Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-12-11

ingiy congress appropriated i've hundred
thousand dollars to be expended in tho
employment Of special counsel and agents
under said laws in the courts as a matter
Of the utmost Importance and urgency.
the extension Of the purposes of this APP
tor the due enforcement Of tn the laws Of
the United States in general and espe-
cially Of the civil and criminal laws re-.
the Subject RV Of Recent in
vestigations have shown a deplorable
state Of affairs in these three matters Of
and
acres Of the public domain have been
dishonesty acquired. It Is hardly neces-
e ts to Urge the importance Of recovering ca
furnishing the Offenders.
Touching the subject Of the postal
shameless briberies. the laws relating to
tho proper conduct Of the public service
IN general ana to the due administration
notoriously violated. and the consequent
prosecutions are in course Of hearing or
on the eve thereof. For the reasons
saa ea es
" and with greatest effect the due penal
ties for such violations Of law: I urge
1as Of d %ahns sSsh
Steps have been taken by the state de-
partment looking to the making Of
bribery an extFa rad oenss With fSr
treaties covering this crime is manifest.
1T should he the policy of the United
States says the president, Ito leave no
ing from this country can find rest. There
bribery. Other offenses violate one law
t T55e Of c s11 strikes at the founda
The president deals at some length with
the history of the Alaskan boundary dis
eessful termination Of that dispute ~ the
decision Of the convention in Lor n. a
decision which is satisfactory l.. every
Speaking of the claims of foreign
powers against Venezuela and the sub
MISSION mi of those claims. through the
fEendly offices of the United States to
triumph of the principle of international
arbitration is a subject Of warm con-
for the peace Of the world"
president says: "The Signing Of a new
took place at sSansns ai on the sth .e Of
October, is a cause of satisfaction. This
act. the result of long discussion and ne
With the great Oriental empire on leaA more
satisfactory footing than even before"
The rural free delivery service has been
SCedully EXTENDED. Inc attention or con-
gress IS asked to the question Of the com
pensation of the letter carriers and clerks
engaged in the postal service, especially
on the new rural free delivery routes.
first of July last than in any like period
in the departments history: Which a
T5t Be sp y GG the ib Rres
sion Of the rural free delivery system
nR be for 9f sound
president also urges the Importance Of
i the movement for good roads.
The Louisiana Purchase exposition and
commended to the favorable attention Of
congress.
The president calls the special attention
Of congress- to the Territory Of Alaska.
laws should be enacted; says the presi-
dent, uan ID, the survey Of the PUBLIC lands
trails should be built, and the building Of
railroads promoted in all legitimate
An appropriation for the building of
lighthouses in Hawaii is recommended
possessions the Philippines and Porto
steady progress has been such as to make
| it unnecessary to spend much time in dis
sussing e; them hem Yet congress should eyer
E SPsnss Of s$ sssSS & knit s:sr
tarlm arrang ethe oo No one people ever
have benefited the Fliipinos by taking
possession of the islands,
The cash receipts Of the general land
office for the last fiscal year were 81 O24 :
14 Is, an increase of s., 762 s16.47 over
Proxximnaately. s., 461 1913 will go to the cred
| land, making the total of this fund. I'M to
the 81 10Th tn of June, 1903, approximately,
sion of the public land laws the president
| says: There is tendency to mass in
large hol;ings public lands, especially
retard settlement. I renew and emphasize
my recommendation Of last year that 40
far as they are available for agriculture
extent they may be reclaimed under e the
PS6i{s lands should Be held r fis%f1" foF
gress is especially directed to the timber ob
and stone law, the desert land law. and
the eommutation clause Of the home
public land policy" VIZ" "'Se
The work Of reclamation Of the arid
lands Ian Of the West Is progressing steadily
iaw setting aside the proceeds from the
Tue opportunities OF reclamation OF the
vast extent Of arid lands shows that
whether this reclamation is done. bv IN
d1viduals. corporations. or the state tha
sources Of water supply must be enteco
lively protected and the reservoirs
guarded ,by the preservation of the; for
eSts at the headwaters Of the streams
The necessity for. perpetratinF our fora.t
resources. whether in public or nrivefc
hands, 1s recognised now as never hafora
The demand for forest reserves ha. he.
come insistent in the West, because tSa
West must use water, wood. and smmrr r..e
range which only such reserves can s,inr
ply: os 'an sup
'The Indian agents." says the nre,,-
dent. should not be dependent fnr thei,
appointment or tenure Of office unon ~.
slderations of partisan politics the MI
tlce of appointing, when possible a.
army officers or bonded superintendent.
to the vacancies that occur is WORMS
On the subject Of pensions the prestda,+
says: mo other class Of our citi1ens
deserves so we'll of the nation as those 10
whom the nation owes it's BENZ +h eo
veterans Of the Civil war. Special S++en
ton is asked to the excellent work 81 tha
pension bureau in expeditinE and disn sme
ing Of pension claims. During the 9e0s1
year ending July 1, 1909 the bure s ns sea!
claims for each working day Of Tho v. GO
The number of settlements since INV