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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31
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sum of $1,000 in gold weighs 1914
pounds: 500 silver dollars are sup
posed to tip the scales at 35k pounds.
and $500 in halfdollars. that is 400
coins, weighs IL pounds. In weigh
ing coin at the treasury very accu-
rate tally has to be kept by teilers
who stand beside the scales and re-
cord the outcome of each operation
For all that the weighing OF coin
will be doubtless resorted to for the
major portion of the accounting OF
Uncle Sans cash, there will be tons
of coin which for one reason or an
other will probably have to be gone
over by hand. An expert woman
counter can handle about 10000 Sill.
yer dollars. halfdollars or quarters
in a working day. lingering them over
one by one, but this method of work
is now being displaced in Uncle
Sans money storehOuse by an IN
genious new type of electrically op-
Grated machine. which counts coins
of any denomination at the rate OF
|, 900 per minute. An automatic reg
istering device keeps count with alb
solute accuracy. Dimes. nickcls and
cents are more difficult to count by
hand than the larger coins, but the
handling of these minor coins has
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31

transfer the amount in question to the bank
Of the payee with instructions to credit Rich.
ard Roe's account with the amount Of the in
debtedness.
Convenient blank forms are provided for
making these notifications. When the banker
receives an instruction of this character, says
the Bookkeeper. he in turn notifies Richard
Roe of the payment to his credit and the name
Of the payer.
In Hamburg the Rechsbank and five i'm
portant banks use the Giro system. Represen-
tatives Of these banks meet several times daily
at the Rechsbank, where transactions between
their several customers are cleared. In Ham,
burg very little material money is used in
effecting transactions. the habit being to settle
all obligations. even Of the most insignificant
character, by Uberweisungszettel. When pay
ments are to be made from one city to another
this is done usually through the Reichsbank,
which has 500 branches, more or less. through
out the empire. All transactions under
taken without cost to either payer or payee.
and on the contrary deposits subject to this
modified form Of checking usually draw one
per cent. interest per annum.
The advantages OF the Giro system fall
partly under the head Of security and partly
of convenience. Danger from forgery is
eliminated. as the notification sent to a banker
by payer could not by any possibility be
utilized advantageously by criminaly dis
posed persons. The only inconvenience OBJ
servable arises from the fact that receipts for
payments are not acknowledged on bills rem
dered, unless such receipts specially
sought by messenger after the bank exchange
has been made.
1t is customary in small local transactions
for the payer to note at the foot Of bills the
date of payment through his banker and in
case of possible dispute the bank is always
prepared to clear up MISUNDERSTANDING. Con-
Germs doing large volume Of business and
obliged to make numerous payments daily are
spared the annoyance Of preparing hundreds
of individual checks. they have merely to
write ou. list of names and amounts on q
long sheet, which they send to their banker.
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ouiKy. will be intrusted almost entirely to men.
whereas the enumeration of the bills and
oohos Will be largely in the hands of young
women. whom experience has demonstrated
are DETER at such work than their masculine
coworkers. Indeed, at the previous event of
this Kind some of the most expert Of the young
women developed an ability to count 10000
bills In five hours.
The young women who are engaged in this
work give their undivided attention to count
ing bills Male associates give out the bundles
OF money to be counted and take charge Of
them as the count of each package is finished.
The fastest work in this whole big undertake
ing Is done in counting the reserve fund-that
ts the millions upon millions of dollars in
brand new currency that is held in reserve
ready to be Issued whenever called for. This
wealth is in the form of crisp bills, ranging
In denomination from 81 to 81 900 each. There
are thousands of bundles of this paper money
each bundle containing 1000 notes Of one de-
nomination. Inside main bundle of the size
indicated are 40 small packages. each contain
ing 100 notes. Thus a bundle containing
100000 in $4,000 bills is no bulkier to
handle and no more trouble to count than a
package containing $4,000 in 81 bills.
An official of the treasury has personal
charge Of the count and working under him is
a force recruited on the ratio of about five
counters to one bailer and sealer. As the
count progresses each package In turn has the
heavy wax seal broken and is unwrapped by
one of the men, who hands it to one of the
women counters. taking her receipt for the
bundle of money. She proceeds to count the
bills and II the package is found to contain
the amount called for turns it back with an
Endorsement as to its correctness and the -
ceipt which she has given is destroyed or
returned to her Each package which is pro-
nounced o. X. is taken in hand by the bailers
and sealers rewrapped. labeled and sealed
with the great daubs of red wax bearing the
official treasury SEAL SO that at the end Of
this proceeding the package looks just a. 1t
dfd before work began
The woomen employed at the treasury depart
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ment are famous the most expert cufleh.'
counters in the world and the most hisnly
skilled of the force were drafted for this e1ua q =
undertaking Contrary to the supposition OF
many people, the counters at the treasury III
going over a package of currency actuaiiy
lift each note by the upper right-hand corner
To be sure, the women are aided at their
work and have check on accuracy by the
keeping tab on the progression Of the NUMBERS
printed in blue ink on the face Of all notes
the notes in a package being placed in regular
rotation, but aside from this supplementary
scheme for verifying there is actual counting
in the good old-fashioned way Records as
high as 5000 notes an hour have been made
by the most expert Of the 400 women counters
in Uncle Sans employ. but such high-speed
work cannot be maintained for any great
length of time.
A most important feature of the task is the
counting Of the bonds held by the government
as security for the circulation OF national
banks and as security for government money
deposited with the banks. These bonds occupy
special vault in the treasury building and
they total something like three-quarters of a
billion doll.:. in value. A committee of seven
officials will count the bonus. aid inasmuch
as great care is necessary in going over tn"
bonds, coupon and registered. it is expe~ted
that at least two months .':::.. be necessary for
this task alone. The last time a count of the
bonds was made six weeks was allowed for the
task, but Uncle Sam now has on hand SO per
cent more bonds than were in storage at that
time.
The counting of the coin-gold. silver, nick
el and copper-in the possession of the gov
ernmen constitutes yet another branch of this
unique enterprise. In the case of the coin the
term counting must not be taken too literally,
for as a matter of fact much of the accumu-
lation of coin is weighed on the delicate scales
at the treasury instead Of counted. Weighing.
in the case of freshly minted and unused coin
gives Just as accurate a verdict as to value as
does counting Certain numbers Of coin are
placed in bags sn' weighed rs standards. The
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31

