The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-08-09
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The present census will show at
least sixty more cities in the $4,000
population class than were counted
10 years ago, according to advance in
formation received at
Many More the census bureau.
Small Cities. This growth in cities
seems to be chiefly in
the Western states. According to the
last census, there were 100 cities in
the $4,000 class; it is said there are
now 22O. About 66 per cent. of the
new 25, 900 cities are in the West, and
the section between the lakes and
Kentucky. OF the remaining 36 per
cent, two-thirds are in New England
and one-third in the South.
4 X II
The elusive flea can live in water
from one to seven days, but Kerosene
and miscible oils, bisulphide of car
bon, hydrocyanic acid gas and sulphur
1How to kin FIeas." quick and ef-
BY Uncle Sam. fective. in de-
stroying him
the public health service reports after
Investigation in San Francisco. Only
f1eas healthy enough to hop freely
were experimented with, and none
were regarded as dead unless the OBJ
servation covered a considerable
period, for many at first apparently
killed recovered and resumed biting.
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A real deposit for the postal saw
ings bank (yet to be established)
came in a few days ago in the shape
of a nickel pasted in a hole in a
piece of cardboard.
First Deposit A woman has written
for Postal that her sons are
Savings Bank. anxious to deposit a
few dimes in your
new bank" The letter was addressed
to the bond vault, treasury depart
ment. The postoffice department Is
deluged with applications from all
parts of the country for jobs as book
keepers under the new postal savings
bank system. About 1000 book
keepers will be needed to keep the
accounts of the savings banks as soon
as the 1000 Offices are equipped, but
these accountants will be recruited
from the present postal force.
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with the exception of the famous Cum
ningham group, will be reinvestigated
by order of Secretary Ballinger of the
department of the
Orders Reinvesti- interior. The work
cation of Alaska will be in charge
Land Claims. of Andrew Chris
Jensen, who sue
ceeded Louis CLAWS when CLAWS was
dismissed as chief of the field division
of the general land Office, with head
quarters in Portland, Ore, which had
charge of the Alaskan district It was
Christensen who during the Ballinger-
Pinchot investigation directed the
opening of box stored in the federal
building in Seattle and belonging to
CLAWS, which resulted in the finding
of twenty-four letters that had been
| missing from the Juneau land Office.
CLAWS contended the letters were put
there without his knowledge and the
action was .frame-up" arranged by
his enemies The two men have been
bitter foes ever since. In view of the
Importance of the Alaskan coal fields,
the investigation of the claims has
been separated from the Portland
Office, and Christensen, with the title
of chief of field division in charge of
Alaskan coal lands investigation, will
examine the 900 or more entries,
averaging 100 acres to the claim.
X X X
The state department received in
formation that Joseph Szterenyi, late
under secretary of state for COM
merce, made public statistics showing
that Austro-
A csox,,V =, q ,, O
50,OOO,OO0 Year. remit upward
of $50,000,-
| 900 annually to their friends at home.
to their homes, while $4,000 de-
| parted.
For the purpose of discovering an
enemy which will prey on the white
fly, pest of the fruit crops in florida
and other Gulf States, r. S. Woglum,
of the Department OF
Seeks Enemy Agriculture, will make
of White Fly. a trip to India, the
place of origin of the
white fly. The Agricultural depart
ment for several years past has been
fighting the gypsy moth ard the
brown-tailed moth in New England
Dy importing PARASITES WHICH ASSu
upon them. Woglum will study the
white fly also in Spain, where fruit
growers have trouble with it. In
Spain he will also investigate the
growing and handling of citrus fruit.
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There will be no delay in making
plans for the raising Of the battleship
/ Maine, as the department of justice
has decided that the appropriation OF
100000 is available
To Raise the for any steps that
Maine at Once. may be necessary in
the work. The at
torney general holds that it was the
intent of congress that the money be
used for all purposes connected with
/ the raising of the battleship, even to
| the burial OF the dead in Arlington
national cemetery. In the near future
a board of army engineers will make
preliminary survey of the wreck
and report on the best means to raise
it. When this report is received the
various proposals from civilian con-
tractors will be considered.