Workers of the Nation: An Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American People and a Record of Business, Professional and Industrial Achievement at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, Band 2

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P.F. Collier and Son, 1903
 

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Seite 793 - It is as right for the National Government to make the streams and rivers of the arid region useful by engineering works for water storage as to make useful the rivers and harbors of the humid region by engineering works of another kind.
Seite 786 - A homestead entryman must be the head of a family, or a person who has arrived at the age of 21 years, and a citizen of the United States, or one who has declared his intention...
Seite 666 - Natural gas, however, has reached that form, and is in condition to take to itself the amount of oxygen necessary for combustion. The great natural reservoirs require only to be pierced by the drill when the gas may be brought to the surface, where it is at once ready to be used as fuel or to become a direct source of power in the gas engine. No preparation is necessary for its combustion and no residue is left. It is easily distributed in pipes to points of consumption many miles distant, and no...
Seite 786 - ... years and a citizen of the United States or one who has declared his intention of becoming such, and he must not be the owner of more than 160 acres of land in any State or Territory.
Seite 999 - State of a character tending to qualify the incumbent for the position to be filled, or (b) by appointment of a person not under the Department of State, but having previously served thereunder to its satisfaction in a capacity tending to qualify him for the position to be filled, or...
Seite 786 - ... 160 acres, of public land, by establishing and maintaining residence thereon and improving and cultivating the land for the continuous period of five years. A homestead entryman must be the head of a family, or a person who has arrived at the age of...
Seite 999 - It being of great importance that the consular officers of the United States shall possess the proper qualifications for their respective positions to be ascertained either through a satisfactory record of previous actual service under the Department of State or through an appropriate examination : It is hereby ordered that any vacancy in a consulate...
Seite 1003 - The officers and non-commissioned officers are selected from those Cadets who have been most studious, soldierlike in the performance of their duties, and most exemplary in their general deportment.
Seite 785 - Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Florida; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Louisiana; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana} Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma...
Seite 1023 - Each station has a keeper who has direct control of all its affairs. The position held by this officer will be recognized at once as one of the most important in the Service. He is, therefore, selected with the greatest care. The indispensable qualifications for appointment are that he shall be of good character and habits, not less than twenty-one nor more than forty-five years of age ; have sufficient education to be able to transact the station business ; be able-bodied, physically sound, and...

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