| Show TIM EMBER fR L LANDS U Ur OF r PUBLIC O DOMAIN M I Congress is Wrestling With the Question Cnn They TIler be c Protected THE LIEU LAND LAHD LAW LAY ABUSES have llac Become r ry Iut few Ici Actual Settlers Of It Its l Special Washington lon I 1 C Jan t at lit atthe atthe the Ih present time 8 H Is I wrestling with lIh the How lo ron ran the III tim timber timber ber hf lands hinds of ot tho the public domain be Jc pro Ira protected Ten len or 35 years ago oo It II was van de Ic to 10 segregate from Irom room the tho lands binds oi n for settlement lIet va t In irm the thuc th tin tim timbered regions le lon which should be he h od oil as tm n national forests Under this i pol polIe ol Icy ky Ie a Il total of ot nearly 6 OO rOO have hae been b n withdrawn wi ml mown from rum roll Ot ami placed In time tho I I of ot forest fOment e elands lands 18 In currying carrying out Jut the executive orders these rc te ee It t vas found that thai many thoU of or acres nl rM within time the of ot the areas aremis o 0 MH I wore til tle the property of ot railroad and In Individuals tun In lit Inconsequence consequence It II 1 was al ns found uy to give Ic thess private owners un till nit to select thor lands In hn lieu 1111 of lt those tim ee surrendered to the time Inu LAND KA 1 This Thin lieu leu land hUll ln low has haM leim h en abused hIm have their holdings 1 of ut the original timber rind and have hae selected cleed In II lieu sonic ome of the Iho most moat valuable pine pil hinds lii nil s time tho government Mill HII nIl I I Ip ll IllIn I Ito to In the present time about have and 1111 almost R an I 3 run n inies uneA ut of vii timber Imbel t I mIllIe i lands Is have ha brett been d from room the he govern government ment an Iii 11 So o great has hai the abuse that Con Congress 01 oil gross gress l In culled upon to 10 net act promptly to 10 prevent the further looting of ur the thu re ro remaining pine hub lands lm In reporting n II bill hi for or the Ihl correction of existing abuses Mor Mordell dell el of ot Wyoming Irom the time on Oil Oi public lands lantt ways says It I Is III very Ir clear that comparatively rew few actual settlers have hl 0 taken nd e pf pt p the time provi provisions of or the lieu land law ln that the him b I 1 o I boon ben the tho own era oma Ni of railroad and ate 1111 school lands lallA lallAt It t also 11 0 from the tables that th there theme is at al this thIn time Ife over oer tern let of a million milon acree Cle of ut hind 1111 within the primary limits of ot railroad land lant III Il grants which arc are a as OM I for tor forthe the tIme selection ot of an un equal fual area aron Irn of or valuable lilt Ill timber 1111 r that there thero In iS 1 over Oer CCO CO acres o ut of such lands under contract cOli rel for survey Hury which will wIl wl be lie available for fO forthe tho the same purpose when hon surveyed fUI In hut the tho near future and that there thero Is IH over a n million milon acres ocr of or such uch lands Inn which will 11 undoubtedly 1 h be purveyed In lu tile the near future In all I acres neron lereR of ot 1 lands and H within the tho primary limits of roll rail railway rol way Ivay WI land grants which ore are or ci will bo boIn boIn boin In the tile near lea future available for fOI or lieu leu se sc lection mind for fur which nn an equal of o the Ihl mo moot t timber lands landi of ot tire the nation may 11 ho bo and undoubtedly will wi Iw be b If tIme the lull bill In lit ques question ues tion lon does not riot become became a ft law LANDS In Jim addition to this vast acreage or of landH tv it Ii in the primary 1 I limits him I is of rul to rail ii ay land grants which can be lie le ex ax exchanged changed IHm for or valuable lt lands lainis there thoro therea an lre a ro ou hi large ma rge in III the for forist lul emit Luner Cs of o Indemnity railroad lands lande an au wel vell us is lt other OIlier largo larlu holdings which can UI mum be for tor or timbered 1 landh 1111 of oC these thene lands landH are ure I now nw covered with wil of ot which they are ale LIIS Iel ele as 1 rapidly ns M po o In II 1111 IIII that tv I or mani may bo ue for fOl other othel for Cor foreL CM eL I Tire