Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-07-27

South Park R. R. was sold last night, al the United States masters sale, under , the foreclosure of a mortgage held bj the Farmers Loan and Trust O. The
 road was purchased by parties represent
 ing the old stock holders for S3,OO0,0O0
 it is understood that the road will be
 under the management of the Union
 Pacific.
 WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, July 22-Strik-
 CTS are again becoming riOtous. They
 drove off lot of workman this morning
 The mayor, with militia dispersed the
 crowd and arrested half a dozen men.
 Trouble IS feared.
 WASHINGTON, July 20.-Secretary
 Noble to day in letter to the cOmmis- sioner general of the land office, modified in every important particular the appli- cation in rule as to the time of certain timber culture cases. The timber cul- ture act of June II, 1878, provides that any person who shall plant, protect and { keep in healthy growing condition for eight years, ten acres of timber in any
 quarter section of any of the public l lands in the United States, shall be en- titled to a patent at the expiration of | said eight years, in making proof, etc. ! Section ,, provides that mo final certifi-
 cate shall be given or patent issued until the expiration of the eight years i from date of entry" Land Commis- sioner Mcfarland in circular of in-
 structions to the registers and receivers
 dated February 1, 1889, held that half
 the trees must actually have been grow ing five years, and remaining half four years to conform to the terms of the act. This interpretation was sustained in a subsequent decision which held that
 the preparation of land and planting of
 trees, acts of cultivation and time
 actually so employed, should be com
 puted as part of the eight years requir-
 ed in the timber culture cases, and as
 the act provided for three years cultiva-
 tion of land before the trees could be
 planted, the effect of the ruling was to
 compute period of cultivation from
 date of entry June 27th, 1889. Commis-
 sioner Sparks in circular to the regis
 ters and receivers directed in computing the period of cultivation. The time
 runs from the date when the total num- Der of trees, seeds or cuttings required by the act were planted, and the final proofs of the entry Men not having complied with this rule were rejected. Secretary Noble in his letter today to the commissioner, sustains the ruling made by Commissioner Sparks, but says: "Inasmuch as the department from the time of the passage of the bill up to | June 27th, 1887, enormously construed | the true spirit and intent of the act, and | in pursuance thereof numerous entries | have been made under the law as pro- %aH hn nrt more, such enteries should be protected | under the constructions thus given the | act, giving such construction all force | and effect of the law, were it not that so | great a wrong and inconvenience would | result" The secretary therefore directs | the rule in the case of Henry Hooper in | point be so modified as to hold all en- tries made under the act as constructed | from February 1st, 1879, to June 27th, 1889, should pass to the patent so that | ment of that doctrine should be govern ed by the principals therein enunciated. |
 WASHINGTON, July 20.-For several months past the war department officials have had under consideration the pro posed removal of about 400 Apaches, in cluding the members of Geronimo's | band and a number of Indians who | served the United States army as scouts in the campaign against Geronimo. They | are at present located at Mount Vernon barracks, about thirty miles north of Mobile, Ala. They were first taken to Fort Augustin, Florida, where the eli mate told severely upon them, and 1t was found necessary to send some of the children to school at Carlisle, Pa. It Is conceded that their present location, al- though more suitable than Florida. Is not conducive to the welfare of the In dians who were born and brought up in the mountain regions of Arizona and New Mexico. so that the suggestion of the change has been readily attended to by the authorities. The Indian Rights As and Massachusetts Indian As have offered to purchase the land necessary to accommodate the In lians if the government will select sight and authorize the change. The var department officials are now consid- sring the subject. General Howard has suggested inspecting the Indians at Mount Vernon; that the hilly country )f Alabama, Georgia or North Carolina, would be better suited to the Apaches han any land on the seaboard. He recommends:
 First-To have them gradually house prepare for the winter and De ready next spring to commence farm ng operations. A few are already pre- pared to take lands in severalty, but not many. The majority may be governed md worked as whole upon some un- divided portion of their new estate.
 Second Establish at once necessary schools.
 Third-The aid which the government ,ould furnish would be simply what it iOes now, that is to be supplementary n the way of food and clothing, and af- ord the necessary guard till these Apa- he Indians cease to be prisoners of war. The place for them which meets with the most favor IS the Cherokee reservation, ,n Smoky Mountains, on the line be- ween North Carolina and Tennessee. t is understood that the Cherokees are willing to sell enough of the land to aS- the Apaches, and it is proba- ,le the authorities will consent to re- nove them there after the IndianRights has obtained titles to the and under proper conditions. Captain 3ourke expresses the belief that the Apaches can De made self-supporting md law abiding in three years.