Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-12-14

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necessity for applying it may never
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
The Secretary of the Interior reports
as satisfactory the improvement and
progression in each of the several bu-
reaus under the control of the Interior
Department. They are all in excellent
condition. All the current business
has been promptly dispatched. The
policy which was adopted at the begin
ming of this Administration with regard
to the management of the Indians has
been as successful as it's most ardent
friends anticipated within so short u
time. 1t has reduced the expenses of
their management, decreased their TO-
rays upon the white settlements, tended
to give the largest opportunity for the
extension of the great railways through
the public domain and the pushing of
the settlements into many districts of
country, and at the same time to i'm
prove the condition of the Indians.
This policy will be maintained without
change, excepting such as farther ex-
perience may show to be necessary to
render it more efficient. The subject
Of converting the so-called Indian Ter
ritoTy south of Kansas into home for
the Indians, and erecting thereon a
Territorial form of Government, is one
of very great Importance as compli-
ment to the existing Indian policy. The
question of their removal to the terri
tory has within the past year been pre-
scented to many tribe resident upon
other and less desirable portions of the
public domain, and has generally been
received by them with favor. A pre-
liminary step to the organization of
such Territory, it will be necessary to
confne the Indians now resident there
on to farms of proper size, which
should be secured to them in fee, the
residue to be used for the settlement of
other friendly Indians. Efforts will be
made in the immediate future to induce
the removal of as many of the peacea-
bly, disposed Indians only to the Indian
Territory as can be settled properly
without disturbing the harmony of
those already there. Aproper location,
now available, where people who are
endeavoring to acquire knowledge of
pastoral and agricultural pursuits can
be as we'll accommodated as upon the
unoccupied lands of the Indian Terri
tory. A Territorial Government should,
however, protect the Indians from the
inroads of the whites for q term of
years, until they become sufficiently adj
vanced in the arts of civilization to
guard their own rights. For the same
period, during the last fiscal year, there
were disposed of out of the public
lands, 11,SG4,975 acres-a quantity
greater by zoos, 270 acres than was dis
posed of the previous year. Of this
amount, 1870 1920 acres were sold for
cash; 3S9, AGO acres located with milit-
airy warrants; 4,G71 1892 acres taken
for homesteads: G93, G13 acres located
with college scrip; 1854 1887 acres
granted to railroads; 45G,347 acres
granted for wagon roads; TIA, 255 acres
given to States as swamp land, and s.
7G0 acres located by Indian scrip. The
cash receipts from all sources in the
Land Office amounted to $3,218, 100
during the same period; 22,O16,G08
acres of public lands were surveyed,
which, added to the quantity before
surveyed, amounts to $50 1864, $50 acres,
leaving 1,257 1888, G2S acres of pub
lie lands still uueurveyed. Reports
from the subordinates of the Land
Office contain interesting inform
alton in regard to their respec-
tive districts. They uniformly men,
ton the fruitfulness of the yield
during the past season, and the increas-
ed yield of all kinds of produce evln-
ces that in those States and Territories
where mining is the principal business,
the agricultural products have exceeded
the local demand, and liberal shipments
have been made to distant points.
THE PATENT OFFICE.
During the year ending Sept. 30, 1872,
there were issued from the Patent
Office ii, 636 patents, % extensions and
$50 certificates and registers of trade
marks. During the same time 1857
applications for patents, including reis-
sues and designs have been received,
and 3, 100 caveats filed. The fees re-
ceived during the same period amount
cd to 500, $3.50 sc and the total expend-
itures 1923 ,553 80, making the net re-
ceipts over expenditures ST 1896 SO.
Since 1886 100000 applications for
patents have been issued. The office
being conducted under the same laws
and general organization as adopted OF
it's origin, when only from one to five
hundred applications were made per
annum, the Commissioner shows that
the office has outgrown the original plan
and that a new organization has be-
come necessary. This subject was pre-
sented to Congress in special COM
munication in February last, with my
approval and the approval of the Sec
rotary of the Interior, and the suggest
ions contained in said communication
were embraced in bill that was re-
ported to the House by the Committee
on Patents at the last session. The