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VOL. 37 NO- 38
MAPLE SUGAR
TIME IS HERE
Only United States and Canada
Produce This Much-Prized
Product on Large Scale.
EARLY TAPPING IS FAVORED
First Runs Are Usually the Sweetest
and Therefore the Best Producers
Ten to Fifteen Trees Enough
for Family.
Washington.Remember the days
when you went to the maple sugar
parties? Well, maple sugar time is
here. The sugar and sirup industry
is American and offers good commer
cial opportunities. Only the United
States and Canada produce this much
prized product on a commercial scale,
which is at once a delicacy and a
highly nutritious article of diet.
Warm days and cold nights are es
sential to a satisfactory flow, and the
sugar content may vary considerably
from day to day. Tapping of sugar
trees if done properly in no way in
jures the tree. Trees have been
tapped for more than 100 years and
are still in good condition.
The maple Is well up among the
leaders in the American Forestry asso
ciation's vote for a national tree:
Early Tapping Is Favored.
Tap early in the season, says a gen
eral bulletin, to obtain the earlier
runs, which are generally the sweet
est, and therefore the best producers.
Makers have lost half and even more
of their crops by not being prepared
for the first run.
In general, the association points
out, the season is ready to open dur
ing the first or middle of February
In the southern section and later In
the northern regions when days are
becoming warmwhen the tempera
ture goes above freezing during the
day and at night below freezing. If
the days are very bright, warm, and
sunny the sap will start with a rush,
but soon slacken, or if a high wind
starts the flow Is checked.
A thirteen thirty-seconds of an Inch
(13-32 inch) bit is often used. Its di
rection should be slightly upward in
to the tree, the slant allowing the
hole to drain readily. With an or
dinary tree the hole should not be
over one and a half to two Inches,
deep at the best.
Apparatus for sirup and sugar
making does not necessarily repre
sent a large outlay. A number of sap
spouts, either wooden or metal, are
needed. The sirup is usually gather
ed in buckets.
From ten to fifteen trees usually
will yield enough sirup for family
use to make tapping worth while, and
In many cases will afford a surplus
which can be sold at a remunerative
price. The flow of sap depends upon
the age, condition and habit of
growth of the trees, also upon the
character of the weather and con
dition of the soil during the. sap-flow
ing season.
Figures as to Yields.
In a good season a tree fifteen
inches in diameter will yield suffi
cient sap to make from one to six
quarts of sirup, which in turn can be
concentrated into two to ten pounds
of sugar. Larger trees under, the
same conditon will produce corre
spondingly large yields of sirup and
sugar. All hard maple trees, eight
inches or more in diameter, may be
safely and profitably tapped for sirup
and sugar production.
This Industry is not confined to cir
cumscribed areas in New England
and New York. There are many "sug
ar bushes" throughout eastern and
northeastern United States and south
to include North Carolina and Tennes
see west to northern Missouri, Iowa
and Minnesota.
A considerable number of maple
*trees of a sugar-yielding species are
found In Washington and Oregon.
Twin Sisters Become
Mothers on Same Day
Delmonte, Cal.Mrs. Mildred
Jacques, wife of Claude Jacques
of Delmonte, and Mrs. Maud
Pierson, wife of a Monterey busi
ness man, twin sisters, are proud
mothers of girl babies born the
same day. The baby cousins
weighed respectively the same
as their mothers at birth.
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BOY SETS HIMSELF ON FIRE
New York Lad Wiggles in School and
the Matches in His Pocket
Are ignited.
Little Falls, N. Y.Pedro Sacherel
11, a boy in the eighth grade in the Eit
tle Falls high school, was sitting at
his desk, wriggling, as boys do. An
other boy, sitting near him, saw a col
umn of smoke asconding aldng Pedro's
backbone and circling toward the ceil
ing. A quick look revealed the fact
that matches in Pedro's pocket had
been rubbed violently enough to set
them on fire.
