Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-16
LAND OPENED TO SETTLERS
Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Acres
Available Near Rapid City.
BESSEY FOR SMITHSONIAN SECRETARY
Bill in Lower House of Congress Pro-
vidiRE for Sale of Land on the
Lower BruIe Reservation
in south Dakota.
(From a STAR correspondentl

WASHINGTON, March 15.-T(Special Tele-
gram. 1.-The secretary OF the interior has
vacated the departmental order of June 3,
1903 withdrawing $4,000 acres of public
land in South Dakota, in the vicinity of
Rapid City, in connection with the Box
Elder irrigation project. 1t is said a
considerable number OF homeseekers from
Nebraska are DESTROYS OF taking up home
steads in that county. The restoration of
this tract was made upon the solicitation
of Representative Martin OF South Dakota.
This land. while restored to settlement,
does not become subject to entry filing or
selection under public land laws until ninety
days after notice by such publication as
the commissioner may prescribe.
Bessey Mentioned for HOnOrs.
The Washington friends of DR.. C. e.
Bessey of the Nebraska State university
are urging his appointment as secretary
Of the Smithsonian institution, to succee.
the late Dr. Langley.
The lowest bidder for the installation OF
the heating apparatus in the new public
building at ogden. Utah, was the Iowa
Manufacturing company of oskaloosa, Ia
their bid being $s,sH.
Postal Matters.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska
Cozad. route 3, David N. Atkins carrier,
May Nellie Atkins substitute; Hoskins,
route 2. George o. Colt carrier, William
F. Colt substitute; Milford, route 3, Ed
ward s. Klein carrier, Roscoe r, Carr sub
stitute, Iowa-Bode, route q John c.
Haugen carrier, Carl Haugen substitute:
GlenwoOd, route 4. Harley E. Bromwell
carrier. Annie NJ. Bromwell substitute:
Hinton, route T. Frank V. Bennett carrier.
Bart Luce substitute; Inwood. route 2.
! Gustav A. Anderson carrier, Elon w. Lane
substitute; Iowa City, route 3, William II.
Forsythe carrier, Harry T. Hagenbuck sub
stitute; Iowa City. route 5, Lloyd w.
| Porch carrier, Flora b. Porch substitute;
Jamaica. route 2, Clinton F. Morris carrier,
Roscoe Sawyer substitute; Modale. route 2
William A. PARCEL CARRIE. Lewis e. Boyd
| substitute; Moulton, route 4. Charles A,
Yates carrier, Austin H. Yates substitute;
Sioux Rapids. route l, Henry ]. Ackley car
rier, Silas ID. Ackley substitute. South
Dakota-Mansfield. routes / and 2 Benja-
min w. siebrasse carrier Chris siebrasse
| substitute.
Rural routes ordered established May
Iowa-Jackson county, Andrew. route /
population go. houses 70; Bellevue. routes
T. IS and 6, population 1854. houses 266
Iron Hnl. route l, population go; houses 20
Maquoketa, route 6. population 1858. houses
80; Miles, route 2 population 26O, houses s.
sabula, route ?, popula ton SS4. houses 90.
Complete rural delivery service in Boz
HOmme county, South Dakota. has beer
ordered effective May l. 1906. The tota
number OF routes In the county will b'
| eighteen.
Upon the recommendation OF Congress
man Norris. DIR. J. w. Mitchell has beer
appointed pension examining surgeon a
Superior, Neb.. vice william Foster. re
signed
DR.. Leslie Lamb has been appointed pen
sion examining surgeon at Sigourney, Ia.