The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-01-12

The bankers are anxious to have IL
known that their effort to secure add
tional currency IL not for making mon
~, but with a view Of accommodating
the public. The bank of commission
Il composed Of fifteen bankers from
different parts Of the country.
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A statement has been given out at
the White House reminding the public
that It is the practice never to attempt
to quote a private conversation with
the President Of the United States. Ths
ground il taken that man who quotes
such 4 conversation usually misquotes,
whether consciously or unconscfously,
and that such an alleged conversation
Il not to be held - calling for either
explanation or denial BY the Presi-
dent, who u responsible only for what
b himself says In public, or what hs
writeA Or tot what he authorizes DID,
eials to say. This IL regarded a. .
warning.
No manufacturer has been author
lied to place upon the labels which
b may attach to articles Of food The
statement that the labels had been ap-
proved BY the government Secretary
Wilson, who will have direct charge
Of the enforcement Of the pure food
law, dsaires the purchasing public
should understand that any represen-
tation made that the government has
sanctioned 4 label IL without warrant
The manufacturer must accept the ~
sponsibiliU Of arranging his label to
comply with the new law, and II hs
dees not he will be prosecuted
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The War Department has adopted q
system Of Identification tags for sol.
dierA Similar tags have been in USE
IN tho British army for years. Thu
British tag contains simply number
which corresponds to a name on thu
service hooks and the reglmental rolls
During the Beer war the tag numberl
Of tAoss killed and wounded wsra
sftea published before the department
kaA identified tho numbers with thu
Names. and friends Of man who knew
his numAer scanned tho sold figures
- living 10 whoever could interpret
them.
An advance statement Of the finances
ef tho postal service, given out BY
Postmaster General Cortelyou, shows
q reduction Of the annual deficit from
$14,572.bs4 for 1906 to $10,516. 995 .for
10o6-nore than 81 000, 600, or 27.83 Per
cent The total receipts for 1905 were
$167. 90. 7s2, IN increase over 1905 Of
81, LOG. 1877, which il the greatest In
crease for any year In the history Of
the service.
Surgeon General O'Reflly reports
that cur army had 1912 men on thu
DICK list last year. which was 4 slight
decrease oyer previous years. The
British army ranks first in the death
rate. with lib deaths per 1000 men,
The American army having the next
highest e.2S, the total per year being
SO deaths. The Prussian army has
ths lowest rate. 2 per 1000 men.
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The President has awarded the nish1
fourth medal Of honor, authorized By
C0ngress Tor acts Of bravery By train
men, to Edward Murray, a cenductoE
q the Pennsylvania Railroad, who
risksd his HE 10 save two children IT
Pitt1burg last January. He has pro
viou.ay received . medal from the Car
nssis here fund
Ths annual report Of the commits
siena1 ef ne general land once shows
that tn total receipts for the year end
"a Juns % wsrs $7,585 526 m incrsasa
rsr ~ preceding year Of $567.7fs. The
ao<al area Of the land disposed OF Wa
1A814,1S7 acres, m increase Of 2,s7z-
- acreA
Figures giyen ont b. the esnsus bu.
|rsau indicate that the total wealth a
IL United States IN 1904 was $1oe8ai J.
1kooo. - compared with $88524sl4.
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