Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-13

amount of irrigated land, may keep q
get a living from 100 acres or dry pasture
sde onig ons p eaats to every
r In the past f bssn fsnces Of
p persons having NO title thereto. in direct
defiance of the law forbiddins the maini
is Hanfs n o q p16liS land f For va
but ample notice has nov been E1venl
the the Of ahd the so os VII
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 Id
Alaska. which has been ours for 5 years.
should still .h have as poor , system I'M. Of
more more, valuable BE possession-in mineral
of farming and stock growing. It is a
sonrees ven faed to SUPPORT ap large
permanent population. Alaska needs a.
homesseads and preempaona o as %iii e e
courage permanent settlement. We
to the ea2 pPi and e Of 9Rs
territory. but to the buiiding up Of homes
in type. 50 as to hold out Inducements
sire to see take possession of the os eounl
try The forests of Alaska should be
mater the Also oa and it az
the same time it is imperative that the
be. under proper Esgulstions. for their
against the greed which would destroy
permanent er Industry and pff food supply.
Their management and control should be
and fisheries ALASKA should have a dele is1-
gate in the congress 1t would be well
Alaska and investigate it's needs on the
ground
Tn dealing with Indians aim
should be their ultimate absorption into
cases cas- Do this absorption must and should
be very slow. In portions of the Indian
wealth and education. 50 that there are
purity of Indian blood who are abso!
5f and an ab ef }fo
their white associates. There are other
eepbre adRanee sneh eqoa
To try to force such tribes too fast is to
over. the Tribes i've under widely differ1
emit conditions. Where a tribe has made
farming soil it is possible to allot the
the case se with the White settlers. Thers
are other tribes where such course is nod
EFFORT should be to induce the Indians to
lead pastoral rather than than tagrietnti1t a a,
villages rather than to force them into
The large Inddan schools situated remote
from any. Indian reservation DO a special
and peculiar work Of great importanic ice
mense amount of ADDITIONAL work must be
the old. and above all among the young,
the absorption of the Indian is to teach
him to earn his living: yet it is not neces-
ity all indians must become either tiIiers
of the soil or stock raisers. Their indus tries
show special desire or adapta bility for in
c
to follow out each his own bent
Scientific Aid to Farmers.
cess than in that of giving SCIENTIFIC aid to
them the how mdsf eeently 10 Seip them
selves There is no need of Insisting upon n
farmer is Fundamentally necessary to the.
difion to such work as Quarantine against
animal and vegetable plaques, and war,
much efficient help has been rende to the
farmer by the i1trodueftjiont , OF new plants h
peculiar conditions existing in different
been Established in the semi-arid west.
For instance. the practicability of produc-
regions Of fs an aanna1 rainfa of only ten
inches or therea bouts has beepL conclusive
ton of new. rices in Louisiana and Texas
sse ade to- a al ea IN hi the ho
mand. In the southwest the possibility of
been demonstrated:i in the north many new
forage crops have been introduced, whfle
in the east it has been shown that some of
shipped in hs such way as to find profitable
The District of Columbia is the only part
of territory in which the national gov
tons ana where in consequence the gov.
ernment has free hand in reference to
certain types of social and economic 1egfs
lation which must be essentially local or
ment should see TO 1t, for instance, that the
hygienic and sanitary legislation affecting
Washington is of a high character. The
evils of sIum dwellings, whether in the
house districts or of the back-ailey type.
Washington. The city should be model
country. The charitable and correctional
systems of the district should receive con-
sideration at the hands of the congress to-
the end that they may embody the results
fields. Moreover, while Washington is not
a great Industrial city. there is some indus-
trialfsm here, and our labor legislation
while it would Tot be important in, ITSELF
might be made model for the rest of the
wise employers STABILITY act for the Dis
trfct of Columbia and We need such an act
the district ought to be required by law to
block their frogs
Protection for Railway Employees.
The safety-appliance law, for the better
protection of the lives and limbs of rail-
way employees, which was passed in 1893.
has resulted in averting thousands OF
casualties Experience shows, however, the
necessity of additional legislation to per-
rect this Jaw A bill to provide for this
to be hoped that some such measure may.
now De enacted into law