Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-08
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Estimates of appropriations aggregat-
ing $23, 461 911 are made by Gen. Llex-
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: Gun and mortar batteries,
81 ,4S9, 800; electrical installations at
seacoast Notifications, $1,00O,000 sites
for Notifications and seacoast defenses,
s., 800; searchlights for harbor de-
lenses, 100000; experimental auto
mobile torpedoes, 100000; seacoast
batteries at Guantanamo, $1,020,000;
Honolulu and Pearl harbor, S1,11O0O0;
Manila, Ass, 900, and installation of
electric plants at these places and at
Subig bay, $50, 1872 The modern works
of defense now constructed represent
an 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 $27, 100000 for the fiscal year
1909.
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An important change In the regula-
tions for acquiring homesteads on the
public domain has been announced by
Commissioner Ballinger of the general
land office. AS an additional precau-
ton against fraud all persons making
homestead entries on public lands af-
ter Nov. / will be required to prove
actual residence on the land for four
| teen months before they will be per-
mitted to commute the entries to
obtain title by a cash payment. Here
tofore the period of actual residence
has been eight months. The ruling
will not affect entries made prior to
Nov. 1, 1907.
By direction of the President, Secre-
tary of the Navy Metcalf has an order
directing Surgeon Charles f. Stokes to
take command of the hospital ship Re-
lief. This is the last step in the con-
troversy which resulted In the resig-
nation of Rear Admiral Brownson from
the office Of chief of the Bureau of
Navigation. In connection with this
action the President transmitted to
course and citing the precedents in the
American and other navies for such
procedure.
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To the Committee on Paper of the
American Newspaper Publishers Assoc
citation which called at the White
House, President Roosevelt intimated
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.
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The new rulings of the Post Office
! Department requiring the discontinu
) ance of newspapers and periodicals.
+ whose subscriptions remain unpaid af
> ter a certain period and reducing the
percentage of sample copies which may
be sent out at the pound rate, already
/ have resulted in reduction of 6,000,o0(
q pieces of mail handled.
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The prompt acquiescence of tn,
!. banks in the suggestion of the Treas
: ury Department that other securities
). might be deposited with the treasur,
a to take the place of government bonds
o which latter could thus be used TO
Il taking out additional circulation, hal
t considerably augmented the currenc.
available for commercial use.
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. The government suit for the dissolu
ton of the alleged combination of tn
). Hartman railroad interests In tn
9 West was commenced in the Unite'
q States Circuit Court at Salt Lake City
# A large number of railroad corpora
:. lions and individuals are made defend
ants.
The Treasury and Law department
I of the Federal Government are some
!. what at loggerheads as to what consti
8 tutes real whisky in the intent of til
: pure foods act, and an appeal to til
!. Supreme Court is contemplated in OF
der to straighten out the middle.
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