Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-12-26

the upper house last week Thursday
, which will materially decrease the
, alarming number OF assertions from
the regular army if is enacted into
law, The bill provides for al
] amendment OF the civil service laws
so that any one who has been hon
orably discharged after five years
service in army, navy or marine
corpse, shall have preference in
appointment and a margin Of five
points on comparative examinations.
This rule now applies to those hon.
orably discharged on account OF
wounds received or sickness incurred
in service. IL extended to the
regular service it is believed it will
furnish an incentive for men to
finish out their enlistment.
Max Darewski, the remarkable
boy composer of IL, expects to make
tour of the United States this
winter. At present he is conduct
ing the orchestra of sixty performers
at the London Hippodrome.
Although his parents are Russian
Max Darewski was born in Man.
chester, where he began to play the
piano at the age of three. He now
plays by heart 200 classical pieces,
as well as ten concertos, and he
knows more than fifty of the great
standard oyeratures. He has been
praised by most of the great living
musicians. Melbr called, him "a
perfect genius" Patti said that he
had "Mozart's soul in his little
body" and Paderewski declared his
touch and conception to be perfect"
1t is interesting to know that his
right hand is insured for $4,000.
1t has only been that class of
politicians who felt that they could
not stand on their own bottoms who
have insisted that Roosevelt did not
mean what he said and that he
would or could be induced to go
back on his spoken or written word.
Now that he has declared himself
again it leaves the third termers in
rather an embarrassing position,
especially in South Dakata where
they have attempted to continue in
power on the strength of the presi-
dents great popularity. The presi-
dents determination to retire at the
end OF his second term will result in
uniting all true friends of the
Roosevelt administration upon the
candidacy of Secretary Taft and in
this state it will give the stalwarts
and especially Senator Kittredge, a |
strong advantage in the contest now
on for the control of the state con-
vention which meets next March.
The report of Secretary of Agri-
culture Wilson for the year ending
June 30 last indicates a peroid of
great prosperity for the farmers of
the country, although in some
respects they were compelled to
with adverse conditions.
which cut down the crop yield
below the output of former years.
In spite of this the high prices
which prevail have made the total
value of the farm products of the
country far above anything hereto
fore known, reaching the stipend
ous sum Of S7,4l2, 100000 or 1857.
100000 in excess of the previous
year. The value of the corn crop
alone is estimated at 81 $4,000, 900.
Attention is drawn to the beet
sugar industry, which in 1892 pro-
luced 13,400 tons, while last year
he output was 100000 tons. The
ice crop was 08 per cent above the
'verage for the three preceding
vears. This country now exports
more rice than it imports. The
operations of the meat inspection
ervice during the year showed an
Of 5O,999,034 animals, Of
which 1892 carcasses and 500, S76
'arts were condemned for disease or
'ther causes. The cost of tais
Inspection was So. l59.474