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Show TOOELE CITIZENS i BLAMED FOB DELAY Government Cannot Set Apart Forest Reserve Unless Ssttler3 Relinquish Relin-quish Right to Lands. BY A. F. PHILIPS. Tribune Buriau. National Hotel, V WASHINGTON, D. C April &. Rome citizens of Tooele arc under a df.lurion regarding the forest roscrvo which they desire created from that F.octlon of Utah, but which the department depart-ment declined to set apart and hold. Thc Utah delegation and the Interior department are held responsible for an action of which' they aro not guilty. The people alone are to blame. Senator -Smoot had correspondence with Gov. TVells upon the subject and not'iled the executive that if the people peo-ple who had filed upon lands within the limits of tho proposed reserve would relinquish their right to the lands held by them to tho State, the United States Government would permit per-mit the State to take' other lands in lieu thereof nnd create the reserve. The matter was taken up by the Utah Land Board and It was found that neither tho State nor the United States could buy up those lands, unless un-less relinquished by thc owners within the time proposed for thc reserve. This done, the Government will be only too glad to comply with the desire of the people. Senator Heyburn had a conference this morning with thc director of the Geological Survey in regard to work to be done under Government direction direc-tion during the coming summer in Idaho. Comparatively Utile area has been covered by survey In Idaho and the Senator Is endeavoring to have a number of surveying parties assigned for duty there this year. Couer d'Alene, Halley and Silver City mining districts need to be examined, ex-amined, surveyed and report made. Some work has been done in Couer d'Alene and the Senator haa blven assurance as-surance that much underground Investigation Inves-tigation will be made in that camp in addition to doing considerable surface work. The Senalor also discussed his measure meas-ure in Congress providing for an investigation inves-tigation to determine tho feasibility of reclaiming the overflowed hands of the Kootenai Valley. A number of Senators Sena-tors have tnken the postlon that this worlc can be done without additional legislation nnd expenses incident thereto there-to can be taken from the reclamation funds. It Is hoped that the department depart-ment can make the examination this season. If the plan la corrsummated, more than GO.000 acres of land will be reclaimed. It Is estimated that It will be worth $100 per acre. e Speaking of the progress made In the work of the reclamation service an officer of-ficer In the Geological Survey said: The irrigation projects favorably reported re-ported at the beginning of 1003 included in-cluded those on the Truckee river ln Nevada, on the Salt river in Arizona, on the Milk river ln Montana, on thc Sweetwater river in Wyoming, and on Gunnison river in Colorado. The Nevada Ne-vada and Arizona projects have been found feasible and construction on the engineering works along the Truckee and Sail rivers has progressed to a reasonable extent. The Montana project has presented unexpected engineering difficulties, as well as complications regarding water rights, so that progress 1b slow. It has been found necessary to modify the first plans ln order to achieve early results. The Wyoming project as first outlined out-lined has beon found Impracticable. A better reservoir site than that on the Sweetwater river has, however, been j discovered on the North Platte, so that j n larger scheme of development may be worked out there in the future. "Very great engineering difficulties are encountered en-countered in the accomplishment of the Colorado project. The amount of arid land thereby reclaimable is less, too, than was anticipated. it v a Senator Heyburn has recommended the appointment of Dr. Lorin F. Rich, of Rexburg, Ida., as examining surgeon sur-geon for the pension bureau of that section. ft ft u The United Stales Civil Service commission com-mission announce! that as an Insufficient Insuffi-cient number' of ellgibles resulted from the examination held in February to 1111 about fifteen vacancies in the position posi-tion of cadet in the revenue cutter service ser-vice and other similar vacancies as they occur, another examination for the same position will be held April 26th, 27th and 2Slh at places designated. Position pays 5500 per annum and one ration per day. After three years' service they may be commissioned as Lieutenants, with salary from 51100 to 51S00 per annum. Prior to appointment an eligible will have to pars 'a physical examination before a board of marine hospital surgeons at Washington. Examination Ex-amination will consist of twenty subjects, sub-jects, viz.: Spelling, arithmetic, algebra, general geography, geometry, general history and Constitution of United States, physics, general Information on matters of current history, trigonometry, trigo-nometry, grammar, English literature and ono modern language. Examinations Examina-tions will be held at the following places: Nevada Reno. Utah Logan, Salt Lake City. Wyoming Cheyenne, Laramie. Those desiring to compete can apply to postmasters in the cities named for application form. (.- Augustus B. Paris has been appointed postmaster at Webb, Nez Perce county, Ida., vice Charles C. Mills, resigned. Sealed proposals will be received nt the Postolllce department up to May :ird for carrying the mall from Morse to May. Ida., a distance of Men miles. Bond of $500 mufjl accompany proposal. ft n ft The postoffice at Hamilton. Sheridan county, Wyo., has been discontinued, and mail will be sent to Kearney. V Effective on the 11th Inst., this schedule will be run on star route from WThlte Rocks to Fort Duchesne, Utah: Leave White Rocks dally, except Sunday, Sun-day, at 9 a. in., arriving at tho Fort at 12 noon. Returning, leave Fort Duchesne Du-chesne at 1 p. m., reaching White Rocka at 1 p. m. |