Other pupils and the teacher jumped
to the rescue and Pedro's sweater was
jerked off, the fire beat out and tht
small boy returned to his seat A con
siderable hole was burned through Pe
dro's clothes and he was not hurt,
though the fire extinguishers shook
him up considerably
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WORLD STAMP EXPERTS MEET
More Than $250,000 Worth' of Rare
Specimens on Exhibition at
Berlin Sale.
Berlin.Philatelic experts from all
parts of the world came to Berlin to
attend the great stamp sale just held
here, which it is claimed has a wider
range than any ever before held in
Europe.
The total number of lots was 5,387
and the value at upset prices exceeded
$250,000 nominally.
During the first day's sale there was
a rush for rare Argentine, Brazilian
and Bolivian issues.
United States issues included the
only known canceled copy of the
"Franklin Carriers," brown orange er
ror of 1851, the Livingstone (Alabama)
5-cent blue of 1861, and three blocks
of the new U. S. A. 90-cent and 30-
cent issues of 1869, with flags inserted.
The gem of the American collection
was a postal envelope of the Confed
erate States of America bearing on
the right hand a 5-cent stomp in black
and on the left a Confederate seaman
nailing the "Stars and Bars" to the
mast.
BUFFALO MILK ON HOOF
As milk wagons are unknown in In
dia the milkman delivers the daily sup
ply on the hoof, going from door to
door with his buffalo.
ITALY HAS BREAD PROBLEM
Working Classes of the Country Re
fuse to Shoulder the Burden of
Increased Cost.
Rome.The Italian government is
facing an almost unsolvable problem
in the question of the cost of the na
tion's bread.
During and sinc the war the price
of bread was kept down artificially,
the government paying $1,000,000,000,
and even lately $1,250,000,000 yearly,
as the difference between the actual
cost of the flour and the price paid
by the consumer.
The price of 21-5 pounds of ordi
nary bread used to be equivalent to
nine cents, or of a finer quality 11 or
12 cents now the price for the same
quantity of inferior bread is 21 cents,
and the Italian working classes utter
ly refuse to pay the balance, which
would increase the cosi to them to
40 cents.
Sign Painting Pays Best
Lawyer Only "on Side"
New York.When Harry J.
Shields was called as a pros
pective juror before Judge Mitch
ell May of Brooklyn, he was
asked if he had ever served in the
case of a man charged with con
cealing his assets. Shields said
he had been a trustee in bank
ruptcy.
"Why, such a person has to
be a lawyer, and your card says
you are a sign painter," re
marked one of the attorneys.
"Oh, yes, I'm a lawyer, too,"
Shields replied, "but I can make
more money painting signs, so I
practice law on the side."
Shields was excused from jury
service.
BRICKS FROM STRAW, CLAIM
French Textile Expert's Invention
-Will Relieve the Housing Crisis,
He Says.
Paris.A French textile expert
claims that he has invented a process
for making bricks from compressed
straw.
He is searching for funds to prove
that he is no Idle dreamer and can
relieve the present housing crisis by
building houses^:
He says, owing to the slight weight
of the material, there is no need for
deep foundations, and the whole build
ing can be completed in a month. It
Is affirmed that the straw preparation
is not Inflammable. The first house
has already been built in Montargls.
Owl Showed Wisdom.
Hickman, Ky.A scream stopped
the saw in the Mengel mills here. In
vestigation revealed a large owl in the
hollow of the log. Its feathers had
been clipped, but otherwise it was un
hurt. The sawyer recalled .that a ten
pound catfish was ripped with anoth
er log that had been pulled in from
i the river.
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HOW BRITAIN
HOUSES PEOPLE
Problem Being Worked Out in
Village Only Five Miles
From London.
PUN FOR 800,000 HOUSES
Colossal Task Involves Expenditure of
More Than $100,000,000 Every
Year for a Period of More
Than Sixty Years.
New York."It's all jolly well to
look to the government to solve your
particular housing problem, but at the
same time public-spirited men and
women, working independently, with
the right ideas, can do much toward
aiding the government in reducing
this problem to a minimum.".
