The Springfield herald., 1908-10-16
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

At meeting of the Board of Gov
ernors of the National Congress of
Mothers in Washington it was decided
to hold the next annual meeting of
the congress in New Orleans in Feb
ruary next The dates will be an
nounced later. 1t was decided to change
the name of the organization 90 The
National Congress of Mothers and
Parent Teachers Association.
The nine hundred thousandth patent
from the United States patent office
was issued Saturday Commissioner
Moore estimates that the one millonth
patent will be reached in the year 1911.
Mr.. Moore calls attention to the fact
that the total patents issued by the
United States is not far below the to-
tai for all other countries for all time.
The issuance of foreign patents up to
the date of last reports was 1,135,O0O,
or only 235, 900 in excess of the total
for this country.
A plea for more mineral spring re-
sorts is made in report just issued by
the geological survey regarding the
production of mineral waters in 1907,
during which year the total output in
the United States was 52,O6O,5i0 gal
Ions, valued at 1881 ,053. In the pre-
vious year there were 4S,14S,5S0 gal
Ions valued at sS,O26,3s7. There were
5s4 springs which reported sales in
1907 against 562 springs in 1906.
The work OF the Country Life com
mission appointed by the President
last August IS fairly under way. The
President iniends to send special
message to ongress on the necessity
for improvement in rural life and he
has requested the committee to report
its findings to him before the end of
December in order that he may have
time to study them before sending in
his recommendations for legislation.
The National Conservation commits
sion and the Country Life commission
w:il meet in a joint session with the
governors of all the states or their
Representatives on December Srh in
Washington 1t is with the idea of get
ting even more directly than is posi-
bic by correspondence the farmers
own opinions of their needs that the
Country Life commission has placed
its tour of rural districts in all parts
of the United States, north, south,
east and west.
Approximately 10000 acres of land
withdrawn from any form of disposi-
ton whatever under the public land
laws. in connection with the Shoshone
irrigation project, Wyoming, has been
restored to public domain and will be-
come subject to settlement on and
after December 23. 1908, but shall not
be subject to entry, filing or selection
until January %. 1909. This land lies
in townships and s south, ranges 25
to IS east Montana principal meridian,
Montana.
First Lieutenant George A. Taylor,
coast artillery corps, is detailed for
general recruiting service and viii! as
sumo charge of the recruiting station
in Denver.
After having drawn for years pen
sion to which he was not entitled. an
unnamed veteran of the Civil War has
returned to the United States govern
ment SLIP to be added to the ever
growing Conscience fund.- The case
is somewhat mysterious, as a special
examination shows his record to be
all right and he appears to be entirely
sane.
A notable event of the closing ses-
sion of the congress on tuberculosis
was an address by President Roose-
welt, who spoke of the wonderful sue
cess of the sanitary work in Panama
which is "well-nigh sanitarium."
President Roosevelt at present has
no intention of taking the stump in be-
half of Mr.. Taft" is the way in which
persistent reports to the effect that he
was to make a speaking tour in favor
OF the candidacy of the Republican
nominee are now denied at the White
House