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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1905)
THE JLOltNlNG AST01.1A AS'IOKJA, OKKGort Counting rV ir .11 xxxe jnoiiars or Uncle Sam It 1 Don Whin Naw Treasurer Tikaa Office-Charles H. Trcit, f Successor of Ellis H. Rob- arta-A Billion Now I , Being Handled. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER , 1505 3 ' NCLB HAM has boiit $1,000 wu,ooo m the treasury t( naanington toa la now en gaged 111 COtintln tha -am. Thla la bl tank and but (o be per formed trtrjr time there la a change of treasurer. On Jul 1 Charlo H. Treat succeeds Kill. n. Huberts In tho office of treasurer of Ilia Vnlted Bute, and tit counting of the rti was at once begun. It max h aeveraf months before tlit) tank In completed. TVben on starts out to count $1,000, OOO.ooo It la nHwr to tnko a little time for the oiicratlon. The hist time Uncle Barn's fund In Jho treasury building at Washington were counted wa In 1807, and It then required about nvt montiia to do tbe work. Thl was longer than It will t apt ti take tlila time If no stealing baa gone on. In 1W7 It was found that tliere waa a difference of H00 between tbe amount shown on tbe booke and the coin and other valuable In tlie vaulta. Ahont $200 In bill had been abatracted. and 000 lead disk had been aubatltuted for ellvtr dollnra In the bag In a certain vault, which necewiltated couoUng tbe actual colua Instead of measuring them by weight, aa la generally cnatomary. Until the counting la nnlahed the re tiring treasurer cannot obtain a receipt for the fund from hi aucceMaor or bo released from hi bond. If anything la tulMlug, whether It la a dollar or million, be baa to make good, though uaually If there la no fault on hta part Congreae enact a law by which he la n-lmbumJh. Tlil waa done In the cane of Treasurer Itoltert' predceor, Mr, Morgan, who thua got back the $400 be bad taken from lit owu pocket to cover the theft of employee. A corps of fifty clerks waa employed In count ing tbe money In tho vaulta In 1807. It take big figure to ex pre tbe amount of the coin and bill and f" fill iv vV Km nURLKS R. TSKAT, TIIKAHT'llKK OT THI I'M ITU) HTATt. United Rtate bond In the tronsury n Washington, nut to mention the monej of various kind In the mihncimlrlu In different eltlca, wlilrb I not cotimu at tlil time, a each aubtreiisiiivr I responsible for bU owu ncc uiit There are 8,000 ton of coin l.i t'.j treomiry at Wa:ihli!Ktou. A n:l'.:i doli.irs In g'iM wilg!i one nml !.. tClltlU t ill lllhl OI'Cll.lll'H lUilJtlt H.'.i . .....,oe. MAI ARIA . fiii HI flit Holly Springs, Ml., March 34, 1903. While building railroad in Tennessee eonie twelve year ago a number of hands contracted fever and various forma ol blood and akin disease. I carried S. 3. S. in my commissary and gave it to my handi with most gratifying remit. I can recom tnend 3. S. S. a tbe finest preparation foi Malaria, chill and fever, aa well aa all blood and skin diseases. 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Write for med ical advice or any apecial informa tion about case. ft a Swift 8pol(lo Company, Atlanta, fia. u rn mi. w ?"S jliilli Mr Jl'f i ll I Die gold lu TLb treasury vnults It is put Into eight ounct duck bngs each bog holding $5,000, and the silver coins are put In similar bill's holding $1,000 each. Counting of bill in dunu by band, and It Is Interesting to see how quick ly the experts employed In thia tnxk perform their work. Muny of these expert counter ore women. They count by the aenso of touch rnther than alght The unfcgutirds ngnluat thievery from tho trenaury are verj complete, and were on attack upon the vaulta to be made a" thouand men could be rushed In abort order to the defense of the national treasure house. The treasurer of tho United States la accountable for evjry dollar of the government's funds, - and - hence his office la a very responsible one. Many people have bad the signature of Ellis II. Roberta on bill In their possession who could not have told tho name of the Incumbent of the treasurer'a office. New bill will bear the signature of Cbarlea JI. Treat. Mr, Treay comejof .in old family; Ills mother's" maiden J uamo was Trent, and both his parents wero descendants of Robert Treat, who wa for thirty-two years from 1070 to 170S-the deputy and royal governor of the oolouy of Connecticut. Treasurer Treat Is a native of Maine and was boru about alxty years ago at Frankfort. In ISiSS, after graduat ing from Dartmouth college, he entered hi father's office. The elder Treat was engaged In a trade with the West Indies, and when that wa destroyed by the Insurrection with Cuba young Treat removal to Delaware and be came Identified with manufacturing enterprise. He was elected to con gress from bis home district In Dela ware and afterward came within two votes of securing a seat In the United State senate. 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