The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-21
IN THE WORLD OF PROGRESS :

kee nation had 1876 pupils in 100 day schools
ten small boarding schools and four large board
ing schools costing, all told 1921 SIT. The situa
ton in the Chickasaw nation is very muddled, as
the superintendent of the territory was able to
get reports from only two boarding schools last
year, while the nation has fifteen day schools
and five boarding schools. The reports were
scattering and inaccurate, and entirely unsatisfac
tory to the superintendent and to the Indian
bureau This is the nation in which there has
been juggling with the school certificates, for
which several persons have been indicted.
Joseph Ramsey, Jr., president of the Wabash
Railroad company has thrown down the gauntlet
to George Gould and will engage in fight for the
control of the Wabash system which will doubt
less prove to be one of the most sensational
struggles ever witnessed between railway mag
mates. Ever since Ramsey deposed as presi-
dent of the Pittsburg lines of the Wabash the
feeling engendered by that action on the part
OF Gould has increased in bitterness and the con-
test for the control of the system will be fought
out in the annual meeting of the stockholders
October TO- In furtherance of this fight Ramsey
issued a circular letter to the debenture bond
holders and stockholders OF the Wabash company
appealing for their proxies that he may repre-
sent them in this annual meeting. In his letter
Ramsey reviews his service in the company for
the last ten years; calls attention to the extern
sions and improvements he wrought; says the
power and capacity for handling traffic is more
than doubled, and the cost of this work. at least
$1200O,O00, has been paid out of the net earnings
Concluding Ramsey says mo one is better ac-
quainted with the Wabash railroad, it's capabili-
ties, and it's possibilities than myself; / do not
hesitate to say that with prudent, conscientious,
and impartial operation, there should be at an
eraly date some pecuniary return to it's owners"
The new $40 gold certificates which the Off
Gals OF the bureau of engraving say is a great
improvement over the old bill has a portrait of
Washington in the center. This is surrounded by
an ornamental border with background of intri-
cate lathe work, displaying UNCONVENTIONAL count
ers SO arranged that matter how the certifi-
cate may be placed in pile of bank notes. the
teller can readily determine it's denomination.
The essential thing in connection with bank notes
is. the officials say, to make them as difficult as
possible to counterfeit. With this end in view
the underlying tint in yellow was used, and it was
so arranged as to produce the figures "20' at the
top and the words Tin gold coin" at the bottom in
apparently deeper shade of yellow than the
tint. 1t is said that the design of this certificate
is the most difficult to counterfeit of any so far
issued by the government. The experiment of
obtaining designs of notes from artists was made
some years ago, but the judgment of the bankers
was that, while they beautiful pictures they
were not bank notes.
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