The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-07-05
NATIONS CAPITAL
NOW A QUIET CITY
Especial to Silver State.)


doors until the short session shall omen
in December, but the president has
transferred his Office to the North
Shore of Massachusetts,. and MANY of
the diplomats have followed him there
others going to Atlantic City, some to
other resorts, and few going to their
native lands on leaves Of absence.
Everybody else in Washington who
is not tied down here by business.
family affairs, or just pure poverty.
has also shaken the dust from his feet
and is doing the best he can to enioy
life under more benign skies and amid
more enticing surroundings.
During the next few months Wash.
ington will be one Of the dullest places
within the confines of the United
States. The only thing which will re.
deem it from entire oblivion as far as
the news columns of the press are con.
cerned is the fact that the various de.
partments of the government will con
tinue to do business at the old stands
It matters not that summer has been
ushered in with a temperature of 1O3
degrees and more in the shade, accord.
ing to one of the weather bureau q
thermometers conveniently located at
street intersection where the passing
populace may stop moment lust to
learn how much it is really suffering: il
matters not that with an unusually
cool and rainy spring the weather man
is disposed to believe that we shall
suffer more in proportion during the
months to come; 1t matters not that
the army OF government employees with
only one months leave of absence
coming to them are trying to the best
of their ability to distribute that
leave over as much Of the heated
spell as possiple-the fact remains
that the machinery of the government
continues TO go on and the press bu-
reaus of the various departments will
continue to grind out ready made news
which occasionally has flavor great
ly resembling that made by the vulgar
press agent of commerce 1t there
fore follows that the hundreds Of
newspapers throughout the country
maintaining special correspondents in
Washington. and whose readers are ac-
eastomed TO daily installments of
news and comment from the capital
insult keep their offices open and the
wires warm distributing nearnews and
warmed over information.
And vet there are people who come
to Washington to spend the summer.
Shades of Pluto, The Washintonians
will never cease to wonder what kind
Of climate those people endure when
at home.
Tourists in Washington.
This does not apply. of course, to
the large number Of people who come
10 Washington every summer simply to
see the sights. Probably there is no
place in America which holds the con.
centrated interest for tourists that
Washington does Undesirable as
most people consider the city from a
residential point Of view. it must be
admitted that ii is one of the strongest
drawing cards held by the tourist
agencies. First of all. the city itself
as the nations capital is a place or
snrpassing interest Its unique plan,
its broad avenues. its innumerable
statues--some of them. to be sure, con
sist of pot metal and veil SAMPLES of
the founders art--make Washington
citv which the stranger win always
find interesting for itself alone. Then
the city has it's historic shrines its
canitol, the white house the huge
huildings more or less bizarre. hons
ing the various departments and many
private residences of really palatial as.
meet But of all the sights in or around
Washington there is nothing which
carries such lasting and perpetual
charm as Mourt Vernon. the beautiful
sylvan home of the first president of
the republic. situated in most com
mandinp location overlooking the Po-
tomac river.
Ourore Engineers Increase.
Senator Dixon. of the committee on
military affairs submitted minority
report on June II regarding the ill tc
increase the engineer corps of The
a"nv. The minority declared its be-
lef that II would be unwise at this
t'ra to Increase the engineer corps un-
I'll there was urgent need Of it wher
hills were pending FIR the increase OF
s'v Other branches Of the military ser
"ice. These hills were as follows: To
increase the signal corps TO reorganize
the corps of dental surgery. to increase
the nudge advocate generals s depart
ment to add over 600 officers to the
rrrrv 70 add ~ officers to the general
staff. to increase the ouartermaster Z
denartment The minority report said
sTf this hill 10 increase the engi
reers corps Mt this time becomes low
the i-crersa that will necessarily fa'
lo". ~ nll tie cthe~ hrar"hcs cf III
r~'H.a~~ scrvice will entail more thai
go Ona eOa 'ro~pasa ~ the nav of OF
cn-s olo~o ~ the r,'l'trrv nN''s,
r,ort for tho'c $50 VOW N tho a"r'
roo~s rcr,s 1893 nWcevs and 2o2 civilia'
e"r're"rs v'N do worg on the rive"
ara BARRIERS -
The report said that ~ Y 'v"~H ~
plan to put army officers on irr'gat''
work. the minority was opposed to tho
idea, as the additional cost OF d'sp'"f
ing young civil engineers hv high
paid army officers would add to tn
cost of the land to poor settlers W.
in the end must meet thecost Of co.
sruction.
The Ballinger- -Pinchot Report.