The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-07-06
10N LETTER
Especial Correspondence.l5

lumbla, Tie seat of the government,
often called the ten mile SQUARE, is
not at the present day nor was at the
time of its marking ten miles square.
IF this should prove true, and there is
no doubt of it. as the party presents
proof of his assertions, the District OF
Columbia is not plumb and its bound
airy is untrue. He says the northwest
ern and southeastern boundary lines of
the District exceed ten statute miles
by 60 and 70.5 feet respectively and
the northwestern and southwestern
lines also exceed ten statute miles
1851 feet and 230.6 feet respectively.
These Irregularities, he declares. throw
the north corner of the District 116.2
feet to the west of the meridian of the
south or original stone and also throw
the west corner 1886 feet farther to
! the north than the east corner.
District MiIestones.
An examination shows that the dis
tances between the successive stones
vary considerably from exact miles.
and in no instance a Il milestone be
found placed at exactly a distance of
one mile from it's neighbor. 1t is fur
Their discovered that many of the
stones are out of proper alignment and
that the original lines limiting the ter
ritory are not at the proper angles.
The District of Columbia was estab-
lished by congress on July 16. 1880.
and the original cornerstone was laid
April Is, 1871.
White House Stables.
Owing to the condition of the presi-
dents stables all of tho horses which
belong to Mr.. Roosevelt personally
have been sent to another stable at
The White House stables are on low
| ground and are so damp that several
of the Roosevelt horses died from in
fuenza, while others were very i'll
from that disease and have never fully
recovered. Efforts IN the part OF mem
bers of congress to ecu an appro-
priation for. new stables have failed
heretofore, and opposition in the past
has been so marked that there was not
mitted at this session.
Only government horses are now
kept in the White House stables, and
It Is understood that if congress next
year does not appropriate for new sta
bles to be erected on a healthier site
these animals will be sent elsewhere
and their present quarters closed.
| La Toilette a Vegetarian.
The original anti-beef trust senator is
La Toilette of Wisconsin. For five
years he has not eaten meat of any
kind.
The Wisconsin man is, in fact, one
of the best authorities in the country
on gastronomic ailments because when
his w gastronomic apparatus went
back on him he became a student Of
such subjects, prescribed a diet for
himself and restored his health. But
he has never restored meat to his
| menu The notion that there is no fight
ing capacity left in strictly herbivorous
animals, however, has received Il Sc
we're shock in congress since the fact
became known that La Toilette alb
stains from meats.
Free Lemonade.
VIZ klCC lcuuOuduS AdDll u lHc SUI
ate is as old and respectable us the
snuffboX habit. Few men take snuff
these days, but the snuffbox near the
vice presidents chair is kept replen-
lshed. Both snuff and lemonade are
paid for out of the funds of the senate.
Both are of the finest quality.
The senate lemonade isn't the thin,
watery stuff that one gets even where
the price is high enough to Justify the
use Of only the finest materials by the
most skillful artist. 1t is a rich yellow
duid made of mineral water and the
Juice of many lemons, into which for
davoring purposes are poured the
juices Of other fruits. It is served out
In huge galvanized pals placed at con-
vonsent points in the restaurant, the
principal committee rooms and the
cloakrooms as well as the press gal
lery. 1t is free to all cemers.
Senatorial Ovsrshoes.
Another custom of the senate is to
provide each of the senator's with as
many pairs of overshoes as the state
Of the weather demands. The fathers
Of the republic, which Is the proper
name of all those who lived prior to
the civil war, introduced that practice
10 soon as it was shown that shoes
made of a mixture of rubber and vul-
canizing material were of real value in
the exclusion of water.
The custom has prevailed so. long
that no n remembers on what ground
the expenditure of public money for
the purchase of articles of wearing ap-'
parel was justified. Before the advent
Of Boss Sheppard, the man who pulled
Washington out Of the mud, the pur-
chase of rubbers might have been JUS
tilted on the ground that the interests
Of the public demanded that senators
do not risk their lives by yenturing out
upon the streets without all the para
phernalia for protection against the
elements. The same course of reason
Ing would have justified the purchase
Of skitfs for senator's who desired to
navigate Pennsylvania avenue.
Fined the Contractor.