The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-12-10


| 1852, as against $0697250 for the veal
ending June 30. 1902, and sli7.00.l6 for the
year ending June 30, 1901. This Is the
best showing in this respect for the con-
sular service for the past fourteen years
and the reduction in the cost Of the serv-
Ice 10 the Government has been made In
spite Of the fact that the expenditures fol-
the year In question were more than
| $4,000 greater than for the previous year
Rural Free-Deliyery Service.
The rural free-dellvery service has been
steadily extended, The attention of the
Congress is asked TO the question of the
compensation of the letter carriers and
clerks engaged in the postal service, es-
pecially on the new rural free delivery
routes. More routes have been installed
since the first Of July last than in any
like period In the departments history,
While due regard to economy must be
kept In mind in the establishment Of new
routes, yet the extension Of the rural
free-delvery system must be continued,
for reasons Of sound public policy No
governmental movement of recent years
has resulted In greater immediate benefit
to the people Of the country districts.
Rural free delivery. taken In connection
with the telephone, the bicycle, and the
trolley. accomplishes much toward les
SEEMING the isolation Of farm life and max
Ing 1t brighter and more attractive. In
the immediate past the lack Of Just such
facilities as, these has driven many of the
more active and restless young men and
women from the farms to the cities; for
they rebelled at loneliness and lack Of
mental companionship 1t Is unhealthy
and undesirable for the cities to grow at
the expense Of the country; and rural
free delivery Is not only good thing
In itself, but Is good because 1t is one
of the causes which check this unwhole-
some tendency towards the urban CON
centration Of our population at the ex-
pense Of the country districts. 1t Is for
the same reason that we sympathize with
and approve Of the policy Of building
good roads The movement for good
roads Is one fraught with the greatest
benefit to the country districts.
In the Philippines and Porto Rico,
it is declared, steady progress is being
made and the condition Of the island
ers already has been materially ad'
yanced,
Receipts Of General Land Office.
On the subject Of the public lands
Of the country the message says:
The cash receipts of the General Land
Office for the last fiscal year were SILL
ga 743.65, an increase of A,762Sl over
the preceding year. OF this sum, approx
imately SS,d5l 493 will go to the credit
of the fund for the reclamation of arid
land, making the total of this fund up
to the 3Oth Of June, 1903, approximately
SIS, $3.50.
A gratifying disposition has been
evinced by those having unlawful In
closures of public land to remove their
fences. Nearly two million acres so In
closed have been thrown open on de-
mand In but comparatively few cases
has 1t been necessary to 60 into court
to accomplish this purpose, This work will
be vigorously prosecuted until all unlaw.
full Enclosures have been removed,
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mt, s,a.'o A. a
lhe moth u, ieIiaN,at.on ~. 'ie a ,n'.
anus u lio West ID p1osse ,, sleau'y
anu sa''siaotol''y ui'ue' lne teih's VI
tne law se,'ins as,ue ene ~ NJ, from
tie u'Spo'ai Vi puD'o 'aluo ine eoips Vi
ehsi,'ee'' hno"n 40 .no neo'"iiia'iol
oerVice' Which ID cohuue.Ns 'ae surveys
anu eAal'i'ila'ions s, laa Dee'i 'horpus"ly
espethi palns peils taken 10
secure unu,l 'Ao o'N''-oei V'Ve rules
uouy III shineu, eHpei'olleeu, anu e''c'ell'
NEIL oui Seye anu eAanii''d'iol's arr
proBresslns tNlousnoul the allu states
Ina leiiltoilcs, pia'is io' ieeiai,''''ls Worhs
being prepared ana passed upon ny
1oafus VI eNs'seu.s peioio "pp'oVal ny
and Nevada in localities whera suob
work is pre-eminently needed, construc-
ton mas already been begun In other
wall advancad toword d t%e rs nn
lp of contracts, these being delayed in
part by necessities Of reaching agree
~ nav ar ocouiaitlon NJ real estate Mast
n the works contemnlated for construc.
,,on ora A. notional imnortance involv-
NO ,nterstatn ouestIona or the securing
=, stohlo .elf.eunnortinp communities In
,be midst NJ vast tracts NJ vacant land
The Nation as a whole ia Of course the
,alner by the creation Of these homes
lddlng as they do to the wealth and sta
'lllty ol ,he country, ana lurnishhg a
md ' South Tbe reclamation law, while
perhaps not Ideal, appears at present to
answer the larger needs for which 1t is
, I ~ 'e aaoosa,t,0o ohonce
,,'''" ,,,ono o unon st' ~ ''''' VI "e
''' '''.e "pp'''''
preservation OF Forests
The President points out the neces
,itv of takiro ctonc for tbo nrecervo.
''' ' w. - Az,
Ion Vi our loreslS' Especially Nv VIC
leadwaters of streams or the cotton
yeeyil he saws.
49,
me cot'on-Browins states nave re-
enlly peeh INVADED py WeeVli that mas