Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06

urad and sixty ceres Of !:
we'll wase.sa sol. or : rn:cl $. tiIer
get a living. from 16o acres o. dry pas .s.,4
and capable Of at the ons
pSSlic domaa Rave Been feneea n
e e. s n sr dspa asEso m
or construction .of any such uni
lawful Enclosure of public land. For val
ference with such Enclosures in the past4
but ample notice. has. now been given{
the trespassers, and all the resources At
hereafter be used to put a stop to suca
trespassing.
Alaska Legialation Asked For.
need of wise legislation for Alaska. IT
Alaska, which has been ours for IS years1
is%s as + ;1 The cass Ne eonntsy has
also in land available for certain kinda
of farming and stock growing: It is
sources, well fitted to support large
PERMANENT sna ]Populatdion Alaska needs
homesteads and preempsions as win en-(
courage permanent settlement. WEI
should shape legislation with a view no4
territory, but to the building up Of homes{
therein The land laws should be libera&
in type, so as to hold, out Inducements
sire to to see take possession Of the coun-
try. The forests of Alaska should be9I
protected, and, as a secondary but stil4
the same time It is n o that ao ths
settlers should. be allowed to cut tim
be. under proper regulations, for their
own use. Laws should be enacted tof
nrOtoct the Alaskan fisheries
against the greed which. would Destroy
them They should be preserved as Al
Their management and control should bel
turned over to the commission of fish
and fisheries. Alaska should have dele-
gate in the congress- It would be we'll
if a congressional committee could visia
Alaska and investigate it's needs on thek
ground.
In dealing with the Indians our aim
should be their ultimate absorption intos
the body of our people. But in many
cases this absorption must and should}
territory the mixture of blood has gomez
on at the. same time with progress int
wealth and education, so that there are
. purity of Indian blood who are abso-t
, lutely indstinguishable in, point of social!
White nere afe dtSe
tribes which have as yet made no per-
ceptible advance toward such equality
prevent their going forward at al More-
over, the tribes live under widely differ-E
! ent conditions. Where a, tribe has made
considerable, advance and lives on, fertile
farming soil it is possible to allot the
| members lands in severalty much as isl
the case with the white settlers. There
are other tribes where such course is not
| desirable. On the arid prairie lands thes
| effort should be to induce the Indians to1
lead pastoral rathers than agrcnltura
villages rather than to force them intoL
isolation.
The large Indian schools situated remote
from any Indian reservation do a specia4
But, excellent though these are, an im-t
done on the RESERVATIONS themselves amon6{
the. old, and above all among the young.
Indians. |
The first and most important step toward
the absorption of the Indian is to teach
him to earn his living; yet 1t Is not neces-I
sarily to be assumed that in each commun-
Of the soil or stock raisers. Their industriesI
may properly be diversified, and those whoi
show special desire or adaptability for in-
should be encouraged so far as practicable
: to follow out each his own bent.
Scientific Aid to Farmers.
In no department Of governmental work
in recent years has there been greater sue
the farming popula ton, thereby showing
them how most efficiently to help them
selves. Inere IS 10 neeu OIL INSISTING upOR
it's Importance, for the welfare Of the
farmer is fundamentally necessary to the
welfare of therapeutic as whole. In ad.
a animal 20 and nav vegetabie plaques, ana 1ar>
ring against them when here introduced,
much efficient help has been rendered to the
specially fitted for cultivation under tho
peculiar conditions existing In different
portions Of the IN fhe New
For instance, the practicability of produc-
ing. the best types of macaroni Wheats In
regions of an annual rainfall of only ten
inches or thereabouts has been onclusive-
a ly demonstrated. Through the introdue-
ton of new rices in Louisiana and Texas
been made to about equal the home de:
mand. In the southwest the possibility OF
regrassing oyerstocked range lands has
forage crops have been introduced, while
, in the east it has been shown that SOME OF
. our choicest fruits can be stored and
Sh5pPed in abT such way as to find profitable
: 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 t.
n be ees
: municipal in their character. The govern
. ment should see to it, for instance, that thu
$ Washington is of a high character. ,Th'
, evils Of slum dwellings, whether in thu
shape of crowded ant congested tenement
r house districts or of the back-alley type
should never be permitted to grow up il
9 Washington. The city should be mode
! in every respect for all the cities of tn
: country. The charitable and correctiona
8 systems of the district should receive con
J. sheraton at the hands of the congress t,
the end that they may embody the result!
r Of the, most advanced thought in thes'
t a great Industrial city, there is some indus
e trialism here, and our labor legislation
- he i'm IN, fSalf
might be made model for the rest ST Of 9th tn
y nation! We should pass, for instance
= wise employer STABILITY act for the Dis
n trict of Columbia and we need such an ae
: In our navy-yards Railroad companies Il
r the district ought to be required by law t
a block their frogs. -s '.r.,-
s Protection for Railway Employee.
n The safety.appliance law. for the bette
d protection of the lives and limbs of rail
e way employees. which was passed in 1Ss;
:, went into full effect on August l, 1901.
II has resulted in averting thousands q
l. casualties. Experience shows, however tn
y necessity of additional legislation to pei