That in substance is what Mrs.
Henrietta Barnett had in mind when,
with others interested in community
welfare, she established the Hamp
stead Garden Suburb, five miles from
London.
"Our village now is a most attrac
tive place," said Mrs. Barnett, at the
Cosmopolitan club, New York, where
she is staying for a few days before
returning to England. "Hampstead
Garden Suburb now has a .population
of about 10,000. The ground was brok
en for it in 1907 and the present posi
tion of this pioneer experiment of
town extension, in spite of suspension
of building more than six years, is
most satisfactory."
Many desperate homeseekers in
New York no doubt would heartily in
dorse a similar scheme, says the writ
er of an article published in the Bos
ton Globe.
Project for 800,000 Houses.
That the housing problem in Eng
land has been more serious than that
In New York Is indicated by the state
ment that England is engaged in the
colossal task of building 800,000
homes for her people at the tremend
ous cost of more than $100,000,000.
every year for a period of more than
sixty years. The necessity of shelter- i
Ing homeless people became so
acute, that the government adopted
this plan. In 1927 it will be-cohsid
ered again by the government. If it
proves practicable, it may be contin
ued if not, some improved scheme may
be substituted for it.
Under this plan the various munici
palities issue bonds to carry out their
particular schemes. Houses thus built
are rented at the lowest possible rate
and any deficiency beyond a certain
figure Is guaranteed by the national
government.
This plan is helping to meet the
present great and urgent housing
emergency of England.
After long years passed in Universi
ty settlement work, with her husband,
the noted Canon Barnett, vicar of St.
Jude's Whitechapel, for which they
were the inspiration in England, Mrs.
Barnett.evolved her ideas for a coun
try community in which every family
could have its.own bath and its own
garden.
"Part of this village," Mrs. Barnett
explained, "was built around an open
space of eighty acres. In addition to
the' woods there are public gardens,
playgrounds and sheltered seats which
may be enjoyed by all the tenants,
whatever^rents they pay.
"The village represents a true com
munity spirit and has been the means
of promoting a better understanding
between various classes by arranging
that people with different sizes of in
come may live on the estate. It is
not a charity enterprise. It is self sup
porting and has made for the happi
ness and improved health of the fami
lies who have taken cottages at
Hampstead Garden Suburb.
Health Side Important.
"As women are the home makers
and home dwellers, and as the house is
the shell of the home, women should
have a voice in housing plans. 'The
Queen Anne style in the front with
the Mary Ann style at tne back,' to
quote Sir Edwin Lutyens, must not
continue when it means all the beauty
and comfort for the rich and ugliness
and discomfort for the domestic work-
er."
Speaking of the health side of the
housing plan known throughout Great
Britain as the "model village," Mrs.
Barnett told how the district medical
officer weighed and measured the vil
lage children and found them taller,
heavier and broader than those of the
same age in the city.
"That report was most gratifying to
me," Mrs. Barnett commented, "be-
cause the pale faces of the little chil
dren of the Whitechapel district with
which my husband and myself were so
familiar, keep haunting me and urging
me on to do something of this kind.
1 believe that the solution of many
of our national differences and diffi
culties lies in a more neighborly atti
tude, not separation or InMltlon. Archi
tects too often study hjg| to get as
many people as possibleroused in a
small space. It is 'hoped that those
concerned with town planning will
consider the natural intermixing of
all social classes and the communion
of the handicapped with the happy."
Governor Pardons His Auto.
Lexington, Ky.Police took Gov. B.
P. Morrow's^car to die station because
a traffic officer claimed it was improp
erly parked. 'Tve come to pardon my
car," the governor said, and after a
warning, was permitted to drive it
away..,.
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS, MM.. SATURDAY: AUGUST 13. 1921
HAVE UNIQUE RECORD
Iowa Pioneers Live 75 Years in
Same Spot.
