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plant has a capacity of only 3,000 kilowatts and operation of that planthas been practically discontinued for the present.The Department of the Interior, through the Geological Survey, has

recently issued as Water-Supply Paper 580-B a brief report entitled"Water Power and Irrigation in the Jefferson River Basin, Montana,"by J. F. Deeds and W. M. White, which contains a discussion of presentand potential water power and irrigation development in the area. Thereport is illustrated by a map of the region showing the location of irri-gated and irrigable lands as well as power and reservoir sites and alsocontains a summary of all available water-supply data obtained at thestream-gaging stations operated in this basin by the Geological Survey.�;�Department of the Interior.

OUR PROBLEM: TO EDUCATE 27,000,000.A total of 27,398,170 pupils were-enrolled in schools of every variety

in the United States during the past year, and instruction was given byapproximately 1,000,000 teachers, according to the annual report ofthe Commissioner of Education recently submitted to the Secretaryof the Interior.

Citing further statistics regarding public education, the report showsthe annual outlay for schools, both public and private, reached a grandtotal of $2,386,889,132, and the total value of school property was re-ported at $6,462,531,367. Concerning school buildings, it is shownthat there are 263,280 public elementary and high-school buildings inthe United States, of which number 157,034 are one-room schools. Thereare approximately 22,500 public high schools, 2,500 in-ivate high schools,89 teachers^ colleges, 114 State normal schools, 29 city normal schools,about 67 private normal schools, 144 colleges and universities underpublic control, and 769 under private control.�School Life.

IMMIGRANTS TO BE SHOWN U. S. AGRICULTURE IN FILMS.Educational film productions of the United States Department of

Agriculture will be used to promote Americanization of immigrants.Arrangements have been completed between the Office of Motion Pic-tures, of the United States Department of Agriculture and Will H.Hays, President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributorsof America whereby the Government films will be shown to immigrantsarriving at American ports as a part of the Americanization seivice re-cently inaugurated by the film producers’ organization.The film program consists of pictures of historical, geographical and

natural classification, including many leading feature productions ofthe industry. The four United States Department of Agricultureeducationals selected are expected to assist in orientating the new Ameri-cans by acquainting them with the agricultural resources of the nationand with American farming methods.

KILAUEA GROWING UNEASY.Kilauea volcano, the largest of known active peaks, is showing signs

of uneasiness, according to Director T. A. Jaggar of the Hawaiian Vol-cano Observatory. The seismographs at Volcano House are recordingfrequent earthquakes, there has been a marked increase of avalanchesinto Halemaumau Pit, and there are yellow sulphurous patches on theslopes which are increasing in area.�Science News-Letter.