The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-08
WEST POINT
PLACES VACANT
Nine Berths at Disposal Of the
President.
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III ASHINGTON March Next June
W. the president viii have the appoint
ment Of nine cadets al large at Jhs
military academy. HIS viii not lack lot
material to select from, as there are al
ready 400 applications for these appoint
ment on file at the war department. IL
is said that the president desires 10 liille
these appointments to sons Of army ant
naval officers, with "a preference for sons
of those who have lost their lives ii the
service.
Mr.. Charles J. Jones of Topeka. Kan,
commonly known as Buffalo Jones' Is
in Washington and has been taking on
his faVorite subject, He says; Ihere are
not an told 60 buffaIos left ia the Unlted
States. The three principal herds are 20
Gated IN the great game preserve OF tli0
Austen-COrbn estate in New Hampshire
the F'lsthead Indian reservation, AL l,l.-
taua, and upon the ranch OF MI CildIl19
Goodnight in the panhandle OF IeSas.
"A few years ago I owned ABOUT every
remaining buffalo III TINS country, puo
sold them to the parties named aiSV
disDOsed of sixteen head in Europe 1 De
came interested i'm the perpetuatton OF the
bison chiefly to atone for my SIN or
Strengthening them. In the old Gays W Ile1
they were thick upon the plains, / killed
them bv the hundred for 80 cents apiece.
the enOrmity OF the OffenSe. NOW 1 Want
congress 10 pass the Curtis Dill, Wnlch
sets apart a large tract OF land IN Ne"
Mexico for their propagation. II IHI9
be done they will once more become
plentiful The danger of the complete eX-
tinctiOn of the buffalo now arises Iiohi
human avariee. Their skins and mounteI
heads bring large sums, and the few thaJ
are left are in danger of destruction ne
cause of the high market price.
The following bills of especial interest
to former United States soldiers nave
been introduced in the house OF repre-
No. ii .9SS. by Representative Corliss,
providing that the secretary OF the IN
terror be and he Is hereby authorized ana
directed to place on the pension ron, sun
iect TO the provisions and limitations o.
the pension laws, the names OF all sol
diers of the civil war VINO nave esldD-
lished by proper proof their right 70 pen
sion under the act of June =, 1871 at ~
per month, and pay such soldiers sdlu
/ pension in lieu of any pension heret"lore
10. 1851, by Representative Brown
4 low. providing that the secretary OF wa
/ be and he is hereby authorized ana OIL
| rected to set apart so mucn theTeoI a.
may be necessary of each national Gene
/ etery in the United States Tor the ourla
/ OF the deceased soldiers Of the Unitet
I States army and their wives. anu WheI
! in any particular cemetery tHett II ~
/ land TO set aside for this purpose, thei
/ the deceased wife may be buried in tht
same grave as the deceased soldier
| Life has become a dreary burden tt
/ Delegate ROdey Of New Mexico. Rooey
| aItboIlgb he represents a territory, no
! over-populated. has a constituency Wnlci
| speaks several languages. There are, o
/ course, a very large number OF Mexican
/ who talk little else than Spanish, con
/ sidersbIe portion OF the people write an'
/ speak French Last of all are the Amer
/ leans. who know nothing but English =
can dictate his letters in English TO 81
typewriter, and all is well, Mr.: Rodey
/ an accOmDIishei scholar. knowing which
his French and Spanish constituents al
dress him in their own tongue. lnaol
TO dictate replies. for his typewriter J
not a linguist. Mr.. Rodey has TO ans"e
makes the delegate very solid with III
! constituents, but it's hard on him.