Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18

The daily mail of the President of the United States averases about $50
the month of March he received as high as 1000 letters a day, but the
cations and commcndation fr Office, suggestions and comments upon his in.
used to receive an nm average ~e"% of 500 letters a day, Probably more than any
U Das more pre5 ,na do N inc rao GeyIa Pres;5 int R 5e mnl rece i've T mm 1 eGers
than other nal that ever lived, and they covered a infinite variety of
would have very little time for anything else, but before he sees it his mail
to This is DONE by conndyntal Clerks of experience, WAC have specific in.
ss"4c,"o" Bureaus e: o oH"sd dcp srSns"s o % the, fs" soSer ""'ssS: having arS ss j" 'ntsfi no o SS
p ne a ecrrso m on stsys % 1n'' nn%pp hts d all pIGs'y of formal Tmd carnsnt ae se esweara
of the President. who signs them; communications of personal political or
many and as UGH Of them :" as his inn win allow. 1T is probable that the
ponds entirely upon their contents He neve sees n of the abusive
waste Of time upon those which are of n o consequence But he eve fails
Of the United States.
Secretary of War Dickinson, in The light of the latestG German irship
triumph, has ordered Maj George o squter of the Signal Corps to prepare
plans for the aerial defense Of the Atlantic coast the same to serve IS a
model for similar workso o the Gulf and Pacific coasts of the country, The
elnpses Of 2o miles each, at tn ends of which balloon houses will be con
Each balloon will patrol the coast for 125 miles o N each side of its station.
l If Gonsr rgn Sa be dn3 at aar upon to tp ndon money m%s fol n5 5 ms purpose nr rn,r ean
will be charted.
Estimates for dcrroynz expenses of collecting the customs revenues,
gatee expense throughout the country is ,l1o47o22. OF this amount ss5ooo
100000 fr the the salaries and EXPENSES of of special inspectors and about $780,
600 for special agents The largest expenditure made alta n port is at
New York, Wleret thu outlay amounts to S11o%N
The Internal Revenu Bureau has issued a modification of its forme
ruling a to the packing of small quantities of coDoring matter IL manu-
lation the former ruling is construed as holding that while the law does
in original packages Of oieomarggarine, it is a practice which cannot b ap
proved because of the opportunity it affords 70 the preparation of fraud.
There is little prospect that the arm mule will e replaced by traction
engines in the transportation Of supplies to troops in the field. Claims that
the engines would be more effective ad economical have not been proved
the military experts. The general staff reports to the War Department
that the adoption of the engine is not advisable In transporting supplies
in a country where good roads do not prevail experts agree that horses and
mules are better than engines. "
Ten thousand dollars for the purchase Of the site upon which Fort Minis,
in Baldwin County Alabama, stood, and for the erection of a monument is
appropriated in a bill introduced by Representative Wiley (Al). Nearly
all Of the men, IN and children occupying the garrison at Fort Minis
we're mossaered by thu Creek Indians o Aug. 80, 1913. ...
Many cities civic organizations ave asked Congress to give them
condemned canons ad rifles, but the first request OF the kind from a church
has been received. It came from the Union Guard, q military organization
attached to the Church Of the Most Holy Trinity of Brooklyn, n. Y" which
asked to be furnished with fifty condemned rifles.
Secretary NewbeTys naval reform plan contempates the aboislment
Of the bureau system at the navy yards, the enlargement of the general
board of the navy and the reorganization of the board of construction.