Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-10

dividuals, corporations. or the state the
sources of water supply must be efrec-
guarded by the preservation of the for.
ests at the headwaters of the stream.
The necessity for perpetrating our forest
handH whether IN public or private
The demand for forest reserves has he.
come insistent in the West because the
range which only such reserves can SIM.
ply
dent; should not be dependent for their
siderations of partisan politics. the prac
tice Of appointing. when possible " ex-
army officers or bonded superintendent
we'll" rs working
On the subject of pensions the president
says: mo other class of our citizens
whom the nation owes it's being the
veterans of the Civil war. Special attene
ton Is asked to the excellent work of the
ing of pension claims. During the fiscal
year ending July I. 1903. the bureau SET.
tied 25l sso claims, an average of So 81
The number of settlements since Jniv
1903. has been in excess of last vear':
average. approaching 1000 claims for
the work of the bureau will be currcnt a.
the close Of the present fiscal year "'
The civil service next engased the
the year ended June 30 last a3.laS PERSONS nrsans
were appointed through competitIwa exs
aminations under the civil service ru,as
pr n,s %as v ls. more than during the
who passed the examinati TONS This Oh
normal growth was largely occasioned nv
the extension of classification to the rural
free delivery service and the appointment
last year or over 1900 rural Carriers
revision OF the civil service rules took Of
i rect on April , IL last which has greatly
ton OF the reform OF the civil service ;s
recognized by good citizens eyervwhere
as matter of the highest public i.npor-
tenn largely depends upon the effective
ness Of the rules and the machinery nro-
vi died. for rct their enforcement" '''
general staff for the army and fnr Tho
NOR etective use Of the national guard
the efficiency of our army in recent Ve. rs '
Such schools as those erected .at Tnr,
Leavenworth and Fort Riley and the in.
plish satisfactory results. The good Of.
feet of these maneuvers upon the nationaI
guard is marked. and ample appropria
men of the several states to share in t us
benefit. The government should AS sonn
as possible secure permanent camp sites
sec 'a Of t%e eoefs in the various
thereby rendered not only to the ree,,ior
army. but to the national guard Of tha
s sever m states VIII be 50 great as to
small expense. We should not rest salts
fled with what has been done. however.
a system Of promotion by mere seniority
are those who are contented with the
triumph of mediocrity over excellence
On the other hand a system which en-
litical favoritism in promotions would be
even worse. But it would surely be easy
TO devise a method of promotion from
grade to grade in which the opinion of
the higher officers of the service upon the
candidates should be decisive upon the
promotion and standing Of the latter
up" the steady progress in building up
the american navy. He says: I'VE can
no not AFFORD q let-up in this great work.
sb o s1ah "a still means to go back. There
enective units of the fighting strength Of
u ,n teet. Meanwhile the navy depart
me ment tai, and the officers of the navy are do
service at sea under conditions akin to
NOSE OF actual warfare. The establish
ment OF a naval base in the Philippines
a base is desirable in time of peace; in
time OF war it would be Indispensable
s amG Its lack would be ruinons It is
should be provided naval general. stan
on lines similar to those of the general
sta stan LIE, created for the army; We need the
Il IL
onl nt who shall exercise a systematic
control Of the military affairs of the
navy. and be authorized advisers of the
secretary concerning it,"
ing he says: "By the act OF June rs.
1907, the congress authorized the presi-
dent to enter into treaty with Colombia
for the building of the canal across the
isthmus OF Panama: it being provided
tnat IN the event of failure to secure
s ,h1a treaty treat after the lapse of reason
building a canal through Nicaragua.
~ mas not been necessary to consider this
alternative. as | am enabled to lay before
puii0lng or the canal across the Isthmus
OF Panama. This was the route which
commended itself to the deliberate judg-
acquire by treaty the right to construct
the canal over this route. The question
now. therefore: is not by which route the
question has been definitely and ir-
rfN, n,;. decided. The question is
SIMPLY whether or not We shall have an
When the congress directed that we
should take the Panama route under
treaty with Colombia, the essence of the
government which controlled that route.
but to the route ITSELF to the territory
across which the route lay, not to the
nam w Wh fh for the moment the TERRITORY
was to authorize the president to make a |
treaty with the power in actual control |
or the 1sthmus of Panama. This purpose |
has been fulfilled.
I'm the year 1886 this government en-
tered into a treaty with New Granada |
he predecessor upon the isthmus of the |
Republic OF Colombia and of the present |
Republic of Panama, by which treaty it |
was provided that the government and |
citizens of the United States should al !
ways have free and open right of way or |
a 1sfh nf Ip,t ~,
any modes of communication that might |
be constructed. while in return. orr GOV