The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-06-28
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fi,yident Oregon issued two
presidential proclamations recently
which decreed q ten-year absolute
J closed season for the rapidly disap-
pearirk mountain sheep and prong
horned antelope of the Republic Of
Mexicj.
Aristotle, the great Greek philos-
ophess, who lived more than 1000
yeaH ago, said in his "Rhetorica"
(11-12) the following about the
youg people of his time: "Their
fault are nearly all errors of exag-
gerasion. They overdo in cases Of
love and in all other things. They
Imagine that they know everything
and 4ubbornly stand on their point.
They he to crack jokes for joking
h The -6ad-manneredness Of the well
mai nered."
Sherwood Forest, the haunt of
Kofin Hood, is to be destroyed to
supply coal. 1t is estimated 10000
oog tons year can be mined in the
historical region of Nottingham
Co,hty. Edwinstow Hall, the ancient
mistion, is to be turned into an ed
Testional center for the miners. The
historic forest is owned by lords
who are poor and harassed by the
income tax.
There is q lake Of EPSON salts near
Basque, British Columbia. Tie lake
lies on a plateau and Il not affected
by spring freshets or melting snow.
The impregnated water bubbles up
from dozen springs and apparently
the lake is inexhaustible. The pro-
duct is taken out in four-inch sheets
which are dried and spulverized.
What apparently are ancient stone
.ars, probably used hundreds OF
RS ago by Indians who inhabited
fornia near Santa Monica, have
found. The gears were abont
feet apart and were uncovered
cen feet below the surface. One
As four inches in dametetr and
mad several teeth neatly cut and
smoothed and it is believed that the
wheels were part of a machine in
vented by the Indians for grinding
corn.
The Supreme Court was told dur
ing argument recently that the
vaudeville business was controlled
so completely by the B. F. Keith
Vaudeville Exchange. the Orpheum
Circuit Incorporated and similar
agencies that an actor, author or
producer could not succeed unless
he subscribed to their direction.
Depredations Of beaver in the
Adirondacks region of New York
have made necessary a law provid-
ing that the Conservation Commits
sion be authorized to regulate the
taking of beaver, in traps only, be-
tween March ! and March 81. At
one time the beaver was extinct in
New York. A few were obtained
and since then these forest rodents
have multiplied SO rapidly and have
cut down so many trees and flooded
SO much territory that they have
rendered valueless many large tracts
of forest and farm land.
A remarkable fossil Of the ginkgo
leaf, the estimated age of which is
1,000,000 years, was found recently
in Spokane, Washington. But one
species Of ginkgo is to be found in
this day in China and Japan. It Is
also known as the maiden-hair fern
tree.
While the Usage Indians Of Okla
homa are idly wallowing in the in
herited wealth Of oil lands, the
Blackfeet tribe of Glacier National
Park reservation today has achieved
a reputation for thrift that brings
to its 5000 members high compli-
ments from the Indian Department.
So much wheat was raised last year
by these Indians that the govern
ment built them a $4,000 grist-
mill to grind their grain for them.
This is the first time in the history
Of United States civilization of the
Indian that a tribe has become self
supporting through its own thrift.
The early. Romans were the first
glass makers of England.
Hiring out as Wisconsin farm
hand, the son of the German ambas-
sador to the United States proves
himself real dirt farmer. He spent
a semester at the University OF
Wisconsin but left to work on
small farm located two and q half
miles southwest of Madison. He Is
extremely energetic and is able to
do all kinds Of farm work.
When the oil boom hit the town
Of Smackover, Arkansas, the Post
master-General at Washington re-
ceived the following message from
the postmaster who had grown
wealthy in oil lands: coffee is out
Of my control; letters arriving 5000
to 1000 daily; parcel post by the
ton; can't open mail any. longer; no
place to put it; accept resignation"