The 11 Inclusion lol within forest tret reserves of ut so I targe lomga an trim of ot railroad lauds In time the of ot acres within tim mm I 11 ml ia 1 my limits ii nil in and ii thousands t ho U so ni oi oJ aCT loW i of ur Indemnity lands in hlll ii cuu could coUII l le be 11 u il 1 UH iu 11 bases for or 01 IkU leu relie lIc lions If f fUCI lands Janus 1110 M eie ie nil all ni of them theol ut oC a ii 1 ih racier their lor 01 tile the Ihl conservation of t water I a II Hipply mimi 1111 time tho of timber 11 r for rOI future us UN use M I mt contemplated ed Ni Id by 13 I the h ht spirit of fIt t the thu net act tin t im C Ill thou of ot forest might liu Ic lit Justified 11 and 1111 ou on Ul onI the Iho I ii e multi ground g of il wine wile public ii policy even oel though h uit resulted In him II lie lib ab IJ of or large inlets of the public domain III In lieu lu nut lint mean Irem ii of ur and atul other linds ir a In iii prIvate have luL been Included in tn rOll re me ore neither ally tImbered t II lre II or of oC any miny In r rullo ullo allt for or or UI fur fr any 1 other uther IJ dO O by I lire iia forest re me law the thu Inclusion of ot iltIS which IS within has him given time the theo o I ol at such an lilt ni ulI to lu 11 H thel by I exchange of ot otI I I Il of the beet beit timber thurber of ot tIme the bit TO W BAVi SAI S I LANDS I OS Th ili agrees with wih the Iha them ha let L aIM m iii ry Ir th Ihl tire and aruil tile ilu Iw of II limo lit land lanil oln i that Hie or of Inu bill 1111 U in In tho the mu of lr C r policy anil thru UI It U II I urgently uj uty ri in ha II view tieu of or tho Iho ho present 1 tHul lion lon u II I order to 10 prevent the It of or tf of if It of ur public timber b h iEl lieu t I AM H I ol I I ii I o ti out oil In him II the tIme r report port seeking In to time Iho I intro r ht no nolI lI to 10 of or tIre the of or ortho oft tho t lIe bill bil bt it a 3 is n time gi In h 1101 t coin 1111 p iii Hory and amid Ild If I It I IH he II d tu to tim mist I 11 within now UN im a mu I base be for tIme can lx hl ie me h malting time the exchange In Jn which a I fair t air l ailo can um lie be 14 oh label by b for or ad irs 11 contemplated hut ted by 1 I tIre the II bill 1411 il HI Tire The growth of or time tho rural mural True free ree delivery service In the 11 past few years 1111 is In l lime tho subject of or 11 t consid consideration i ra t only nl by II Ii tiu 11 eral rl and Ills his II I but hut by Ly the Iho com ill it tees on Ill ami ii rid post roads roo if of the lime two 10 of ot Is h s no 10 tile the Ihl extension of ruml reo delivery It I t hiss ban IUN 1010 In to may It I will 11 bo 10 ia n it tudor under iiii I Ion iu UA mu e It I I t has huts bc n a n or under lier I lou mm administration ii 1st rat funnIng arming communities of or n the tue States demand tho ho service and nun how hol to tn ti rt of ot thone who imo Ill ll nl am looked upon ns on time tho back bo no of ot Iho limo country con ry In IA I n the I problem i which coit our lilt of ut lt I ra iii t chairman of ot tho t Imo commit t tf 11 of or timid post 1031 has hai f nn Slit In amendment to the gen geum CI rial statutes which ho hn Intends to SI with nil bin hl when Whelm time wih gomor general mm I mum Mill hlll iii ii mel up u I for or In tho senate cenate onte This B t mutt the t he toaster to tl Ii at itt tire the Intersection of ot and time the In lit Intersection II mid I termini of or rural tree free frIo delivery deley moll mail routes an as 11 distributing Il or separating t and Hi shero such ouch of oft Is vt C tile third fourth lice Ike nc IO thIr or cities chua h lie hn I may rn make a 11 reasonable rel allowance to 10 III paymaster lo fur tOI it the necessary wit COt of hr clerical service arising from room roUl such luch duties Iut Tho ilie for this Is ni III IIII at lit lt Intersecting mull Hill II I owing OV i mug to 10 the lie Ihl I grow lb of nt tl free fre delivery service are nr by hy bythe hythe the time very ery I nature of things wholly un uti UI I tub to II separate seua cit to timid and 11 distribute d mt to mails mal now ibIs going Into Inlo the tire rural sections nf of n time the country Under present