The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-12-18

workers on the pay roll. the death rate
per thousand was fS.S2, less than half
Of the previous rear. The decrease
was especially among the blacks, and
this testiiies to improved sanitation.
During the year - patients in the hos.
pitfalls Sled ont Ct o1,ta3 treated. Ma
chinery la use ut the end Of the year
included 1oi steam shovels. 80 Ameri
can and French locomotives. 3,45l
American cars and 6lo French cars, 20
cranes. 50 nnloaders. . track shifters.
is pile drivers, - earth spreaders and
i6 unloading plows. All the settlements
were supplied with electric lights. mum
berin- 1886 si..teen-candle lights.
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The annual report II Postmaster
General Never discloses a deficit Of
Sl6,g10.a1S the largest in the history
of the department, the increase In reve-
nue. having been only half the ordinary
rate of recent years. The chief cause
of the deficit is the large increase or
the rural free delivery system, which
COST N5t.obs.tNt. III loStHihsttA oSh
eral recommends now a parcel post adj
dition To the rural delivery. believing
that II would he not only of great ben
eft to the farmers. but would earn mill
ions for the postal service. Further
more. it is urged that such a servics
would help the small local stores.
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A new counterfeit 81 silver certiti
cate. Indian head, has been discovered
by the secret service officials, who de-
clare that it is "A dangerous n deccp-
tive counterfeit. Ii is said TO be par
ticularly deceptive by reason of the
fact that it is painted on genuine paper,
which has been obtained by bleaching a
note Of smaller denomination, probably
a 81 bin.
Captain Emmett Crawford. Of the
Third United States cavalry. who was
killed in the attempt to capture Ge-
ronimo twenty-five years x is to be
honored with a place in the National
cemetery. The remains have lain at
Kearney. Neb.. since 1886. They will
be disinterred and transferred to Ar
l!ngton cemetery. and there reburied
with military honors.
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Preliminary to making It's report the
national monetary commission held its
first formal meeting in Washington.
The decision was reached TO draft a
set Of questions 10 be submitted to for
eign bankers and authorities, the an
swer. to which it is expected will be
valuable in the preparation of "A general
financial measure for the United States.
The Navy Department has ordered
that the official address OF the naval
station at Guam hereafter shall be in
the Marianne Islands instead OF the
Ladrone Islands. which they were
named under Spanish rule. Ladrone Is
Spanish for robber, and the inhabitants
claimed that such a suggestive name
did them injustice.
A grand total Of 81, 069, 2S9, 100
worth of mineral products in the Unit
ed States during the past year Is an
nounced by the geological survey. or
this amount s1.lGG. Lea, l91 were non
metallic. NO .0240o5 metallic, and
100000 not specified. The mineral
products for the previous year aggre-
gated S1.9o4.Oo1. 034.
The National CONGREGATIONAL Com
mission, which grew out OF the first
| conference OF governors and other not
able men ut the White House last win
ter. completed It's inventory Of the ma
tons resources, with he aid of the
executive departments OF the govern
ment, and these facts were reported at
a meeting Of the commission
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The total receipts OF the Federal
Land Office for the year were Sl2,Il5,-
100. an increase over the previous year
originally entered during the year is
1860, 3-ti acres. Il decrease Of 1,3OI ,2U9
acres. as compared with 1907. The to-
tai area ul,on which tinai proof was
made il S,06s. Oh acres.
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General revision of the American
financial system cannot he hoped for nj
the coming session OF Congress. but the
members OF the national monetary com
mission expect there will be a law pass
ed corrective Of souae Of the developed
banking.
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The report OF Second Assistant Post.
master General stewart tells of a big