The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-12-10

| hnh Win the state experiment. htAAtuh1f
and with many otner Institutions ana In
dividnais The world Is carefully search
"a for new varieties of grains. fruits.
grasses. vegetables. trees, and shrubs,
suitable 20 various localities In our coun-
try. and marked benefit 10 our producers
has resulted
Irrigation.
During the two and a Salf years that
] have elapsed since the passage u the
reclamation act rapid progress has been
made IN the surveys and examinations o.
tho opportunities for reclamation In the
/ thirteen states and three territories Of
/ the arid West Construction has already
been begun on the largest and most i'm
i portani of the Irrigation works and plans
/ are being completed for works which VIII
/ utilize the funds now available The
| reclamation act has been found 20 be re-
markedly complete and effective, and 50
/ broad in It's provisions that vide range
| OF undertakings has been possible under
a. AZ the same time. economy Il guar
anteed by the fact that the funds must
ultimately be returned 20 be used over
again.
Forests.
II Is the cardinal principle 81 the for
cst-rescrye policy ~ this Administration
that the reserves arc for use What
! ever iuterfcres with the use 81 their re-
means. hut these resources must be used
ia such a way as 20 make them perma-
J nent.
Although tho wisdom 81 creating for
| est reserves g. nearly everywhere heart
| ly recognized yet In few localities
there has been Misunderstanding and
| complaint The following statement "a
therefore desirable.
The forcst-rescrye policy can be sue
ccssful only when II has the fun support
! N the people OF the West II can not
/ safely. ana should not IN any case be im-
posed upon them against their VIII But
neither can We accept the views 81 those
whose only interest iu the forest is tenn
| norafy; who are anxious TO reap what
they have not sown and then move away.
leaving dcsolaton behind them,
The making ~ forest reserves within
| railroad and on-rohd land grant linn
lts viii hereafter. az FOR the past three
/ years. be 50 managed as 90 prevent tho
ISSUE under the act 81 June I. 1897. Of
base FOR exchange or lieu selection tusu.
ally called scrip IN oil cases where
forest reserves within areas covered by
land grants appear TO be essential "a
the prosperity pf settlers miners or 9th
! ers. the government lands within such
proposed forest reserves Will rs I'm The
recent past. be Withdrawn from sale OF
entry pending the completion 81 such
negotiations with the owners of the land
grants A. viii prevent the creation Of so
called scrip.
Establishment Of game reserves
wherein may be preserved specimens
81 our wild animals which are now
rapidly tending toward extinction Is
urged.
Pensions,
The veterans Of the civil war have q
claim upon the nation such as no othci
body 81 our citizens possess. The pen
sion bureau has mover in It's history bcet
managed en- more satisfactory mannci
than Is now the case
Indians
The progress % the Indians toward civ
| ilizatiou though not rapid IS perhaps al
that could bc hoped Tor 800 view ~ th'
circumstances n d commonly declared
that tho slow advance 81 tho Indians d
due 90 the unsatisfactory character 81
the men appointed 20 take immcdAt,
charge ~ them. and 90 some extent ms,
ia true while the standard % the en-
pluNna tn the Indian service shows grru
Improvement over that ~ bygune years
md while actual corruption or nneran
dishonesty % now the rare exception. q
is nevertheless thr fact that the salnric,
paid Indian agents are not large enough
/ 90 attract the best men 10 that field o.
work 10 achieve satisfactory RESULT
the official Ga charge ~ an Indian trlb'
should possess The high qualification
which are Required in the manager 81
large business. but only iu oNccptonn
cases n II possible 10 secure men 81 rucl
a type Tor these positions.
Postal Service.
IN the pnst3tlCa Department the scrv
ive has increased in efficiency and con
dluoua as 10 revenue and cxpcnditur
continue satisfactory. The increase %
revenue during the year waH 80 1855. 1910
on GO per cent the total receipts amount
ing 10 Sit3 N363fsf Tho expenditure
were fla2. 500. ll6.s0 ara Increase % nbOu
per cent over the prev i0us year bcinl
thus $500 aga86 ln excess of the cur
rent revenue. Included in these eXpcudi
lures waH total appropriation ~ tl2.
95G.Gg13 81 for the continuation and tvtcu
sion % the rural free delivery service
which was an Increase ~ 81. Q02 131 q
over the amount expended for this rur
pose in the preceding fiscal year. lArg
us this expenditure has been The bench
cent results attained in extending a.
free distribution 90 mails 20 the resident
90 rural districts have justified the wis
dom ~ the outlay Statistics bTOuEh
down 20 tho ist - October. 1904 hhoy
/ that on that date there were 21lgS rufu
routes established serving approximate
nO0. 900 81 people iu ruul districts rc
/ mote from ihalNlIl1fA4 anu NNaAt kNcf
were pending at that time g $50 petition
for the establishment ~ new rural routes
Internationally some pait ~ the genera
increase ln receipts is due 60 the in
creased postal facilities which the uu
service has afforded The revenues hnv
also been aided greatly hy amendment
iu the classification 90 mail matter. AM
, the curihiimcnt 90 abuses 90 tho second
, class mailing privilege Tho average ln
, crease in the volume ~ mail matter ~
the period beginning with 1909 ana end
, ing June. 1905 tthnt portion Tor 1905 De-
ing eatimAtpdi ia toli pcr cent as com
pared with 2s 90 per cent fof the perio
immediately preceding and 1899 for th
fpur-year period immediately preceding
that
The message hero points out th
need for Improvement IN our consula
system. advises the creation Of NO
tIonal art gallery and suggests Ia
enactment az a national quarantln
law.
EHrava0anee IN Printing.
I call tour attention tn the great fx
tfntaFhuto u printing and binding gov
cfumrHt publications nnd especially q
the fact that altogether too many d
these publications are printed There /