Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-08-10

Secretary MetcaIf or the department.
II Commerce and Labor has ordered
he coast survey to make an !nvestiSa-
ton to ascertain whether there has
oeen any horizontal displacement OF the
sarth's crust on the Pacific coast as 6
result Of the earthquake Of April Is
last. This will be necessary in order
to rectify existing charts and maps. In
India, after the earthquake OF 1897, re-
vision Of the triangulation showed diff
ference in distance of % feet and ID
feet In height. Prof. Omori Of Japan,
who Is investigating the effects Of the
earthquake IN San Francisco, says
that, if accurate observations had pee
taken of the smaller shocks which have
followed the great shock, it would be
easy to predict when the earth would
| again tremble. He predicts that small
| shocks will continue to occur for two
| years or more, but that there will not
De another great shock in that part OF
the country for fifty years.
49,
Postmaster General Cortelyou has
issued an order resembling the regula-
ton under which patrons of rural mail
routes are compelled to purchase boxes
| from one Of the two hundred listed
! manufacturers who have put IN the
| market 300 different styles of boxes.
approved by the department., costing
! from fifty cents to four dollars each.
| Patrons Of rural routes will be per
| mitted to construct their own boxes.
provided that in doing so they conform
to the requirements Of the department
as to size, durability, safety and pro-
! lection from the i~nclenency of the
weather. In order to maintain the
government protection Of the mail
| placed in rural boxes the patron must
secure the approval Of the postmaster
| for the Office which serves the route,
and paint on the box the words "Ap-
| proved by the Postmaster General"
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Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson an
| nounces his purpose to enforce tho
oughly the new meat inspection law,
and said he would go personally to Chi
! cage to organize the inspection force
in hat city. He said every packing
| house would have to satisfy him before
| he would pass it as sanitary, and that
| the civil service commissions already
had a number Of inspectors selected.
Supervision and inspection would be
| extended "from the pasture to the
package" and the government stamp
| upon the can would be a guarantee,
| not only Of the healthfulness Of the
animal, but also that the product was
| prepared in sanitary surroundings and
| with the addition of nc deleterious
| chemical or preventative"
49, r
By direction Of President Roosevelt
| orders have been issued that violations
of the eight-hour law by contractors on
public buildings shall be reported by
| army and navy officers or other gov
eminent officers detailed to take charge
: 81 such buildings. These reports will
be turned over to the Department of
.. Justice. that prosecutions may follow.
! Labor CALCULATIONS have reported
many violations of the law to the Pres
| ident, who had Commissioner Of Labor
| Neill Investigate them. He found the
law being freely violated, and it was
| decided to get the cooperation Of the
army and navy officers to check the
practice.
A surplus Of $26,1S7, $50 is shown by
the Treasury Departments statement
| of the governments financial transac-
lions during the fiscal year ending
June 80. The receipts were $594, 591,-
ia, being $~51,490,S55 more than in the
| prior year. The increase is In customs
| and internal The expendi-
lures for army, navy, pensions, Interest,
fcivil and miscellaneous We're compara-
lively lower than during 1904-O5, but
were more than offset by the increased
expenditures Of $23, 5O4, 1S9 for public
works, including the Panama canal dis
bursement.
The big 100000 1G-lnch gun, with 4
made by this government, has been dis
carded, it having peer found that, with
the power of smokeless powder now in
use, it would not stand the strain Of
fire and consequently would be more
| dangerous to those who fired It than to
the enemy.
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In making a promotion in the naval
bureau Of supplies and accounts, Secre-
tary Bonaparte refused to appoint a
! man who had been passed over a wom-
an, who had a higher official record.
The woman, Miss F. G.. Thomas, got
the place.
The capital Of Alaska was changed
from Sitka to Juneau, Thursday, when
Gov. Hoggatt rented rooms at the court
buildings at juneau for an Office. The
Attorney General decided that this ac-
ton effected the change.
At the War Department Thursday II
was announced that Secretary Taft had
granted permits to three companies to
| withdraw from the Niagara River wa
ter for power. 1t permits the Niagara,
| Lockport and Ontario Company to inn
port from Canada the equivalent of
$4,000 horse power from the Ontario
| Power Company of Canada, and a like
amount by the Niagara Power Company
| from the Canadian company OF the
Same name.