in the national-bank United States deposito
ries. He is also trustee for the bonds held to
secure nationabank circulation and the pub
lie deposits in national banks. so that this
head paymaster of the government has in his
keeping not only all of Uncle Sans wealth but
hundreds of millions Of dollars Of other
peoples money, which he must keep in such
shape as to be able to render an accounting at
any day and hour.
Now when the new treasurer of the United
States took over the Office he was obliged to
give the outgoing treasurer a receipt in full
for all of the moneys in his keeping. Natu-
rally he would want to do this only after as
surfing himself that all the funds were intact
to the last dollar and penny-hence the big
count. AS may be surmised, this appraisal OF
what Uncle Sam has laid by for a rainy day
cannot be exactly coincident with the entry
and exit in the treasurer's Office. To count
one by one all the bills and gold pieces and
silver and copper coins In the governmental
hoard is time-consuming task and the new
treasurer will probably have been in Office
three or four months and perhaps even six
months ere he is in position to hand to the
outgoing official formal receipt closing the
transfer. OF course II the count of the money
and securities should show any shortage from
the total amount called for by the books, the
retiring official will have to make good out OF
his own pocket-which is rather hard. since
subordinates handle the funds and do all the
couuting-but this has never occurred since
the present scheme of settling accounts was
adopted.
While this lingering over of all forms Of
legal tender is countrywide in scope owing to
Uncle Sans Gordon G: branch offices stretch
ing across the continent. the big end of the
Job and the most spectacular phase of it has
its locale In the treasury building at Washing
ton, where the bulk of Uncle Sans wealth is
stored. There are upward of a score of differ
ent vaults in the treasury building and every
one of these capacious strong boxes will be
Investigated by the money monitors charged
with the task of verifying the government
Bookkeeping. II the plan of previous counts
y followed the counting Of the coin. which IL
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31
UNIQUE BANKING SYSTEM

Very little is known in this country Of the Giro system
Of banking in Germany This system has been in use in
Hamburg since the establishment Of the Ham,
burger bank in 1919.
An is opened in the usual manner. and when
payments to be made the instead of preparing
check merely his banker debit his
with the involved and to credit Richard Roes
count with like amount.
IT, however payer and payee have their accounts in
different banks payer then requests his banker to
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31

Granting the published request OF
1,5O0 Greeley boys and girls for Q
skating pond. George Dauth and ii. l.
Witter will provide an ice rink sew
enty-five feet wide and a half mile
long: also the water.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31

