Of
flee and eager for an independence
farm home.
A new rotary spray pump weigh
ing but SO pounds Is expected to rev-
olutionize orchard spraying. 1t is
declared that the machine, running
Fat normal speed, can deliver from
800 to 500 pounds pressure and will
distribute from 20 to 35 gallons of
material a minute.
The American Bible Society, Astor
Place and Fourth avenue, New York
City, now publishes the Bible in more
than 700 different languages and dia-
lects. Where savages have no writ
ten language the missionaries hit on
the scheme Of "phoneticizing" the
spoken language and then translat-
ing the Bible into this phonetic Ian
guage.
A new machine for reducing oil
from shale rock is at work near Den
yer. The invention is a series of re-
volving ~retorts, heated by oil burn
ers. The shale rock is dumped in
the hopper and m out at the
rear of the machine as black dust
made up of hydrocarbons of high
commercial value. According to the
president of the Colorado School of
Mines, the invention will revolution
ize the oil industry.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers are investing $500. 000,-
900 in West Virginia and Kentucky
coal mines which have a capacity ex
ceeding 5000 tons a day. The Coal
River Galleries is the new company
and its is owned by hundreds OF To-
connective engineers throughout the
country. They plan to retail the coal
to railway men and other workers in
the large cities throughout the Uni
ted States. Miners will be paid ade-
quate wages.
Blast-furnace Stag as a material
for concrete road construction Is to
be tested by the Bureau of Public
Roads. At various parts Of the coun-
try great quantities of Stag are to be
found at blast furnaces and tests
will be made for resistance to wear,
water absorption, strength and gen.
eral utility. Test roads built with
Stag as the parse material will be
built in various parts of the country
and reports will furnish information
which car be fully relied upon.