Couple Married Three-Quarters of a
Century Bought Their Farm for
$160 in t$45.
Mount Zion, la.Seventy-five years
ago Daniel Reneker brought Mary, his
bride of a few days, to Iowa from
Ohio. Today they still are living on
the original homestead they estab
lished in the "wild West" in 1845.
Reneker will be ninety years of age
February 24, and his wife is ninety
seven,. Their marriage record and the
number of years spent on the "same
homestead probabl can be equaled by
few couples. rj^f^
The couple' attribute their long years
of life to the fact that they are God
fearing and believe in simple life and
simple joys.
Mr. and Mrs. Reneker's married life
of 75 years, in the eyes of modern-day
fplks, contains few thrills. It has
been mostly hard /Work.
Reneker, when a young man, left his
home in Ohio to go West to see the
country. He returned in a short time
to get his Mary. Their honeymoon was
spent floating down the Ohio river to
the Mississippi on a small boat. On
landing at the Mississippi the couple
headed north for the cabin Reneker
had previously erected in the forest
wilderness o'f Iowa, near the present
site of Mount Zion. There they went
and there they are today.
The early years were spent in clear
ing the 160 acres of timber Reneker
had purchased at $1 an acre. Supplies
were brought from a trading post 45
miles away. Ground on their tract was
broken with the aid of oxen.
Five children were born to the Rene
kers. Four of them still survive. All
are boys. The eldest is Jacob, aged
seventy-two, and the youngest is Dr.
George W. Reneker, aged fifty-two.
The other two "boys" are Joshua and
Dallas Reneker. With the exception
of Dr. George, all the sons remained
near the old homestead. Dr. George
Reneker left home at the age of
twelve: Today he is a resident of
Falls City, Neb., and is the state rep
resentative from the First Nebraska
district.
The present home of the Renekers
was built in 1861 near the site of the
original log cabin.
The couple have taken few trips
away from their home. They have
made several trips to Falls City, Neb.,
to visit their "boy," Dr. George,
and once went back to^visit childhood,
scenes in Ohio.
WATCHING FOR FOREST FIRES
This young woman is an officer of
the United States forest service and
her post is high on one of the moun
tain peaks in the National forest in
Colorado. Many women are now dis
placing men as fire observers. The
work is interesting and light and the
women are filling the jobs satisfac
torily. Of course they have other du
ties besides watching for fires, but as
most of them are natives of the coun
try in Which they are stationed, they,
can easily qualify as foresters, hav
ing studied the woods from child
hood. GERMANS POUR INTO JAPAN
Number There Before War Practically
Doubled, According to Tokyo
Paper.
Tokyo.German residents in this
country are steadily increasing in
number, the Tamato reports. As com
pared with pre-war days the number
has already been practically doubled,
it is said.
Most of the newcomers are employed
by Japanese firms as engineers or
technicians. According to the same au
thority, toys, chemicals and dyestuffs
worth more than 10,000,000 yen have
been imported from Germany since the
peace.
Insisted on Courtesy.
Jasper, Ind.Judge John L. Bretz,
who while on the bench had a set of
rales which barred discourtesy, is dead.
His rules read as follows: "Witnesses
and parties will be required to treat
attorneys with proper respect and
likewise attorneys will be required to
treat witnesses and parties with de
cency and respect, both in examina
tion and argument. -^flUse of words
*Har, perjurer, scoundrel/ etc, In ar
gument Is forbidden.'1'
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PRICES OFFARM
LANDINCREASE
Jump 65 Per Cent in Five Years,
According to Estimates of
Secretary Meredith.
FACTOR IN FARM OWNERSHIP
While Reflection of Upward Move
ment of Commodity Prices, It In.
dicates Increasing Scarcity of
Farm Land.
Washington.During the last five
years the selling price of farm land
and improvements in the United States
increased 65 per cent, according to es
timates made by the'secretary of agri
culture in his annual report to the
President Between March, 1919, and
March, 1920, the increase was 21.1.
