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tho final statement of the Coinmissioiv which? from the very nature of the
case, it baa not been possible to complete at thin time. I am in full sym
pathy with the general eonclusfonH of the ComroiHHion in substance and in.
essence, and I commend its recommendations to your earnest and favorable
consideration. The existing conditions, as set forth in this report, seem to
require a radical revision of most of the laws affecting the public domain.
If we are to secure tho best possible uso of the remaining public lands by
actual homo makers. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House. February 23, 1005.
February 13, 1005.—Read; referred to the Committee on Pnblie Lands and
ordered to be printed. -
nd collectl7ely
SYNOPSIS OF REPORT. /
1. This report Id bated on a broad general I *1°** have Isdlridually ——— ,
view of the public-land iltuatlon, not on studied many of the subjects assigned to
specific cases. - It. During the year 1004. each member
2. The present laws arc not suited to j much AUpfr upon the public lands,
meet the conditions of the remaining public **“ “
domain,
3. Tho agricultural possibilities of the
remaining public domain are unknown.
JToW&ica should be made to ascertain
vrloped br ‘/rctnai settlers.
4. The right to exchange lands in forest
reserves for lands outside should be with
drawn. Provision should be made for the
purchase of needed private lands Inside for
est reserves, or for the er chan go of such
lands for specified tracts of like area and
value outside the reserves.
5. The former recommendation for the
repeal of the timber and stone act Is
newed and emphasised.
0. The sale of timber from nnreserved
public lands should be authorized.
7. The commutation rlnnse of the home
stead act Is found on examination to work
badly. Three years' actual residence should
be required before commutation.
8. The desert-land law U found to lead
to land monopoly In ninny eases. The area
of a desert entry should he reduced to noi
exceeding 100 acres. Actual’ residence foi
not less than tvro years should be required,
with the actual production of a valuable
crop on one-fourth tho area and proof of an
adequate water supply.
0. After thorough urrmtlgaHon of the
grazing problem your Commission Is op
posed to the Immediate application of any
rigid system to all grazing lauds, but
recommend tho following flexible plan:
(a) Authority should be given to the Pres-
>e given
---« -- — classify ana. ap
praise the grazing value of lands In
these districts; to appoint such offi
cers as the care of each district
may require; to charge and collect n
moderate fee for grazing permits, nnd to
make nnd apply appropriate regulations to
each district, with the special object of
fcrlovtaff about the largest permanent occu
pation of tho country by actual settlers and
home sookor*.
10. The fundamental fact that character
ises the situation under the present public-
land law Is this, that the number of patents
Issued Is Increasing out of all proportion to.
tho number of new homes.
Second Partial Report of the
Public Lands Commission.
Sir! Till. Commission, 6prWnt,a
bsr 22, 1003, to report upon tho cor
operation and effect of tho presen
king personal inquiries Into existing
dltlons nnd discussing public-laud questions
with public men and citizens generally.
The Commission now respectfully sub
mits to you a further partial report.
There is in preparation air appendix con
taining special reports prepared for the
Commission, upon which, In part, ine con
clusions hero presented are based. The
Commlnlon desires to express to you Hr
appreciation of the valuable assistance and
support it has received from officers of the
General Land Office, the United States
Geological sur~'~ ' ' —*—
tion service), i
dustry and Ft T _ _
Department of Agriculture, y
Problems Presented.
The total area of the public lands of the
United States, exclusive of Alaska, was
1,441,430,160 acres, of which 473,836,402
acres still remained on June 30, lbu4. The
lattor flgnre, of nearly half a billion acres,
while but a third of the original area, Is
still enormous. Kven to see typical exam
ples of these /cads la each of the States
dltlons would require years of research.
This fact is emphasized because it appears
in tho go:i. ul discussion of public-land
questions by hundreds or thousands of in
dividuals that as a rule each man sees only
certain phase# of ft jrrnun of problems and
from, his own view point brings argument
to bear for or against any one conclusion
Specific cases are dted to show that cer-
instances are given of the beneficial results
WOMAN CITY PH\SICfAN.
JAPANESE SOVEREIGN HAS BE•
STOWED HIM COVETED
ORDER OF THE
GARTER.
Ranks First Among all the Orders of
the .World.—Coveted by the Great
Personages of Europe. — Twenty-
five Recipenta the Limit.
Tho bestowal by King Edward of
the order of the Garter on the Mi
kado is as significant of Japan’s now
position among the powers as tho rals.
