The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-27
Peculiar Feature in Senate
Building Wall
MATERIAL FROM VERMONT
The Opinions on Resemblance Made Il
Look Like Byron, Shelley, Dickens
and william Randolph Hearst.
Other Notes from Capitol.

Washington, D. O., April l7--Alaskl
is no longer the place where the porl
barrel waxeth fat and the politician fat
ter with age.
The territory to the far north wher,
the sun shines ali night during the win
ter and the mail is carried over trails
Of ice and snow has ceased to be III,
Mecca for the politician who rendered
distinguished services for the party" in
the States and who took out his reward
BY being sent to Alaska to get what
he could and work whom he could.
At last, Alaska is 10 have a real Amer.
lean government--for the benefit Of the
governed This has come about since
Richard A. Ballinger has been appointed
secretary Of the interior under President
Taft. Not that President Roosevelt and
Secretary Garfield knowingly allowed
graft in the frozen territory, but neither
Of them understood the problems Of gov.
eminent in that country-and then
Roosevelt, who was great man for re-
warding his political friends. sent a great
many Of them to Alaska. Many Of them
did not know what to do when they got
there, and this was as bad for the people
Of that section Is deliberate misgovern.
ment.
Secretary Ballinger Is from Seattle,
which is the first American port Alas.
kans hit after they leave that country.
And everyone in Seattle knows some
thing about Alaska. Then, too. secre-
tary Ballinger has been to Alaska and
has come into intimate contact with
her needs, and he intends to see that she
gets some OF the benefit Of this knowl.
edge.
One Of the FIRST things he did when
he was indicted into Office was to issue
general order that governors Of terri
tories were to stay at home and attend
to their duties instead 81 spending the
winters in Washington playing politics
and looking out for their friends. Gov.
errors Of Alaska have made Washing
ton their winter home for years Wash.
ington is much warmer than Alaska, and
its pleasanter 20 live here But the
present visit Of Governor Hoggatt to
Washington will Be his last unless he
comes on emergency business or Is sum
moned
The next thing TINT Secretary Balm
ger did was 20 give notice that all
applicants for positions in Alaska must
expect to work aud not to graft, and
must be practical business men.
When this announcement was made,
score OF politicians who had tried every
thing else and were hoping to get an
Alaskan appointment, gave up in disgust
and went home
Orders have been issued that everyone
who is given the position Of township
trustee, for instance, must work at the
job as though il were any other business
trust. The pay for this Office IL $40 a
day and It has been the custom for trus-
tees to work Ave OF ten minutes day
aud then put in a bill for a whole days
work. This must stop. Bills for days,
the whole Of which was not actually
spent in work-and real work at that |
win not be honored
ANY man can live on Easy street" il |
he wants to- This Is not a conclusion /
drawn from reading the tariff bin or ad |
vertisements OF Geldfeld mining com /
paHies. but is an absolute fact, Two |
cities in this country, Boston and Johns.
town, Pa have Easy streets"
A directory of Nall the streets, avenues,
courts, alleys, and lanes, upon which (
mail IS delivered in ,279 principal cities |
in the United States has Just been issued |
by the dead letter Office Of the post /
office department, and it diseloses some
rather interesting information.
There seems to be a street for nearly
every necessity Of life, every profession,
and every mood and condition Of men.
There's a Rich place in West Seneca,
Buffalo. And there are two Poor streets,
one Po0rman road, one Poor Farm road
and one Poor House lane.
Three towns boast Rubber streets and
one Rubber alley. There is a Cham
payne street. seven Wine streets, two
Nhiskey Hills, several Brewery streets,
1ne Of which is located in Cincinnati,
md to offset these, seven Coffee streets
md one Coffee alley
There's q Limberger street. Sweitzer
street, Pickle street, Ham street,
/ Ham alley, Bee Hive street, Honey
street, an Onion street, a Bread street,
! Butter street, Fork street, Plate
street, Tin Cup alley, an Oyster alley,
/ Lemon street, several Olive streets,
md Bean streets, a Pea alley, Salad
llaee, Turkey street and finally sew
raj Cranberry streets as well as a Gram I
Jerry avenue and a Cranberry alley, a
Pumpkin hill and a great number Of
treets named after various fruits,
Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter
ne all represented. There are several
&c streets, some Snow streets, Flood
treets and on Not Hole road, ais well
q twenty Sunnyside streets, number
f Sunnyside avenues, drives and places
With several Sunset streets and places.
There are also a Sunday street, Mon
lay street and a Friday street. II
Four Coffin streets, two Coffin avenues
nd one Coffin alley to be found in the
ist; also a Doctor street, Lawyers row, s
ierchant street, Tailor street and Baker G
treet and even sons Parson streets and
Deacon street. as well as a Butcher
ley aud a Butcher lane
Paradise alley is represented in eight
owns and there is one Paradise street, !
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