Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-03

aud important duty.
The system adopted few years ngt
regulating the employment OF labor n
tine navy yards Ia rigidly upheld and
/ has uliy demonstrated ITS usefulness
| ami efficiency. IL is within the dos
main 1f civil service reform, inasmuuu
/ la wOfkmeu urc employed through u
| board Oi labor selected at oach nav y
/ yuri, and are given WORK without
! reference TO politics and In the order OI
their application, preference, however
being given 10 army and navy veterans
aud those having former navy yard
experience. Amendments suggested
| 10y experience have been made 30 the
rules regulating The system, Through
Its operation the WORK gt our navy
yards has teen greatly Improved iu
IN cheney aud tue opportunity 30 work
ua- been vastly sud fairly awarded 90
willing and Competent applicants.
10 Il ihoped that % this tJbtem cons
tiuuuH 90 UuH.riuUy adhered % there
" II soon be- usa natural consequence
such au equalization of parry uo cit
ns viii remove ail t0mp alton ~ relax
OF abandon o.
PUBLIC LANDS.
The report oithc secretary Of the in-
tUrOr cNnIbiis the situation OF the
numerous auu Interesting branches Of
ihu pubIiu service injected with bis
Impairment 4 mmeud this report
and The valuable reCIm uo IuatlJus OF
The secretary 10 the careful attention
OF tue Congress. The public land
llfp)soi VI during tho year
amounted 10 iI.l0jIOJ77 acres
Including 23,s95 10 Of iuIian lands.
IL h osiimateI tust the public domain
still O. maiuinl amounts 90 little moro
Una 0lD,ulUuOJ Hufss, excluding, how.
over, about g6JuUD,UIO acres In Alaska,
az we'll a. military reservations anu
railroad and other sections 0f lands
yet uualjudicatel. The total cash 10.
ceipta from the salo OF lands amounted
20 f2,67i, 500, Including ssl, 0sl U8
received from Indian lands. lhiuy.
five thousand patents were Issued Tor
Agricultural land, anu thifiy.onu
hundred patents we're Issued 10 Indians
un attachments Ui their lands iu
soveuliy, the lands ~ allotted being
inalieuablo by tue Indian all0itous for
period Of twenty Yeas after
PATENT There were certified ana
patented on account Of railroad anu
wagon road grtiti JuIi tho year.
eo1 300 % acres VI lauu, ani At tho
oiUso 90 the year .JJUOJOO acres
we're embraced Ia the lists vi suleutlOub
made by railroad anu wagon roads
companies and awaited settlement.
Toe selections VI swamp lands aud
that taken hs indemnity therefore
aiucu tue passage Of the ACT providing
Tor tue same Ia 1919, amounted "
nearly or quite sU,5uO, 900 acres, OF
which 53, OOO,u have been patented 10
states. About l35,OJO aorea we're
patented duiiIg tue iast year; nearly
5-O,uOJ acrus vi school anu educational
giants were approved during the year,
aud ~ its close l,s50,5J3.sl acres 10.
mainod una iustcI.
IL appsats tnat tho appropriation for
the current year on account OF special
service Tor the protection Of the public
lnnda aud tho TIMBER thereon ~ mucl
loss than for previous years and inaue-
quats Tor an efficient performance OF
the work. A larger sum uf money
than has been Appropriated during n
number Of years past on this account
las boon returned 10 tho government
aa a result Of the LAHORE vi those en-.
ployod Ia the particular service men.
toned, anu l huIe II will not be- erin.
pied by insufficient appropriation.
1 fully endorsed the ftclmmenda.
lions OF the secretary that Adtqualo
protection be provided Tor our iorrst
reserves aud that commemorative
forestry system be inaugural.d. Such
keepers aud hupurintuudenlH A. are
necessary TO project the forests already
reserved should be provided. 1 am Of
lhe opinion that there should be an
Of the policy sanctioned
by the pfotent laws under which the
government Tor very small oJnsidera.
ton 10 rapidly losing title 90 Immense
tracts OF land covered with timber
which should be- properly reserved as
permanent sources VI timber suuply,
The suggestion that a change be
made la the manner OF securing sur.
voys VI the public lands To- especially
worthy Of confederation. nm pntls.
fled that these surveys should be- made
by corps NJ competent surveyors uu.
yer the immediate control and dlrec-
ton uf the commissioner OF the gen.
efal land oiiloe,
An exceedingly important recon.
Of tue secretary relates To
tho manner in which Cuntests anu
Irrigated cases growing OUT 0f efforts 10
obtain government lands arc deter.
mincd, The entire testimony up0u
which those controversies Depend Ina
oil their stages II t1Scu before the local
registers aud receivers anu yet these
2lllcofn have no power 90 subpoena
witnesses or 10 enforce their attend.
nucu % testify, These cases, number.
INK three or four thousand annually,
arc sent by the local officers TO the
Of the general land ONCE
Tor hib action. The UXiRencits Of his
other duties Oblige him 10 acl uuOu the
decisions of the registers and receiver
without an opportunity Of thorough !
personal examination, Nearly two
Thousand Ol these cases are appealed |
from the commissioner 10 the |
secretary OF tue interior. BurdeueI /
with Olhyr important Administrative
iutirE, his determination OF these ~. |
.uals muut be- almost puriunut0Ty anu
based upon the * animation OF Othrr- /
.huugh this determination nf tlr /
'ecrelary operates asa hual adjudloa. |
lion upon rights Of very great imuort. |
,uCe. / concur IN the upiuiln that |
10 u1mmissiouer uf the general LAND |
mice should DO relieved fr1m the duty |
li deciding litlgaluI land UAsea, that a |
court should be created g. |
pass on such casrs, and that the DO. /
.IsiOna OF this court SHOULD Uu hnal nj |
east 30 iat rs tue deoiAOus OF |
hu department. are now final |
me proposed court might bee given |
authority % certify questions OF law, boz !
matters Ut special Importance, To the
supreme Court OF lhu UuiteI States, on
he court NJ appeals Tor tho District OF |
luInmhLA llf lenIHInm. Inu rlnaLiuu |