The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-24
In WASHINGTON CITY.

Indian appropriation went ever % the
senate. ard quite q few items n thai
measure as il now stands. are due 20 his
care. Probably the most important o.
these is the item relating 20 throwing
open the entire CoiviIle reservation 20
mineral locators- This reads as follows;
That the minerals lands only in the
Colvllls INDIAN reservation. IN tAe stare
Of Washington. shall be subject 20 entry
under the laws Of the United States n
relation 70 tae entry OF miusra4 -aIlsrs.
Prcvidsd. That lands allotted 10 the In
dams or used by the government Ter any
purpose. or BY any school. sfau net be
subject 10 entry under this provision.
The Indian commission. watch VIII treat
with the fskimas. SIS soon as X gets
through AZ Fort Hall. for ceSsion Of q ror-
ton o. the reservation, viii be continued
If the house confsrees agree to the amend
msEt added by Senator Wilson. setting
aside an additional siAea9 for their use.
20 De available soon as the present ap-
preparation OF sle.0ao il exhausted Prof.
Is. E Barge. OF Elisnseurg, is disoars-
ing officer OF taIs commission
The senator evidently has In mind a
good man for a s. 90 place, for he has
inserted in the bill. instead OF a commits
sion TO sell the lands Of Jhs PuyallGp In
Gsans, u provision for just one commits
sioner ST a salary OK s.. 90. who IS 10 be
by the senate. His duties. as fixed IN the
bill. are 20 ''superintend the sale Of lands.
ascertain who are the owners OF the al
loeted lands, have guardians appointed
for any minor heirs OF deceased alIotees.
make deeds OF the lands TO the purchasers
thereof. subject 10 the approval Of thu
secretary OF the interior. which deeds
shall operate as 8 complete conveyance OF
the hand upon payment OF the purchase
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visions OF the acr approved March g. 1885,
relative 70 The Puyallup Indian reserva-
ton, Washington. as set forth on pages
Sc and $751; OF volume q, OF the Revised
Statutes"
Having q man appointed by the presi-
dent makes It almost certain that Senator
Wilson win control the appointment. and
making II confirmed by the senate ike
wise gives him power 70 see that only his
man Is confirmed in case the president
might be prevailed upon TO appoint q car
pet-bagger from Ohio or elsewhere Looked
at from q non-partisan standpoint. the
drawing Of that amendment seems like a
Clever political stroke, and the means to
assure another good place for some citizen
OF Washington state.
Still another amendment authorizes tbs
secretary OF the interior 10 continue the
employment OF the surveyor on the Neg
months after tina termination of his serv-
tees for two years, as provided in the
fourth article of the agreement with the
Nez Perces Indians, ratified and confirmed
by the act OF August ID, 1894, his coTnpen-
sation at the rate of $1,000 per annum to
be paid from any surplus remaining Of the
LOCO set apart by that article for the pur-
chase Of two portable sawmills.
Under the heading Support Of Schools
l. -
for the education of Indians in Alaska
No money is appropriated in the Indian
bill this year for surveying on the Nez
Perces or Colyille reservations.
Representative Hyde has been Informed
that the pension case OF Darwin G. john
son, OF Coulee City, is now being consid-
cred with view to final disposition. The
same action Is being taken with reference
to the case of Miss Grace Peasner. of Spo-
kane, the minor heir of John +. Peasner.
Original pensions have been granted
Sandy Montgomery, OF Spokane; Edwin
Bryant. of Port Angeles. Clallam county:
Adam Freudenstein, of Falkland. Pierce
county. and simon Degginger. of Seattle.
An additional pension has been granted
John t. McLain, OF Crescent. Spokane
county. An original pension has also been
allowed Jesse Rice, OF Black Foot. Bling
ham county. Idaho.
Private Frank A. LeGros. Company c,
Sixteenth infantry, now at Fort Sherman,
idaho, has been discharged from the serv-
ice Of the United States.
Mr.. Eckels. the comptroller of the cur
rency, has approved the selection of Julius
Iippitt as vice president OF the First Ma
tional bank of Colfax, and also OF William
If
Washington National bank OF Seattle.
The comptroller of the currency has also
declared Il first dividend OF % per cent in
favor OF the creditors Of the Bennett Ma
tional bank of New Whatcom. Wash. on
claims proved amounting to sss, 525.5.
There are two vacancies each in the posi-
tons OF engineer and sawyer at the Nez
Perces Indian reservation. Idaho. The civil
service commission has issued notice that
applications for examinations for these
positions win be received by 8. @. Fish
or. the Indian agent at that place. up 20
March Is. the examination to take place
shortly thereafter.
The bill granting to the Western Wash
sngton Development Company a right-of-
way through the Quiniault Indian reserva-
ton, in the state OF Washington, which
was introduced in the senate by Senator
Wilson recently. has also been introduced
in tho house by Mr. Hyde, where Il was
referred TO the committee on Indian af-
fairs
An application Is on file at the navy de-
partment with the endorsement OF Rep
resentative Hyde. from w. r. Forrest
OF Seattle for the position OF secretary
10 the commandant al the Port Orchard
dry dock.
D. c. Ely, OF Chewelah, Stevens county
Wash. IS an applicant for appointment
a. government timber agent for the state
OF Washington. No vacancy exists in that
bureau at the present tine.
ALLAN r. SLAUSON.