The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-08-02
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81 the "a of Miles,
in command ot Tia arm should pre-
vail. q field battery WIN ;bsS located Al
Fort Smelling Ia ths near, future. H.
was stated atS army headquarters thar
\ the list OF stations made Is ~ Gen.
Miles includes Fort Smelling g one Of
the posts at whisa q battery should 10
ss !. toned. a request was made at tho
Office Of the CHIEF quartermaster Tor de-
tails as to the equipment for caring Tor
horses ct Fort Smelling, and the report
Ewas made that IL there was suitable
stable room It has been turned over to
other uses. and that there 10 not now al
the post accommodations sufficient for
the horses OF q battery. It would 10
/ possible, however. for the quartermas-
ter's department to supply the neces-
/ sary stable room on short notice, and
the only question is whether Secretary
Root would be willing at this time to
incur the expense, In view Of the ne
cessity Of providing quarters for many
Of the coast batteries that are now be-
ing located. s (,
that the plan under. consideration Is to
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OF one OF the batteries returned from
the Philippines, sending enough to
make an organization and recruiting to
fill the decided quota.
Indian Commissioner Jones has re.
ceived a letter from Joseph Farr, re-
Gently ordered to Cass Lake to adjust
the scaling Of the alleged illegal cut OF
the Scanlon-Gib and two other COM
panies. in which he explains certain de-
tails in connection with that scale.
Commissioner Jones says wrong Inn
preston has gained currency about
Fairs proposed trip to Cass Lake. He
is not going to make rescale, but to
confer with the heads Of the companies
interested about the prices he put on
tllegally-cut logs. He has been in
structeu, If the companies do not agree
to take green timber at this price, to
seggregate the cut and sell it to the
highest bidder. In his letter to the
commissioner, Mr.. Farr referred to the
charges filed against him by Samuel
Hunter Of Minneapolis. but made no
| answer to them. Farr is still at Madi-
son, Wis, and will remain there until
he has received some additional In
formation from Commissioner Jones.
On Sept. 2, system Of hve rural de-
livery routes will be inaugurated at
osseo. Hennepin county. Mimi. with
g. w. Savage, ]. e. sCurtis. G. IA.
Henry, L. A. Smith and q. w. Mitchell
as carriers. The aggregate length Of
these routes is 120 miles and the area
covered 100 square miles. A population
\ of 1908. or Gas houses, will be served
by these combined routes. AS result
OF the establishment of this service, the
pOstoff1ces at Warwick, woodward and
I Maple Grove will be discontinued, to-
| gether with one star route and one mail
messenger route.
| On the same date route will be es-
tablished at Long Lake. Hennepin
county. with J. e. Wakefield as carrier.
i This route, twenty miles long and COW
ering an area Of twenty square miles,
will serve lib houses, or a population of
531. The postoff1ce at Bederwood and
one star route will be discontinued on
the establishment Of this new route.
/ The Minnesota lumbermen have re-
fused. point blank, to comply with the
i ruling Of the secretary Of the interior
department imposing an assessment OF
$12 per 1000 feet for green white pine
which was found among the dead and
down logs. AS a result, suit will be in
stituted, and United States District At
torney Evans will be instructed on &
course Of action. Mr.. Evans will be
assisted by special counsel. and it is
quite possible that one Of the assistant
attorneys from Washington may go tc
the field Of operations.
There is, of course, a chance for g
settlement, but the department seems
to be firm In insisting on the price
fixed. Lumbermen claim 1t is an ex-
4 tortionate and outrageous figure, but
Indian Commissioner Joens says 1t Il
not too high for trespass case.
| Postmaster General Smith says thai
he is ready and willing to appoint ad
ditional inspectors of rural free deliv
cry for Minnesota. providing the sen
ators and representatives agree on on,
or two applicants. Mr.. Smith said:
There are several urgent applica
tons, and the conflict is such that
feel that the representatives. OF thu
state should reconcile the differences
instead Of being called upon to do !
myself. The senators and several rep
resentatives have made most earnes
representations. and until some agree
ment is reached, I feel compelled T
hold all action in abeyance.
The secretary Of the interior has, af
flrmed the decision Of the general Ian
Office, holding that certain lands with
in the Duluth laid district within tn
primary limits of the grant Of th
Northern Pacific Railroad company
were excepted from said grant becaus
they were, at the date OF the passage
the act authorizing such grant, With
ten miles Of the probable route OF tn
Il Lake Superior q mississippi railroad
and Included I'm q grant TO, aid In th
construction or that line. III, s.ss
Il The comptroller Of the currency Ia
Nj authorized the First National Bank g
Argyle, MINI, to begin business with
Il, capital Of $25, 900. J.. ii. Thompson =
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