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HERBERT E. RILEY, PROP.
INTERESTING INTERVIEW
WITH JAPANESE MINISTER
(Chauncey M. Cadv. in The Outlook)
When Japan sent its ultimatum to Ger- |
many, statements appeared in various papers
in the United States which suggested a sus
picion that Japan did not mean what she
said except so far as the ultimatum was a
notice to Germany to leave the Orient to
other powers not at war with Japan’s allv.
Kngbnd.
It must be confessed that when the min- i
ister of foreign affairs is reported to say
anything before the diet of Japan that can
m any way be made to seem to declare
that Japan had made no promises in regard
to Kiaochau, such a statement lends color
to the oft-repeated assertion made by "yel
low journals,” and even by those “semi
yellow,’' and perchance the "blue" ones, that
Japan is now going back on the assurances
given more than once by her great states
man. Count Okuma. that Japan has no in
tention of territorial possession in China nor
in the South seas.
Recognizing the very great danger lurk
mg m this apparent following of Germany’s
famous declaration that all promises made
between nations when the pinch comes are j
only “scraps of paper,” T sought and ob- 1
tamed a conference with Viscount Chinda.
the aide amb.'-udor from Japan to the
United States.
In my meeting with Viscount Chinda I
was greeted with the same cordiality that
If I had not had some experience in the
Japanese ways of getting at a thing. I
should have considered the interview closed,
and have come away with my own confi
dence bit shaken up. but not shaken, for
I have had too much proof of the absolute
fidelity with which public pledges have been
kept to be easily shaken out of my confi
dence in the Japanese government’s integ
rity. So I waited and. sure enough, the
added remant* came, nor exactly as i was
looking for them, hut so put that in the end
1 have always experienced, and with the
same frankness <>f statement compatible with
his official posit inn, of course. I told him
frankly that the reported denial of the
foreign minister heffire the diet had an
ugly look and wa> sure to be very in
jurious in its influence unless it could be in
some way either contradicted or explained.
The ambassador replied: “Baron Kato’s
statement in the diet should not be con
strued as a declaration of intention on the
part of the Japanese government to retain
Kiaochau. It was not an announcement of
any future policy, but simply a statement
of fact made in reply to a direct question
on the subject. The whole question of the
ultimate disposition of the captured terri
tory will not, and from the nature of the
ease cannot, be decided upon before the
restoration of general peace. It would be
absolutely impossible for anyone, including
the imperial government themselves, to give
in any wise or manner an assurance as to
the final disposition of the captured terri
tory.”
Then he remarked that the statement to
the effect that the embassy had contra
dicted the denial was incorrect—that no
one had any authority for making such a
counter-statement.
1 confess that my spirits went down
at this apparent confirmation of what
seemed bad faith to some, and I remon
strated that people would not accept that
explanation, but would feel either disturbed
or confirmed in their suspicion that the
Japanese government was no better than
the average tricky tradesman. To this
there was no reply except a smile,
they have been entirely satisfactory to me.
and I believe fair-minded Americans will
rest content in them as 1 did and do. With
great ear lies', ness he said: "But remember
that the articles of our alliance with Great
Britain stand.”
At first i did not fully grasp the signifi
cance of this simple reply, for he added:
“I cannot say any more than that now. and
no Japanese official can say any more.”
Ami then :( flashed upon me that he had
given me the most convincing reply possi
ble. because, as will be plain to anyone con
versunt with the ultimatum to Germany,
with the articles of alliance with Great Brit
ain, with the statements made in connection
with these two papers, and with the sub
sequent statements and assurances given to
the United States, the phrase (to make it
short*. “The alliance stands.” or the phrase
las 1 like to put it). "The ultimatum
stands,” covers the whole question, for either
involves and implies the maintenance of the
great fundamental principle of Japan’s for
eign policy, namely, the peace of the Orient,
which includes the integrity of China both
territorially and government ally.
