The Daily Missoulian., 1909-11-07
WASHINGTON NEWS
MIssoULIAN's SPECIAL SERVICE.

EcIAl SERVICE.
s5o.ooo as a guarantee fund for the
meet. the committee to consist of one
hundred men. Representatives from
Baltimore. including the mayor. said
Baltimore would raise an equal sum
and the meet would be joint between
the two cities. which are separated by
but forty miles.
A novel addition to washington's
business circles is the millinery shop
just opened here by Miss Maude Con-
verse. daughter OF the late Admiral
Converse Of the navy. q leading society
lady. She has opened her establish
ment at 1882 H street n. W.. in the
heart of the residential section, and
will offer the latest models OF evening
gowns hats and lingerie for the So
ciety folk. most of which will be inn
ported goods. No street gowns will
be sold, the establishment to be de-
voted to meeting the wants of those
for evening gowns. ball gowns tea
gowns. hats and clothes for children.
Miss Converse, who has Travelled con-
siderably abroad, and knows Of correct
models and styles for gowns and hats.
will design the gowns for her custom
ers and win have Italian workmen,
whom she engaged from Italy, IN do
the necdlework
Millions of feet of timber and fin
ished lumber rot every year in railroad
ties. bridges. trestles, piles. farm build
ings. fences. poles and mine props
The lumber consuming public Of the
United States pays. perhaps. thirty to
forty million dollars year to make
good the losses from wood decay
These great drains are a source of
more and more concern each year.
Chemists and engineers who have to
do with the uses of wood are working
INCREASINGLY on the problem. The Unit
ed States forest service has men who
devote their whole time to II. The
Importance Of the problem cannot be
overestimatcd. Millions of dollars are
annually saved by preservative treat
ment of timbers. sut much yet remains
to be learned.
Who'd decay Is caused by fungus,
vegetable growth sometimes SO small
that it can be seen only with the mi
crossope. It's roots or branches. like
minute hairs, force their way into tha
wood tissues and absorb or eat away
the solid parts. The collapse whic..
results Is called. decay. Timber is ar
tificially preserved by forcing into its
cells and pours certain substances
which prevent the growth of fungi. AS
long as this substance is present in
sufficient quantity the germs OF decay
the threads and spores OF fungus
cannot enter. and the wood Is pre-
served. This often means doubling and
sometimes trebling the life OF the tim
ber.
The United States government con-
siders the Investigations Of the pre-
servative treatment of timber of such
Importance that the business OF one Of
flee OF the United States forest service.
that of wood preservation. with new
headt. .uarters at Madison. Wis. il given
over entirely to the work of expert
ments In cooperation with railroad
companies and other corporations and
individuals in~prolonging the life Of
| railroad ties. mine props. bridge tim
bers. fence posts and Transmission
poles.
The lengthening of the life of timber
means the saving of thousands of dol.
lars annually through doing away with
the heavy expense OF labor and cost
of material for renewals
The postoffice department has es-
tablished postoffice at Iverness, in
Choteau county. and appointed
Adolph l.. Gesche it's postmaster.
The appointment of Mary F.. Brown
as pOstmistress ut Fort Shaw, and of
Perry Baker rs postmaster at Flat
willow are announced by the postof-
flee department
On November Is the star postal
service between Two Dot and Eunice
will be discontinued.
An inspection OF. the medical depart
ment and general health conditions at
Fort Missoula will shortly be made
by Colonel Louis NJ. Maus Of the med
icai corps of the army, the chief sur.
geon of the department of the Dakota
The war department has ordefed him
by telegraph to visit In the order
named. Fort Lincoln. N. D.: Fort
Yellowstone. wyO.: Forts Missoula,
Harrison and Assinniboine. Mont.
for the purpose Of inspecting and In
forming himself on the various SUBJ
Jects relating to the medical depart
ment.''
The war department was very len-
lent to a soldier at Fort Missouia. 1t
Is better described in the following
order of the war department:
In view of the facts set forth by
the company commander and the ap-
proyal of the postcommander. in the
case of Private Louis A. Jack. Com
pany NJ. Sixth infantry. who absented
himself from his station. Fort Mis-
soula. September 26 1909. was dropped
as deserter October 5. 1909. but re-
ported back October s. 1909. the charge
of desertion against the soldier being
erroneously made is set aside"
Announcement is made by the civil
service commission that it will hold
examinations for the following gov-
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