| Show N Secy Hitchcock Reports Several Investigations Into Alleged Frauds RECLAMATION ACT PROJECTS of I I Mori 1 V 1 I e Off an 1111 ru report of oC Secy Sr of the Interior i Hancock mado public today M Mi H Hin in r tho land my m last report 1 iu 1 I f ha hu been beell he of ot net il The hl prosecution pro of oC tho Iho IIII 0 at c i on Iho Pacific coast hm hil hilt r t il pushed 1 number have IK t mil many more ln l 1101 apprehended and 1010 t urIS for trial in It nt t In Iga lIon of or alleged viola land lant luna In that c i i f r the th public e i 1 anti anil elsewhere nr ar being v n 1 prosecuted i v vi r i 01 I anti ind persistent Ier offenders hoc IK D II e and will nc cur ur in the near future Other mm en 8 n 11 soon bo In for tor t I me fedral having Jur of the offenses s alleged anti and It Iti i I i I Md flint the will bo be bof f ei n lIb illy to 10 Justice jn tle Tie manner In III which ties r T iv iM upon the public timber and tin un au nl Id InI of oC the public n Investigated and an the offend 11 Ii U Is a n health puh In tho localities u I the country that the Uc 1111 must tc be om with TIO SS hn been made In the ii of ot the Iho net of nf Juno 17 11 HH known knon u a the reclamation It now under roce fr r instruction and n 1 number I of ot oth N r ha I b tn approved with It 1 view to 10 future I On June JUM 17 lit 1905 at az n Ne e the water Iter wan III turned I the of tn t t fi in IIII it of the project in tn state Iatt y 1111 lx forest re r Minns have hil Iwen I en by h tinder the Ih net lct of or lin IRh Ii i Z 1891 2 L I tho thoin in IN of four foul hive heen he n reduced Novell even 1111 b n find three thre have ha 0 etl consolidated on Into one The Tho In Irea t I In men of such uch reserve th t e year rear M The total number of forest reservations created under r the I hp It above nwe mentioned Is I 83 1317 III with recommendations contained li la 1 1 lor annual by br n approved Fib toh 1 I 33 Stat I lW tn l 1 the f over nel forcHt r to tho Department of or air Tl TI further of or the nf T iver of ot public moneys for Unit l 1 stales Halel land is QUO of oC ques j propriety c cither from rom thA of economy or 01 ef i i it lu In the land ser M H 1 I commend to tu favorable ta orab 11 v f it nn the Ih recommendation nf nC the rho is lonel of nC the land that this bo T op to 10 settlement and entry under the he homestead law la of or the th Hos Indian lands In South Dakota nf tic IIA Lake Ike lands In Da ko KO i n under the tho nets of ot April 23 I O 23 I NII 27 1 H 0 33 ila U I respectively res yos 1115 me uc e r find III entry eMr f ivia I li In HOld reservation Is III still In IIi s I successful lUcce Willi the th to 10 settlement entry under th homestead laws la Ill on Aup u S 1005 of And UlI landu of oC the ne I Indian reservation In u uld df rhe net act of JI March 3 t I I r sll of ot pine timber under 1 the in of ot June 27 1 1002 known aw alt the Ih bill on nn tho ceded In III Minnesota vein em hold at III Cass JiK Minn on Nov 0 IB Hi 17 Ii HI so Mien were re had tinder the th C failed f 1 hid bids II provided for tor In alII net lIel il were In every Ir nay WI a II r the nets oets of lit Jl ich 3 IDOl 1001 Jun so 30 1002 several IH cral of the y IY 1411 hi I t In the counties of ot 1100 Com i II i and Caddo have been completed I ull 1111 of oC the balanc huso intruded und aye nr now no ll lIon In th tM cities of ot I n 11 i and Ud O T In hi l h r Indian n four agencies p r the year yea I iu I Us of tho 1 upon the bonded superintendent of ot the In Irl dian dlan Hading school The policy to which attention MIH Invited In the th act report of or requiring Indians to tn labor for tor their OWn of o withhold from all 1111 hut the Indigent has ha been blell strictly adhered t tand and 1st becoming mute und more mort popular with thu 1 of ot Indian adult they realize 1 tint tha t It and pecuniary benefits to 10 nil 1111 lio ho will of o the opportunities ties lIel for INDIAN IAN IAD Th work of allotting lands In P lias haR been heen pushed Ilu dUI dur during ing In the eai eal and tho full oC or uN III agents has hils been heen busily engaged In till the Held Leases of o allotted 1111 allotted lauds under the strict vision I lolI of ot tho department furnish an 1111 Increasing revenue to 10 the Indian from year 01 to In year Timber operations on mun of thu le In Wisconsin and Minnesota carried on under regu regulations lations approved by h tho department ulso a r cry 11 substantial and 1111 to 10 the Indians cn Hugel The Irrigation of or Indian re and In arid sections la II ru reeding In III n 11 manner under trained and the funds up II for tur this lire arc expended lIh a It view Io to securing tho greatest t possible lIo benefit henelt to 10 thu Indians I liS liSOne One of ot the Ih most HI i Ions lurks to In the of ot civilizing und our OUI Indian population consists of the afforded them In III nil 1111 sections of ot tho Iho Indian country to 10 scout Intoxicating ing LANDS 01 There disposed of dining the fis fiscal n cal eur ended June JUlin 30 I 05 public lands aggregating j acres classified ns ash sales 1616 6 J s embracing h land warrants loa Icon elections lands railroad and II In Indian dian ot ell 15 I Indian lands IIII acre arrell show showIng ho Ing nn Increase of oC acres as 1111 with the aggregate disposals dl po als for tor the preceding fist at year ear The total cash clI h receipts