Although the data for the 1920 cen
sus are not yet available, it seems
probable, the secretary said, that
while the average price of farm land
and improvements per acre increased
only 20 per cent during the 40 years
from 1860 to 1900 the price in 1920
Is two and one-half times that of 1910
and five times that of 20 years ago.
"The price of farm lands is one of
the important factors in the problem
of farm ownership," said the secre
tary. "It is estimated that between
March, 1919, and March, 1920, the in
crease in the selling price of farm
land and improvements was 21.1 per
cent. In the last five years the In
crease has been 65 per cent.
Net Return Less.
"In some sections the net return on
the purchase price of farm lands is
considerably less than the ordinary
rate of return on first mortgages and
similar investments. The rental rate*
of cash leases, also, Is frequently less
than half the rate of return on mort
gages. Studies made by the depart
ment Indicate that, in certain regions,
the recent advance In the price of
land has still further aggravated this
condition. Such a situation is unfor
tunate for it increases the difficulties
of a tenant who is seeking to become
an owner.
"While the increase In land prices
is, to some extent, a reflection of the
general upward movement in the level
of commodity prices, it must be re
garded, in part, as an indication of
the Increasing scarcity of land avail
able for agricultural use.
"War conditions stimulated an ex
pansion of the area devoted to crops,
estimated at 10.1 per cent from 1914
to 1918, or an increase of 3.4 per cent
in the per capita acreage. This was
effected by utilizing pasture land for
rop production and by bringing into
use other uncultivated areas. The ex
pansion was particularly marked In the
case of small grains. Since the armis
tice there has been a reduction in
crop acreage. From 1919 to .1920
there was a decline of 5.4 per cent in
the acreage of 20 principal crops. Ap
parently the reduction has been
brought about by returning the land
to pastures and by discontinuing the
use of the low-grade areas which were
temporarily utilized.
What the War Did.
"These changes should be instruc
tive to those who would reduce the
prices of farm products by bringing
Into use large areas of new land. It
is clear that if prices had been ex
traordinarily remunerative to the
farmer compared with the returns on
capital and labor in industry, we
would not witness this reduction of
the acreage in cultivation, but, on the
contrary,, a continued enlargement of
it. While the war conditions tem
porarily increased the net cash income
of the farmer and stimulated a tem
porary expansion of the crop area,
this was due In large measure to the
response of the farmers to the in
sistent call for more food, particularly
wheat and rye, the principal bread
grains. It is of no small significance
that the contraction in acreage has
been most extreme in the case of
these crops, estimated at 31.5 per cent
for winter wheat, 16.5 per cent for
spring wheat, and 22.6 per cent for
rye." SEEKS TO ENTER U.S.ON RAFT
Austrian Stowaway Forced, However,
to Call Help In New
York Harbor.
New York.After bobbing airourid
aimlessly in the harbor on a raft for
several hours in the dark, Waste
Ernst, an eighteen-year-old stowaway
from Austria, decided to abandon his
novel method of eluding Ellis island
officials and called dejectedly for help.
While thawing out by a radiator, he
told a tugboat captain, who found him
after much searching, he had been in
formed that the way_of stowaways en
tering America was hard and, conse
quently, when, his ship entered the
harbor he threw the raft overboard,
Jumped on it and hoped to be washed
ashore. He was taken to Ellis island
for deportation. J.
Children Unshod in Big Shoe Town.
Brockton, Mass.This city produces
shoes for world-wide distribution and
makes more of some kinds than any
other city, but Charles P. Brooks, at
tendance officer of the school board,
reported that many of its children are
i unshod. There are at least fifty chil
dren in the city who cannot go to
school because they lack shoes, he
said, and some of them have not been
it school in weeks, $& '-&
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MOON AFFECTS RADIO
American Fleet Officers Make
Interesting Discovery.
Efficiency of Air for Transmitting
Radio Communications Affected
by Changes of Moon.
