Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-01

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( Congress has appropriated five tiaou-
and dollars to preserve the battlehelu
Of Balls Bluff. There are already sew
eral national parks on the site of great
battles, and still other battlefields are
either preserved by the different States
as parks or cemeteries, or marked by
monuments. The first battlefield me-
mortal was Gettysburg. Since then the
government has made parks at Shiloh,
Chickamauga and Vicksburg. The
Chickamauga National Military Park,
QUILT with the aid of Georgia and Ten
aeSsec, is the most completely marked
IF all the battletields. Some years ago
an association was Incorporated to
combine the cemeteries and other me-
MORALS in the vicinity of Fredericks'
ourg and charlottesville, and make 4
great park of the region, which In
dudes in ten thousand acres the battle
fields of Fredericksburg, Chancellors-
vile, S~pottsylvania Courthouse, ana
the Wilderness. The few square miles
in this region are the scene OF cam
paigns of three years. OF equal inter-
est Win the lItI'pSSh INV
parks Oh Civil Wal scenes is the park
ut Valley Forge. In 1898 Pennsylvania
purchased land in the vicinity of Wash
i~ngton's camp, and extended the pur-
chase in 1903, but the plans to Deautlfy
the region have not been carried rs far
as they should be. No battle was fought
at Valley Forge, but there the Cont
mental Army endured Il harder test
than In most battles.
3rnr 49,
New men will preside over the Con
gressional campaign committees this
year. These committees, as those IN
formed concerning political matters
are aware. are selected by the Hepuh-
lican and the Democratic members OF
the House Of Representatives to eXef-
else a general supervision over the
Congressional elections for the party.
For the last six campaigns Mr.. j. w.
Babcock. of Wisconsin,, has been the
chairman of the Republican commit
tee. He is succeeded this year by MI.
J. s. Sherman, OF New i0Tk. iii.
Sherman has served in the House for
a long time. The Democrats have elect
Ell Mr.. J. N. Griggs, OF Georgia, TO
preside over their committee. Mr..
Griggs served In that capacity in the
campaign of 1902, SO that although he
is a new chairman this year, he is not
wholly new to the work.
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Reports say that "the navy ration Is
to be made more flexible" h re-
minds one of the restaurant waiter who
refused to change the tough steak be-
cause the guest had bent it. In the
case Of the navy, however, the "fexi-
bility" is the allowing OF a greater
choice in the food and an increase in
the quantity of certain articles. The
meat allowance is increased from one
and Il quarter pounds to II and three
quarters pounds, with fresh fish or
eight eggs for a1ternates. Fresh vege-
tables are to replace canned or dried
vegetables, and soft bread will replace
bareback. There will also be fresh
fruit in place of dried fruit. These
changes-and many others looking to
the improvement of the diet of the
- not arbitrary, but may be
made whenever the senior officer in
command thinks it necessary and finds
it possible. In,
Every one has heard of the business
man who saved a thousand dollars a
year on his ink bill by forbidding his
clerks to dot their is and cross their
is. The government printing office has
really been making q greater saving
than this by using aluminium instead
of gold-leaf on the covers of Census
Bureau publications. 1t vas recently
announced that the aluminium used last
year for lettering these publications
cost oniy $50, whereas gold-leaf for the
Same purpose you'd have cost $1,000.
1t is said that ii aluhninm had been
used on all the books ISSUED from the
public printing office the government
would have saved $15o,OOO in the last
five years.
In a letter to the Speaker Of the
House, Secretary Of the Interior
Hitchcock charged W. II. Andrews,
delegate from New Mexico, and the
Pennsylvania Development Company
with having obtained possession Of
more than 5000 acres of land granted
to the territorial schools, whereas the
law stipulated that not more than 1GO
acres should be sold to any one person
or corporation. Documents in the sec
retary's possession show collusion be-
tween Andrews and the territorial Of
fcers by means of fictitious applica-
lions for land.
Secretary Of tho Navy Bonaparte,
after consulting with other members
Of the cabinet, has decided that the
adoption of a national air is not with |
in the executive province. but must be |
determined by Congress, II at all.
Secretary of War Taft and the Canal |
Commission still refuse to limit the
purchase OF canal supplies to the Amer
lean market, as they say they can not
find any such restriction in the present
Jaw. This question was revived by the
recent purchase of 10000 barrels OF
English cement at 81 cents less per bar
rel than had been offered ii AineFica. |
Cement manufacturers in this country |
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