River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-13

| Grafton, but any action thereon is not to be
construed as indicating any change IN nv de-
termination TO enforce With yigor such acts so
| long as the conspiracies and combinations
therein named disturb the pesse Of the coun-
try. 1t IS much to be regretted, and is re-
! greued by no one more than myself, that a
necessity has ever existed to execute the en-
forcement act. No one can desire more than
l, that the necessity Of applying it may never
again be demanded.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
The Secretary of the Interior reports salts
factory improvement and progression in each
of the several bur aus under the control OF
the Interior Department They are all in ex-
cellent condition. The work, which in some Of
them for years has been IN arrears, has been
! brought down to a recent date, and in all the
current business has been promptly dis
patched.
THE INDIANS.
The policy which was adopted at the begin
ming Of the administration with regard TO the
management OF the Indians, has been as sue
eessml as rs most ardent friends antici-
/ 1t has reduced the expense of
their management, decreased their forages
on the white settlements, tended to give the
largest opportunity 10 the extension of the
great railways through the public domain.
snd pushing Of settlements into more remote
+, districts OF the country and at the same time
1 improve tho condition of the Indians The
policy win be maintained without any change,
excepting such as further experience may
show to be necessary TO render it more eftl-
! cient.
The subject of converting the so-called In
dian Territory, south of Kansas unite home
for the Indian, aud erecting thereon terri
torial form Of government, is one of great i'm
/ portance as complement of the existing In
I dian Dnilov The nnactiOp n raIppyal ~ ho
territory has within the past year been pre-
scented 10 many of the tribes resident upon
other and less desirable portions of the public
domain, and has generally been received by
them with favor.
As a preliminary step n the organization of
such u territory it will be necessary to confne
! the Indians now resident therein to farms of
/ proper size, which should be secured TO them
in fee, the residue to be used for the settle
ment Of other friendly Indians. Efforts will
| be made IN the immediate future to induce
/ the removal of as many peacibly disposed Iu-
/ dams only to the Indian territory as can be
settled properly, without disturbing the har-
mony of those already there. There is no
other location now available where people,
who are endeayoring to acquire knowledge
of pastoral and agricultural pursuits, can be
as well accommodated as upon the unoccu-
pied lands in the Indian territory.
A territorial government should, however,
! protect Tue lUulIHS from IHt lIrOdu OF whites
! for term of years, until they have become suf-
ficiently advanced in the arts OF civilization to
guard their own rights, and from the disposal
of the lands held by them for the same pc
riod.
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
During the last fiscal year there were dis
posed of out of public lands 1l,864, 975 acres,
a quantity greater by l,099,270 acres than
was disposed OF the previous year. OF this
! D,f.r,f 4 al Co n.
$50, 100 acres located with military warrants;
4,67l, 332 acres taken for homesteads $685.
acres locatsd with college scrip 1854, S87
acres granted to railroads; 465347 acres
granted to wagon roads 714,255 acres given
to states as swamp land, and $3.50 acres
located by Indian scrip. The cash receipts
from all sources in the land office
period, 22,0l6,608 acres OF the public lands
4: were surveyed, which, added to the quantity
before surveyed, amounts to 3S3, 364, $50 acres,
leaving 1,257,633 628 acres Of the public lands
still uusurYeyed.
! The reports from the subordinates of the
land Office contain an interesting information
regard of their respective districts. They uni
formly mention the fruitfuness of the soil dur
| ing the past season, and the increased yield of
all kinds of produce. Even in those states and
territories where mining is the principal bust
ness, agricultural products have exceeded the
local demand, and liberal shipments have
been made to distant points.
THE PATENT OFFICE.
During the year ending Sept. 30th, 1872
there were issued from the Patent Office, !, 1862
patents, 233 extensions, $50 certificates and
registers Of trade marks. During the same
time 1857 applications for patents, including
reissues and designs, have been received, and
8, 100 caveats filed ; and the fees received dur
| ipo tho SaOp ppI.io6 amount In S70 00S QQe
and total expenditures to $62 ,355, $3.50, making
the net receipts over the expenditures, s7,740,-
O56.
Since 1886 100000 applications for patents
have been filed, and about 1874, 900 patents is
sued-the offices being conducted under the
same Jaws and general organization as were
adopted at the original Inauguration, when
only from 100 to 500 applications were made
per annum. The Commissioner shows that
the Office has outgrown the original plan, and
that new organization has become necessary.
/ This subject was presented to Congress in
a special communication in February last,
with my approval and the approval Of the
Secretary of the Interior, and the sugges-
tons contained in said communication were
! embraced in the bill that was reported to the
House by the Committee on Patents at the
last session. The subject Of the reorganza-
tion of the Patent Office as contemplated by
the bin referred to is OF such Importance TO
| the industrial interests Of the country, that
commend it to the attention Of Congress.
The Commissioner also treats the subiec. of
the separation OF the Patent Office from the
Department of the Interior. This subject is
also embraced in the bill heretofore refer
| red to.
| The Commissioner complains of the want Of
/ room for the model gallery, and for the work
ing force and necessary files OF the Office. II
! ia impossible to transact the business OF the
Office properly without more room in which to
arrange files and drawings, that must be con-
suited hourly IN the transaction OF the bust
ness Of tho whole patent Office. A building
will soon be needed If it is not already, for the
accommodation OF the business of the patent
Office
PENSIONS.
The amount paid for pensions iu the last fis-