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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 A Tension Indicator experts hare mt New York the achievements V.0WT ?7ohL IS JUST. WHAT THE WORD Implies. sit •••’ It j the state of the tension at a glance. Its use means time saving and easier sewing, ra—. It's our own invention end is found only on the White Sewing Machine. We Bare otter striking: improvements that appeal to the Careful buyer. Send for our elegant H. T. catalog. 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.’ SI LOS i (toe, Fir. Cypnss and VsOow Ptae. , Writs tor Catalogue, Eagle Tank Co., 281 N. Green 8b, Chicago, IU« j • PIANOS AND ORGANS STANDARD OF THE WORLD pensions: 'Over one Million Dollars allowed oar clients during the last six years. , Over one Thousand claims allowed through us dur ing the last six months. Dias ability’s Age and In crease pensions obtained ' in the shortest possible time.' ‘Widows* claims a specialty. Usually granted within 90 days if placed with ns immedi ately on soldier’s death. 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