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Show Our Washington Letter President's Sob to Go on a Maine Hunting Trip Government Scientist Risks Life for Fanners Boom in Shipbuilding Other Interesting . Gossip from the Nation's Capital. Tmmmmm72KZTmk WASH1NOTON Kenult Roosevelt, son oi vj (XTt '" preHidont. will go shortly on a hunting trip rvgfl Into Mnltie, wheie William Sewall, President J-j&ftgjBjP Roosevelt's old Maine woods guide and western Z ?2srW runc'1 superintendent, has lately erected threo "" fxAxK ,,HW cft,,l"'' "inking six In all that hu owns at that v Jv attlHCtlve resort. jf i vrfffi Some time ago Mr. Sewall Invited the pi-esl- VV I X&t dent to comu to Maine on a hunting trip, but thus .fcj' V ti 'ar ""' m'ntl of t'"' na,,OM ,mM ut'rn ,0 u,II,'.wlin 0 lV IyfV 'J bigger gume canals, revolutions, etc., to accept. i 6 fi ( Korm.lt, however, accompanied by a cousin, Is to .BwPV'V v'B,t "10 s,'wn" 'il's. which are situated on a JmZp vtwv "1'orBeback" on the shoio of Mattawamkeug lake, fi y nine miles In from lsliind FiiIIh, mid are reached sssssssMssWssiiMSBSiSBSSBSssssl after a drive of two miles, a llw-iulle canoe tllp down tho beautiful Mattawatukeag river, and a two-tulle trip In a gasoline, launch over tho lake. The camps aro situated on a bluff on Hook Point, which overlooks the tnkc. In one direction It Is possible to tramp 26 miles without striving a settlement. Sernll Is now t3 yeats old, straight as an uriow. Mining and alert as n man of 40. One afternoon recently he paddled a canou 21 miles without fatigue, and when It comeM to shooting his ee Is as sharp and his hand as steady as of old. As collector of the district of Aroostook he has a staff ot 16 men, and they say up in Aroostock that hu makes a llrst-iate otllclal. For a few seconds the other day Qiientiti, youngest son of the president, created an upioar lu one of the clussiooms of Force sehool ou Massachusetts hvenuc, where he Is unrolled as a pupil. It Is said he assumed the prerogatives preroga-tives of his teacher for u brief period while she was out of the room. The teacher had been making an effort to Impress upon the pupils tho evil of overindulgence in ceitaln beverages. "All those who diiuk coffee, for their breakfast ma stand," shu said. A large portion of the school rose and then the teacher said: "Now, all those who tnko tea, either In the morning or evening, mny rise." Again a part of the school rose Just ut tills moment the teacher was culled fiom the loom. As she ills-"appeared ills-"appeared through the door Qucntln Jumped to his feet, held up his hund to command attention anil said: "All thoso who tuku chumpague for their lunch muj now stand ou tholr heads," PROF. HANSEN FINDS ALFALFA IN SIBERIA, "Bsi After twice risking his life und once nearl) "hZr'ef lnt '""'"K ,l I" t" Interest of agricultural science, fsjSV-' v M? I'rof. N. K. Hansen, of the South Dakota expert-ggLASgjS' expert-ggLASgjS' i "lent station of the depattment of agricultural, jSiy yif. '"lH '"ul"' I" northern Siberia an alfalfa suited to S75VJC 'fM ' ''"' '"''' '"'"'H "' ""' ""ithwest, wheio Iho win-VSaaflTtov win-VSaaflTtov ters are extreuiel) cold Prof Hansen got on w "K"TvN 'l'" r"f,' ,,f ,',' alfalfa n car ago. but was so St irJk ,' '"',' '" "TchlnK for It that he was badly frozen I "r wk 10 '" ",,,'" Despite this experience hu ninde an- . L J other trial this car. and he has Informed Sucre-' HfA tf. try Wilson that be has been successful and Is ' , s on tils way bnck with seed y Through the bureau of plat: industry Uiii de- pnrtment of agilciilture has been cngiigml for n Isi"sssssbsssssisbbsssssI number of years lu encouraging the growth of alfalfa In various parts of tho United States. Owing to the wide differences in soil and cllmato In this country, great dllllculty has been experienced In procuring pro-curing a variety suited to all conditions. Introductions of new alfalfas have bccn made from time to time from foreign countries. Suverul years ago the kpartmont brought some from Turkestan which bus been tried thoroughly Pffdproved valuable In' some sections. Reforo going to Siberia Prof. Hansen visited northern Norway and Sweden with a view to finding new crops which might bu of valuu In the cold, arid lands of tho United States. Tho alfalfa hu has discovered has n yellow flower Instead of a blue. It Is a natlvo