Work on the highway between Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver may sOoa
commence as the state has offered to
do $1,000 worth of work on this boule-
ward if the county commissioners OF
FL Paso county will advance "A like
amount. The commissioners, who have
taken the offer nder advisement, are
said to be favorably disposed toward
it.
One hundred dollars for handker-
chief is the price paid by u. G. Sim
mons of Kenosha. Wis, owner of the
Pixies Peak Cog Road. and frequent
visitor in Manitou. Mr.. Simmons WAS
asked to contribute Il handkerchief to
the bazaar OF the Young Ladies' Ben.
evolent Society of the First Congrega-
tional church of Manitou. and sent .
500 check asking that the article be
purchased with it.
Colonel Won ketten, chief of the se-
cret police of Moscow, has been ap.
pointed to succeed Colonel karpon.
chief of the secret police of st. Peters
burg, who WAS assassinated December
%. Several attempts have been made
against the life of Colonel Won Ketten.
who for many years has been hunting
the revolutionsts without mercy.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31

A dispatch fro0 Bailey in the Piats0
canon December 23d says: WiliiAD
Mendenhalls hair stood up when two
COWS, pursued by mountain lion
which Mendenhall affirms was ''as big
as a horse" tore across the railroad
and river and through the streets of
IEsmOnt early this morning. MendeE-
hall fired at the lion, but missed it.
md it fled.
One of the Oldest cattle ranches il
Weld county. owned by Max Wick
horst and containing 1900 acres. near
ROggen. was sold to Lincoln. Neb..
men for $4,000 a few days since.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31

States In the of major portion of the newspaper
reading public the announcement that Chres H. Treat
had resigned treasurer did the
Significance that would be attached change in the
of the presidents cabinet mayhap the
ing of leader in the United States However.
with the first hint of Mr. Treats intention to leave the
government service the federal employees most directly
inerested-that Is, the treasury clerks who have to
the big count-n effect had notice big
chore that awaited them for be it known such whole
sale of the governments financial
taken only when man steps down treasurer and
another steps nsometng that is scarcely expected
happen ofener than once in four years at the most
The responsibilities of the treasurer of the United
States that make necessary careful balancing of
accounts at time such this arise from the that
this official by law charged with the receipt and dis
bursement Of all public not only in the treasury
Washington but also in the subtreasuries Boston
New York, Philadelphia Baltimore. Cincinnati Chicago
g Louis Orlo nd Son Eranc md
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ihdeed. such an invoice of the gov
ernment's financial resources has
never been taken at stated inter-
walls. as merchant takes inven-
tory or banker balances his &C.
counts periodically. The summons
ior recounting of the republics s
treasure invariably comes, as this
one did, at comparatively short no
t'ce. A special squad of the most
expert money handlers in the world
were organized to enumerate all the
coin and currency and bonds in the
federal strongbox and this body of
b hree dozen men and women will
work steadily for weeks and months
In the money caverns that consti.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31

OUNTlNG billions of
dollars in all forms
OF money and all
kinds of securities is
the herculean task in
progress in an impor-
tant branch of our na-
lOnal government.
The necessity for thus
taking stock of Uncle
Sans hoard arose
quite uneXDectedlY.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-12-31

when full, holds given number of coins Bags when
filled with coins duly sealed the principle
packages of bills sealed but the closing of the
opening of coin sack is not done with stick of
in the of the currency parcels but with
chancal appliance that be held in hand and some
what resembles in appearance the punch used by the
average street-car conductor.
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been greatly facilitated In recent
years by the introduction Of count.
ing boards. which fill mechanically
when stream of coin is poured
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-04
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5swAs1IlNGT0N Fes l:-Bs isad,sr
General Daniel n. Brush, recently b
command 81 10 Department. q 1 the
Columbia. has beon ordered 70 the
Philippines 70 take command OF the be
Department Of Luson, and win leave
for his post on the transport sailing y, IL''
from san francisco tomorrow:
This will be the fourth time that
General Brush has bern assigned to
The Philippines. When he was ap;
pointed 4 adier.general last win.
ter hs was colonel Of Z the Twenty
.onrtp Infantry. He has spent . total
ef seven yearsgtn the. Islands.
BrigsdIer.Ganeral john j. Pershing,
recently in I. n mand Of Fort William
mckinley in the Philippines and now
On leave in the United States, has
seen assigned 10 duty as eomnand ding
officer OF the Department Of Ninda'
mao, Vice Briqsdler General Tasker
II. Bliss, wso has seen ordered to
Washington for duty as assistant mt
thief Of stan :. <. v "a.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-04
EMBROIDERED sHlRT.WAIaTs.
Now 10 tho Time for Girls to Do %
Fashionable Nasdlswork. 4

