Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-14

condition to knock the bill out. but
Mi. Weeks says that this is far from
his purpose. Indeed. he is carrying on
a school to teach his brothers in error
the natural beauties and strong points
of the bill. This is encouraging and
gives evidence that Brother Taft did
not labor with the house postofice
committee in vain. But. instead of
having the other members 60 to school
to Weeks. why not let them try the
rourse that was so instructive to him
and go to the White House?
When Battling Nelson met Speaker
Cannon there was an exchange Of bou.
quets that would have done honor to a
confab Of Japanese statesmen. Uncle
Joe went through a few pugilistic
stunts, which the Battler s~idestepped,
but remarked that If Cannon had be-
gun early enough he would have made
a better boxer than speaker, 'and that
would be going some" Uncle Joe
thereupon passed the cigars and was
nearly paralyzed when he learned that
Nelson neither smoked nor drank. It
is said that the speaker sent for the
Battler and apparently enjoyed his So
ciety more than he does that Of any of
the uplift organizations.
1t is officially determined that red
underclothes and red hatbands are no
bar to heat. 1t required quite a little
outlay and some elaborate experiment.
ing before this important truth was
established. but the army surgeons
think it worth the effort and money.
The scene Of the experiments was the
Philippines, and the victims were the
United States soldiers. Five thousand
suits Of red underwear and 5000 red
hatbands were shipped to the incar-
nadined camps, and half the soldiers
were furnished with these red badges
of courage. while the other half were
allowed to languish in ordinary under
clothes and hatbands. Close tabs were
then kept on the wearers of the red.
Aside from the profanity Of the vic
tins, no results were apparent.
When the two new Dreadnoughts
provided for in this years appropria-
tons are completed it is estimated
that the United States navy will be
second in displacement among the ma
vies Of the world, slightly surprising
Germany. although that country will
have the better Of us in the number Of
fighting ships. When the ships now
projected are in commission the Unit
ed States will have ITO war vessels of
S39. 945 tons displacement.
1t vas originally reported that the
bill for the raising Of the Maine car
ried a S500.OO appropriation, but it
now transpires that only the sum of
100000 is actually appropriated, leav-
ing later congresses to make up the
deficiency. Brigadier General William
L. Marshall, chief Of engineers, re-
ports that 100000 will not be enough
to start initial work. such as the build
ing Of a cofferdam, and that it will
require 100000 at least to complete
the work.
Pacific coast cities and Washington
are not the only places on the map
that are after the Panama canal expo-
sition. New Orleans is in the running
and by sending a delegation Of 300
southerners to Washington hopes to
capture the prize. Out of all this
struggle two facts become apparent.
One is that we are going to have a
Panama canal. and the other is that
we are going to have a Panama canal
exposition that will dwarf all previous
shows as much as the big ditch itself
will dwarf all previous canals. In
these two facts there is glory enough
for all. so that the rest Of the country
is not much concerned about the ex-
act spot at which the exposition is
held, provided only that it is held and
is the biggest thing Of the kind ever
pulled off.
The United States government has
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