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It can be gathered at any time of the year, bnt the fall and win ter are usually preferred, more be cause of the ^climatic conditions than because of the availability at the gum at this time of the year. Ordinarily the gum Is assorted Into two classes, one of which la clear and entirely free from bark. The small amount of the material which cannot be entirely sep arated from bark Is sometimes sold as a low grade and Is separated from the bark and dirt by melting and strain ing. 8traighteet Surveyed Line. The stralghteat of the world’s sur veyed lines Is that running northward between Alaska and Canada from the coast to the Arctic ocean and consti tuting the boundary Uoe between the two countries. The line consists of • clearing 20 feet wide, cut1 through all timber, of aluminum-bronze monu ments set at Intervisible points not more than four miles apart, and of a map In detail of the strip of country two miles each side of the boundary proper. In 1867, the American and British treaty makers laid a rulei on a map and said: “This shall be the dividing line." The line traverses 600 miles of country over great mountain ranges, swift rivers, quicksand, glaciers and bottomless Tnnrsnaaa. , ROAD • BOHDIHG Study Science of Roads in Elementary Schools The automobile industry is showing more than ordinary Interest in u bul letin just issued by the bureau of edu cation. Department of the Intel ior, en titled “Main Streets of the Nation," and intended as a study of projects on highway transport for elementary schools. Prepared by Florence C. Fox, spe cialist In education systems for the United States government. It will par ticularly appeal to the children be cause their lives are very close to the highway question; good roads playing un increasingly important part in every child's experience. Tlte bulletin shows the remarkably Interesting and practical lessons which have been worked out for elementary grades. In arithmetic, for example, a question such as tlds Is asked: "If the railroad fare from New York to Sun Francisco is $138.18, how much more, or less, will It cost to motor through t he Lincoln highway than to go by train?" The solution involves prob lems in the cost of gasoline, the wear and tear of the machine, and the day's living expense en route, as compared with the cost of travel. In the geography department inter esting lessons are presented which af ford imaginary Journeys over the country’s great highways. Important cities are located on the way, and brief essays written about the national poiuts of interest in passing. The bul letin gives in great detail how such lessons may be prepared. Problems in simple science are brought out by a study of road build ing, drainage and grading. Lessons in civics are exceptionally interesting and these include problems on financ ing; bow to obtain a right of way; how bond issues are cared for, etc. An important lesson deals with the safety question. Every parent is in terested in tlds, and the work in volved cannot fail to be of help and practical use to the young student in the face of the crowded streets ami highways. Wisconsin Will Renumber All Its Trunk Highways Immediately following a conference of the special legislative committee, appointed to select 2,500 additional miles to the state trunk highways, di vision engineers and the state high way division commission to determine finally what rouds ure to be added, highway expects will begin work on the enormous task of renumbering all of Wisconsin’s trunk highway system. Almost every trunk highway in the state will have to be renumbered to conform with the additions made by the special legislative committee. Under the new system there will be fewer short highways and more hfng highways, with several numbers over lapping each other on the main trav eled through routes. Wherever it is possible highway ex perts will plot routes direct from im portant centers. There will be no change, however, in the system or plan of marking the trunk highway system. All highway maps are to be reprint ed and revised following the new al location of main highways, but this will probably not come until late in the spring. It will make main routes easier to follow, for it will not be nec essary to switch off from one highway to the next on a long journey. Motor ists will be able to enter the state on one ' iglnvuy und follow that clear through the state or to their destina tion. Large Mileage Is Added to Federal-Aid Highways (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Feileral-akl roads totaling 8,820 miles were completed during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, bringing the total of federal aid roads com pleted to 26,536 miles. The mileage completed during the year is classified as follows: Miles Graded end drained .1,860.1 Sand-clay . 