condl cOl l lInus 1011 they tW are or tint not l to 10 0 employ elloy clerk IHk hire unless paid out of ot their own pocket nid 1111 It t I j JM je tw time purpose of or compensating for Or time the additional work ork devolving upon ulon them In the separating mind and Int distribution ot or rural mall lal to 10 carriers that HeM Sena Senator tOI tor lenrol propos H Iho t to be bo boa bea a Ii most additon to tIme the th postal IRwin and amid regulations SIOUX INDIANS IDIAS Tor years 1011 there ther hits has through tho Iho I corridors dors of If the th ime Capitol Ca tel a I bill hii i for forthe 11 01 the relIef alet of ot thu Ihl and ton lun bands of nf Dakota or Sioux Indians n Indian committees us tim frequently f rel I Il t ns as the tho tH bill bi would wool hit lilt It 11 with the time mailed I IP Just an as serenely eICel how Ilow evl as 15 tIme the season for or the time assembling of 01 Congress 1 ol rIM recurred tire tho bill hi for tOI the thi relief relict of ot this irIs particular band of ot Sioux S Indians I Iii would bob lo up till In 11 I it bum both housea to tu tho lie I of nt the Ih members of nr tho tima Indian commit two H rime Tho bill hi was waR I being bet mig urged by I a n 1 mot law of ot fanner former R lulor of ot South HOlth Da Pa Ia lot ii imri n ii I rubi I can hut hilt afterward of nr that stat Main n it 1 In him II the time upper tipper branch of ot Congress l For Vor O nil effort erol was ILIS made to appropriate vast tiit shIllS of nt mooney money which It win WS al at alleged 1118 time the government time tho Isse SIR ton bit tOi and attn band of ot Dakota or ori i iou x I I ii mis because they boy t had been i deprived of or their annuities growing out Omit of f time the th war Wil which ono one 01 of ot those ol s precipitated I ii tot age the lie I United Uni ted Male In II 12 1 2 ami aumi 63 Finally otter after persistent effort erot time the Ih comic case C U wire was sent nt to 10 tin hit i court of oC claims for 01 am of ur fact nil the lie t coil it of nf 0 f ii lint hut a ma short horl ngo OJO Ag rendered u Ii decision which put 1115 uti out of ot business a thone in millions of or from flOI the lime Tho court states It toes does not who if oily any UI were Nl the Ihl I Ire Individual I tub I uil I of or thEL I Pa It it i of ot I nil I who re it It loyal loal to time tho government of Ihl ha 01 or who were lint miot ill cecil or IndIrectly concern concer In the th de tie during 10 nail and M 3 when wh 1 nt rut lt tucks luck made on tit Fort lort when s nor louis of or every eary hind were commuted or OF COUNT cotI rime Tho fh court 1111 that nt at time CH certain Lain tain Individual capable of Men 1181 1 by II I verbal Chal In hit 11 council and loyal tOiL but who nt at It other 1 l or the Ilio and 1111 to tu In tin thin net Ct of tIC Con eu gruM Feb Keb eb in It I G lk 3 tins tho th goes BOM on sum Oi to nay II that a it 1 large liTIe nil all time tho majority If It not 11 of ot the ton toll of lt the Sioux toUcan Indians were score not hOt 1011 in to tire HIP Ih government of ot the tho States and that Hint with wih few ow i p tlona such being heini Incapable nf ot at as 11 nil ni time ra of ot th so two ft a f 1101 Indians I mm is us allied abetted and encouraged lh the hone and aird to which tits the Ihl not act of ot heh lt IS IS J meters flint Ihl pro plo POI of nt uch members It If there were any al who wen worl not xi 11 In the t he said mill or Ut UI wino come of or them I hem he 1 do 1101 s not oral anil 1111 It I Is mom tho Iho t imo I 5 t to II tint such thin Ul If H such Much i cool rould bo hn point dl tl out oil I Ih I i mm iii Iu hi no 10 i ro proper dl 1 is 11 I TI of or 0 t tin tIl I In i Ii mm ii i t is n tn ti loyal 10 mem tiers h he rl rs wet wr sv I nd loyal I y I or ir who u ho nol 1111 so rio 1 nol in it Mid IJ rI l nn ant l who viro I Il hi if i to 10 Midi MU 1 loin lon I dl 11 rl lt ii 1 1 il ir is 1 I C et ted lit II I um th thin If ir I suh HI not ii h of a I proportion tit th effect ert would be LImit tion could coall iP I mule nisIe I that thul distribution of such puch fuch 9 be 10 mode to the loyal am and amid disloyal members 8 alike or not riot nt at nil all nn |
