New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
The Talk of Consolidating Land Offices.


The Talk of Consolidating Land Offices.
A Washington Special says there is un.
derstood to be under consideration a scheme
to consolidate land Offices in some western
states. The first state to undergo a redis-
tricting is Wisconsin, and Nebraska will
follow. The number OF Dakota land Offices
cannot well be reduced Every land office
in the territory is a maximum office except
one, and that office comes within three cents
OF it. Watertown, Fargo, Yankton, Bis
marck, Deadwood, Grand Forks, Aberdeen,
Huron and DEVILS Lake all receive fees
enough to bring up the salary OF register
and receivership to $4,000 for each The
salary at Mitchell is S2,999.97 to each Of
fetal. The Minnesota, salaries are as fol-
lows
Taylor's Falls.s79s Worthington. 81, $50
st. Cloud.........2,64S Tracy.....-.--.....1,73 3
Fergus Falls.....3, 600 Redwood. ........2, O5l
The Wisconsin land offices have the fol-
lowing salaries
Menasha.. ,124 La Crosse $1 ,1O4
St. Croix Falls. L ,O16 Bayfield, ...1, 712
Wausau.........1,S O9 Eau Claire .1, 7O2
The Nebraska offices are all maximum,
except Beatrice, which pays S1,2S3, and
Lincoln, which pays 81, pol. The offices at
Niobrara, Grand Island, North Platte,
Bloomington, Valentine and McCook all pay
$4,000 The Montana officers are all max
imum but that at Bozeman, which pays
50, las. Helena and Miles City do much
larger business. In all these offices quite
little is made in fees that are not required
to be reported. Fees from 81 to 81 are
charged Tor diagrams showing unoccupied
lands in the district; Is cents per 1 90 words
is charged for copies OF testimony, and
fee OF 81 is required incomtests for the notes
OF the final cancellation. In some Dakota
offices these fees have amounted to as
much in some cases as the regular salaries,
Maud Beats Her Time at Cleveland.
The fleet little maare tr0tted mile over "a
slow course in two minutes eight and three
quarter seconds An account says: The
mare recovered herself, and settled down
to'an even clip that WAS like whirlwind
She reached the hrstquarterin 3212-a 2:l9
gait. Then Bair begun to urge her ana
she trotted the next quarter in so see
onds, 2:OS gait, and reached the half in
l:O4R. She flew ON like bird, and the old
timers began to declare, amidst great en-
thusiasm, that she Was breaking her won
derful record Passing the half she in
creased her speed and went>over the back
stretch at a terrific gait. Thethird quarter
was trotted in 81 seconds, the fastest one Of
the mile. On the lower turn she was seen to
raise her head suddenly, and it seemed GER
tain that she would go off her feet Bair
caught her, however, land on she flew. Com
ing up the home stretch the awful strain
began to tell on her. and she slowed up.
Bair applied the whip, however, and she re-
sponded quickly. She dashed under the
wire tremendous clip having finished the
last quarter in 33A seconds, and the mile
In 2:OS z. No one except the judges and
reporters knew that the record had been
broken. There was great excitement in the
judges stand.
President Edwards hastily wrote the fol
lowing telegram:
Race Track, July :3o-Robert Bonner,
New York: The Cleveland association con
graduates you most heartily, and thank
you most sincerely for allowing your peer
less queen, Maud S., to show the people
how easily she beats her accord in the won
derful time OF 2:OS3-4, or "a track certainly
one second slow, having had hard rain
at midnight.
WILLIAM EDWARDS, President.