The phrase, "The articles of alliance
stand,” seemed to Viscount Chinda of such
vital, far-reaching significance and import
that hp took occasion to repeat it once
more in a different connection in relation
to the going down into the South seas of
Japan to help hunt out and destroy the
German war vessels that had escaped in the
darkness from the harbor of Tsingtau.
Thus the ambassador has brought us back
to that which abides in these times of
whiffling winds of suspicion, shifting sands
of surmise and baffling currents of doubt.
We should have naught but thanks and re
newed trust in what may be. what ought
to be. a sheet anchor to our faith, the pro
tecting shadow of a great rock to our con
fidence the terms of alliance between Eng
land and Japan.
it is tune tnat Americans lane me same
attitude toward the Japanese with regard
to their promises or statements or profes
sions that we demanded that others should
take toward us when we took Cuba and the
Philippines. The Japanese have shown us
that they have had no suspicion of our good
faith under similar circumstances. During
all the time of the war with Spain anil for
thirteen years after I never heard a word
of suspicion, much less of doubt, that we
did not intend to do as we promised. On
the contrary, the attitude of the intelligent,
worth-while people in Japan was voiced by
Viscount Chinda when he said to me: “We
have never had anything but approval in
your taking of the Philippines. We have
never had any objections to it because we
knew that you are a people, a government,
that did not believe in military aggression.
Therefore we felt safe that you would not
• use the Philippine islands as a base for mili
tary aggrandizement against the Japanese or
any other Eastern people.”
1 submit that we ought to be at least as
generous in our trust of Japan as this state
ment shows that Japan has been in her trust
of us.
The large warehouse at the corner of
Second and Black streets, owned by H.
Boas, was sold last week to Tom McMahon,
who has had the building torn down and
removed to Hat City, where it will be re
constructed and used as a place to house
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PREPARING FOR
FOURTH OF JULY
A citizens’ meeting was held last Sunday
afternoon in the hall of the Arctic Brother
hood, at which it was decided to com
mence preparations immediately for the
celebration of Independence day in Iditarod
in a manner appropriate to the demands of
the district. On account of the beautiful
weather and the inclination of the people
generally to enjoy the opportunity for out
door life, there was but a small attendance,
but the business men of the city were well
represented and the sentiment expressed
was unanimously in favor of the celebra
tion. In a general way the plans for the
observation of the holiday were discussed
and three committees were appointed to
work out the details.
The meeting was called to order shortly
after 3 p. m. by Mayor E. M. Stanton, who
stated the object of he gathering and called
for nominations for chairman. On motion
Mr. Stanton was unanimously elected to pre
side, and William Ansley was by the same
procedure selected as secretary.
A motion was made and seconded that the
citizens of Iditarod give a grand public cele
bration in honor of Independence day. and
it was carried unanimously. After discus
sion of various plans the meeting proceeded
to select committees, and the following
were named:
Financial Committee—Ramps Peterson,
Percy G. Charles and Cyril P. Wood.
Program Committee —E. M. Stanton, J.
IF Smith and C. A. IVrry.
Sports Committee R. C. Button, Earl
Byers and Claud Baker.
It was understood that these committees
would be authorized to add to their num
bers, and it is likely that when the plans of
the celebration are more definitely agreed
on the committees will be considerably aug- ;
mented.
the sentiment of the meeting seemed to
favor the following of the usual plans for
such celebrations, which would include pa
triotic exercises, with an oration by some
prominent citizen (probably hv Judge Bun
nell, who will be here at that time, if his
services can be obtained) ; athletic sports of
various kinds, including such stunts as
greased-pole climbing, mule races, blueberry
pie-eating contests for the youngsters, etc.,
all of which may be designated as athletic
contests; river sports, including swimming
contests, diving contests, canoe races, log
rolling, gasboal races, etc., which will be
one of the main features of the celebration,
all to conclude with a grand ball in the
evening.
