The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-16
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to be used in a series of tests at Fort
Myer next spring. Proposals for fur
nishing the balloon will be opened at |
the department on Jan. 10 next. The
balloon is to consist of a gas bag of |
silk to be covered with an aluminium
preparation. The material for the bag |
ard the hydrogen with which it will be |
inflated will be furnished by the gov
eminent. The dimensions and shape of /
the bag will be left to the bidders, eX
cept that the length must not exceed |
100 feet. 1t must be designed to carry |
two persons having a combined weight |
OF $50 pounds; also at least 100 pounds |
of ballast. A speed of twenty rsiles an |
hour in still air is desired, and the |
scheme of ascending, descending and |
maintaining equilibrium must be based |
on shifting weights. movable planes or /
some method which will not necessi- |
tate balancing or changing of position /
by the aerOnaut. The balloon must |
cesSful and continuous flights. 1t will |
be accepted only after a trial flight to |
be held at Fort Myer next spring.
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In recent address at New York |
City Francis L. Leupp, commissioner of |
Indian affairs, took occasion to reply TO |
some of the criticisms that have been |
made regarding the treatment of the |
Indians by his bureau. He outlined |
the present policy of the government as
that of absorbing the Indian into the
white mans civilization thus reversing
the old policy of assisting him in his |
ardent desire of keeping as separate |
from the white man as he possibly |
could. He expressed the opinion that |
the final solution of the problem would |
be reached by intermarriage. He de- |
scPibed the success OF the government
in making the Indian work; even the |
Utes, he said, were now working on the |
railroads and helping to build up the |
country Of which they were part. The |
commissioner said it was true that |
about 50 per cent of the Indians that
went to Indian schools, such as Car
Isle and others, and went back to the |
reservations sooner or later reverted to
the blanket But their children started
away ahead of where their parents did |
so that the schooling was by no means
wasted
An unusual view of the army has
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over the decrease i'm strength of the
coast artillery regiments. The Tenth
Company, for instance, which mustered
a hundred and one men in 1900. was
able to get out only fourteen in the
ranks in October The explanation of
fered is that the men i'm the coast artil- |
lery receive training in some branch OF
mechanics, and can get employment
outside at good wages One officer in
structed his company in the art OF tel.
ephone repairing, and made the men
so efficient that the telephone company
i'm the neighboring city offered them
sixty and seventy dollars month, and
in some cases bought the discharge of
the men, so that they might begin work
before their enlistment expired. If the
army can train its men as effectively
as this, it ought to be a pretty good
school.
Ii there are not fOrty-eight stars
on the flag Within a year or two ii
will not be for lack Of effort on tine
part of Arizona and New Mexico. A
convention of delegates from every
part of New Mexico adopted resolu-
tions the other day demanding the adj
mission Of the territory as State.
The governor of Arizona has reported
that the statehood sentiment in that
territory is stronger than ever before.
Bills were introduced in the Senate on
the first wOrking-d day of the session of
Congress, providing for the creation
of two new States out of the terrific
ries. AS the effort to pass a joint
statehood bill has been abandoned, il
is now necessary for the two terrific
ries to convince Congress that they are
worthy to be admitted to the family of
States.
According to Terence v. Powderly,
formerly grand master of the Knights
of Labor and now connected with the
government Bureau of immigration, ex
tSnsive railroad building in Italy, the
apNoach of the presidential election
and scare headlines in the newspapers,
aside from the financial furry, are the
causes for the present exodus Of aliens
from the United States. mo alarm
need be felt because of the ebb in the
tide" he says There is more work
to do in this country than there ever
was before; there is necessity for
men and women to do 1t, and the first
months of the next year will see re-
turn of aliens, who will be able to find
rcmunerative employment in this com
try"
The War Department has published
a general order of the President requlr-
ing every field officer to make each year
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days of not less than thirty miles each.
In his order the President says it is
just as much the duty of army officers
Ito pursue such habits as will maintain
physical condition fit for active SER
vice as to cultivate their minds for the
intellectual duties of their pro-
fession." e
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There are $1,000 men and women
holding positions under the government
and when one of the departments dis
misses the working force for the day
there is an appreciable activity in the
streets about them.
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The report of the recent trials of the
new battleshp Idaho sent to the Navy
Department shows that on her twenty