Whit prettier occupation could you
1ind for . winters evening than the
lace-work on a lingerie dress or the
embroideriug or bra!dIng Of new
shirt-waist? The very fate that there
is no pressing need back Of your work,
that you can 20 at It leisurely. drop
II at your convenience and pick It up
again at your pleasure, will add to
your enjoyment Of your wlnter-sum.
mer saving. i5 5.{
There are the shfrt.waists., You can
tell now how many you will need and
how they should be made. Tnere is
no nlooted question Of long or short
sleeves to hold your work in abty.
ance until Madame La Mode makes
Up her mind what she Is going to wear
next summer. She has declared en-
phatically In favor Of the long sleeve;
and where the short sleeve! Is used at
all in shlrt-wnists It Will BIO In a
three.Quarter length and on the dis
tinctly wnrm!weather waist. Nothing
is more comfortable than the free
forearm for any Kind Of athletics or
house work, and for those two usages
| think tho short sleeve will never
quite die out. But in the really smart,
wt1l-tatlored. shlrt-waists. you will rare.
" see anything but the long sleeve,
and the palmer the better. There
Is an excellent sleeve that Is being
rut in the best waists Just nova
sort OF leg-o:.matton shirt-walst sleeve
that fits in to the. cuff without any
fulpess at all, rye sen It a number
Of times with a rather severe type
Of waist-six tucks on each shoulder
in front and two.plece yoke In back.
Once I saw; It in white linen with the
edges OF the centerfront plat bound
with pink linen. and Just inside tie
binding narrow rows Of hatler.stitca.
ing done in the same color. Really,
lit was awfully etrectve.-The Febrl;
airy Delineitor. Sag S' y.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-04
.vAsELiNE5 NO GOOD FOR HAIR.
Dandruff Germ ThrIyes In. r. - Wei
x u as IN taII Graaee.

z - Il
IA well known Chicago aair special
1T invited the Inter- Ocean reporter to
come to. his ofice and see. under a
microscope. how the germ that causes
tandrun thrtves in vaseline? The spe,,
eialist said that all hair preparations
containing grease, simply furnish food
for the germs and lelp to propagate
them. The only way to cure ,dandruff
Is 10: destroy the germs. and the only
hair preparation that will do that Is
Newbro's Herplcide. Destroy 'te
cause, you remove The, effect" With,
out dandrur no failing hair, no bald
ness, Ask for HerpIcide. It is the
only destroyer Of the: dandrutf germ.
Sold By leading druggists. Send 1oc
in stamps for sample to The Herpiclde
Co, Detroit, Mich. TWO sizes, SOC and
s1.Oo. cune's Drug Stone. Special
Agent. q s.,}
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-04
IN THE ATTIC.

(From the New York sun t;a
Here in the musty attic all, & 4
Wnere gray webs culver to and fro fro'
/ slowly climb the creaklng stair
/ knew SO we'll in time ago.
And there beside the papered pane
Waore sunlight shifts It's misty
I md an old friend once again,
Tho trundle bed Of childhood days.
O trundle small, i hold so dear, i
Hall hidden in your nut brown
wood: s,lt359
The soft gray dust Of yesteryear
Has draped you in velvet hood.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-04

Ives IS No co.
hi. il IN oslss mn,
- fnray 1rs!& 81 los 4 osusss:oa
M sens asppas 81 repo nm ~
tsors os euns,it hoa tor China q
1871 ealssS = Ia over Of iedicts abonah,
81 ne distinct On between lsanehln
md Chllanaa, i1yeishins against
tond feet urging tho liberation q
missionaries and native Chi stians, ap:
rolaans ] eonstitutio commission
10 ,arait ! Z plan; ordering sell. govern.
ment councils ID Picking and elsewhere
and directing odlc!als to nave consutu.
itoaal principles explained to The pee 't-
pie by competent Instructors. In Au:
gust, 1908. searc the announcement OF
full constitutional government ana
i. parliament after nine years. Now
no one can tel: Just what this means g:
hut contemporary events may throw
some light up,n 9its Atfthe end o.
j so7. representatives Of the gentry q
KianEsu and chehaug were ordered
10 peklng to DISCUSS their differences:
with the government over the matter
l. - y
Of d. railroad concession In their PROV:
,nees, and they took good care to point
out that their. presence in Picking On
IN imperial summons was the begin
ming Of provincial, representation AND
possibly the first step toward o 'parlla::
ment- it was evident that Picking
did not feel able to ignore the wishes 'llts
of me PROVINCES in the matter. The
reinforcement societies! ordered IN
1907 have been established in q NUN.
her OF the larger cities, particularly In
connection with chambers OF COM
nerce. and they enjoy a. considerable
degree OF freedom Of discussion when
exercising reasonable amount Of re
ztraint. Consisting Of che gentry, well.
a.odo merchants, and minor officials
they have been active in securing the
representation Of the local FatePayers
n municipal sHairs. In the Mhye
city Of Shanghai nearly hall the orls-
inal area has been taken from the iur.
I,dletion Of thu magistrate and put ID
10 the hands 10 tho ae'tgovernnenlt
organization. When. as In this case, 1t
is done with .he full support OF me INC
cthcia whose power IT so vitality d.
,pipishes. II Is a striking evidence OF
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-04
sclaEG