Ing of the status of the British minis
ter at Toklo to tho rank of ambassa
dor. Among all orders of the world
the Garter ranks first, and it Is nearly
a century older than the order of
the Golden Fleece of Austria and
Spain. It it coreted by foreign sover
eigns as eagerly as minor honors are
desired by lesser mortals. It Is lim
ited to twenty-five knight companions,
with tho sovereign and I’rtnce of
Wales and such extra knights, foreign
Greeley, Colorado, Appoints Ella Mead
to Cuard Municipal Health.
"So I have put my neck In the yoke and
will hope to accomplish something for ths
public good."
It strong personality, native ability,
and a well-disciplined mind are essen
tial factors In the problem of success,
Dr. Ella Mead, of Greeley, Colorado,
will make good. This young woman
was recently appointed City Physi
cian of that bustling western town.
In making the appointment the City
Council readied the safe conclusion
that a tactful woman might handle
with skill many delicate questions
that had theretofore proven sources
of political embarrassment. Dr.
Mead Is well prepared for her work.
Graduated from the Greeley High
School she later took the degree of
B. H. from the state Agricultural Col
lege. From early childhood she was
desirous of studying medicine, nnd
when but thirteen years old confided
’ :r ambition to the family ph; "
She was poor, but that could not
dampen her ardor. To take a course
In the University and attain her de-
A FLOATING EXPOSITION.
MANUFACTURERS TO INVADE
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Of such action.
vmuai canes out upon wjo uronu-
iablo knowledge of prevailing
I and results. In a hundred cases
possiblo to find ten excellent Illas-
and yet the remaining nine., . a —
without doubt that tho law on the whole
la not good. It Is only when large groups
of facts are comprehended and analyzed
that the real conditions appear.
Antiquated Land Laws.
In onr preceding report reference was
made to the faet that the present land laws
under them were framed to suit the lands
le.hui&ld region. It is evident that the
Ion* often contemplate conditions such
rcvflll In the Mississippi Valley and
lie West. Judging cases by arbitrary
rules of evidence, *ad considering only
mkm.nct$ as may bo proseatod mtertheoo
rules, there la much elementary and esaen-
tUl^ knowledge of which cognisance can not
The changes. we recommend In tho land
laws ar« required not only because some of
Ieof ih3 woof effective ure of the resources
of the public lands, submitted to you a
Fifty-elgth Congress, second session. In
this report reference was made to the mag
nitude of the problems and to the fact that
it wss not then practicable to reach definite
concluaions on a number of the more Intel-
^Stnwtb^tlms of making this first report
many meetings of the Commission have
been held end special topics have beta
assigned to experts for their detailed invea-
tlgatlon. The members of the Commit*
tho present laws are wholly nnsnlted to «•
Istlng conditions. _ but also In part be-
causo some of these laws as ongjoally
drawn contemplated . certain conditions
or practices which have been greatly
mofified;
Ions,
thc^appanivt object ofthe original statute
that The statute and fhe prersUlng condi
tions appeer to be wholly unconnected.
The effect of laws biased to promote settle
ment It now not Infrequently to prevent or
HOW TO ATTRACT WILD DUCKS TO
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
Wild rice, the favorite food of wild
docks, la a plant worth growing for
beauty alone, rare the November Gar
den Hagaslne. One seedsman I know
of has had it In hts catalogue for years,
under the name of Zizania aquatica.
but the secret of Its cultivation baa
only llatfly been discovered. The
seeds must be sown in the fall, and
they mnst nevsr be allowed to become
thoroughly dried ont. This explains
by sportsmen’s clnbs have always
' r efforts to grow wild rice
AMERICAN WOOD DUOS,
near theirdab-boose*. Hitherto they
have always bought tho seed in the
spring, as was natural, and hundreds
of dollars hnvd been wasted.
Another pccularlty of wild rice I*
that It " ill grow only In fresh water.
Even three per cent of salt water is
too much, and that is so little that yon
can just detect a brackish taste.
Buy ten cents’ worth of seed this
fall and scatter In'on tho bit of fresh
water nearest your' home, whether yon
own the stream or not No one will
harm the wild rice, and next year
your heart will leap- with Joy to seo
the beautlfnl wild rice In flower, and
when It goes to seed you will enjoy
•effing’ tho other birds on Its swaying
stems, even it yen do not raise enough
plants the first year to attract wild
Lobsters Becoming More Scarce,
i* The Massachusetts Board of Fish
and Game Commissioners, in their last
report, do not give a very roseate view
of the lobster. Industry In that State.
The statistics gathered tv the commis
sion show conclusively the great
shrinking of the supply of lobsters.
