The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-08
WHERE TIE ''PIN-MONEY''
OF NATION GOES
Washington Monument One 81 the Expensive Estab.
ishments Of the Government Score More sc 9th.
er Small Things" Run Up the Bills #2
By w. w. Jermane.

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man contemplates building himself a
strlklng sort of a home, he should not
cens 81 T., 1T after the form and style
o oI Inc Washington monument. Costs
zoo much to keep it up. The secretary
OF Inc, treasury has just sent to con
gress an estimate of the amount he
Mnls need during the next year for care
s s9r stn ne, monument, and it totals SILL
oao: This, OF course, includes the ele-
vator and machinery; but, after all, no
one would care for house 500 feet
nlgh without an: elevator in it, and,
thefeI ofe,3 the cost of maintaining an
elevator must be considered by anyone
contemplating that kind of a habita.
With running the elevator, prevent.
Ing people from committing suicide by
Jumping; out of the windows at the
toP, as some fool every little while at.
me property to- prevent it from; being
stolen, the monument costs tidy sum
every year. sissez F. 49, ,,.&.,s~ r.. .
u w nile the subject Of monuments is
on tne carpet, it may be worth while
relating that the interior department
IS also out for some monuments; but,
IKE the hard headed, practical depart,
ment 1t IS, the monuments it asks con
gress TO buy for it are to be: set up
IN the Philippine islands to mark the
boundary lines of the farm and village
lots. It appears from the report of
the Spanish had the Philippines they
dld their surveying mostly by guess
ana py gosh. The consequence has
been that every time anyone has ven.
Iured to buy piece of land he has
Iouhd hlmself the possessor Of law.
suit: Indeed, one, of the chief diver
SONS OF the people, aside from cock.
hgnts, has been lawing over line fences
secretary Hitchcock, therefore, . has
requested congress to set aside a sum
which will enable American surveyors
to map out the lines and mark them
with stone monuments, and when these
STONES are once set, it is proposed to
guarantee their correctness by means
OF bayonets and bullets if necessary
BY stopping the cockfghts and by max
ing the line-fence litigation unneces
sary. 1t Is hoped to gradually teach
our brown brethren the beauties of
| 1aseoall, horseracing, after-hour sa
| looms craps, ~three-card monte and
other amusements of superior people.
Attic the natives Of Alaska are not
| allowed to own property or to amount
TO anything in the way Of becoming
| cltlzens, the secretary of the interior
has determined that they shall not &c
| without education if congress will pay
| the teacher He has requested congress
to give him 100000 for the mainte
nance Of. the, schools now established
winch sum is to-~pay for all. teachers
and superintendent, make the repairs
| of the buildings, hire doctors. etc. Ther
ne asks for $500, 900 more with which tf
establish fifty more schools. Thai
makes 100000. II But he also wants
100000 for the Construction and main
tenance of an Industrial boarding
school for the children Of the native
races Of Alaskaf and another 100000
d dpen p 9lRhsH som for patiyg ehil
quest was daite shock t. & those sta atat es
men who had supposed that the natives
| were OF no use except to sell whisky tt
and kill seals for the North American
commercial company at rs cents, a seal
with pay in store orders.
| :, The secretary of, war indicates thai
whether there is war. with japan or not
1t will be another lively summer for the
militia Of the several states. OF course
| It there is a. war he's got 'em.,as unde1
| the new law the militia cannot do as
tney nave done IN times past and de-
cline to leave: the peaceful environment
| OF the state that owns them. But al
any rate he means to have them fit
whatever happens, for he has asked fol
$1,000, 900 with which to pay the ex
penses Of having the militia come out
again this summer and practice the art
OF war with the regulars.
The secretary Of war also has cast a
| shrewd eye over the Great Lakes and
has decided that charts which were
made on a survey to fit the needs of
ships drawing but twelve feet of water
are not the things in these times when
the lake vessels are so big as to make
Columbus fleet look like rowboats
alongside of them. He has, therefore