The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-08-16
GOSSIP OF THE
NATIONS CAPITAL
Especial to Silver State.)
Saving Lumber.

limited way, knows that it always
comes in even lengths-that is, twelve
feet, fourteen feet, sixteen feet, long,
and so forth. 1t has never been posi-
BILE to go to lumber yard and buy
thirteen foot board. or one IL feet long.
If you wanted one IL feet long. You
had to buy IL foot board and saw off
the extra foot, which was then of no
use to you. The National Lumber
Manufacturers association finally dis
covered that there was no good reason
for this system, and in 1909 it adopted
resolutions favoring the manufacture of
odd-length flooring, ceiling, drop and
bevel siding, finish, partition and
moulding Then the manufacturers on
the Pacific coast began to make the odd
lengths, and finally the forest service
of the department of agriculture has
taken up the subject and has issued a
bulletin shows that this practice saves
2.07 per cent of material which hereto
fore was wasted. This is practical
sort of conservation which everyone
can appreciate.
What Are Chamois Skins?
The board of United States general
appraisers at New York has officially
decided that sheepskins split and dress
ed as chamois skins are really the
chamois skins of commerce, being
bought and sold as such, and are, there.
fore, dutiable as such at 90 per cent ad
valorem. The importers claimed that
the skins were split leather and should
pay duty of 715 per cent as SUCH
That they were split sheepskins the ap-
praisers admitted and said: "But they
have been dressed and finished as
chamois skins and the importers ,
theory seems to be that because they
are not from the skins Of the antelope
they are not, therefore, dutiable under
the provision for chamois skins in
paragraph 451."
It was established by the witnesses
examined that there is rarely, if ever
any genuine dressed chamois skin i'm
ported into this country; that the split
dressed sheepskins are generally rec
ognized and sold as chamois that
among the uses of chamois are the max
ing of gloves, vests. dress protectors
and the washing of carriages.
Another Marrying Parson.''
There was time when the gentle
men belonging to sthe learned profes
sions' stunned notoriety and adver
itising That day, however, is passing
and now some very reputable physi
clans and lawyers, as well as ministers
iof the gospel, are using the press and
other means of publicity to extend
their field of activity and, possibly one
might add, usefulness One of the lat
est to seek the benefit of printers ink
is a Washington evangelist, Rev. James
Madison Little, who conducts a mission
in the capital He has but lately filed
a long felt want by opening an office
near the marriage license clerk 3 Office
and he remains there daily during bust
ness hours to welcome lovesick couples
who want to be welded with as little
delay as possible. He has parlor, and
witnesses are convenient. He has Just
completed his first month in this office.
and he has married AZ couples AMI
hopes to do better. One reason why
such marrying parson" seems to be
necessary in Washington is the fact
that the law requires that applicants
for a marriage license must designate
the minister who is to perform the cere-
mony and as many strangers come here
to wed they are sometimes at a loss
whom to designate. Rev. Little's fame
is sure to spread, and with it the fame
of Washington as new Gretna Green
Changes in the Treasury Building.
The classical eastern front of the his.
toric treasury building is to be radical.
ly altered on orders by Secretary of the
Treasury McVeagh who wants a more
convenient and satisfactory entrance to
lit. He has obtained the services of
competent architects who estimate that
,Ik -
secretary has been making improve
ments of one sort or another ever since
he entered upon his Office. He found the
building crowded and unsanitary. This
has been in part remedied, but there
is still improvement possible. Some of
the changes that are to be made are
the elimination of the exterior granite
entrance on the east side with its long
flight of steps. the substitution of en-
frances from the level of the street with
elevators sufficient to accommodate
the people needing them. the construc-
tion of locker rooms for the clerks, the
locating of all the money handling
rooms on the ground floor, better ship
ping facilities, setting in feieze win
dows in the third story to make it more
available for office purposes and the re
arrangement of bureaus and divisions
generally to obtain greater convenience
The changes are expected to be com
pleted within the next four months
and thev will prove advantageous NOT
only for the employees but for the pub
lie, which is an important consideration
for few buildings see more visitors
than does the treasury building.
Postal Banks Soon.
To those who, in all parts of the coun-
| try. have been wondering when the
new Postal Savings banks would be
opened for business, it may be good
news that it is expected to have the
system in operation by October 10, or
perhaps by November ! at the latest.
And it will not be the big cities which
will have the first banks either. They
are to be introduced in the postoffices
of the second and third classes first
Probably one city in each state will
be designated, at the beginning, as the
location for a postal savings bank
The economy of administration will be
an essential consideration, and the
cities which promise to be the cheap
'est in which 70 operate the banks VII