The Springdale news., 1906-01-12

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 James R Garfield nra,,o e,nrt ,ha 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 lses special report soon on ell.
 Largest Map of United States.
 A bulletin of the American Geo graphical society announces that Hen " Gannett. geographer of the geo graphical survey. has nearly completed q map of the United States which will measure about sixteen feet fn width and ten or eleven feet in height This map will show contours of elevation so that We shall he able To recognize the surface forms of the country very definitely. II is drawn on the scale of l to .000.0 .0e0-tha k. one inch on the map will represent about los niles on the earths surface. IL 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 hy the International Geographical con gress
 Government May Build Railroads.
 Governor General Wright of the Phil ippines. who k now in this country on 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 ue thinks these railroads will help along the development of the island and thas make self government q possibility. Wireless Records Broken.
 On Christmas day the wireless teIe graph station al the Washington navy ward succeeded in obtaining unbroheu messages from Guautanamo, at the southeastern end 0f the island of Cuba. This is thought to make q neW record for the governments wireless service. the distance heinz H5ea miles.
 More Troops Near China.
 The war department k preparing to send two regiments of infantry the First and Second and tw" batteries the Eighteenth and Thirteenth to the Philippines. The First infantry will sail from New York for Manila Feb l and the Second and the two batteries on the same day from San Francisco. The usual custom of withdrawing all 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 ill the far east as soon as possible in the an- ticipation of more antiforeign uPrisiugS in China
 Cattle Fees Are Just.
 President Roosevelt has approved the course Of Secretary Wilson IH eStab= fishing new SCI Of rules for inc graz ing af horses and cattle OH government reserves. which went iata effect Jan. l. The fees are expected L. keep 1he lands especially for the small sfockmen who actually tire in the Heiehhorhood as against the millionaire eattIemeu.
 Work Of the Soil Survey.
 The soil survey of the department of agriculture has mapped 15.752. .320 acres of land during the past fiscal year. according 10 the annual report of the soils bureau Surveys were made in twenty ght states Rhode Island k 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 aikaH and it's removal or control: second the eastern farmer k chiefly concerned with the study of the adaptation of the proper crop to the proper soil. and third, with the maintenance CT restoration of the soil fertility.