Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-01-06


question whether insurance is inter-
state commerce He tells Of extensive
inquiries that have been made into the
beef, oil and steel industries and prom
ises a special report soon on oil.
Largest Map of United States.
A bulletin of the American Geo
graphical society announces that Hen
ry Gannett, geographer Of the geo
graphical survey, has nearly completed
a map of the United States which will
measure about sixteen feet in width
and ten or eleven feet in height. This
map viii show contours of elevation
so that we shall be able to recognize
the surface forms of the country very
definitely It is drawn on the scale of
/ to 1,000,O 00-that is, one inch on the
map will represent about 1873 miles on
the earth's surface. 1t will show every
town of Importance, almost all the rail-
roads, the navigable rivers to their
heads, the height Of many mountain
tops, etc. This map will form one part
of great map of the world on the
same scale which was recommended
by the International Geographical con-
gress.
Government May Build Railroads.
Governor General Wright of the Phil
ippines. who is now in this country on
a vacation, says that if the next bids
for the construction of railways in the
Philippines are not acceptable one Or
more of the important lines will be
constructed by the government He
thinks these railroads will help along
the development of the island and thus
make self government possibility.
Wireless Records Broken.
On Christmas day the wireless tele-
graph station at the Washington navy
yard succeeded in obtaining unbrolSen
messages from Guantanamo, at the
southeastern end Of the island of Cuba.
This is thought to make a new record
for the governments wireless service,
the distance being 1,500 miles.
More Troops Near China.
The war department lis preparing to
send two regiments OF infantry-the
First and Second and two batteries
the Eighteenth and Thirteenth to the
Philippines. The First infantry willsail
from New York fer Manila Feb. and
the Second and the two batteries Oh
the same day from San Francisco. The
usual custom of withdrawing an equal
number of troops from the Philippines
is not followed, and the presumption is
therefore that the government feels the
necessity of getting large force in the
far east as soon as possible in the an
ticipation of more antiforeign uprisinSs
in China
Cattle Fees Are Just.
President Roosevelt has approved the
course of Secretary Wilson in estab-
fishing new set OF rules for the graz
ing Of horses and cattle ON government
reserves, which went into effect Jan. l..
The fees are expected TO keep the lands
especially for the small stockmen who
actually live In the neighborhood as
against the millionaire cattlemen.
Work Of the Soil Survey.
The soil survey Of the department Of
agriculture has mapped 1852, 800
acres of land during the past fiscal
year, according to the annual report of
the soils bureau. Surveys were made
in twenty-eight states. Rhode Island Is
the first state in the Union Of which
complete survey has been made.
The maps show the different kinds
of soil which occur in each area. The
report says that the work during the
past eight years shows the three great
agricultural problems now are: First,
the western farmer is chiefly concern
ed with the presence Of alkali and its
or control; second, the eastern
farmer is chiefly concerned with the
study of the adaptation Of the proper
rrOr ff, the proper soil and. third with