The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-07-20
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C,ass county S. D.. indicate gain or only three
people in the county outside OF Fargo. The SHOW
ing is disappointing. The western Tier OF toWn-
ships held their own or made gains, put the
eastern side of the county showed decrease
The city of Fargo will show an increase ct some
thing over $1,000 The chief cause OF the Ack OF
gain Is due to the fact that lot OF Cass county
farmers have gone to the northwestern part Oh
the state and to Canada during the past nve years.
Several families have removed from nearly
every township. Their lands were purchased
largely by remaining farmers, and no new 1'unl
lies arrived to take the place OF those removing.
Reports received at the Office of the admins
tration of isthmian canal affairs show that on
June there was a grand total OF 9,7O2 persons
employed In canal work on that date. Ihere
were zoos in the department Of government ana
sanitation of whom 371 were gold employees
those paid in United States money and having
certain perquisites). practically all OF whom are
Americans and 1694 Silver" employees (those
paid in pesos, or native Panama dollars and not
having these perquisites) practically all OF wnom
are natives of the isthmus or the adjacent west
Indian islands. In the department OF engineer
ing and construction there 1882 employees, OF
whom 1872 were gold" and practically all Amer
icans and 6515 silver" employees, practically all
being natives Of Panama
The frauds in Indian Territory have partially
come to light in spite Of all the efforts to sup
press them When President Roosevelt sent a
special commission down Lnere 10 investigate
charges that had been made he could ind nothing
but few Irregularities but the grand jury which
has been investigating at Ardmore has discovered
enough evidence to indict quite Il number OF gov
eminent officials On June Is indictments were
found for alleged 81 100000 frauds in connection
with the government of the Chickasaw nation,
against the following persons: w. T. Ward, dep
uty district clerk and treasurer OF the Chicka-
saws d. S. Johnston, governor OF the Chick
asaws; P. S. Moseley former governor of the
oIa
shal; Kirby Purdom, banker who is alleged to
have absconded; Mansfield, McMurray & Cornish,
the law firm acting as attorneys for the Chicka-
saws. The indictments are based on the charge
OF reissuing school and general fund warrants
of the Chickasaw nation, and it is said that all
OF $100O,OOO were obtained in this manner. The
fraudulent warrants are held by bankers of Jop-
lin, Kansas City and st. Louis.
At time when forestry is engaging more
and more the attention and the study of people
in this country, it is interesting to see what has
been done in this direction by other countries In
her book on Picturesque Burma" Mrs. Hart
gives some new and interesting facts in regard
to the growth and protection of the lakewood.
! IL comes to maturity in about eighty years. and
attains girth of from twelve to sixteen feet, with
! q bole of eighty to ninety feet. Splendid tmbers
| sixty feet in length and as much as twenty-four
inches square are frequently shipped from Maui
main. The wood is of light brown color. Among
It's valuable qualities it contains a Tesinous oil
which preserves iron from rust and resists the
action of water well of insects. 1t is quickly
seasoned and easily worked and from its
'bined strength elasticity and endurance is
sidered to be the most valuable timber for ship
building in the world. The tree comes to perfec-
ton on the southern and western slopes of the
! hill forests where it is exposed to the rays of
powerful sun. 1t does not grow on northern
slopes. The trees are not found I'm large numbers
] together in the same area, the proportion being
generally teak to every 500 other trees or, in
the so-called teak forests, one to every 300. The
teak is of rather rapid growth and in eight years
!. It reaches height Of twenty-five feet or more.
The leaves very large and have been COM
pared by Oriental writer's to elephants ears. They
are from ten to twenty inches in length and from
eight to sixteen in breadth. The tree is decidu-
ous It seeds at the end of the rainy season. The
seeds are contained in hard shell, and owing to
j the lateness of the season when they are matured