q The aeaih sefi this steiioa Of coun,
tin Is reasonab biz sood at this writing.
aallss; Nellie Miller. y, Millfail, and
Simon Morgan, Of Helen,s RIM: hied
themselves 70 OAKLAND ;one day. last
week and we're married. The boys are
Watching for their. retrrn. Then We
win hear the horns and bells. Is
Mr.. Orion Wilson was calling on
Mr. WanIsle,. Sunday. (. 1Et
Miss Alice Wilson was calling on
Miss Bell Br.mage Sunday. a5.;,
Mr.. Lawrence Martin and brother
we're calling a. Mr.. RF. Wilson's Sun.
Say. ,tss55 NJ & 4 5s55l
Our school taacher't brother, Mr.. !:
t:lenn Martin Of near shinnston, Is
,islting With liz brother this week.
Mr. OF. Martin. n Millfall, VINO
las been qui;e III with fever, Is some
better at thi. time. a
There Will be a pie and peanut so
rhl 1t White aock school house next
Saturday nigh-fthe 9Th inst. for the
benefit Of a school library Come one,
come all. and bhYe a good time. Z
3 e. Sal n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-04
NGIlEIE:|RIIlG.'''
'A 4 ! I [! ] \
r .fts HOLE ANN ltlI MEETING
tlExTA eATuRDAY& EVENING i W
ATIlaoR eAHTQWN. I Y IS II

sc-lsshssToTid sFos. The a
neeiig ds tie APPALACHIAN Ea
a.leariar sAs-scaatlea Will be held II
.alicai sH:ei ofs Weet Virginia Uni
iyss,tvs Is l satardag atte1noon and
eyszE.s Fesaaar7 sth. "
After do election 4 odcsrs. and
I s,rrs.zs.etlsa q kuslpsas a s:ssSp m.
~ lsi.ovtss 4 papers viii be; read
4 sa4 iEeusse&: Y Il w 4 Szls;5;.te
Municipal Saortashted ness.s BY
assSry d. I q. Waler. city engineer
stsW egReaboro. RI. 4 II {:
ksthods sused aad Results OBJ
Eta,aea Il Trlaasulsioa OF the Fair
IL fRegiea1 ~ Mr.; John G.smyth:::
ehlsf engineer q the Fairmont Coal
4 s9elPa1g {: y n X n afs \ "A.
IA infoTcedf Coacrete Construction"
III President 4 Wasuer. CHIEF en-.
!, ssss,ssrS N tha NeNport LEWIS Light and
3 sssssr !! compsan = (; &
Tue sSurreyorSstvs.s The Engineer"
sSsySS Nc. CIV .. Hartley Of Morgan
4 tovo. SIs:5 r. y /
E Tie ero.iEE sessiea At 1880 p. M.
! Swtil iceraist Of a stereoplcon lecture
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-04

~ "a sla flsaialssy1ylasa suatllais
ioJo.f Drip fatag tio Oak flausv Gseft
a. Pfko5 street, IN ClarkuhurG. 0aeto.
brands LOT stIlperj quart. n1pressaet
rrera!d oa(sallon orderu; Of ltst fpxiceaj
ofdsra eorf traadiss, VINO or beer 10
family Sos nedidnal use uivon yrcnoY'
atssatoa. AL goods larantood ctrss.1
" p1ro. 3 I. lGIi
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.tt,APoPuLAREHorEI

The number 81 people from Is,s
mont registering at the Hotel
exceeds that Of jail other place. d
Chrksburg combined. And, why tI j
It Is the leading 2hostelrys ot Ethins
Of the United 81 States, II til troorisj y
elegantly fitted out, til table I'D -
unsurpassed, and ibesideB, isg rsta5 60
meals us only fifty centgi iIneti eRp
plan. The al la carte dining room -
fords the opportunity for que tfi ~
dering just$what siB lesired sGk tesl
abba prices. h "a Il