The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-06-25

@ goes 10 make NJ
the stock Of 8 com
UxFkUI@ pIese department
-NN1- store.
1-Y Llihsa water and
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hosses. hair sonse. sype~risegs. towels
and mahogany furniture are only
On OF the ss~snx which are paid ior
cut al the ample fund provided for the
sonata.
There III q salary list which ID only
exceeded By a few Of the mulssmllison'
dollar corporations Pages. messeng'
~rx. police. clerks. private secretaries
and ether minor officials make up an
army og rrtasners who draw good
raoney frona the government
R~sasrs III NIL kinds. the librarA
she senate stable. stationery. mileage.
expenses al ~junxeslng committees aud
mnny other things draw from the sen
ate hank balance In the course OF q
year.
ofA.a0W s~s Each senator.
The entire expense averaged tis.seso
10 zach senator. and viii be larger
this year when the Increased salary Ii
figured In.
The senas1's pin money pays for
al tbs kilograms senators send and
the replies IL supplies ice without
stint. enc months bill. that for De
cemher. having been sess.ss. II pro
vides apolisnartx. white rock and other
special waters
The miscellany fund buys type
writers and bicycles. horses. wagons.
and. maybe. an auto or two, although
none ere fonnd listed In the classified
accounts. No senator was ever seen
nros d hscyele. There are bicycle mes
sengers. however. and the senate. be
Ing q biz hearted institution. gives
the necessary machine.
From Jan. 1 Z 81. 1905. Ida BAN
1ley received si.2lo for washing and
ironing 467 dox~r towels for the sen
ate I'm the same month A. L. Ford
got 37sso for washing and ironing
30 dozen sowess During the same
thirty-oue DAYS Edith A. Washington
profss<d / the suna OF tsS.60 for wash,
lng and ironing 80 dozen towels
rays fss ysaesals.
At The death Of = senator the senate
bears al the expense Of the funeral.
senda = committee to attend and pro
vtdes 4 handsome floral testimonial.
All 81 which swslls the expenses OF
che greatest legislative body In the
~u0rid." Iii 1905 this source OF ousgo
proved unusually large. because there
~ere eExht deaths in the year.
The cost Of D funeral to the senate
run In The vicinity Of 5000. One
hill totaled In this Wise.
washington undertaken. en-
Aalnsinx. easkes. carriages.
r1hearxe. removing and pack
Ing GOE<Ys. etc .*...3 1880
line aoraI wreath ..-... 50.0o
Tndertakxr III home town.
hearses carriages. transpoT-
fation IT nouers. twelve
PAIRS Of gloves. us< ana
transportation Of chairs. ISIS
Exp<ns<s os n. w. Layson.
1ho managed the funeral
arrxngenreEts for the SEA-
A&4 ..-..--.s+.-. @*~-** SV-su
Npectai train. tickets al party
lnrk Co their honses. private
PutlmaDx. commtssary. S.i7E43
R4imburs~fa~nt Of Senator
FRASER z5.75
t0%1l .~*.s.~sss- Ss.~sA-@
Tne Ause and transportation oil
chairs 70 and from church. above
nct@d. cost 9izs.
Whsn = senate committee decides
1hnG ~ quarters need rcnttinx Il
Uakes . thorouEhly good Job Of II
Ihe case Of the committee on inter
oceanic canals forms = good sample.
AaAsGssy Cssss Mss~y.
Two sixty inch mahogany. roil-tog
Aesks cost 1854. Two smaller mahos
any typewriter desks were secured q
-. Fourteen hamoEany armchair,
came 10 e1i5. Two ditto revolving
1esk chairs cost $3.50. One mahog
my bookcase II billed Al s3I0. A ma
hogxny hIs case was obtained for $3.50
= committee table took $500 out Of tn
c~ontingens fund. Such other items =
mahogany typewriter chairs. tw,
window seats. n mahogany an,
leatherette screen and more nie case
brought the total to 1855 80.
Thee we're bought In 1907. Sine
Aat time the new senate once build
- has been opened II II PROVIDE
Nth new furnishings throughout