The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-07-26
THE PURCHASE BOUNDED.
The Census Bureau Makes Known
the Boundaries of the Lou
isiana Purchase.
me RESULT OF OFFICIAL RESEARCH.
:, a. Relieved the Controversy over
IN. Matter t. Now settled and that
the Decision Will be Accepted by
the National Worlds Fair Com
mission.

Washington. july 2e.-An announce
merit made by the census bureau de-
,,.s the boundaries of the LOU lama
rMfChase
The announcement. is the result 81
c,,. ful study by eomm.s i..., which
,a~ created for the especIa' pm. .'>e
a. defining the boundaries Of the Ter
,..crial acquisitions Of tie t-n'tr.,
sl..-.s.
Al has a direct bearing On The con-
,,o,. rsy which has recently beer re-
..~,d in ST. Louis. and IN y nich .'res-
;g,ut Francis. of the St. l. ,lIis Worlds
t.i- Co. has asked an opinion irnm
IRE national ca mmission sor the f:sir.
NE commission which considered
H., matter included in its membership
:. representatives. of all IF thu depart
rents of the government Who rnu.d
have an interest in any way ia The
l,npdary question. and representa-
.n.s of thos. departments H. vbis u
mare is a wealth of of.icil. inforina-
ncr on the subject.
In view of the character Of the CON-
mission. il is believed that Chairman
Carter. of the national commission,
viii accept its findings without rues-
tion and transmit them To the -.
Louis Worlds Fair corporation as III,
Official finding Of the United Suites
government.
The commission is composed Of Mr..
Andrew II. Allen. of the department
OF state: Mr.. O. ii. Tittmann. eoas;
ana geodetic survey: Mr.. Harry King,
general land Office: Mr.. Henry Gan.
nett. geological survey; Mr.. Walter +.
Wilcox. census Office; Mr.. T.. Lee Phil
Lips. division Of maps and charts H.
TIE lib-ar- Of congress.
The findings Of the commission re-
alive 10 the Louisiana purchase are
summarized as follows:
!. The region between the Mississip-
pi river and Lakes Maurcpas and
ronfcharirain 10 the west and the
perdido river 10 the east should not
II assigned either 10 the Louisiana
purchase or TO the Florida purchase.
but marked with legend indicating
that the title To ii between 1907 and
1879 was in dispute
.. The line between the Mississippi
river and the Lake of the Woods. sep
sraiing the territory of the United
states prior TO 1903 from the Lorisi.
ara purchase. should be drawn from
The most northwestern point of the
Lake OF the Woods TO the nearest
point on the Mississippi river in l. he
Eemidji.
" The western boundary Of -he
louisiana purchase between parallels
~ and AZ degrees north followed the
watershed Of The Rocky mountains
thence il ran east along the parallel
o. .. degrees north 10 point due
Icrth of the source Of the Arkansas
river. and thence south TO that source.
The northwestern boundary OF
Texas as annexed extended up TO the
principal stream of the Rio Grande
10 its source. and thence due north 10
the parallel of - north.
.. The southern boundary of the
Mexican cession of ls4s should be
drawn from point on the Rio Grande
eight miles north of Paso. instead Of
from one about thirty miles further
north. as is the usual practice at pres
ent- west three degrees. and thence
north 10 the first branch of the ella
river