of tho dry steppes of Hlhurln, and grows well where tho mercury falls to 30 or 40 below r.cro, Tho country Is exceedingly dry, and yet tho new alfalfa Is an excellent forage plant. Prof, Hansen has obtained seed, and it will receive a thorough test. GREAT BOOM IN SHIPBUILDING. "BJsjwn"" Should the present rate of shipbuilding lu th rriW'W United States continue the current fiscal year VW VK MRP " w" r,'c"r,, "'" Kreulcst ""'put of shipyards In TllJLS L?SJ vta v ,m,f " rMlur' "cconlliig to tho toport of Com Afl(rJJvBL mlssloner of Navigation Chamberlain. h ii "22), A summary of the report suys: "The year's ,. ....T construction was 1,221 vessels of 418.715 gross tIoOOoCkohk? tons. Only three ocean steamers wero built. On Tons sVr ,m' Kn'ul ,al"H 10 "tenrners of L':i2,:ii'.fi gross toiih t Mt -'Y'tl w,'r" '""" r'"' '""""K" lmllt "luring Iho cur WL BftTOwU'X-VJl r,'Ml ttM'M J'"r '"' " November 1ft aggregate MWth. 4UUiilvi m -rt:,-ono Kr"H a,,rt lf "l0 Pri'Henl rnlo of construe r'l''a!-llMW """ K "'" r,,l'r,l,Ml ,,y H,rlles or delays In fur- , IZitj-Ji? "lK,,ll,K structural steel tho output of our ship- ' z's0-1C&'l' l,r,,H wl" "' "'" Irgest lu half a century uud ' ktHHBHSBssaBBSBMBsssisJ will be close to the output of .'.NIl.UDil tuns In ISr.r,. tho year of our greatest const ruei Ion. During the year only 12 per cent, ol I tho exports and Imports of the United States weii c.irileil In American ! vcsboIs." j Tho report states that ou Jul) :iu the documented merchant vessels of the i United States numbered 25.11111, or r,.r,Tt.!i(i!i gross tons. The iexirt urges thr enactment of the merchant mailiie commission hill which has passed tint ' senate, Including the provision for American mull lines In South America, und j favors the bill to nbollsh the dlscilmliialloii against coasting vessels In ! pilotage charges In the slates fiom Virginia to Texas Quoting the lesolutlon In favor of approved steamship coiiimunlcntlons adopted by iho piiti-Amc rlcun conference at Rio de Janeiro last August, Commissioner Chamberlain pub llshes n full list of all the vessels lu trade between tho United States and South Vmerlca during the llrst six mouths of this year. Tint report suys that of I2f.7!il men shipped 37,C7ii weie iiathus 2,'UnC naturalized Americans and the remainder alluns. POSTAL TREATY WITH CANADA TO END. j-j . The post olllre iliii.irtliieiit will be guided by Wfir' I congressional legUlstliui In dealing with tho Issue I rvAl rniseil by tho Cunudlun government In abrogatliiK. Jvv V''l -w, ," provisions of the postal convention between 1 rs W " '' lw countries relullng to secondeluss matter "rU1 Ism I"I'. Mcconllng to Caniulu's notice, will expire I .(LtkliW M,l) T ,,,"7 Qjjjl&n' jti Iaii This piovlslon permits the transmission through L275j$JTi3lLi "'" '"ails of ierlodlcul publications, Including "t-BBJK newspapers, at the rate of one cent a pound. A rfl, T0 '""', ''""'mission of the senate und house, ..1 T ""--, which Senator Penrose Is chairman, has turn .gipl engagisl since October 1 In taking testimony eov tefegS eilng Hie whole subject of sis-ond class m.ill mm- mmmmmmmm ' ttrul as an outcome of the Inquiry the general expectation Is that borne legislation will be enacted. Should no legislation be enacted then the two governments will fall bach on tho International union postal rales when the provision lu the uxlstlut treaty expires, unless In Hie menu lino Canada comes forward with a new proposition for tho consideration 'f this government. The International postal union rato on second class matter is one cent for two ounces. For tome time tho Canadian government has found fault with tho construction con-struction placed on some rlatses of second-class mall matter by this govern mont when It came to the mailer of Its application for transmission througfc Canadian territory. Probably 100 different irlodlcals which urn trrfnBiulttct through tho United Slates malls at second-class rates havo been denied blu-liar blu-liar privileges In tho Canadian mall service, although some of them havo hem subsequently granted the privilege American periodicals have enjirjed a large circulation through CunuiM, and with their attractive advertisements It Is suggest 4: the st ofllcH . partment they have winked prejudicially lo lliti trade lnU'Ms of ho Cu,a dlans and to Hit i.eitodlraN lUiblUbid (here. L j i |