The Grit-advocate., 1901-11-22
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

office in rejecting the appeal of An
thony Barnett against rejection by the
local land office of his claim for desert
land entry in Glcnwood Springs land
district.
The secretary of the interior has di-
rccted thai the Black Hills timber re
serve of Wyoming and South Dakota
he placed under the sole control of
Supervisor Seth Bullock. relieving Su-
perintendcnt Garbutt of this part of
his charge The change was made on
account Of excessive work entailed on
the superintendent who heretofore had
charge of all reserves in Wyoming and
South Dakota
About 300 employees in the executive
branch of the rural free delivery ser
vice of the postotfice department will
he brought into the civil service by an
order of President Roosevelt. These
employees are clerks. special agents
and inspectors. The GOOO rural free
delivery carriers throughout the coun-
try will not be brought into the civil
service under this order, bur they will
be taken in at some later day.
President Roosevelt has just been
elected first vice president of the Long
Island Bible Society. The address of
Mr.. Roosevelt at the meeting of the so
ciety last June at Oyster Bay had been
printed in a leatlet and had Il very
large circulation. 1t has been trans
lated into several languages, and has
been circulated in Mexico and the
Argentine republic. 1t was because Of
his services to the society in making
the address that Mr.. Roosevelt was
given the office.
President Roosevelt is said to have
announced to Clinton Rodgers Wood
ruff of Philadelphia of the National
Civil Service Reform League that in
making civil appointments in the insu
lar possessions of the United States
he would adhere to the principles of
civil service reform. Mr.. Woodruff is
chairman of the committee on depend
encieS. and called to ascertain what the
Presidents policy would be. President
Roosevelt told him in the most en-
phatic manner that absolutely no ap
pointmen'S in the insular possessions
would be dictated or controlled by po-
litical considerations.
w. O. Smith. J. Il. Athrrton. f. NJ.
Swanscy and r. =. Rithel. citizens Of
Hawaii. called on the President last
week to discuss with him the condi-
ton of industrial affairs in the lIa-
waian islands. They told the Pr"si
dent that HawaiianS generally were
opposed to a reciprocity arrangement
between the United States and Cuba
which would admit sugar from that is
land at Il low customs rate. The in
tercstS of Hawaiians in this respect
they llprlnrph ara ilrntirnl with thnSp
of the beet sugar growers of the West
and the cane sugar producers of the
South. and they expect to join with
them if the matter should come to an
issue during the approaching session
of Congress.
The recent appointment of several
forestry experts by Secretary Hitch
cock completed the reorganization of
the forestry division of the Interior
Department.. a feature of the new
plan Of especial interest to the West
is the determination to sell burned tim
Der ut green timber prices after Janu-
AIRY 1St. This is designed to prevent
burning of timber by persons who
wish to secure it as dead and down"
timber. The sale Of mature timber is
To be encouraged. as well as disposal
of dead and down timber, which is Il
menace to the forests. All applications
for timber permits are to be promptly
disposed of in the future. rs delays in
this direction in the past have led to
much criticism Of the department.
Active preparations are making for
the meeting at Washington in Dcccm-
her of the sixth national convention of
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