The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-06-18

The daily mail of the rreAdsn, OF, the United States average about $50
the month OF March ne received as high as 1000 letters a day. but the
cations and commentator for once suggestions and comments upon his in
ansarai address and e~spape reports of his policy. President Roosevelt
ether President and since clevetands time the mail at the White House
has more than doubled. Probably President Roosevelt receivedm ore letters
than n other mn that ever lived. and they covered IN infinite variety of
s sass Il . rr Prs tried to read IL of the letters he receives he
l. opened. read, assorted and classified according to the subjects referred
various bureaus and department Of ne oysrnms haxtng snrs.attion over
the subject matter of their contents: IL purely formal letters are answered
BY q corps Of secretaries under the direction of Fred Carpenter. secretary
. . President. who signs them; communications of personal. political or
onca' interest ar placed in a basket fr The President. and he reads as
preNden, reads ouefoarh OF the letters that are addressed to him. 1t de-
emu ennrey upon their contents He never sees any of the abusive
taste of time upon those which are Of o consequence But he never fails
Of the United states sss~"" '"' : 'Nt1 '" NY o"s"
Secretary Of War Dickinson. in the light of the latest German arship
triumph, "a ordered MAJ George 0 sluier ., the Signal Corps to prepare
model Tor similar works on the Gulf and Pacific eoastsof the country. The
e!upses OF $50 miles each. at the ends Of which balloon houses viii be cor
s,ructed, with supplies TO- maintaining modern airshfps and aeroplanes
Each balloon will patrol the roast for 1a5 miles IN each side o its station.
II oonsress a e prevailed upon to spend money for this purpose each
viii be eharted.
Estimates for defrayin- expenses of collecting the customs revenues.
~f~h have been sent TO Congress by Secretary Coreyou, show the agsre~
is expended for temporary employees and miscellaneous travelling expenses,
1900" On the salaries and expenses Gf special INSPECTORS and about slo"-
New York where the outlay amounts to $4,000
The Internal Revenue Bureau has issued a modification of its former
,.us o o@ ue p1sn essss Of - small aaaa Quantities a's OF eolorans matter in manu-
Ation tn former ruling is construed as holding that, while the law does
not specifically prohibit the packing of small quantities of coloring matter
In original packages of oleomargarine. it is a practice which cannot be ap
proved because of the opportunity it affords for the preparation of fraud
There is little prospect that the arm mule win be replaced by traction
engines in the transportation of supplies ito troops in the field. Claims that
the engines would be more effective and economical have o been proved
10 tn military experts The general STAFF reports to the War Department
nat the adoption Of the engine is n0t advisable In Transporting supplies
n . country where good roads do not prevail experts agree that horses m
Eu@ arr better than engines
Ten thousand dollars for the purchase OF the site upon which Fort Minis.
In Baldwin County Alabama stood. and for the erection If a monument is
appropriated in a bill introduced by Representative Wiley tAa). Nearly
ALI Of tn men, women and children occupying the garrison 1t Fort Minis
were massaerei by the Creek Indians on Aug 30 1913
Many cities and civic organizations have asked Congress TO give them
condemned cannons and rifles hut the first reQuest of the kind from a church
las zen received 1t anne from the Union Guard. IA military oganizauon
attached to the Church of the lost Holy Trinity of BROOKLYN. y Y which
asked to be furnished with fifty condemned rifles
II tins bureau system at the nav yards the enlargement of the general
board OF the navy and the reorganization of the board of construction