Show IS TEDQF DELAY Y Congressman Mondell Urges ij Work on Fort Mackenzie THEPLANS ARE ALL READY Only Tiling lacking is Approval by tho Secretary of War This Hi Mondell Hopes to Secure Before Washington Wyoming Leaving Vnshngon Member is Also Urging the Issue of Permit to Allow Sheepmen to Drivo Flocks Across Big Horn Forest Reserve r TRIBUNE BUREAU 501 Fourteenth street Washington X CAug 151000 Representative Mondell of Wyoming had a conference with the Secretary of War today in which he vigorously urged that the department hasten JsI action looking to erection of new quar I and other buildings at Fort Mackenzie ters lJidlng3 kenzie Wyo for which an appropriation I appropria-tion of 5100000 was made at the recent Cession of Congress The department has been delaying action awaiting decision I IIs delt i aelor nIUng tc osts shall cision a to vhethur the new posts shnl have tin Independent water supply system sys-tem or depend on the supply furnished 1 from Sheridan WATERSUPPLY SUFFICIENT j I Mr Mondell told Secretary Root that the present water supply was at least sufficient for present needs nnd asked that the maltcr be taken up contract let and work pushed to early completion comple-tion leaving settlement of minor questions ques-tions until work Is well under way Plans foe the new officers and soldiers quarter stables and other necessary the buildings have been approved by QuartermastorGcneral and noW avalt the signature of the Secretary of War which Mr Mondell hopes to secure before be-fore ho leaves I The Wyoming Congressman said that he saw no reason why bids should not j be Invited and work commenced on Fort Mackenzie by October 1st as the board appointed to permanently locate buildings had transmitted their recommendation recom-mendation to QuartermasterGeneral 1 Ludlngton and which substantially fixes upon the site of the present temporary I tem-porary buildings and not oce mile away from site a was reported sometime some-time ago DRIVING SHEEP ACROSS RESERVE RE-SERVE Mr Mondell is also here for purpose of expediting permit for sheepmen to drive sheep across Big Horn forest reserve I I re-serve In order to get them to railroad for shipment Sheridan IIg one of the objective points Commissioner Hermann of the General Gener-al Land office has recommended to the Secretary of the Interior that the temporary tem-porary order of the deportment permitting i permit-ting such drive to shipping points on tho B M railroad be made a permanent perma-nent Institution 1 his letter the Commissioner Com-missioner recommends that a trail two miles wide established across the reservation Under the direction of thu forest supervisor to whom the sheep herders must make application for permits per-mits to drive across the reserve and who shall have power > to apportion the number of sheep to enter the traiL This supervisor when he deems necessary I may employ extra help at 2 per day tq keep the sheep within the trail the shippers to pay wages of the temporary force Commissioner Hermann holds that In the past many of the sheep that have been grazed have been driven across tie reserve and It would b unjust now to deprive them of this privilege He thinks the trail can be continued indefinitely provided the sheep can be confined within the limits and be kept from loitering on their outbound fom 101 rjnS passage pas-sage I sageNO DAMAGE TO TIMBER Forest Superintendent Garbutt submitted sub-mitted a large petition of the sheep I owners asking that a trail b estab lished In Sheridan county for a dis I I tance of twentyfour miles between Dayton and Bald Mountain to be used L from July 1st to October 1st of each II year Forest Supervisor Jackson con curs In this and save no damage would I I bE done the timber because of Its es tablishment the route of the proposed L roul I trail being open Some time ago Representative Mon I del submitted a letter oCHon r Charles F Chlrlc Mandersou solicitor for the Burlington road requesting the privi rcuesthll lege ot driving sheop across the reserve for shipment As a result of former efforts It was ordered that such per sons a desired could so drive under dl I Tcctlon of the forest superintendent I upon showing how ian sheep In each It bunch it was proposed to drive and the time required for their crossing WHAT COMMISSIONER RECOM The MENDS Commissioner now recommends flint recomrcnts the sheep on the proposed trail shal be moved each day at least tri miles and they shall not be permitted to camp near any live streams each lve strems and driver shall report when the sheep enter and leave the I IeYe trail The terms this tri of II recommendation it Is believed will prove satisfactory to the sheepowners I and It shcepwners i Is believed Acting Secretary Ryan will approve thq recommendation of Commissioner Hermann INDIAN SCHOOL BUILDINGS to Indian the Inspector Graves has reported Indian ofllce orce that the bet site lor the location 10r local of tho ry > w school build I lug on the Fort Hall buid Hal reservation Is 1 I about live e1aton fvc miles from the agency Sea neo Lr what Is known by Icpown the Indians as Bottoms as The Boloms In connection connecton with his re port he forwarded a topographical of the n topogaphlcl map Vie site und the sie Architects at the Indian office will begin the preparation I preparU of the plans and forthS specifications HPeclfcatons tor th LO new buildings bui n s under the treaty which was ratified at the last session of Con rre8 Sevent3fve thousand dollars Is I dolars avjtilable aVlable for the establishment the school establshment of plant which will schoolhouse tO dormitories Include t a kitchen and mess hal n laundry bulldlma len warehouse and other i buUdlngsCLERKS necessary out CLERKS APPOINTED George A Cole I and Fielding L jonen have been I appointed Lake postoQlce clerks In the Salt |