The tentative plans for the celebration
seem to meet with general approval, and it J
is likely that the finance committee will
soon interview the citizens and ascertain
the extent of the funds that will he avail
able, so that the program committee can
be prepared to outline the general plan of
the celebration.
Everything points to the certainty that
Fourth of July in Iditarorl this year will be
an occasion long to be remembered.
REPORTED TOLOVANA FIND
NOT HIGHLY THOUGHT OF
At intervals during the past few weeks 1
there have been in circulation stories of
a rich strike having been made in the Tol<>
vana district, about 125 miles from hair
banks, and while nothing definite has been
given out, the report has evidently created
considerable interest. It is stated that the
citizens of Fairbanks are subscribing t ward
a fund for the purpose of building a road
or trail into the district, and this gives •
some basis for the rumors.
It has been generally known that for
several months past much prospecting has
been going on in the Tolovana country.
Late last fall an incipient stampede was
started from Fairbanks, and lurid stories
were telegraphed to newspapers Outside of
a remarkably rich strike having been made.
However, Fairbanks papers as late as March
1 made no mention of anything in the na
ture of pay having been found, although
there were good indication?.
The Tolovana empties into the Tannna
about midway between Nett alia and Hot
Springs, One of its tributaries is Chatanika
creek, and the name of the stream where
the strike is alleged to have been made is
Livengood creek. The country being pros
pected extends northward from the Tolo
vana to Mike Hess creek, which empties
into the Yukon a few miles above Rampart.
The Fairbanks Citizen of March 1 con
tained the following:
“The latest report obtainable was to the
effect that two returned stampeders state
that pay, going $1 to he square foot of
bedrock, had been found at the mouth of
Gertrude creek, a tributary of Livengood,
coming in on the left limit, at 4 above dis
covery. Other reports received earlier in
the week were that prospects had been
found at the mouth of Gertrude, but that
there was no pay there. The definition of
a paystreak, therefore, seems to be a mat
ter of degree. It is about fifty feet .o bed
rock at the mouth of Gertrude.
“The same conditions are said to prevail
as regards the operations of the Hudson
brothers, on No. 2 above discovery, Liven
good creek, and the work being carried on
on No. 4 above, but the majority of the
reports concur in saying that there is pay
on both of those claims. Oo No. 2 below,
Livengood, Marsh & McQueen have reached
a depth of 116 feet with their shaft. It
was thought that they would assuredly
reach bedrock in the first 100 feet, but the
present depth shows no sign of a solid
formation of any kind. However, the pros
pects are still hopeful.”
At that time the Fairbanks newspapers,
in spite of the reports sent Outside, seemed
to be of the opinion that there was “near
pay” there, although nothing warranted a
stampede.
HERE AND HEREAFTER
The Tatler tells the story of an old Sctoch
man whose wit was edged with pessimism.
One morning he met at her gate a neighbor
whose husband was seriously ill.
“And hoots yer husband this morning,
Mrs. Tamson?" he asked, solicitously.
“Oh, he’s awful bad! The_ doctor said
his temperature has gone to 150.
“Nae, nae, you’ve made a mistake!
Sandy’s temperature could . never be as
muckle as 150—at least, no in this world,
he added, as an afterthought. "V ouths
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FEASIBILITY OF AEROPLANE
FOR MAIL AND EXPRESS
The luck of mail service connecting Idit
arod with the outside world during the past
month has brought to the front once more
a discussion of means for overcoming the
long interval between the cessation of de
liveries over the winter mail route and the
commencement of delivery by the summer
or water route.
With the lack of roads and even trails
in this portion of Interior Alaska, it has
been taken for granted heretofore that this
condition was one which must be borne
with patience as unavoidable. Bur there
are two enterprising young men in the dis
trict who have other views. It i^ learned
that for some lime past they have been in
correspondence with the manufacturers of
aeroplanes with a view to putting on a
line of aerial carriers between this city and
Seward. The distance to be traversed, the
weather conditions, the amount of traffic
to be expected and other details have been
gone into, and it has been definitely decided
that the plan is entirely feasible.
