The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-23
The National Capital.
Especial Correspondence to the HERALD,

ment OF agriculture, has Just return
ed from months trip in the West,
where he looked personally over the
crops of many portions of Mime
sofa and South Dakota. Interview
ed yesterday by your correspondent
he said:
81 found the farmers generally
prosperous and with some of their
crops promising a large yield. 1
am satisfied that there will be a
short corn crop, and if the present
cool weather continues the curtail-
ment will be great. This has been a
good year for grasses and will be
an abundant yield in the line OF
farm products. Small grains have
been greatly favored by the cool
season, and oats, wheat, barley, and
that class of products are looking
very well. Altogether the outlook
for the farmers is very satisfactory.
l am especially impressed with the
successful result of our experiment
with macaroni wheat in the dry
plains region of tho Northwest.
We have been paying 50, 200, 900
annually for macaroni, but we will
grow our own macaroni wheat this
year. Five mills are now grinding
this wheat, which is grown from
the Canadian line to Texas"
Secretary Root, of the navy de-
partment, when approached recent
ly during the extreme hot spell
with resquest for an hours holt
day Saturday, resquest which
has been granted in several of the
other departments, refused on the
grounds that the law did not permit
such concession. The question has
since been taken to the Department
of Justice and the Judge Advo-
General. The department of just
ice has not rendered a decision, but
the Judge Advocate General states
as his opinion that all government
clerks in the District are entitled to
half holiday on Saturdays under
the provisions of special act of
Congress. According to Mr..
Roots version of the law: the gov
eminent clerks are not entitled to
the half hour usually extended them
for lunch. 1t is rather remarkable
that so eminent an authority on gen
eral matters as Mr.. Root, should be
at such great variance with the law
officers in his own department and
with the department of justice. 1t
is quite probable, however, now that
the question has been raised, that
the matter will be settled by allow
ing the clerks the half day to which
they have been entitled for over
year, but which has been extended
to District employees only. .''
They are telling good story of
the Inauguration of a system for
doing away with tips, which was
sprung in Washington
by the Minnesota editors during
their recent visit here. The ebon
dining room brigade was particular
ly attentive, obsequious, and indie
fatigable in catering to the wants
of the editors, their wives, and
sweethearts, recognizing. of course,
the distinguished character of the
party. On the evening of the de-
parture of the pencilers. it is said
that the editors as one man arose
from the tables and extended the
warm and right hand Of friendship,
at the same time expressing their
for the courtesies and excel
lent service they had received.
This form of acknowledgment was
SO extremely unsual that the wait
ers have not yet recovered from
their surprise, nor haye they been
able to give expression to loud la
because the customary
tips were not forthcoming. Wash
ingtonians are seriously considering
the advisablility of adopting this
method of evading the tipping tax
which is already becoming a graft
at all the hotels and restaurants in
the city. The newspaper push are
recognized as pretty swift bunch,
and from what I have learned in
Washington the Minnesota gang
are rated all in the lot. There is a
suspicion that this clever little trick
in the fertile brain of
the Martin County editor, who re-
Gently said that he would be Re-
publican today booming a brother
editor from Mortified for Cover
nor if his foot hadn't slipped at the
time the Populist wave was rolling
over the West. 1t was cold
"Day" for the Washington walters
anyhow.
N. N, B.