Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-02-26

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district. pending an Investigation Of the
feasibility OF the establishment OF the
proposed Monterey forest reserve.
The House bill authorizing tho d.
rector OF the census to cooperate with
the state OF Michigan in taking the
census OF manufacturers OF that state
was passed by the Senate. The bill
Also provides for q like cooperation In
other states. -rl g.. H..
Announcement has been made at the
Navy Department OF the retirement AT
his own request OF Rear Admiral
Charles s. Cotton, commander-in-chiet
or the European station. He Will prob
ably be succeeded by Rear Admiral
French l.. Chadwick.
The President recently issued an eS-
ecutIye order reyoking those OF Presl'
dent Mckinley. allowing gifts from OF
ilcors OF the army and navy and tho
civic establishment In Porto Rico.
Cuba. the Philippines. etc. To be ad.
mittcd into the United States free OF
duty. The privilege had been abused
OF late.
The fertilization appropriation bill
was reported to the House on tho 10Th
inst. from the appropriations commit
tee. II carries total appropriation OF
S.l3i. 1872. which Is less by siti "a
than was appropriated for fortitcations
az the last session OF Congress. The
estimates on which the bill Is based
aggregates sci.5T3.i91.
The House committee on postoiiiccs
and postroads agreed to the report OF
u subcommittee raising the salaries
| OF rural free delivery carriers To n
maximum OF SEQ per nnnum. instead
Of 5000. as Mt present. The report
agreed to take away from such car.
rlcrr tho express and news agency
privileges which they now have.
Senator carmnck has introduced an
amendment to the bill regulating ship
ping trade between ports of the United
States and ports or places In the Phii-
ipplne archipelago. The amendment Id
for the purpose OF extending the time
u the application Of tho eoaStwlse laws
of tn. United States to tho Philippine
archipelago from July !. 1901. TO July
I. 1909.
Tho Indian appropriation bill aa
agreed on by the uoas. comlt;cc on
Indian Affairs carries a total OF $3.50
sil. based on estimates amoun,in. To
E.I3s. .:S:. The amount OF the last bill
was ss.5.i .5o5. For current expenses
the bill carries si.2.tO0: fulhllins
treaty obligations. f:.01s.s6t: sratui-
ties, S56s, 600: incidental expenses. sss.-
200: miscellaneous. t5i5.sss: schools.
s.. .5si .s6S.
Vie. President vaIlc of the Denver 6
Rio Grandc company. was given n hear
Ing by the House committee on Inter
state and foreign commerce In favor OF
n bill, cscmp,in. narrow gauge roads
from the application of the safety APP
pliancc law. insofar rs such law re-
quirca the use Of air brakes on loco
motives. Mr.. vailc wishes authority
to equip locomotives OF his road with
water brakes. using air for the remain.
der OF the train.
Several bills were introduced In the
Senate February goth for the increase
OF soldiers and sailors pensions In
case OF serious disability. Senator
Burrows proposed an Increase to SIS
month for the loss OF both legs or
deafness In both ears. Senator Hoar
proposed an increase to 500 month
| for total blindness and Senator Gall!n.
ger proposed an Increase to $50 a
month for all survivors OF tho Mexican
war.
Senator HanHbrough has introduced
a bill providing that In case Of unpcr-
fcctcd claims being included In n for.
and be entitled to receive paymcn, In
money of n sum to be agreed upon BY
the Interior Department and posses.
sion rciinquiShcd. after examination
and appraiscmCnt by officers OF the
department. II provides also that
hereafter forest reserves created shall
no, include land grants and that cS.
changes OF land shall only be for land
Of like character.
II the effort which Is being made in
| Congress to transfer the control of
the forestry reserves from the Depart.
mcnt OF the Interior to the Depart.
| mcnt OF Agriculture are successful. the
enormous area OF 60 .25i.ss acrcs now
included in the reserves will be placed
In charge Of clifford Pinchot. chief for
ester Of the Department of Agrlcul.
| turc. Mr.. Pinchot was deliberately cd.
ucatcd for the career of forester.
lie graduated from Yale in 1859, then
studied forestry in France, Germany.
| Switzerland and Austria. He worked
as a practical forester on the Wander
bilt estate at Biltmurc. North Carolina.
and became forester in the Depart
ment OF Agriculture in iS9s.
The House on the 18th instant
passed the Notifications appropria.
tion bill. The Philippine question was
the subject OF n brief but spirited dis
cusslon while the bill was under con.
sideration. An item in the bill pro-
vided for Notifications in the insular
| possessions. MIR. Smith (Dem., Ken.
tucky). proposed an amendment to
preclude the use Of any part of the ap.
preparations for fortiHcations in the
Philippines. holding that an expendi.
ture OF the sum necessary properly to
fortify the Islands was not warranted
/ until the future Of the archipelago
shall have been determined. A party
alignment on the proposition imme-
diately followed. MIR. Williams OF Mis-.
sissippi. the minority leader. taking up
the fight for the amendment. BY