The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-15
WASHINGTON NEWS.

l. Washington. Aug. i.-ACcordtnE to
tn. annual report OF the internal! reve-
nue. bureau the government collected
s6.5.629.s4 I'm internal revenue taxes
last year through the district of Mon
tana, which includes the states of
Montana, Idaho and Utah. The total
revsnue collections for The year We're
S24s, 212Ila as against s25l $50 in
1905 a decrease of S5.i53.230. The loss
VAS on spirits and liquors. The col
iections on spirits, wines, brandy, etc,
were $5.@90.113 less than the year be-
fore, amounting to Si34s6S,03i. Fer
mented liquors also showed u decrease
OF S2,35l ,205, the total collections being
S5i 456,4 All. There was also a decrease
"a So iuI ON tine collections Oh oleo-
margarine, the total being $780,, 1871.
Tobacco revenue showed an increase
OF SOFA. I23. thu aggregate collections
being S5i,sS1, ITS. the third largest
source OF receipts. The collections in
filled cheese amounted to s2,6ls an in
crease OF $237; on adulterated butter,
$685. 4Eo, IA decrease al $5.Us6; on process
or renovated butter. Sl22 1874, "A decrease
of $3.50: playing cards. s502,2a2 ali in
crease of si2,392: penalties. SAIL. 1857. an
otherwise stated. sl9,4 s2. an increase of
s14.2is.
A statement IL also given showing
thu production of liquors, tobacco.
butter, cheese and oieumargarine. The
output of apple. peach, grape, pear,
riE"3-E ple, cEfanF". apricot, DCrry,
rrune. fig and cherry spirits is given
as 1850 700 gallons, an increase -
lSo,66a gallons over the previous year
Other spirits showed IA decrease of
5.nos.s37 gallons. the production being
ll4.faa, 4bJ gallons. There was 10 pro-
duction of wine in imitation of cham
pagnt, although CO bottles We're put "ut
the Year before. The output OF fer
mented liquors amounted to 56,203 49,
barrels. II decrease of o.444.1s3 barrels.
Large cigars also showed au increase
of 1o3.0sI,2,s. the production number
ing s.0s6,@s ,90s, Df large cigarettes
l9.l4a.2Io were produced. an Increase Of
lI.ss1. Snuff production amounted tn
-9hia,6.s pounds, an increase al 4.41l.
MD poun.is. Ch"N ing and nl',king To-
haccn also showed "A heavy increase.
2..6iI,s25 pounds the production
amounting tn aSS.s tI.92t pounds. over
e0.eoo.0on pounds of oleomargarinc
were produced, AN Increase OF 1l.5i45i2
pounds. The hlied cheese output ais,>
increased 1880 pounds. the production
being l5l.l0. rounI~. Adu:teratsd but
ter showed ii decrease of 43.7n6 pounds,
the production being 133.4l1 pounds.
and process or renovated butter de-
creased III rrpdu"tion a.os6. ts2 pounds.
4S.l7t@!6 noands beins turned out.
The war department has designated
Captain Robert II Pierson of the
medical corps To conduct. on Septem-
bar :. at Fort William Henry Harri-
son. an examination of applicants for
the position OF first lieutenant in the
medical corps of HE army.
\ star route has been ordered estab-
lished from cOalrilge To Dagmar.
The postoffice at Albright. Cascade
county. will not b. discontinued until
September Ii. instead OF August 16. as
previously directed.
Hon. Charles NJ Rair and Fred II
Hath"rn Of Billings and Major ]. T.
Edwards of Forsyth were visitors Ia
Washington last week, AID Witnessed
the windup nj the tariff debate at the
capitol They are au route To Atlantic
city and New York on business and
pleasure.
\ bill turning AVER excess payments
over $40 and S2a Ter acre. on public
lands Ia the maintenance of public
schools. has been introduced by Rep
reSentative AondeIl
ON August - and :. the civil service
commission will conduct examinations
al MlSsoula Ia SECURE male assistants
in the naval observatory for duty at
Washington at Silica n year
The interior department opposes the
proposition IL require those in the In
dian service to pay the premium on
their ponds. Owing to the great in
erase in the amount of Indian funds
handled by these officers the rrem-
iums on their bonds run anywhere
from $40 To Seaa and average So. To
require these officers TO pay their own
premiums would in many cases entail
great hardship. The present practice
nj paying the premiums is the practice
universally followed by banks and
large corporations. The department i.
anxious that this shall not la Ell
acted