At first glance it would appear that an
airship journey of some two hundred and
fifty miles, over mountain ranges, and
through a country which is practically un
inhabited, would be a most dangerous ven
ture, and especially so in the winter sea
son, when the thermometer is likely to in
dicate a temperature of from 40 to 50 de
grees below zero at rare intervals. But it
is pointed out that the. journey could be
made in from five to six hours, and that
the country over which the tlight would be
made would provide plenty of opportunity
for safe landings in case they were neces
sary.
It is stated that machines could be fur
nished at a comparatively low cost which,
besides carrying one or two passengers, could
carry mail or consignments of express mat
ter, and that frequent flights could be
made.
It. seems not unlikely that an attempt
will be made in the near future to form a
company for the purpose of P .-ting the feasi
bility of the plan. The advantages to be
gained by reducing the time of mail de
livery between the seaboard and Iditarod
from approximately four weeks, as now, to
a few hours, must be apparent to all.
OPEN SEASON ON SWEDES
BECAUSE HE ATE SHAMROCKS
The proceedings of the regular meeting
of the board of strategy which nightly meets
at the emporium of Ramps Peterson were
varied the other evening by the recital of
a humorous incident which had the etfcct
of leaving the struggling millions irt the
great world war without a guiding hand for
the time being.
Apropos of nothing in particular, B.
Yeager, who has been in the city for several
days past, took advantage of a lull in the
profound discussion of army and naval tac
tics and world politics to relate an occur
rence of a few years ago in the city of
Juneau. Mr, Yeager, a few days prior to
St. Patrick's day, received from a friend
who was visiting in Ireland a box of genu
ine shamrocks. With considerable pride he
showed them to several of his friends, and
they excited a great deal of interest. A
well-known Juneau saloonkeeper of Irish
antecedents, hearing about the shamrocks,
persuaded Mr. Yeager to let him have the
emblems of Irish nationality for display in
his saloon on Si. Patrick’s day. Placed in
an ornate cut glass dish, filled with water
to keep them fresh, the shamrocks were
the subject of much admiring comment on
the feast day of Ireland’s patron saint, and
the thrifty Irish saloonkeeper was doing a
rushing bud;a s.- among his compatriots in
consequence.
Along toward evening a Scandinavian
who had imbibed too deeply happened t *
espy the shamrocks, and thinking they were
Swedish sweet clover, placed there to tickle
the palates of the patrons of the bar. he
devoured the whole bunch of shamrocks.
Immediately there was pandemonium. The
house was filled with Irishmen, who imme
diately commenced to maul the uncon
sciously offending Swede. lie was beaten up
and thrown out of the place bodily. But
this did not appease the wrath of the Hi
bernians, and they immediately sallied forth
in search of more Swedes to conquer, and
life was made miserable for the remainder
of the night for any unfortunate Swedish
gentleman who happened to cross their
path. It was a wild night, according to Mr.
Yeager, when Ihe Irish declared open sea
son on Swedes in Juneau.
HOW ELBERT HUBBARD
“PUT ONE OVER” ON WILDER
The late Marshall P. Wilder, although a
cripple and sadly deformed, was a genuine
humorist, and in his public entertainments
was fond of telling the following story,
in which one of the principals was Elbert
Hubbard, who is supposed to have been one
of the victims of the recent Lusitania
tragedy:
“Many jokes have been played upon me
by intimate friends. I reriiember Elbert
Hubbard, thp well-known American jour
nalist, once took me from Chicago to ,V®w
York on a half-ticket. When the e'on
ductor came around and Elbert handed
him the tickets, he looked at me, then at
Hubbard, and said:
“ ‘How old is your son?”
“ ‘He is 7, right enough,’ answered Hub
bard. and gazed out of the window indif
ferently.
