The National tribune., 1909-03-25

J.. M. b., Austinburg, Pa, and 9TH
ers: In the beginning of our control OF
our outside possessions, school teachers
were conveyed on Government trans
ports when there was room, but now all
of them are organized and managing
their own affairs. The acts Of Congress
establishing governments for our island
possessions provide that the schools
shall be maintained from the insular
treasures, and that the administration
of school affairs shall be controlled by
the local authorities. For the Philip
pine Islands appointments of persons
residing in the United States are made
as result of examinations conducted
in the United States by the U. S. Civil
Service Commission, and those appoint
ed contract for two years of service in
the islands. For further particulars
address the Chief of the Bureau of In
sular Affairs, War Department, Wash
ington, d. C. Hawaii has a Territorial
Government, the Governor being an
appointee of the President and the
Legislative Assembly being chosen by
the people. The public-school system
is modelled after the State systems of
the United States. For information
concerning appointments of teachers
and matters pertaining to education in
the islands application should be made
to the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
HAWAI-. III fOTCO RICO
the situation is very similar to that of
Hawaii. All correspondence relating to
schools should be sent to the Commits
sioner of Education, San Juan, Porto
Rico. Cuba is an Independent Repub-
lie, and inquiries with regard to the ap-
pointment of teachers in its schools
should be addressed to the Minister of
Public Instruction, Havana, Cuba. All
inquiries respecting teachers and edu-
.cational matters in the Canal Zone,
Isthmus of Panama, should be ad-
dressed to the Superintendent of
Schools, Ancon, Canal Zone, Isthmus of
Panama.
p. D., Pittsburg. Pa: A party desir-
Gus of taking up a homestead is ex-
pected to examine the land desired and
then apply to the U. S. Land Office of
the district in which the land is To-
Gated. The National Tribune prints a
book giving the various land laws and
the location of vacant land by Coun-
ties, Districts and States, with brief de-
Scription by Counties. 1t is sent to any
address for 25 cents in stamps.
]. r. s., Brooklyn, NJ Y: Twenty
two pension bills died, with thousands
of other bills for all sorts of purposes.
with the close of the Goth Congress. All
of these bills can be introduced again
when the 61st Congress begins it's regu-
likely that any of the dead bills will
get new lease of life during the extra
session, called to revise the tariff.
7. B. F., Conneaut, o.: Florida was
the first locality in what is now the
United States visited by Europeans.
Ponce De Leon, Spaniard, discovered
it, and gave it its present name, which
means Land of Flowers. 1t has a long
and interesting history, and is now be-
ginning to get the recognition it de-
serves. 1t may be case of the first
being the best.
B. NJ, Troy, n. Y: Pension money is
not exempt from taxation when invest
ed in personal property or real estate.
The Congress has no say so in the mat
ter of local taxation in the States.
S. A. b., st. Charles, Iowa: The oldest
member of President Taft's Cabinet is
James Wilson, of Iowa, aged "A years
The only member under SO is Postmas-
Hitchcock. The entire
will average in age over
60. There are 80 members of the Sem
ate. Oklahoma's Senators being the lat
est. The State of Mississippi was the
of seven of the Senator'S
Money and McLaurin, who represent
that State; Bailey, of Texas; Gore, the
blind man of Oklahoma; Clarke, of Ar
kansas; Newlands, of Nevada, and
of Oregon, a Democrat
named by popular vote and elected by
Republican Legislature