Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-12-04

family In plenty, whereas no one could
get a living. from 100 acres Of dry pasture
side only one head ct cattle to every ten
pubic pubic domain ain have have been fenced in by
defiance Of the law forbidding the MAIN
tenance or construction OF any such UNI
lawful inclosurs Of PUBLIC land ;.., For ya-
ference with such Enclosures in the past,
but ample notice has now been given
the trespassers, and all the resources at
hereafter be used to put a stop to such
trespassing.
Alaska Legislation Asked For.
especially urge upon the congress the
need Of wise legislation for Alaska It
Alaska, which has been ours for IS years.
should still have as poor system OF
more more q Valuable bic possessionoin mineral
wealth, in fisheries. furs. forests. and
also in land available for certain kinds
territory of great size and varied re-
sources, well fitted to support large
permanent population. Alaska needs. a
homesteads and preemptions as will en-
courage permanent settlement. We
should shape legislation with view not
territory, but to the building up of homes
therein. The land laws should be liberal
in type, SO as to hold out inducements
10 the ACTUAL SeILltT WIOu we IuOSL u6s
sire to see take, possession of the coun-
protected, and, as a secondary but still
the same time it is imperative that the
settlers should be allowed to cut tim
be, under proper regulations. for their
own use. Laws should be enacted to
protect the Alaskan salmon fisheries
against the greed which would destroy
hey ndhsrG be ana food
Their management and control should be
turned over to the commission of fish
and fisheries. Alaska should have dele
If congressional committee could visit
Alaska and investigate its needs on the
ground. Z
should be their ultimate absorption into
the body of our people. But in many
cases this ABSORPTION must = and nd should
territory the mixture of blood has gone
on at the same time with progress in
plenty plenty Of men With varying degrees ea;re Of
purity of Indian blood who are abso-
lutely indistinguishable in point Of social
their white associates. There are other
tribes which have as yet made no per-
ceptible advance toward such equality
prevent their going forward at all. More
over, the tribes live under widely differ
ent conditions. Where tribe has made
duVduCc anu lives OH l0TCli0
farming soil it is possible to allot the
members lands in severalty much as is
the case with the white settlers. There
are other tribes where such course is not
desirable. On the arid prairie lands the
effort should be to induce the Indians to-
lead pastoral rather rather. thar agricultural
villages rather than to force them into
isolation
from any Indian reservation do special
| and peculiar work of great Importance.
But, excellent though these are, an inn
mense amount Of additional work must be
done on the reservations themselves among
Indians.
the absorption of the indian is TO teach
him to earn his living; yet it is not neces-s
sarily to be assumed that in each commune.
ity all Indians must become either-tillersI
of the soil or stock ralsers. Their industries
may properly be diversified, and those who
show special desire or adapta bility for IN
should be encouraged so far as practicable
to follow out each his own bent.
Scientific Aid to-. Farme rs.z
In no department of governmental work
in recent years has there been greater sue
the farming population. thereby showing
them how most efficiently to help them;
selves. There is no need of insisting upon
its Importance, for the welfare of the
farmer is fundamentally necessary to the
welfare Of the republic as whole. In adj
O1llOu TO SuCH WOIh aS against
animal and vegetable plaques, and war
ring against them. when here dntroduced,::
much efficient help has been rendered to the,
farmer by the INTRODUCTION of new plants
specially fitted for cultivation unGer the;
peculiar conditions existing in different
portions Of the country. New cereals have,
For instance. the practicablity of produc-ii
ing. the best types OF macaroni wheats in
nehea or Of an s ohy
ly demonstrated Through the introduce
ton of new. rices in Louisiana and Texas
been made to about equal the home de-
mand. In the southwest the possibility OF
regrassing overstocked range lanGs has
forage crops have been introduced, while
in the east it has been shown that some of
our choicest fruits, can be stored and
The District of Columbia is the only part
of our territory in which the national gov
eminent exercises local or municipal func-
tons, AND where in consequence the gov
eminent has free hand in reference to:
aton weh must be
municipal in; their character. The govern
ment should see to it, for instance, that the
Washington is of a high character. The
evils of Stun dwellings. whether in the
shape Of i. crowded ans congested tenement
mouse districts or Of the back-alley type,
washington The city sheu i9 Sc eon m no
III every ISSpecl LOT ALL the cities OF the
country. The charitable and correctional
systems of the district should receive con-i
slderation at the hands of the congress to;
the tn . end that they may embody the results
fields. Moreover, while Washington is not
a great industrial city, there is some indus,
trialism here, and our labor legislation
while it WOULD not be Important in, itself.
might be made a model for the rest of the
nation :a We should pass, for instance, a
wise employer STABILITY act for the Dis.
trlctz of Columbia, ane we need such an act
IN our navy-yards. Railroad companies in
the district oughtsto be required by law to
block their frogs = - - =.
Protection for Railway Employees.
The safety-appliance law, for the better
protection sr1 n Of the lives and limbs Of rail-
went into full effect on. August /, 1901. Il
mas resulted in averting thousands Of
casualties. Experience shows, however. the
necessity nee Of additional legislation to per-
passed the senate at the last session. It is
70 De hoped that some such measure may
nov pc enacted into law.
-, ratlfylng progress has been made dur
n; merit 1t system of making appointments
IN ane government service. 1t should be
eXIenQeQ by law to the District 80 n,