“ He needs a shave,” remarked the con
ductor, as he punched the tickets and
started on.
“Hubbard stopped the conductor. 'If you
think the little fellow is over age,’ he said,
‘why don’t you ask me to pay full fare for
him?’
“ ‘Well,’ he said, ‘it. is like this. I thought
that anyone who had as much cheek as* you
have should be rewarded.’
“ ‘But it was carrying a joke too far, I
thought at the time—although it made me
chuckle afterward—when Elbert walked
into the dining car, tied a napkin under my
chin, lifted me into a high chair, and or
dered a waiter to give me a bowl of bread
and milk, while he sat. opposite and ordered
fried chicken and everything nice on the
bill of fare.”
The consumption of eggs in the Philip
pine islands is remarkably large. There are
no statistics from which to compute the
number of chickens annually raised in the
islands, but the total is great. Throughout
the country, remote from the larger port,
cities, chickens and eggs form a consider
able portion of the diet of the people who
can afford more than rice and fish.
The Hudson bay traffic is expanding
constantly. The number of vessels enter
ing that water last year was greater than
every before.
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SCIENTISTS DOUBT MAN’S
ANTIQUITY IN AMERICA
The determination of the age of the earli
est human skeletons found on the American
continent is of great interest. Until a few
years ago North America was supposed to
offer the most valuable evidence in this re
gard, though the bureau of American eth
nology declared in 1907 that "no specimen
had come to light in the northern continent
which from the standpoint of physical an
thropology represented other than relatively
modern man." At that time some "ap
parently epoch-making discover!*'., were re
ported from the Logoa Santa Caves of Bra
zil, together with numerous finds of bones
and cultural objects in Argentine.
As a result the attention of the world
was attracted to these places, and there was
a renewal of the story of Atlantis, the origin
and descent of the human race being traced
from very primitive anthropoid forms of
South America. More recently interest has
reverted to North America from the dis
covery of human remains in an asphalt de
posit at Rancho La Brea, ill Southern Cali
fornia. A preliminary report on these was
read before the Museum of History. Science
and Art of Los Angeles, June 11, 1914, by
John C. Merriam.
The bureau of American ethnology was
so much interested in the South American
finds that two experts were sent to conduct
an impartial investigation. The conclusion
was that the human remains from the Logoa
Santa caves could not be accepted without
further and more conclusive proofs as be
1 nging to a race which lived contempor
aneously with the extinct species of animals
found in the same caves. A similar un
favorable conclusion was reached regarding
the antiquity of the skull taken from the
harbor of Buenos Ayres. The specimen
was taken from the oozy bed of the river
when the workmen were excavating for the
dryduck at Buenos Ayres.
In get logic age, according to Professor
Amoghino, who wrote about it, it was a
remnant of the Lower Pliocene, and was
older than the famous Neanderthal skull.
Careful examination, however, failed to re
veal any evidence which would justify its
classification as a representative of a species ,
of ancient primaties, premediate forerunners :
i the human being. Livery feature shows
it • i be a portion of the skull of man him
R bears no evidence even of having
it. longed to an early or physically primi
tive man, but to a well developed and phys
ically modern-like individual.
The conclusion of the report is that, while
it is not possible to give a definite estimate
of the age of the skeleton found, it belongs
to a distinctly modern period. It does not
necessarily belong to the present historical
period, but cannot be considered as having
antedated it by many thousands of years.
Merriam considers it well worth exhaustive
scientific investigation, and the last word
on the subject cannot be written until a
great deal more study has been given to
the objects found. The associations are
with specimens distinctly later in age than
the typical Rancho La Brea fauna, which
come from a very old geologic period. Ac
cording to Dr. A. L. Kroeger, the racial
characteristics do not differ decidedly from
those of persons whose remains have been
excevated in mounds on Santa Rosa island,
off the coast of Southern California.
