The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-09-20

ever availed himself Of the privilege,
however. The doner died in 1886.
Locust trees are within the Enclosure
and it is surrounded by high, octa-
gonal stone wall. The place is known
locally as the Presidents Acre."
France is developing cotton pro-
duction under her own flag. Several
new plantations have been opened
this year in Algiers and a net profit
of $500 francs hectare is report
ed from this crop. In the French
Sudan, cotton equal to the best
Egyptian has already been raised.
A special waterproof deck of
cards is used by bathers in the
North and Baltic seaside resorts,
who play on floating tables while in
the water. So obsessed with the gam
bling fever are they that they play
roulette, baccarat, seven-up and
other games of chance at all times,
with the bets running into millions
Of marks.
Calvin Coolidge, Jr., son of the
President, is picking tobacco for the
firm of Dickerman in Hatfield,
Massachusetts, for SO day. He rides
bicycle to and from work Surely
this indicates true democracy.
A race of Lilliputians, scarcely
four and half feet tall, live on
the Albanian Islands in the Bay of
Bengal. In fishing they do not use
hook and line but shoot the fish, the
bowman balancing on the prov of
his canoe and then following the
arrow after the fish is struck. The
canoes are hewn with stone tools
from single logs and are very thin.
IF you had to pay the farm
wife salary based on her actual
worth, she could command at least
$4,000 year, as seamstress, laund-
ress, cook, nurse, assistant hired
man, general manager and several
other tasks" declares Professor
Ruby Green Smith of Cornell:
The late President Harding's tomb
will be guarded by a detachment
of regular army troops for six
months, as required by law, and
perhaps longer. Regular troops were
on duty about the tomb of President
Mckinley for nearly two years to
prevent souvenir hunters and other
vandals from disturbing the sleep
If the dead.
The faithful in Turkey are now
permitted to wear gold teeth, ac-
cording to a decree published by
the Angora Minister of Religious
Affairs. The law of Mohammed for
bids the carrying of any luxurious
ornament except a silver ring, the
value of which must not exceed
that of winding sheet. At the time
of Mohammed the prices of these
two articles were practically identi-
cal.
Each year Americans drink a.
OOO,O00,000 bottles of soft drinks,
exclusive of such beverages as
near-beers made of cereals.
A competition among dye-makers
is to be held in an effort to produce
khaki cloth that will not fade. The
dyes will be applied to khaki cloth
the cloth made into uniforms, and
the uniforms worn two months in
the tropics The dye that best holds
its olive drab will be used exclusive
ly by the army in the future.
The largest artificial lake in Eu-
rope is located on the island of Ear
DINA. A hydro-electric development
has recently been completed on the
Tirso River, near Oristano, in which
420 100000 cubic meters of water
have been impounded; and this is
but the first of a series of seven
artificial reservoirs included in this
project. The water will be used for
irrigation an dpower and will give
permanent employment to more
than 100000 people.