The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-12-06

secretary Sortelyou. i'll national banks
and so available as security for the cir
culation OF bank notes. Bids for these
are invited and must be in hand by the
s0th of November. awards to be made
20 the highest bidders.
On the same day circulars were is
sued inviting subscriptions at par. With
accrued interest from Nov. 20, 1907, at
3 per cent on 100000 900 of the certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness authorized by
the act of 1898. These will be payable
to bearer on and after Nov. so by the
treasury department. Subscriptions
will be received by the secretary of the
treasury at Washington or his assist
ants in other cities after Nov. IS, half
of the issue to be allotted at the ma
tional capital and the other half by the
assistant ~treasurers, so as to secure the
widest possible distribution. The GER
tificates will be issued in denomina-
lions of $50 each.
Railroads Defy Postal Order.
Three railroad companies, the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe, st. Louis
and San Francisco and the Missouri
Pacific, have absolutely declined to
comply with an order of the postoffice
department that for the next forty
days these roads should carry empty
mail bags and other mail equipment
back to the distribution centers with
out compensation therefor. The rea-
son for this order was a desire to pre-
vent a tie-up or congestion Of mail dur
ing and just preceding the holidays.
To this end it was thought that it
would be well to have the equipment
transferred more speedily than can be
done by freight, which is the method
provided. While there is some doubt
as to the right of the department to
enforce it's order, the law permits the
use of the express companies for the
purpose in question, which would meet
the emergency, though proving rather
expensive.
Roosevelt Decided Whisky Question.
Developments in regard to the pend
ing prosecutions Of the whisky dealers
for violation of the pure food law indi-
cate that the question as to what
should be construed as pure whisky
was finally decided by President
Roosevelt, to whom the matter was
taken by DIR. Wiley, chemist Of the de-
partment of agriculture. The presi-
dent concurred with the chemist In the
opinion that to meet the requirements
Of the law the whisky must be the
pure spirits, unmixed with neutral
spirits, f~avoring Or coloring matter,
which produced the article called
offended whisky" ,
Shortage of Army Officers.
The war department has decided that
the present first class at West Point
shall be graduated next February, five
months earlier than the usual time, in
order to meet the great shortage OF
army officers. The present attendance
Mt the Military academy is said to be
about 100 below the authorized en-
rOllment.
Fleets Cruise Not Secret:
Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson,
chief of the bureau of navigation OF
the navy department, has
that the plan to exclude newspaper
men from the fleet shortly to leave for
Pacific waters has been changed n
that one representative each OF three
big press associations would be al
lowed to accompany the warships.
Preparing For War AirshiPs.
The military authorities of the varl-
Gus governments have not overlooked
the important part which airships VIII
probably play in the wars OF the future
and are making active preparations TOT
both offensive and defensive operations