"While the question of antiquity is un
decided, every evidence which we have,’
says the Journal of the American Medical
Association, "would seem to point in North
as well as South America to the compara
tively recent origin or occurrence, geologi
cally speaking, of man on our continent. —
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
LOSSES CAUSE BY WAR
Roger W. Babson, in a series of articles
in the New York Sun on the economic side
of the war. asserts that the war already
has caused the greatest loss in history ever
produced by war. The Crimean war and
the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 did not
together cost as much as the present war
had cost three months after it began, hol
lowing are points in Mr. Babson’.s article:
“Whether the cost is $25,000,000 per day
or $50,000,000 per day is a secondary con
sideration. We know that the rate of ex
penditure, the loss of life and the economic
strain are infinitely greater than anything
ever known before.
“This is due not only to the vast num
bers involved and the huge artillery used,
but also to expensive accouterments, such
as automobiles, aeroplanes and various other
modern inventions. Moreover, the present
method of fighting in trenches dug by ma
chinery not only increases the cost but adds
greatly to the development of rheumatism
and other diseases. Terrible as all this
! must be, there can be no doubt that it
! tends toward shortening the war. If the
armies go into winter quarters and con
tinue inactive, such a move will tend to
lengthen the war, but every day of such
terrible fighting as has taken place during
the past must shorten its duration. In
fact, a study of statistics shows clearly that
the belief of many that the war will last
from three to five years is utterly foolish.
“Some people suggest that Germany is
getting much relief financially in the tribute
and supplies which it is securing from Bel
gium and a part of France. A study of
statistics, however, quickly convinces one
that this cannot amount to much. The or
dinary estimate for the cost of the war to
Germany varies from an official Berlin
figure of $5,000,000 a day to a semi-official
English estimate of $12,000,000 a day.
Whichever figure is correct, it will be seen
that the recent war loan for a little over
a billion dollars will last only a few months,
while the war levies collected in Begiurn
were sufficient only for a few weeks. For
instance, much has been said about the war
tax of $10,000,000 on Brussels and of simi
lar taxes upon other cities. A little figuring
shows clearly that according to Germany's
official estimate all these sums added to
gether would be sufficient to prolong the
war only about a week.
“On the other hand, the capture of large
numbers of able-bodied male prisoners by
any one country is a factor tending to pro
long the war so long as these captures are
more or less evenly balanced. Such pris
< ntrs are oi value not so much in handi
capping the enemy as in providing the coun
try making the capture with workers for
their factories and fields while their own
men are at war. If Germany has 250,000
able-bodied prisoners, these, without doubt,
have been put to work, to take the. place
of Germans at the front, in the mines, mills
and public improvements. Consmering the
fact that there prisoners nee;i not be paid
and can be fed for a few cents a day, they
are of much economic value in enabling na
tions to prolong the war. For mis reason
the status of the prisoners will be carefully
considered.
Figures show that at the present time
nations containing about 1,000.000.000 peo
ple, or considerably over one-half of the en
ure human race, are participating in this
war. Noting the fact that about 25 per
cent of this number are males of fighting
age, we cannot hope that the war may be
ended for the lack of men on the part of
any of the belligerents. M. Leroy Beaulieu,
a well-known French statistician, was asked
whether it would he possible for any nation
to carry on the war with the whole of its
adult male population of military age in the
field. lie replied that this was done fifty
years ago by Paraguay in a war lasting sev
eral years against the Argentine Republic;
it was accomplished again by Boers in 1899
1902 in their war against Gieat Britain, and
again in the recent Balkan wars. Not only
are the women and prisoners, the boys and
girls forced into service, but the neutral na
tions also supply laborers.
“For instance, reports coming from
France indicate that Spanish laborers are
already working in the vineyards, while with
the Baltic sea -nil controlled by Germany's
fieet, she is carrying on commerce with the
countries on the north. Hence, M. Beaulieu
argues that so long as the population is
united by military ardor and national senti
ment and regards the war as just and holy.
