Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-05

family in plenty, whereas no, one could
get q living from #16O acres of dry pastures
s ans GiPaSs eas to es o
ap. the tracts tracts Of 4 the
defiance of the law forbidding the main,
tenance or construction Of any such un-!
lawful Enclosure of public land. For va
ference with such Enclosures in the past
but ample notice has now been given
the trespassers, and all the resources at
Hereafter s Ss used 1 pus Stop SUCH
trespassing. ~ $780,. q: !
Alaska LeEislatien Asked For. !;
nees ef a.s e the %sF The
Alaska. which has been ours for IS years.
should still have as poor a system Of
laws LAYS as Is the he case: Ne country has =;
also in land available for certain kinds
OF farming and stock growing. It is a.
Welt taed S' 70 SUPPORT 4ar,ed large
permanent population. Alaska needs a.
good land law and such provisions for
courage permanent settlement. We
should shape legislation with a view not
to the exploiting and abandoning. Of the
therein. The land laws should be liberal
in type, so as to hold out inducements
to the actual settler whom we most de-:
try. The forests Of Alaska should e Iu be.
protected, and, as a secondary but still
important mat matter the game also and at
settlers should be allowed to cut tim
be. under proper regulations, for their:
own use, Laws should be enacted to
against the greed which would destroy.
them They should be preserved as q:
permanent industry and food supply,
t~4Sn o~~1 81 81 II
turned over to- the commission of fish
and fisheries. Alaska should have a dele
gate In the congress 1t would be wel4
if congressional committee could visit
Alaska and investigate it's needs on the
ground.
The Indians.
In dealing with the Indians our aim
the body *E;s Of o our people But in many
t be S Se a IN pSr S} Blood OF the has Indian
on at the same time with progress in
wealth and education, SO that there are
purity Of Indian blood who are abso-:
political and economical ability. from
their white associates. There are other
tribes which have. as yet made no per
ceptible advance toward such equality
To try to force such tribes too fast is to
over, the tribes live under widely differ.
ent conditions. Where a tribe has made
considerable advance and lives on fertile;
members lands in severaity much as is is
the case with the white settlers. There;
are other tribes where. such course is mott
effort should be to induce the Indians to-
lead pastoral rather than agricultural
lives, and to permit them to settle in
villages rather than to force them into
isolation.
The large Indian schools situated remotei
from any Indian reservation Go asspecial|
- n inn 70 mr.
But, excellent though these are an inn
nnense amount Of additional work must be!
done on the reservations themselves among
the old, and above all among the young,
The first and most important step toward
the absorption Of the Indian is to teach
him to earn his living; yet it is not neces-
sarily to be assumed that in each commun-I
ity all Indians must become either til1ers:
may properly be diversified and those Who
show special desire or adaptability for in
custriai or even commercial pursuits
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
cess than in that Of giving scientific aid to-
selves. There is no need Of Insisting upon
S % der ah Of
welfare of the republic as: a whole. In ad-ii
dition to such work as quarantine against!
ring agairst them When here introduced,
much efficient help has been rendered to the
farmer, by the Introduction of new plants!
peculiar conditions existing in different;
portions of the country. New cereals have;
been established in the semi-arid west
ing the best types of macaroni wheats in
regions of an annual rainfall of only ten!
or has
ton of new rices in Louisiana and Texas;
the production OF rice in this country has;
been n, made to ABOUT equal the hqme de-.
regrasstng overstocked range lands has
been demonstrated; in the north many newt
in the. east it has been shown that some oil
our choicest fruits can be stored and
shipped In 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-
eminent has free hand in reference to
st6n wReS Of bs and ef
municipal in their character. The govern
ment should see to it, for instance, that the,
!hygienic and sanitary legislation Affecting!
WaLhn aF e1 is Of high eha1acter The
shape Of crowded an9 coEgested terement-;
house, districts or of the back-alley type.
Fl he eV Ursula Se pd in
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in every respect for all the cities of the
country. The charitable ard correctional.
systems Of the district should receive con-
sGeratiOn at the hands of the congress to-
the end that they may embo9y the results
of the most aGvarcct' thought in these
FIELDS. Moreover. while Washington is not
great Industrial city, there is some indus
trialism here, and our labor legislation:
While it wou'c rot be important III itself,
might be mace model for the rest of the:
nation. We should pass, for instance, a:
wise employer STABILITY act for the Dis
trict of Columbia and We need such an act
In our navy-yards. Railroad companies in
the district ought to be required by law to
block their frogs.
Protection for Railway Employees.
The safety-appliance-l law, for the better
protection of the lives and limbs of rail-,
went into full effect on August !, 1901. Iii
has resulted in .averting thousands of
casualties. Experience shows, however, tho
necessity OF additional legislation to per-:
feet this law. A bill to provide for this
passed the senate at the last session 1t i0i
to be hoped that some such measure may!
now be enacted into law. h:
Gratifying progress has been made dur-
ing the year in the extensionsa.of the~
merit system of making appointments
in the government service. It should bel
extended by law to the District Of CO..
lumbia 1t Is much to be desired that
our consular system be established by