"The outcome.- the commercial ex
tinction ortho lobster." they state, "Is
as »ure to-result as day Is to follow
the night There has been an Increase
of pots or traps per man, but a falling
off to the catch per pot from thirty-
three to 1003 to twenty-eight and a
half to 1005, or a decadence of about
14 per cent In thirteen years there
has been a decrease of more than 60
per cent to the catch of lobsters per
pot”
The U. S. Fish Commission Is, how
ever, taking active steps to foster and
save this Industry, Just as it has been
Instrumental to preventing the prac
tical extinction of many of onr beat
food fish.
so accurately tba
Ived. A
TIIE EMPEROR AND THE KINO
greo she must bare money. Bo
she taught during vacations, and
fought her-way through college, and
graduated for tho third time, from
the Denver University Medical School,
to 1006; “ - -
For • tlmo Dr. Head was boose
phyridsn to the Wossan’s Hospital,
at Denver, and leWc.to tho County
Hostel no- tetter vesta*s come
of rsteoelhlv* *xi 'tm
to a result
The doctor Is proud of her record
.. - ... gheflanut
she took her
turn with the men, to the wards and
on the ambulance. She went with
the wagon of rescue at all boon, to
every section of the. city, handling all
cases that came to the course of a
busy day. In fact she enjoyed’ the
life and the work.
In Greeley the City Physician Is also
the Health Officer. Dr. Mead’s Jurte-
fllntlnn tnnliv*,T ITT, stisnrhlng mu
nicipal questions—sanitation and toe
milk supply. In these lines of work
she is deeply Interested and Is devot
ing much time and thought to the reg
ulations and their enforcement \
— tty of the milk supply
When the purlt;
rulers nnd dignitaries as may be ad
mitted by special statute.
But whenever the number, twenty-
five, Is reached, pause Is made to the
creations until death strikes the
balance.
With Great Ceremony.
Tho test royal investment was that
of the King of Spain, and the cere
mony was performed by the Duke of
Connaught, who went to Madrid es
pecially for the purpose. Before him . uww, u yuuu <
the Shah of Persia received the or- to the County Hos, ItaL
dcr, a special mission also travelling mUs a day. Regularly
to Teheran with the appropriate toslg- *“
nln and decorations.
" Nearly every ruler to Europe wears
tho order, Including the Czar, the em»
perors of Germany and Austria-Hun
gary, the kings of Denmark, Belgium,
Greece, Sweden, Portugal and Italy,
and the kings of one or two minor
German principalities. '
/ Its origin'Mythical,
Although technically known as tho
Order of the Garter, from the picture
■eSquo but probably mythical Incident
which has always been looked upon
as Its origin, tho decorations are not
limited to that distinctive badge.
Besides tho garter, of dark blue vel
vet, edged with gold and' worn below
the knee, there-to a mantle also of
dark blue velvet, lined with taffeta
(the. mantle which Is. worn by, the
king’on state'occasions,-n snreoat of
crimson velvet, a hood, n hat also of
black velvet, surmounted by a plume,
a collar constructed of twenty-six
circular medals of gold, with a pen
dant of St. George, a star, and a
broad dark blue ribbon passing over
the left shoulder nnd crossing oblique
ly under tho right arm.
The Order of the Carter.
Tho following lines of ancient verso
Is a description of how an early Ed
ward of England founded the Order
of the Garter.
When Salisbury’s fair Countcaa was flane-
gw stocking’■ recnrUy fall down from
Allusion* 'and' hints, raters and whfspera
went round; ......
The trifle wns ecorned and left lie on the
- iMBBdi —
When Edward the Brave, with the soldier-
. Cried. “S?garter Is mine:, 'tie tho order
ETrit°Knlshta in my realm shall be happy
rroud'dfaUnctlott-the garter that fell
from the fair;
While in letters of gold-’tls your mon
arch'! will,. . .
Shall there he Inscribed—''Til to him who
thinks Ul!”
TbC Rejections of a Bachelor.
From the New Tork Press.
Bash la st the bottom of more di
vorce than any other influence In the
world. . ,
husband thinks he Ik a good
llnarlan whon’ho gets mad with
hts wife because his children won't
mind him.
At eighteen a girl wants to pretend
■be la twenty-two, and at twenty-
eight aha wants to pretend the same
llM.
A vocation at a summer hotel Is a
good time for one to learn what a nice
tlmo one has at home.
A Few Afterthoughts.
asm* Wsylor who «
perforated In Cube.
way at siring rebates What the Com
mission wants to discover I* a new way «
even any old way of stopping them tram
women at poeaihle candidates.
Ur. Rockefeller admonishes ns to I
Onr era in higher things. Does this I
cate • rise to out
The entire Senate to Finland has re
signed. Queer Finnish, wasn’t ttt
‘Tho Pueblo, Colorado, pollce foreo has
nasaHMS?
