Items of Interest June 6, 1914 Issue

Items of Interest

The provisional committee charged with perfecting plans for the national exposition to be held near Valparaiso next year, has issued a statement setting forth the reasons the republic has for undertaking a work of such a magnitude as the enterprise in view. "The traffic of the world," reads the report, "will undergo tremendous changes with the coming of the Panama canal. Intercommunication between many nations is to be facilitated. The coast of Chile, for example, will be nearer the Atlantic coast of the United States than is Argentina now. On the whole, the republic is to get in much closer touch with the civilized nations. Many strangers will want to visit Chile when the new route is opened up."

Wonalancet, N. H., residents and summer colonists, who have feared that the eastern slope of Whiteface mountain would be "logged" by the Publishers' Paper Company, may find reassurance in the fact that the United States government has just secured an option on approximately three thousand acres of land covered by primeval timber, mostly spruce. The tract has never been cut over. The trees are probably three hundred years old and rise thirty or forty feet before a branch appears. The price asked by the company for the tract is fifty thousand dollars.

Much interest is being evinced in St. Petersburg over the result of observations which have been taken during the past few years of the water level of the Caspian sea. It is now officially stated that since June, 1910, the surface of the Caspian has been continually sinking, and that now a point has been reached when great inconvenience is being occasioned to navigation, owing to the fact that steamers in many places cannot reach the landing-stages. The general opinion, resulting from investigation, seems to be that the water at present flowing into the great inland sea is not sufficient to compensate for the loss caused by evaporation.

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