Paris.The changes of the moon
Save been found by the radio officers
of the small American fleet in the
Adriatic sea to have a striking effect
upon the efficiency of the atmosphere
for transmitting radio communica
tions.
The officers have succeeded in draw
ing curves and other diagrams, based
upon months of observation, which,
they assert, reliably serve to indicate
what atmospheric and celestial condi
tions affecting radio service will be
met at any particular date in the fu
ture.
The discovery apparently has spe
cial application to the vicinity of the
Adriatic, for there the.changes in the
atmospheric conditions caused by the
change in the world's relation to the
moon are much more marked than
anywhere else in the world so far as
yet discovered.
The Adriatic fleet under Admiral
Andrews depends almost entirely for
its communications upon radio serv
ice, and having only receiving and
sending apparatus of moderate effi
ciency it has specially benefited from
the discoveries. The powerful land
wireless stations, such as the new La
fayette station near Bordeaux, manage
to overcome unfavorable conditions by
using great power and so are not con
cerned about which way the moon
turns.
SMALL BUT IT RUNS
This isn't a toy auto that Miss
Mary E. Sisk of Los Angeles is hold
ing, but a miniature working model
of a big car, complete in every detail.
It was built by J. A. Seefelder, a Los
Angeles auto expert.
PLANS LAW BY DIVINE RULE
Washington Judge Will Practice the
"Principles of New Thought" and
Trust Clients.
Yakima, Wash.Harcourt M. Tay
lor, retiring judge of the Yakima su
perior court, has announced he will
resume practice xt law "in accordance
with the principles of new thought."
"As I shall apply the teachings of
Jesus, the Christ, to legal service," he
states,N"I
shall accept no employment
to fight lawsuits, as counsel or assist
others to do so, nor attempt to collect
debts though if I can assist people in
keeping out of lawsuits or settling liti
gation in which they are already in
volved I shall consider I have ren
dered the highest legal service. I
shall trust in God, not those whom I
serve, for my compensation, making
no fixed charge. My clients will pay
me what they think is right and their
means justify."
HAWAII PRODUCING ALCOHOL
Manufacture of Motor Fuel From
Sugar Molasses Insures Emer
gency Supply.
Honolulu, T. H.-Within two years
the territory of Hawaii will produce
enough motor fuel for Its own needs,
including the requirements -of the
army and navy forces here, should
their bases of supply be cut off, ac
cording to Col. Howard Hathaway,
collector of internal revenue.
Commercial manufacture of fuel al
cohol from sugar molasses has been
made practical on a large
/scale by
amendments to internal revenue regu
lations governing the manufacture of
denatured alcohol. Colonel Hatha
way said.
4JiA small plant operated on a sugar
plantation on the island of Maui is
producing sufficient motor fuel for the
plantation's own needs.
^i &f Woman Branded.
Bloomingtbn, Ind.When she .failed
to give food to a tramp who called
at her home near Kirksville, Mrs.
John Carmichael, forty-five years old,
a farmer's wife, was attacked and
branded in many places with a flat
iron she had been using. Her screams
attracted persons passing by and a
posse was organized to search for her
assailant. Bloodhounds followed the
trail of the Dixie Highway, nine miles
south of here, where they-lost it -M
$2.40 PER YEAR
WORLD SECRETS
BEING SOUGHT
Sixteen Exploration Expeditions
Are Now in Progress or
in Contemplation.
MANYPROBLEMSTO BESOLVED
Most Important Enterprise Is British
Antarctic Expedition Headed by
Commander John Lachlan Cope
Amundsen Is Trying for North
Pole.
New York.Sixteen exploration
expeditions are now in progress or
in contemplation after four years of
inactivity in this line of scientific re
search due to the great war. Most
of these enterprises have been under
taken or projected since the armistice,
and they recall the fact that mother
earth still has important biological,
zoological, geological^ ethnological and
meteorological problems to be solved.
