The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-07-25
THE PURCHASE BOUNDED.
The Census Bureau Makes Known
the Boundaries Of the Lou
isiana Purchase.
THE RESULT or OFFICIAL RESEARCH.
"a O. Believed the Controversy 0vex
the Matter "a S=z settled ana that
the Decision wiz se Accepted by
the National wsTia's Fsir Csm-
mission.

Washington. July 22.--Au announce
nert made by the census hu"ran lie
sinrn the boundaries Of the Loui lana
bhFr hosc
The announcement IL the result "a
N Cful study by commtali0a, which
Hs~ created for the especia' puri 'lse
oi q, Hning the boundaries Of the ter
,.'cTial acquisitions Of tls United
States.
II has a direct bearing TN ihe con-
truN' ray which has recently brrr 'e-
,cWtd In 81. ouis, and IN which "rcs-
;drnt Francis. of the ~. l. ,ui, Vcrhrs
fsir Co., has asked an opiEinn irnm
'tc national 6, mmission 'pr the 'u'r.
he commission which considered
t.,c matter included In It's merllrrship
representatives of all Df ths depart
p.entE Of the government who r"u'd
hrvc an interest in any way IN iho
boundary question, and representa-
ii,ys OF thoss department H. whi' h
tl.rrc 10 a wealth of ufiicia. iuforaa-
.icb on the subject,
In view of the character of the COM
mission, II N believed that Chairman
Carter, Of the national commission.
will accept lis findings without ques-
iion aud transmit them to the ST..
Louis Worlds Fair corporation AZ the
Official finding OF the United States
government.
The commission 10 composed Of Mr..
,ndrrw H. Allen. Of the department
of state; MIR. q. II. Tittmann. coast
and grodrtic survey; Mr.. Harry King,
general land office; Mr. Henry Gam
nett. geological survey; Mr.. Walter 2.
Wilcox, census office; Mr. =. Ice Phil
lipps, division Of maps and charts in
he library Of congress
The findings pf the commission re-
Htive TO the Louisiana purchase are
unmarried ~ follows:
!. Thr region between the Mississip-
pi river and Lakes Mnurrpas and
pontcharirnin TO the west and the
rcrdido river 60 thr east should not
b. assigned either to the Louisiana
purchase or to the Florida purchase.
hut marked with legend indicating
that the title To il between 1907 and
1910 was in dispute.
.. ihc line between the Mississippi
river aud the Lake Of the Woods. sep
Grating the territory ~ the United
~Utics prior 80 1903 from the Louisi-
Fra purchase, should be drawn from
.hr most northwestern point of the
lake Of the Woods 10 the nearest
point on the Mississippi river In Lake
llcmidH.
:. The western boundary of he
Louisiana purchase between nsrnllels
90 and ie degrees north followed fhr
watershed of the Rocky mountains,
thence II ran east along the parallel
% a. degrees north To point due
L,rth Of the source of the Arkansas
river. aud thence south To that source.
I The northwestern boundary Of
Texas as annexed extended up 10 tho
principal stream Of the Rio Grnnde
to it's source. and thence due north TO
the parallel OF e. north.
:. The southern boundary Of the
Mexican cesBion Of Is4s should be
drnwn from point on the Rio Grande
eight miles north Of paso, instead Of
from one about thirty miles further
north. NJ is the usual practice nt pres
ent. west three degrees, and thence
north to the first branch of the ella
river.