Germany cannot be reduced by starvation.
Therefore we cannot look to the.-e figures
for optimistic prophecies.”
PLENTY OF OSTRICHES ARE
OWNED IN THIS COUNTRY
The first importation of ostriches into the
United States was made in 18S2 from South
Ainc-a into California. Several other im
portations followed, and it was one of the
later importations that brought into this
country the North African or Nubian bird,
captured in the province of Nubia, North
Africa. The majority of birds in this coun
try today are the result of these few im
portations of birds into California, and con
test almost wholly of the South African
Dreed.
The ostriches are no longer confined to
one locality, but are rapidly spreading
through the South, and are being success
fully kept as far north as Pennsylvania.
Ostrich farms are in California. Arizona,
Texas, Arkansas, Florida and Pennsylvania.
There are about ten farms that have more
than one hundred birds each, five farms
Notice of Forfeiture
To Robert .Madison:
You are hereby notified that the under
signed has expended In labor and improve
ments the sum of one hundred dollars
stnoi for the year of 10 14 upon the
('.old Rim Group p'laoer mining claim, situ
aied on Little creek, a tributary of Ganes
creek, in Innoko mining and recording dis
trict. district of Alaska. Notice of location
recorded in Vol. to, Page 96. Innoko .Mill
ing Records.
You are further notified that if at the
expiration of ninety (90) days after the
last publication of this notice yon fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure, your interest in said
claim will become the property of the un
dersigned, voiir co-owner, under Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United
States.
ROBERT EVANS, Go-owner.
Pate of first publication. April 17, 19 15.
Pate of last publication. July 17, 1915.
th ■' have more than 4HO birds each, and
on. farm that ha- more than 2.000 bird- In
all 'here are about twenty five farms in
the United States that are making a busi
ness of ostrich farming. The total agtrre
ga ■ of birds on these twenty ti ■■ far;
an ' rifs to about 7.100. of which a hbo are
in Arizona.
4 oroximately 4,000 of till the mrds are
plucking birds, and give on an average one
an ' one-fourth pounds of feathers in the
bil l, which, figured at $20 a pound, gives
seme idea of the value < f the feather crop
of 'his country. Besides this, i pair of
br. efling birds will easily tiring $370 each,
and eegs f"r hatching sell on the average
of "10 apiece. Egg shells find a limited
market as curios at from 30 rent- tu SI
eai h.
The most valuable feathers are the main
whig feathers of the mala bird, and if ex
cej Penally fine and th" market good these
may bring as high as $500 to $000 a pound
TK • average run of wing goods on th roar
ke is from $S5 to $125 a p. itid. Tim
fir-' plucking of feathers i- taken when
th< chick is from six to eight months i 1 i
The first plucking is of little value, and
on:v the main wing feathers are cu'.
ccessive pluckings t ike place, and
all at every eight months after the hr-t
I 1\ i kings, the feather? being cut evert - x
months and the quids left on the turd two
rue .ths linger, at the and of which time
this' are drawn. Gen rally the main wing
fe. fners are cut. and the first and set ..ml
row of wing coverts, floss and ail feathers
art plucked.
'■'he fund fed to ostriches varies, the im
common being gri m alf Ufa, choppi
ha bran, milo maize, corn. oats, wheat,
ba I y, oil meal, cottonseed meal, beets, tur
nips mangels, grape pumice, grit, shells and
boo. Birds will consume about four
po> ' ds of grain a day.
Toe o.-trich is our largest bird, unable
to t'y. but possessed of great speed, being
( :| . ble . t thirty miles an h ur or more,
and weighing on the average 375 pounds
Phd.ideiphia Ledger.
The world’s production of pig iron in 11)13
wa- estimated at 75,500.000 tons.
Ip the Arabian desert the sirocco, or sand
storm, often digs pits 200 feet deep, -eat
tert g the sane! for miles around
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