The Lamar register., 1904-03-09

resentative, has been appointed on the
immigration and naturalization. pat
ents, and mines and mining commit
tees.
Upon the motion of Solicitor General
Hoyt Congressma Robert w. Bonynge
of Denver was admitted to practice be-
fore the Supreme Court of the United
States.
The House in committee decided by
unanimous vote to fix the minimum
rates which may be charged in the DIS
trict of Columbia for telephone service
or for telephones in private residences
at $25 to $50 per annum.
The statement of the coinage executed
in the mints of the United states dur
| ing February shows a total of 1898
$40 pieces. The gold coined amounted
| to S35, ,6O3, 500; silver. 81, 10000; minor
coins. s22.35O. This coinage includes
| 9,545,OOO pieces for the Philippines
government.
| Commercial Agent Greener at Nlad-
| livestock cables the State Department,
through Ambassador McCoEmick. that
| he is making every effort TO relieNe
| the Japanese subjects in that CITY, ac'
cording to his instructions from me
department. 1t is probable that ms
facilities will be enlarged by the ue
partment.
A bill has been introduced IN con
gress setting aside tract OF lahu III
| the Akron, Colo, land district as "a
public park. The movement was start
| ed by the Beecher's Island Memorial
Association. which is desrous oil
making a park of this land and-erect-
ing a monument thereon in commemo
ration of memorable battles between
scouts and frontiersmen and Indians.
The consideration of the bill for the
regulation of Philippine shipping by
the Senate resulted in the adoption OF
| Mr.. Allison's amendments deferrinB
until July l. 1905. the time when the
portion of the bill requiring that mer-
chandise from the United States Tor
the Philippines shall be carried only
| in American vessels shall go into ei-
| feet.
President Roosevelt has had several
| conferences with senators and repre-
| sentatives in the Congress VINO are IN
lerested in the proposition to create
new states. 1t is understood TO be the
Presidents solution of the problem
| that two new states be created. one
from Oklahoma and the Indian Terri
/ tory and one from the territories OF
| New Mexico and Arizona.
Senator Gallinger has introduced
| bill increasing the salaries OF the exc
cutive officers of the government. and
also of senators and members oil the
House of Representatives. The bill
fixes the following scale: President
| SIS 900: vice president $l5,OOO; speak
er of the House of Representatives,
| $i2,0 ,0O0 members Of the cabinet, Sl5'-
900 each: senators and members ot
the House, SIS, coo each. The bill pro-
| Ha
effect March 4, 1905.
Both houses have passed the bill TO
legalize applications and final proofs
for entering public lands in cases
| where PAPERS were executed before Of
! tcers outside of the land districts
\ in which the lands sought to
he entered were located. This
law will afford relief to num-
eious settlers upon public lands
who through inadvertence have not
| complied with the technical provisions
of the statute requiring all papers re
lating to entries TO be executed in the
land district containing the land.
Senator Elkins has introduced bill
I. appropriate $4,000 for the publi-
cation of a railroad map of the United
States, under the direction of the Ge-
ological Survey. The map is to be
about 16hx1O feet, and the scale of
miles will be sixteen miles to the
inch. It will show all the railroads in
the United States, giving their exact
| location. the principal railroad sta
tions. and all state and county lines.
The first edition will number loo. and
| will be prepared for full-sheet or folio
use.
The engineering supervisor of In
dian schools, Mr.. Pringle. recently at
inr the water and sewerage for the
proposed new Indian school at San
| Juan, has completed his work there
and has been ordered to Grand juno
tion Colorado. At Grand Junction he
| Is to investigate the situation as to
/ needs for a new heating and ventilat-
| ing system for the Indian school
buildings at that point. The Indian
bureau has to its credit $1,000 to In
stall a new heating and ventilating
plant at Grand Junction.
The census bureau has issued pre-
| liniinary report on the production or
crude petroleum in the United states
| during the calendar year 1902. 1t
shows a total product of s9.275.302
| barrels of forty-two Gallons each. val
ned at s71 1897 ,739. against 81, ,163 ,513
| barrels. valued at $26. .963, $40, as re-
| Dcrted by the eleventh census which
| covered the year 1889 The report
! shows that in 1902 there were 1851
wells. 20, ,522 operators. 3033 sdlaried
employees drawing an aggregate OF 81
$50 .7Gs and 1852 wage earners,
| drawing sl3,242.3G1. The cost of sup
nIies and materials was s17,7S1,512.
miscellaneous expenses. s15.s11. .72G
and cost GT contract work s12.9S6,631.
In the United States Supreme Court
cn order has been issued for the re-
lease of John Turner on bail, and set
| ting the hearing of his case by the