749.8 Gravel .3,816.4 Waterbound macadam . 335.8 Bituminous macadam . 462.9 Bituminous concrete . 76.8 Concrete .. Brick . 1* Bridges . 10.8 Total .8.820.2 The projects under construction at the close of the year amounted to 14,772 miles and were estimated at 55 per cent complete. In addition to the 20,536 miles completed and the 14,772 miles under construction there were at the close of the year a num ber of projects approved but not yet placed under construction, the aggre gate length of which was 6,917 miles. Scheme of Texas Farmers for Building Good Roads A settlement of wide-awake farm ers near Lindsay, Tex., have a scheme | for road building. On one farmer’s I place is a gravel pit that furnishes good gravel in abundance. This farm er furnishes free the gravel for road hr.ilding purposes, while the other farmers grade up the roadbeds and do the graveling. When the work is completed It hasn’t ctist anything ex cept a little time and labor, and there are no taxes to pay. Calibrate Opening of Highway.1 A smooth,, unbroken highway now stretches from Vancouver to Los An geles, linking two nations and joining three stntes to Canada. The last of the cement, completing the highway from Vancouver to the border town of Cloverdale, B. C., was poured in the presence of thousands of motorists who met there to attend the opening ceremony.. Unprofitable Hog. A plf that doesn't mkke n hof of Mmoaif isn’t profitable. Women of Tokyo Sew for Quake Refugees __ .....—H Above is pictured a group of Japanese women who are giving their spare time t" sewing ailieles o * o 1 n„ »». their refugee friends. The women gather in the great park of the Asakusa Kwannon temple, lokjo. 1 ie temp e f sacred to the goddess of mercy. QUEEN OF MIAMI FETE ■_I Miss Olga Knamorado, daughter of General M. Knamorado, consul gen eral for Cuba to the United States, was chosen “Queen of Beauty” for the New Year’s Fruit and Flower festival at Miami, Fla. Miss Knam orado is here shown gathering some of the fruit for the festival CLAIMS HUGE ESTATE Gregorio Carmichael, u Filipino hoy •vho has just arrived in tlie United States, comes to claim an estate of $G0,000,(X)0 left at the death of his fa ther, an American soldier, in Okla homa. Oil was found on the laud and money is now pouring in. It Is likely that a court struggle is pending to settle the lad’s Identity. -< NEW HELMET FOR FOCH This helmet, made by hand of cop ier and silver and surmounted by the Gallic cock, has been presented to Marshal Foch o' France. It Is the •vork of France’s most noted metal irtist. Some Hope. The superintendent ot fhe Sunday school was bubbling over with en thusiasm at the regular attendance of Ids pupils. “Dear children," he an nounced, "now today out of the whole school only one of us Is absent—little daggle. Let us hope that she is ill.’’ Saxophones. Saxophones, which are now so pop lar with the musical public, are very ensitive Instruments; a sudden Iraught of cold air may cause them o go flat in tone. Had 2,500 Offers; Picked This One Archibald Turner of Hourne, England, asked a newspaper to find him a wife, and received 2,500 offers, lie selected Miss Lilian Snape to be his bi^jle, and here they are. Perfects Everlasting Enamel .lean Dinnnt cf Paris, the world’s foremost artist on hammered metal, has perfected a form of enamel which is said to be everlasting. His method Is said to be that of ancient Egypt. In the above picture he is seen at work at his forge. France Honors Three Clowns Three noted clowns, the Frutelllnl brothers, have just been decorated by the French government, receiving the "Palmes Acndemiques" from the minister of public instruction. They are here seen being interviewed by a Paris newspaper I man. WORTH KNOWING I Havana, Cuba, has a now hotel that will accommodate 1,000 guests. It is stated that locusts actually blotted out tlie sun recently In the Crenherg region, Russia. A small speed torpedo boat which will go 40 miles an hour is being in troduced into the navy. Because of the scarcity of fuel, Eu rope is becoming more awake to the I nf wutA* WIWOT Pineapples at times attain a weight of 17 pounds. A telephone booth wherein the user Is confined until all' charges are paid is coming- Into use. The record parachute jump, which was 24,000 feet, required 90 minutes in the descent. South America has more than 19 times os much forest per capita Of rwmnlstHnn a« Asia. v
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