receipt lurinG during the tho nil fis fiscal cal CRI ear tal from disposal nf public land amounted to und Indian land Sj I from depredations on public lands from 1111 of ot timber on fore t r rT 17 from palus of oC propel ty and for ur coplen of nC r and plats 1138 u I de dereuse reuse creaso of o from the preceding n year The total of land for of oC and lint Incidental ox x 11 and expense of depositing moneys R during tho ho fiscal ear ended Indel Juno JUliO 30 10 1905 lO INO a 1 of 1111 with the illicit fiscal I Irenr year ended Juno 30 1901 1001 The ag ca oil liabilities of the public land service lien Ice Including of district land u stated cro leaving lea a Il nol net In tho Iho United Hint States treasury of or work has proceeded rap rop idly Idl and on l satisfactorily The rhe building of large works has hns already been In Inaugurated In most of the Ihn talus states I particular attention liven heen gUon to localities the lnig Ht of or land wore were available for or ur whelo the Ity It of Iho and In the of or orthe the soil Roll 1110 of ot the ess of tho works In the semiarid part of or the country where Irrigation Is IR In Its experimental Hinge 1111 where the and uio ret jet to In bi h of or UH greater caution and slower K been heen necessary In order older tu avoid risking Investment of public h hn ro the results would be of ot question questionable I able value Already In on nM of ot the th extremely arid most needing development Ne e enil nil II larg und nt works built under the of or tho 10 Ie act ocl have 1100 been put Into service In the presence of or citizens and other no notable nota table ta hit works nrc II re a t 1111 for u II e All 11 of Ihl land which can be lie Irrigated within the next fel years linn already been filed upon Is III an nil III Insatiable demand for tor more Irrigable land The Tho problems which now confront till the reclamation are orl not those thol o relating to the construction nf works work or to tn the disposal nf ot lands but those concerned with n A wise enforcement of oC th the l letter and spirit nf of the he reclamation net In if sped to 10 farms and ac nC actual nt upon them Many of ot the persons taking these tracts obviously In to 10 hold holl them for speculative purposed under one form or another arc aro joint to 10 acquire as nil large larff areas as IM possible Ihl can bo he prevented by h tactfully hilt but firmly enforcing the letter 1111 of ot Iho law Owing to the lavish disposal al of ot the public landri during recent yea is there In the possession of ot the gov government fO only a Il comparatively 1 I small amount of oC land which ultimately may mn bt h Initiated most of CiC land being In the hands of Individuals or corporations One of or the wisest pro of reclamation ort act Is Ie that which states that tho t no right to In the use liFe of water for COl land In private ownership shall hall be he sold 1011 for n tract exceeding acres to tu one no such Rueh I FaiR bo he made tn tiny In he lin ho nn actual bomi fide resi resl resident dent nn such lh In ml or II nn nil occupant residing on such land lanel or lr nn an 01 thereof residing In the neigh neighborhood U Jt It III that thaI the judi judicious cious rlou enforcement of this provision will ng about the cultivation of ot the tho re rt ll bind In small holdings hOl thus of ot tho error of the pa t In ct to 10 disposal Ills I nf of Irrigable land may be he partly reme remedied died d I PIt It Is III not the Intent of the act flet to tn at largo larAe private In the wealth of ot n 11 small number of ot men the th receives r nn i ln The ment tn nl for the Ihl law N I not that it adds Il to It ho Ihn It lp hut hul It th he lIt number of ot horn ere cr a n nf nt of Ot the Ih oi oll who ho live upon the th land on their from It The Th operations under the It lion linn net nd have of at the th west In lined nn 1 have hae private to tn Uk up work Experience bus shown hown that there owing to of nf vested e III rights rl ht and of ot country such urh private cnn conduct th Ih ork of reclamation lo to letter nil nl cnn nn tho gov On th ither ther there nr many Mm where because of M Interstate Urn lem or the of the wok lI ca Cnn hrh the bent development Th rk of or Ih Is 18 heinli r In with nil such Ich enterprises et wi ther under corporate or state control BV nr UT T fM fur rL 1 br b the It ai June 17 Ii the proceeds pro from the disposal of or public lands In the 13 states n J three territories from Juno June 30 1901 to 10 June 30 1901 UI are 1110 tihon by b tho Iho following table for fiscal year car ended June JUlie 30 1801 1001 J Ml 91 1002 rS 3 1903 1003 53 1905 N Total Z It 11 Is I that the hll to 10 the fund will steadily und foi tol the th purpose I of II nuking making plans 1111 11 It for the fu Cu future ture It II hUH estimated f tho fund fun l for tor 1911 5 Will h M for fill 1507 1001 for I Z j OOOO It t t IH III hoped hOllet that by h the loth will commence to tel In to III till the from the Iho full fule of ot water wille the Un II nI Hill I by II law la estimated tl cost lO t of oC projects nil and l by I the depart department ment hut but not 1101 et f 1011 plated ID I au a follow H hi ar n lI Kalt r t cal RI ie Colo Coll i mm rII 1 J ln lilu Oi n City Ivan W t Mont II J Lower lil l IIrth Neb tb Wyn j Ne XI 1 Ir 1 Hondo N M 1 w r Yellowstone Y N I l 1 Or lIUi II S 1 1 lI f j lm Total Intal mI i OO 1 I |
