Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-11-29

Estimates of appropriations aggregat-
Ing $23,461 ,911 are made by Gen. Alex
ander Mackenzie, chief of engineers of
the army for fertilization work during
the fiscal year 1909. This contemplates
work in the United States, Cuba, Ha-
wall, Porto Rico and the Philippines.
1t includes: Jun and mortar batteries,
$4.4S9 500; electrical installations at
seacoast Notifications, $1,000, COO: sites
for Notifications and ~eacoast defenscs,
$3,47S,5OO; searchlights for harbor de-
lenses, 100000; experimental auto
mobile t%orpedoes, $1OO.OOOi seacoast
batteries at Guantanamo, $1,02C,OOO;
Honolulu and Pearl harbor, $1,11O,O0O;
Manila, $6,4SS, OOO, and installation of
electric plants at these places and at
Subig bay, $5O2,992. The modern works
Of defense now constructed represent
al expenditure Of approximately $685.
100000 for engineering work alone. For
the engineer work involved the compile
ton of the defenses recommended by
the Taft board the estimate is $16,052-
413. Gen. Mackenzie's report deals also
with the improvement of rivers and
harbors. 1t submits estimates aggre-
eating S27, 100000 for the fiscal year
1909.
There is to be an epidemic of rail.
way regulation Legislation in The vari-
GUS legislatures throughout the United
States Gu"'"r the coming winter Last
winter thrrv was an epidemic of two
cent-a-mile l;ire laws. The New York
public utilities law. for which Gov.
Hughes is responsible, and which is
very sweeping in its provisions, is like
ly to be used as a model. The officials
Of the New York Public Service Com
mission have been deluged with in
quiries for information and applica-
lions for copies of the law from every
corner of the country, and. the fact that
the railway managers in New York
have accepted the extreme forms of
regulations provided in that law will
be used as an unanswerable argument
against any opposition that may be
raised elsewhere.
In a formal statement issued at
Washington President Roosevelt said
the result of the elections was Eek
tremely gratifying" and that he had
sent a letter Of cengratulation to Mr..
Heney of San Francisco. The victory
in New Jersey, he says, is just what
happened there in the middle of the
Mckinley administration nine years
ago. AS compared with the elections
next preceding the last Presidential, or
in 1898. the Republicans lave done bet
ter, thinks the President. considering
especially the sweeping victory in Ken
lucky for the first time since the first
Mckinley vote. The result in Manhat-
tan he finds to be due to purely local
causes.
An important change iu the regula-
tons for acquiring hemesteads on the
public domain has been announced by
Commissioner Dallinger Of Ink general
land Office. AS an additional precau-
ton against fraud all persons making
homestead entries on public lands af-
ter Nov. 1 will be required to prove
actual residence on the lane fer four
tGSH UiOllAS ECtSlC lEty VIII NC pei
mitted to Commute the entries to
obtain title by a cash payment. Here
tofere the period Of actual residence
has beer eight months. The ruling
will not affect entries made prior ia
Nov. 1, 1897.
After a conference at the white
House with Secretary Garfield of the
Interior Department, Assistant Secre-
tary Oliver of h War Department,
and Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
Leupp. the President decided to con.
tinrte the policy Of the Indian Bureau
of furnishing the Indians an opportu-
atty to work. and, in case Of their fail
ure to take advantage OF the opportu-
nifty. to e them to their W
This is the result of the recent out
dams now located on the Cheyenne
River Reservation in North Dakota.
- a
!! To the Committee on Paper of the
American Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation which called at the White
House. President Roosevelt intiaated
that he would urge Congress to repeal
the tariff on print paper, wood pulp
and the wood that goes into the manu-
facture of paper: also that he would
have the Department Of Justice inves-
tigate the paper trust to see If it had
violated the laws.
The prompt acquiesccnce OF The
banks in the suggestion OF the Treas
urv Department that other securities
might be deposited with the treasury
to take the place of government bonds,
which latter could thus be used for
taking out additional circulation. has
considerably augmented the currency
available for commercial use.
Postmaster General Meyer believes
that his work In efficiency is impaired
by following the custom of sitting ut
a desk. When he was the presiding Off
Ger Of the lower branch of the S1assa-
chusetts Assembly he used q massive
desk. made IT walnut, highly en-
belIished. and standing more than four
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