The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-12-04

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C~osncidsnt with the publication of the
Newport conference si naval estStruc.
fion. 1t bias leaked cut tlsat Secretary
OF the Navy Mercaif several months
ago scnt 10 Admiral Srerry Of the bat.
sieslip fleet a copy OF the letter writ.
ten by Commander Key eriticsSlssg the
design N the North Dakota aiui ask.
Ing for the opinions nj all the o4tscsrs
of the fleet. Sissrry has unw ~sslf a re-
port show Ing that u, I~r cent II the
Officers supported Key. Sf.rry had each
Dattleshlp carefully measured ard sew
er1l showed an oseriraft ~ about two
rect. This tends in sustain the ertsi.
ctsnis Of itenlsrdahl ard asheTx The
report Of the NcvI@sst conference.
which was given ssut semi Off ciai says
That the cssssenxus M exfsrt o~,Ialoa
was that the piatr~ had t~-a rightly
placed and that the design nj the North
Dakota was excellent, The conference
did. however, diseover sssisss minor Dr.
fccts in the location and protection of
magazines and expressed the view that
the Finch guns arv inferior To those
now being USED on British ships Of the
snfne class.
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In q letter Ia Prof. I. III. Bailey of
ithaca. chairman Of the Country Life
Commission. recently apgriateSi- rrcsi-
sent Roosevelt suggests that the com.
mission ask the farmers and all ilaose
whose life work is In the open country
10 come together In the different school
districts. using the sehoolhousrs for
meeting places, and discuss such mat
hers as the efficiency Of the rural
srhools. farmers organ ixaiions. farm
labor. need ri good roads, better postal
facilities and sanitary conditions on
the farm. He tells the commission that
Itx work In 10 ascertain what are the
general economic. social. educational
and sanitary conditions Of the .Ten
country. and what. II anything. the
farmers can do to help themselves. and
what the government can best do to
help them. The president announced
that he would add two extra members
to the commission, making seven In all.
49,
An estimate that the LOSSES during
the months when forest fires have been
prevailing In various parts OF the TnIt.
ed States have aggregated xi.tsHa.fsA
per day. was made hy ~. J. Niece, the
Agriculture. The forest service In a
statement says that probably la every
instance the devastating forest tires
night have been prevented IL the sew
eral States had provided an adequate
number Of men TO patrol the woods
and arrest the fires In their incipiefey,
aud IL lumherrnen and other users Of
the forests had been careful tn dispose
Of brush after logging ~ as TO pre-
vent the spread OF fires.
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Bids have been opened at the Navy
Department for the construction II
eight submarine torpedo boats. for
which Congress Inns appropriated S.
J00l010. The Electric Boat Company
of Quincy. Mass. bid for boats Of A.
tons displacement from $4i4.o0o to
SiI4.GNo, according 10 the class and
number Of boats built on the Atlantic
coast For a boat OF $40 tons displac.,
mient the prices range from 100000 10
100000 The Lake Torpedo Boat Com
pany. Bath. Ne. bid on boats OF 5is
tons displacement from $3.50 20 10
100000. and on boats Of 40 tons dis
placement from &3So.J00 to x4l0.oo0
For boats built on the Pacific "A 81 the
prices quoted are much higher.
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Under the direction % Prof. I. II.
Bailey. the Country Life Commission
recently appointed by President Roose-
Welt is sending out a letter OF Inquiry
To 10000 persons. the replies 10 be
tabulated by the Census Bureau. The
questions relate to the conditions OF
farm homes. conditions OF rural
schools. whether the farmers get rea.
sonable returns for their labor. rca-
sonable service from highways of
transportation. II their postal service
In adequate. about organization. rent
Ing. help blanks. insurance. etc. ANY
n may receive a copy Of this circu-
lar for the asking.
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Postmaster General Sydney Buxton.
OF the British ~po~socSce depa rfment.
and I. HenneEker Ileatoh. known
abroad as the father of penny postage.
exchanged consratuiatory kilograms
with Postmaster General Meyer over
the Inauguration Of n 3-cenf postage
rate between tlsis country and Great
britain.
I'm order 10 keep the organization
free from even the suspicion of evasion
of legal requirements, George Otis
Smith. director " tine geological sur
vey, has issued an order prohibiting
members OF the survey from owning