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Show The Pension Office is one of Uncle j Sam's biggest concerns. It bears upon j its rolls the names of 345,000 persons, of j whom 241,000 are army invalids and 78,- 000 widows and minor children of dis- j eased soldiers. The 'survivora of the war j of 1812 are still with us to the number of j 295,while the widows of those who served i in that war number 17,000. i Our Indian population, exclusive, of f those in Alaska," is reported as number- j ing 260,000, nearly all being located on j lands set apart for their use and occupation, occupa-tion, aggregating over 134,000,000 of acres, j As this is more than 500 acres, to each ! ; Indian, buck, squaw,-pappoose, warrior j or - half-breed, the tribes should not ; starve. ; . - ;.. ' .- ;' '. ' ' DrRiNfi the last year. the. government j 1 lost nearly $11,000 "on deficient yardage j in the twine purchased for uss in the Post- ; office Department. "':.. ' |