Government Bulletins and Public Resources
THE Department of the Interior, through its Geographical Survey, is sending out some very interesting bulletins in regard to the undeveloped mineral resources of the United States. Many things that have previously been imported from various parts of the Old World are now shut off because of the war; and even if the war should close immediately, the supply would be limited for some time to come. Many of these minerals are daily used in the manufacture of electric lamps, as building materials, and in other important lines of industry; and it will therefore be to the advantage of the nation and of the world to have our resources developed while this unsettled condition exists in the Old World. Persons who may be desirous of information along any of these lines should state their wants to the Department of Geology, care of the secretary of the interior, Washington, D. C. The information that our government gives out is very carefully prepared, and is therefore reliable. THE October number of Toki No Shiraushi, our new Japanese paper, has come to hand. The price is five cents, or fifty cents a year. It is a neatly printed sixteen-page monthly that would be a good thing to circulate among Japanese friends. Address communications to Toki No Shiraushi Sha, 601 Hobart Street, Oakland, California. THE Agricultural Department of the University of California has recently issued a very interesting circular on potato growing. It deals with preventable diseases of the potato, and how the crop may be kept up to the standard. Persons interested should address Agricultural Department, University of California, Berkeley, California. A SCHOOL is not ashamed of its best and finished product, nor an automobile factory of its best machine. But a saloon-keeper is ashamed of his best customer, and kicks out of his premises with disgust the finished product of his business. Ought such an institution to exist? If a big dog is challenged to a fight by a small one, and pays no attention to it, that is no sign that the big dog is afraid or wanting in courage. He feels he has something more important to attend to at the time.