The Lamar register., 1904-06-08

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and Brigadier General Humphrey,
chief quartermaster. U. S. A., will make
q Western trip during the month ana
will inspect the army posts at Denver,
Cheyenne, Salt Lake and other West
ern cities.
Judge Advocate General Davis has
rendered an opinion that Nevada is not
entitled to an appropriation made Tor
the National guard, because the state
has not maintained the militia organi-
zation required by law. One hundred
men for each senator and representa-
tive Is necessary to comply with the
law. Under the decision 1900 Will
be covered into the treasury.
The Supreme Court of the United
States, in an opinion by Justice
White, upheld the constitutionality OF
the oleomargarine law in the case OF
Lee w. Mckay in the southern dis
trict of Ohio to recover $50 paid by
him as a penalty for the sale of 30
pound package of colored oleomargar'
inc containing stamp tax OF three
quarters of cent a pound instead OF
ten cents a pound.
An order has been issued by the
Postofice Department for the payment
of salaries of star route mail carriers
and mail messengers monthly. instead
of every three months. The otncials
hope to inaugurate the monthly pay
ments August 1st for salaries for July.
There are 1926 star route carriers In COL
orado and sixty-seven mail messen-
gers: New Mexico has l6l star route anu
twenty-three mail messengers and wy
oming 1872 star route and nineteen mail
messengers.
NJ President Roosevelt has written a
letter to Secretary Hitchcock deciar-
ing that appointments in the forestry
service are not to be regarded as sen
atorial patronage. 1t is TO be the
policy hereafter to fill vacancies when
ever possible by promoting head
rangers to forest reserves supervisor
ships The order. which is an out
growth of recent public land irregu-
larities, will greatly reduce the red
eral patronage at the disposal OF
western senators and representatives
An irrigation bulletin issued by the
census bureau places the total area
irrigated in California at 1,1O3.I2O
acres. and 1t Is stated that remarkable
progress has been made in the state
in irrigation since 1899. In 1908
there were In operation G.O17 systems.
with an aggregate of 7.Olo miles OF
main canals and bitches, the total con
, StructlOn cost OF WnlcH WIS 9-o,' -
157. Irrigation was reported on 80
4O4 farms. The figures show that in
the number of irrigated farms and
| total construction cost of irrigation
systems California holds first rank;
| in total area irrigated it is second
only to Colorado.
A bulletin issued by the census bu-
reau gives the total number of EN-
! ployes in the executive civil service OF
| the United States as 150.3S3. These
figures include only those employees
who are required to take an examina-
tion, so that about $1,000 postmasters
and employees of small postofces are
! excluded. as are about 1000 employees,
| with small salaries in the held
| branches of the War Department. about
10000 employees at navy yards, who are
classified but appointed under navy
I yard regulations. and a few thousand
! other parts of the service. OF the l5O,-
2S3 given, 25,675 are employed in the
| District of Columbia; 137.061 are
males. 135.575 are native born. and
| lO2, ,43l are engaged in clerical work.
| OF the entire number 46,162 are between
the ages of thirty and forty years; 4;
30 .21S between twenty and thirty, and
1894 between forty and fifty one
hundred and one are over eighty; and
| 3422 below twenty years OF age More
] than a third of the number have been
| employed for less than five years and
more than a fifth for less than year.
Only 1928 have occupied places for more
than forty years. Those who receive
salaries of $500 or more number S5l;
less than $720. 50,001.