The National tribune., 1909-07-01
ANSWERS TO
CORRESPONDENTS.
A Word to Correspondents.

A Word to Correspondents.
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sarily for publication.l and write it and al
proper names very distinctly. Do not alb
breviate your words. Give your postoffice and
State We get letters occasionally In whlcl
either the name or postoftce address has
been overlooked. Do not mix business ques
tions and correspondence. Use separate
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prompt attention, ether by mail or in The
National Tribune.
n. W. F.. St. Louis, Mo-: The bill in.
troduced March IL, 1909, by represent.
ative Madden, removing the penalties OF
desertion from soldiers and sailors of the
civil war, was referred to the Commit,
tee on Military Affairs, and no action
will be taken until the regular session
next Winter. The special session was
called to rearrange the tariff, and no gen.
eral legislation will be taken up.
B. T. F., Canfeli, o.: Under the
Federal law child born in this country
of fOreign-born parents, naturalized or
not. who make this country their home.
becomes a citizen with all the rights OF
an American, upon attaining the legal
age of u years.
J. c. p. Scranton, Pa: The Wash
ington Monument is $50 feet high Wis
itors can walk up a stairway or ride in
an elevator TO the 50U-foot level, and
from windows enjoy magnificent views
of the city of Washington and the sur
rounding country in Maryland and Vir-
ginia. The monument is the highest ever
erected in honor of anyone. There are
several higher buildings among the sky
scrapers of New York.
c. L. s., Franklin. Pa There is too
much disposition in public celebrations
nowadays to run to noise and fireworks.
The recent celebration in Boston of the
Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill
resulted in injuries to III persons, who
had to be taken to hospitals, and how
many more were slightly hurt is no.
known. The demand or need for a more
sane celebration of the 4th of July and
for more reverential observance of Me-
mortal Day is clear. These holidays, rad
ically different in origin and spirit, are
now celebrated in much the same fashion,
which in the case of Memorial Day is
unbecoming and little short of sacriligious.
Only small proportion of the population
now observe Memorial Day in the spirit in
which it was originally set apart. AS q
rule it is given up to sports and frivolity
or dissipation of one kind or another, and
is observed in n reverent and becoming
manner only by those to whom the civil
war. with its suffering and sacrifice, is a
living. ever-present memory. 1t was per-
haps inevitable that this should be so, but
the fact is not the less deplorable. The
war is long way off and the generation
now occupying the center of the stage
knows it as it knows the Revolution, only
by hearsay, and unfortunately cares very
little about the memories of either.
II. A. c.. Erie, Pa: Under the Inter
state Commerce Law no individual special
passenger or freight rates can be given by
railroad or steamboat companies. Special
rates for parties can be given by filing
notice 30 days in advance with the Com
missioners. When you get ready to start
for the Florida Colony let us know in
ample time in advance, and we will do our
best to get you the lowest rates for your
self and the household goods you may
wish to take along.
j. A. c., Derby. Iowa: w. Fl. Harvey,
author of Coins Financial School, a pio-
neer book on the joint use of gold and
silver. is now farming in Arkansas. He
did not succeed in convincing this country
that lasting value could be put into metal
by legislation. especially when there was
an over-supply of that metal.
A. L. F., Concord. n. H.: The Summer
season of Florida is longer than in the
Northern States. but there are no ex-
tremes as in the North. The winds from
the ocean and Gulf regulate both heat
and cold. and no part of the United States
has a more eQuable climate. Heat pros
trations or sunstrokes are not known, and
of course nobody runs any risk of freez-
ing to death. One needs to visit Florida
in the Summer time TO learn from actual
experience the fact that the heat is not
as severe as Northern people believe II
to be. With the going down of the sun
the air cools off quickly, and the nights
are always delightfully."- pleasant for sleep
ing. For an ali-the-year-round climate
Florida is hard to equal.
T. A. NJ. Poland. Ohio: President
Taft's proclamation provides for opening
for settlement and entry of 100000 acres
of land in the Flathead, Mont; 100000
in the Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, and between
10000 and 100000 acres in the Spokane.
Wash, reservations. Registration, which
will begin July 10 and close Aug. D, must
be executed and sworn to at either kalis-
pei or lIissoula. Mont. for the Flathead
land; at Spokane. Wash, for the Spokane
land. and at Coeur d'Alene, IdahO, for the
lands in the Coeur d'Alene reservation
Applications for registration must be de-
livered through the mails only to the SUI
perintenden; of the opening at Occur d'Al-
enc which will be the point of drawing for
all three reservations. The drawing will
begin at 10 o'clock. Aug. 0. and will CON
tinue until completed. Soldiers have an ad-
vantage. in that their names can be hied
by agents, who charge fee of from 80 to
So. There were about 1000 tracts drawn
in the Rosebud Reservation. distributed
among about l1S0G0 names. Your chance
in the Flathead drawing will be perhaps
in 20 or more.