Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-10-20
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TO run the Department OF Agriculture
for one year. This Is an illustration,
he said, of what is being done for the
farmer. The Income to the department
from all sources, including the direct
appropriations, revenues from forest
reserves, and the allowance for public
printing is little more than 81, 000,-
spection law, the work of extermlnat-
Ing the cattle fever, tick. and the
gypsy and brown-talled moth, and the
Irrigation of dry land farming have
been put In operation. the department
Will have pay roll OF over 5000 per-
IONS. About half OF these are sclen-
lists. trained along special lines The
average salary is less than 5000 year.
Over 100000 pieces OF literature are
circulated each year, and this amount
will be greatly Increased as new lines
Of investigation are begun. One Of the
new lines provided for this year is
grain inspection, and this promises to
be one Of the largest fields of scien-
tific labor.
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The census burea will soon begin
collection OF marriage and divorce sta.
tlstics under the census authorized by
Congress. A few special agents will
go into the field at once to confer with
county authorities and others as to
scope Of the Information available
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gather statistics on marriage and d.
yorce from the records OF counties.
State courts and like available sources
Of information. 1t Is the intention to
gather data In large centers like New
York and Chicago this summer, and
later to obtain 1t In the rural districts.
The census will cover the last twenty
years. President Roosevelt is deeply
Interested In It. Uniform divorce legls
latlon In the States Is expected to grow
out OF 1t.
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Nowhere In the world are bank de
posits increasing In greater ratio thar
In the United States. The French, just
ly famed for their economy and savlnl
procllvtles, are easily outclussed by
the Americans, reputed spendthrifts
and the most extrayagant people OF
earth. Official figures just at hant
show that In France from 1885 TO 100,
bank deposits Increased from $4,000,
900 to $4,000, 900, or 21S per cent. IL
the United States during the same
years the deposits Increased from 81,
24s,000000 to $4,735, 100000, or 271 pc
cent This great Increase is properl.
chargeable to the prosperity enjoyed II
the United States rather than to
healthy growth Of the habit of economy
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Hereafter every man In the mllltar.
service OF the United States Will hav
his thumb print taken and filed wit
the records OF his enlistment, 80 tina
there may be no mistake In his ldentl
fication whether dead or alive. Tn
impression Of different fingers will als'
BIZ taken, so that the loss Of thumb
; would not shut Off means OF Identified
ton. This system has been adopted OIL
Recommendation Of a board appointe
by Acting Secretary Ainsworth- Tn
board found that the chances OF hnge
= prints OF two persons being alike wa
r one in 64.000,000,0OO. The system will
, also be employed for the detection o
2 deserters and to prevent fraudulent In
/ dorsements.
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NH noot,Doctor napo~oI haa lcsuo1
l fraud order against the Vlneless Pota
| to Company Of Chicago. which has beel
t advertising a substance at $3.50 pc
bottle known as potatine, which wa
guaranteed to produce as many pota
toes In bin OF sawdust, without vine
or foliage, as could be grown on an acr
Of ground, within a period of sixt
days.
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A statement made by the Secretar
of the Interior showing the allotmen
Of funds under the provisions OF tn
national irrigation act, says that tn
sum Of SAL, 100000 deriyable from tn
sale of public lands is available 70
this purpose. Work will be continue
or begun In fifteen western States.
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A force OF fifteen special agents Q
the Interior Department which ha
been furloughed for several months o
account OF lack OF funds, resumed a,
gressive Investigation Of land frauds |
the Western and Southern States unde
the appropriation which became effe'
tive July 1.
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The Isthmlan Canal Commission hi
Issued invitations for proposals to fu
nlsh not less than $500 Chinese labo
ers for canal construction over a periC
OF not less than two years. The wor
Ing day is to consist OF ten hours, vii
all overtime paid for at the time-an
a-half rate.
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The War Department has award,
the entire Issue OF Philippine bonds
the amount Of s1,O00,0O0 to Fiske
Robinson, New York, at loops. The
certificates bear per cent interest. a
redeemable In one year and are acceT
able as security for public deposits.
Is the sixth Issue OF Its kind.
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The Postoffice Department has deci
ed to test at Baltimore the use OF aut
mobiles In the collection OF mail.
successful, the system will be extend
to all the larger cities. Two sutom
hiias have heen constructed which a