The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-08-23
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| for the exact amount loaned and
the other for sometimes twice the
amount. The interest charged is
usually one anna on rupee month
or about six and one-half per cent
month. If the amount borrowed
is paid back by the borrower both
of the receipts taken are returned
to him, but if he cannot pay and
the money lender has to go to
court to foreclose, he produces the
receipt for the larger amount and
collects on that basis.
The taking of sculpture has reach
ed such proportions in France that
movement is on foot to forbid the
departure of any art work from
that country unless the sale is ap-
proved by the Ministry of Fine Arts
and group of connoisseurs.
One Of the worst insect pests that
ever got into this country is the
Japanese beetle. 1t feeds on grass,
and on the leaves Of fruit trees,
vines, and cornstalks and is spread
ing very rapidly. In certain sections
the beetles have grown so dense that
during fruit time the orchards have
the appearance of being overwhelm-
ed with bee swarms. They are a
brilliant irridescent bronze green in
color. They came in with some i'm
ported japanese iris.
In America there are 100000
unable to speak the English Ian
guage. There are 100000 more
who cannot read it.
Factory-made grass may now be
bought by the yard, and laid down
in full velvety growth on golf
courses or lawns. A British inventor
has perfected a method of sowing
grass seed on special fabric in a
factory" where the temperature
is always that of spring and sum-
mer. These green carpets are laid
down on flattened surfaces, the
fabric rots away and the roots be-
come Incorporated with the soil.
Under the socialistic dwelling
law in Berlin, renters have their
apartments virtually free except for
certain taxes to the city. The in
come to the house owner averages
not more than 81 year. The land
lord considers himself lucky if the
tenants obey the law and make re-
pairs at their own expense.
Artificial wood possessing all the
qualities of genuine timber and as
hard as oak has been made by
scientist Of Norway. He uses a
mixture of so per cent sawdust
with chalk and chemicals and sub
jects the ingredients to very heavy
pressure. The product is impervious
to decay and only burns at a tenn
perature much higher than that at
which real timber ignites.
Fifty-three million dollars was
lost in 1922 through alienation
of checks.
A 50-foot thermometer at Atlantic
City can be read a mile away.
Lights on the board indicate the
temperature.
Five hundred times more mar
cotics, in the form of opium and its
derivitives, are produced than are
legitimately needed. The average
age of the $4,000 known addicts in
New York State is 23 years.
A large, seated statue of Minerva,
carved from colored alabaster, has
been discovered in Rome on the site
of Emporium. This point was a
landing place on the Tiber for
marble shipments in the days of
olden Rome. 1t was found while
excavating for a new building. A
workman near Ognia, Italy, found
two ancient bronze vases contain
ing 800 gold coins dating back to
800 B. C.
Alaska has an area of about $780,
600 square miles, much larger than
Texas, the largest state. 1t has
population of about $4,000, much
less than three-quarters of that of
Nevada, the least populated state.
-Four hundred girls of the Nippon
Female Commercial College are be-
ing given rifle instruction by the
First Regiment of Infantry at To-
kyo, Japan.
New carpets and rugs in Smyrna
are given an appearance of age by
the bleaching process which follows
washing and scrubbing. They are
hung in the sunlight on the roofs
of factories and homes of the
workers.
Only one per cent of $4,000
of liquor seized during the
last year was genuine, according
to a report Of the prohibition COM
missioner at Washington. He said
that adulteration of bootleg liquor
was leading to serious physical con-
sequences. Drinking of moonshine
may not cause death directly, but
It's toxins are cumulative and result
IN death if INDUCED in for a pro-
,racted period.
If the site and buildings Of the
I'D Hudson Bay post at Fort Lang