The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-17
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Frs rail-
road, with headquarters at Topeka

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road, with headquarters at Topeka.
Further investigation of the most of
passing the tariff law shows that be-
fore Uncle Sam gets through footing
the bills of the lawmakers incurred
during the special session he will have
to pay out close to 100000.
The principal item Of expense is the
milage, because every member of both
houses is allowed mileage at The rate
of 20 cents per mile from his home
to Washington for every session which
he attends. BY the time the senators
and representatives fr 0m the Pacif.c
Coast put in their bills this amount is
pretty big. Members of the House got
about $154,000, while senator's took
away from the treasury $4,000 for
travelling expenses.
Extra pay for the employees of the
senate amounted to something more
than $4,000 and as there are many
more clerks, messengers, and other
workers on the House side It IS esrl-
mated that the pay for the extra sew
ices of the employees was about $780,
600. The urgent deficiency bill car
ried an item of $4,000 for general ex-
penses a dnit is said that most of this
was used for expen diting the passage
of the tariff bill. The official report
ers of both houses were given about
$1,000 to pay extra elerg hire and
other expenses.
The item for printing has not as yet
been exactly figured. As many thou
sand copies of the bill, in its various
stages of passage, were printed and re-
printed, not mentioning the many re-
ports and other documents of informa-
ton, it is estimated that including the
printing item the whole amount of
running Congress during the extra
session will amount up to 100000.
The brush eating instinct of the
Angora goat is being successfully
demonstrated on the Lassen National
Forest in California where they are
cutting trails for fire guards through
the brushy areas on the slopes of the
mountains.
The animals, which number 5000,
have been divided into bands and I'M
der the care of the herders are grazed
within certain well defined areas so
that their work may be concentrated
on the brush within those limits. The
result is that they have practically
killed nearly all the brush in the
course either by eating it up entirely,
or by barking, as in the case of the
heavy manZanita bushes. At the be-
ginning of the experiment there was
some doubt as to the goats willing
ness to eat the manzanita, but it has
been found that where there is little
else. they will just as readily attack
it as any other bushes.
The grazing season was so late this
year on the LaSSen Forest that the
goats did not begin operations until
about the middle of June, but since
and the result promises to be a sue
cess from every point of view. The
trails will first be opened and then
kept free of sprouts by the goats, saw
ing the government considerable Ia
Dor in cutting them out by hand as
has been done heretofore, while the
brushy forage which otherwise would
have been wasted will support 5000
goats very comfortably.
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ner,e Cherokee county, Kan, has been
for violations of the postal
laws and regulations. Alvah c. Faux
ner was named to fill the vacancy.
The postmaster general has ap-
pointed Jacob H. Strahm postmaster
at Berwick, Nemaha county, in the |
place of M. Wickhan, resigned.
David S. Lentz was also named for |
the office at Wagstaff, Miami county, |
vice ]. Hogan, resigned
Isaac e. MullenSWas today. commits |
stoned postmaster at Franklin, Kan.
Rural mail route to be esta blished in
Kansas and put in operation Septem- /
Der /:
Routes Nos. 1, and 3 out of Bunk
erhill, Russell county.
Route No. out of Carneiro, ELS I
worth county.
Route No. / out of Kismet. Seward
county.
Route No. out of Russell. Russell
county.
Route No. out of sabetha. Nemaha
county.
Route No. / out of. winona, Logan
Route No. out of Zurich. Rocks
county.
Rural mail carriers appointed for
service in Kansas: William H. Hath /
away at Dexter; George r. Teagarden /
md Clyde Teagarden at Wayne.
Mrs. James Ward Moorehead of this
sity announces the marriage of her
laughter, Raye Ward, to Charles
Henry Wright of Mcpherson, Kan.
Go to Burghart's and buy your
smoking supplies and get a rebate
,heck.
The Prudential State bank savings