Journal on^what ho thinks of this kind of a
Dots advaritstog payt The (bw Task
man who advertised for a wife and Is now
being sued for dlrorco and alimony thinks
examlna-
been deed’
Jeweler, to
of art to tbla dlrecUon, says;
' "Exquisite gray ‘pearls’ are now
made by cutting beads from mother-of-
pearl shells and coating them with, a
thin layer of stiver. Bot, of course,
they are mere Imitations, and the
pearl to not a precious stone to the
oeSUsrj done of th$_word, being an'
animal product. There Is an Import
ant distinction between the artificial
gem* and lnfftatton precious stones
The former are true gems, while the
Utter are only counterfeits. The busi
ness of manufacturing imitations of
diamonds and other crystals of value
is conducted on an Immense scale to
Europe, and large numbers are ex
ported to the United State*.
Elevated Train Wreck.
New Yorker*' were expecting it tor
year* and (When a train of care on the
elevated road to that city was derailed,
precipitating a car Into the street be
low there were thousand* ofpeople who
DR. ELLA HEAD
City PhyticUn ofCreelcy
of a city la concerned one Is reminded
of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s apt
epigram: "Politics Is not outside the
home, but Inside the baby.” Thous
ands of infante have given tto their
predon* lives as a remit of the Im
purity of their milk. Through a mis
taken economy, which restrict* the
number of Inspectors, or a political
exigency, which leads to the appoint
ment of men unfit, the municipality
often fails properly to guard that
lino of its citizens* commissary.
Dr. Mead believes there la no field
of work where educated women are
needed more than to her profession.
Woman know* her need of help, but
■he wilt not and can not call on men
tor It The woman physician brings
to her work all the Intuition, sym
pathy, and understanding with which
the feminine sex hts long been credit
ed. When to these qualities to added
the skill of special training, then. In
deed, la she to her sisters to sffllctlon
as an angel of mercy.
He Is Making Good.
It any other member of the Cabinet
has "made good” more qntetly, steadily
and thoroughly than Secretary Hitch
cock—Ethan Allen’s pvat-psindson—
we’d be pleased to have him pointed
ont-—Hartford. Content.
Exhibit Will Travel Sixty Thousand
MUes~and Visit Forty-SIx Coon*
tries.
American manufacturers in their
efforts to expand their foreign trade
have organized what is known as the
American Floating Exposition, which
is to bo a very complete exhibit of the
various products of American manu
facture which it is desired to sell
abroad. The exhbit will enable
American manufacturers to visit mer
chants Interested In selling their goods
in 46 foreign countries, on a trip of
00,000 miles, consuming 15 months;
The floating exposition Is so wide-
reaching In Its probabre‘good results.
It is stated that the tour cannot fall
cf becoming a matter of national
pride. . Its development Is character
istically American,and Its results, says
the New York Commercial, are certain
to promote closer -commercial rela
tions with merchants throughout the
world, all of which means greater
prosperity to the manufacturing Inter
ests of ths country, as' O/m
greater prosperity for 1
Within the past tow years the civ
ilized nations of the world seem to
have all reached the same conclnslon-
’’Export trade means busy factories
and domestic prosperity.”
Imitation Gems.
Nearly all of the precious stones bare
been successfully copied in ; '
(euratelj that even ex
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Cleveland, Ohio.
NEW YORK ELEVATED WRECK,
exclaimed ‘*i told you so.” In the early
parrot September, during the rush
hour on-the Ninth Avenue “L” through
a wrong setting of a switch, a train was
derailed. The first car passed over
the switch safely, but the second
plunged Into the street. The third
was dragged partly over, end its front
end htiag impended from the structure
over the sidewalk. Twelve persons
were killed and forty-two were seri
ously Injured,
Had Been Regularly Licensed.
An old darkey, who had preaided at
a camp meeting waa asked by one of
the white lady vleltore, who bad been
Interested to the exercises, how long
he had been-a preacher.
"I’m only been a regular preacher
for. three years,” he replied, "but lie
been Retentions tor nearly thirty.”
Remnants of Ancient Races.
In the Caucasus are remnants of
some of the races of pre-hletorlo Eu
rope that hare nearly perished from the
earth. Among these era Ud, ths Korin,
the Avar and the Tushall speaking a
different Itoxun uxtiattl*
Hglble to the other.
Fain Resistance.
"Do yon mean to say that yon pen-
mttted Mr. Hoggins to pnt his arin
around your waist of your own free
wnir -
“No, Indeed. Mamma, considerable
it to bear on me.”
Charlie closed hie prayer the other
evening with, “end Lord, don’t forget
to bless brother and Uttle Willie, and
make him as good a boy as I am.’
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