DO YOU
KNOW THAT
The gray kangaroo of Australia
measures alioul seven feet from its
nose in the tip of the tall. It can run
faster than a horse and clear thirty
fiet at a jump.
The most valuable opal in the world
was owned by the late Emperor Franz
Josef of Austria. The gem weighs
seventeen ounces.
It is claimed for the Racoon banks,
off tbe (icorg'in coast, that they are
tin greatest oyster beds in tile world.
There is in New Zealand a railway
that runs in a perfectly straight line
for 130 miles.
The postmen in Portugal save
themselves much walking on Sundays
by delivering letters at church.
It is believed that about 100 lakes
la the Tyrolese Alps have disappear
ed in the last century.
During the vfintr'r a toad becomes
torpid and takes no food for from
four to s'ix months. *
The chrysanthemum is- coveted as
a salad in French households.
The hump of the buffalo is not a
mass of fat, ns some people sup
post, but is formed by neural spines
in length fully double those of do
mestic cattle, and by the huge mus
cles which lie alongside and All up
* the angle between these neural spines
and the ribs.
Dogs do not perspire. In hot
weather they regulate the tempera
ture of their blood by breathing more,
ipiiekly, which produces a rapid eva
poration. of water from the surface
of the lungs. That is why a dog
pants ‘m hot weather.
Oysters can not live in the Baltic
sea, the reason being that It is not
salt enough. They can only live In
! water that contains at least thirty
j. seven parts of salt to every one thou
sand parts of water.
It Is estimated that if the forests
were completely and scientifically
worked they would yield annually the
I equivalent to from thirty to one liun
I died and twenty times the present
consumption of coal.
There 'is an orchid in Java the
> grammnto-phyllum, all the flowers of
which open at once as if by the stroke
of a fairy's wand .and they also all
wither together.
The British museum contains the
oldest known examples of Chinese
writing in the form of inscriptions on
animal's bones.
The only two great European capi
tals that have never been occupied
by a foreign foe are 1 .ondon and Petr'
grad.
In J^ipland men and women dress
exactly alike — in tunics, leather
breeches, wrinkled stockings and
pointed shoes.
Silk is so cheap in Madagascar that
clothing made of it is worn by even
the poorest people
The daily expenditure of ammuni
tion per gun by the British artillery
on the Somme was as fol'ows: <'i»1J
guns, 322 rounds; light field howit
zers 333 rounds; four inch guns, 221
rounds, eight inch mortars 11(1 rounds.
Many large structures are now be
ing built entirely of corc.-te. or their
foundations are composed ot this use
ful mate dial, necessitating the mix
ing and placing of v* rv large amounts
of other material.
More than two thirds of tile world's
supply of tin is mined on the Malay
peninsula.
There appears to be relationship
between the coffee ‘industry and the
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mand for pianos.
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The egg laying record of the world
is claimed for a hen In Ontario with
310 eggs in 255 days.
Lead is said to act like steel at
ordinary temperatures 'in liquid air.
It will serve as a helical spring, for
example.
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The following is the list of army
draft eligiblcs bnrolled at the office
of the city clerk up to the present
fime. The list will be added to from
day to day as the registration pro
gresses:
Earl Mad'ni.
John J. Mitchell.
Ralph Lomcn.
Arnold L. Liebcs.
Geo. H. Reed.
Louis Swanson.
Chas. It. Lescher.
Faxon C. Lewis.
Jack Kristen.
Frank W. Lilly.
Edwin It. Nelson.
Minor S. McLain.
Henry J. Weber.
Fred A. Haering.
Ole Wlrum.
Max M. Rouse.
Victor E. Zackerson.
Andrew Peterson.
Harold J. Lyle.
George Geanialis.
Antonio Tremalis.
John Nicholas.
William Thornton.
Fred J O’Rourke.
Chas. Orehni.
I .a m i Aspili.
Alfred .1. Lumen
Wni. Connauton,
Chas Kamp
Norvin W. Lewis.
Grygas KJelsberg.
James liogun
Norman Kattrey.
Fred It. Ruurdon.
John It. Scott.
Peter It. Rloomquist.
Jens Thompson.
Maurice Pascoff.
Jos. G. McDougall.
Frank S. Point.
Edwin lldven.
.las. A. Doyle.
Chester P. Doyle.
Leroy F. Wells.
Evand Rerg.
Ralph J. Miner.
Chas. L. Calkin.
Jesse J. White.
Lyle A. Nevln.
Alvin C. Dilg.
Thomas Watson.
Ivar Lystrup.
Martin Nelson.
Frederick J. Kataer.
James Franks.
< Marlin Anderson.
| Albert W. Murray.
Irving M. Reed.
Eskel Jamson
Alex E. Berg.
Bernard Ferry.
Ole L. Iloel.
*Wm Bloom.
David It Johnson,
ltjalmer I. Jacobson.
Chas. L. Sctarlnl.
Edward D. Webb.
Christian Aaberg.
Finn Resvold.
Albert Lokke.
James P. Ross.
Wni. W. Bailey.
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TEMPERATURES
Following era tlie lowest recorder*
temperatures for this year and last
on the days lealguuted. The minus
sign before u number means below
cero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
July 1. 48 fin
July 2. 4G 07
July 3. 46 48 j
July 4 44 44
July 0 . 44 44
July 6. 4S 38
July 7 .•. 42 46
July 8. 46 38
July 9.. :. 37 48
July in. 40 42
July II . 42 4fi
July 12 . 44 38
July 13 . 42 34
July 14 . 44 40
July 15 . 46 47 i
July 16. 53 ' 44 i
July 17 . 44 60 '
July IS . 60 4S j
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21.The Hobby
24.Pioneers Igloo
26.Catholic Church
31 .Polet's residence
32 . Yorkey’s Cigar Store
41 .opp. Webb's Market
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