One of the most important of these
enterprises is the British Antarctic
expedition, headed by Commander
John Lachlan Cope, F. R. G. S., for
merly of the British navy. It is fi
nanced for $750,000, includes five
ships, 125 men, several airplanes and
-extensive wireless apparatus. The
undertaking is to require five years
and its objects are the circumnavi
gation of the Antarctic sea, a dash
to the south pole, the locating of new
whaling grounds and the discovery
of supposedly rich gold, silver, coal
and ruby fields.
Capt. Roald Amundsen, who discov
ered the south pole in 1911, left Nome,
Alaska,. last August in an attempt to
reach the north pole. His ship, the
Maud, had already spent nineteen
months in the Arctic, north of Asia
and Europe, and had successfully made
the northeast passage. He expected
the Maud to be locked in the ice pack
and to drift toward the pole when
the Arctic winter ended. In negoti
ating his way to Nome he was fre
quently compelled to blast a path
through the ice.
Captain Amundsen was last heard
of off East cape, about 170 miles north
west of Nome in the Bering strait.
The explorer, on account of high wages
and scarcity of men, was handicapped
by lack of help, his only companions
being three sailors and an Eskimo
cook.
Other Prospects on Foot.
The other interesting expeditions
projected or now under way are as
follows:
SiberiaCapt. Axel Landmark and
Capt. John Vatney, in a 50-foot power
boat are on a 4,000-mile voyage to
Kolyma rrer, using a primitive chart
made in 1878 by Nordenskjold, a Swed
ish explorer on his voyage from Nor
way to Japan via the Arctic ocean.
GreenlandKnud Rasmussen, Dan
ish explorer, who returned from the
east coast late in 1919, after studying
Eskimo tribes, is preparing for an
other expedition of five years' dura
tion. Lange Koch, another Dane, is
planning a scientific survey of North
Greenland, his main purpose being to
establish Danish sovereignty in that
territory.
AfricaFour expeditions are In prog
ress, namely, the Mackie ethnological
expedition to Central Africa for the
purpose of studying the Bahima, one
of the chief pastoral tribes of An
kole, a district west of Uganda the
British natural history of museum ex
peditions to the west coast and the
Jeb-Maria mountains the duke of
Abruzzi's effort to find the sources of
the Webi Shebell river, which flows
from Abyssinia through Italian Somali
land into the Indian ocean, and the
entomological tour of the Belgian por
tion of Tanganyika and the eastern
Congo, by T. A. Barns, who explored
the Ituri and Semliki forests, finding
a strange race of pigmy savages, as
well as gathering a wonderful collec
tion of moths and butterflies.
Baffin LandDonald P. MacMIllan,
who was with Admiral Peary plans to
start next year to explore one of the
richest fields in the far north. He
expects to establish a camp 700 miles
south of Etah in Northwest Greenland,
where bi3 Crocker Land expedition
passed four winters. He will attempt
to circumnavigate Baffin Land and
penetrate 1,500 miles of Its western
coast.
Nova ZemblaDr. Olaf Holtedahl of
Christiania university is organizing a
northwestern natural science and. ge
ological expedition to this country and
plans to start next summer.
MexicoProf, Emelio Oddone, a
famous Neapolitan seismologist, repre
senting the Italian government, is now
studying the earthquake situation in
Mexico by means of his "inerviam-
eter," an invention by which he is able
to measure both motion and energy.
Will Explore Amazon.
The AmazonExploration of this
great river to be undertaken by a large
party of American scientists, headed
by Dr. Henry H. Rusby of Columbia
university. The party expects to leave
early in January and to traverse more
than 1,000 miles of almost virgin land
In the upper reaches of the river basin.
Dr. Rusby is to be accompanied by Dr.
David Starr Jordan, president of Le
land Stanford, Jr. university and Dr.
Carl H. Eingemann of the University
of Indiana, who are to study fish and
reptiles: Dr. Ruthven of the Univers
ity of Michigan, who is to study frogs,
and Dr. Edward Kromers of thg Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and Prof. A. H.
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