The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27
Federal ID / |. SOLD / !. !.
TO STATE FOR SICK
Leech Lake Reserve for oonsump-
tiives : government Trades
j IS Land With Minneapolis.
4Ry w, w. Jermane.

Minnesota for a sanatorium for the
treatment Of consumption. The area Of
land is small, about forty acres, and
the state is required to pay slip per
acre for it. AS it is within the limits
Of the land which may be overlooked
provides that the federal government
shall not be liable for damages for such
Iowa Has Big Road Mileage.
Iowa had 102, 44S miles Of public. road
within it's borders in 1904, according
to a bulletin just issued by the road
surfaced with gravel, 29s with stone,
IA with brick and with shells, MAX
ing q total Of Its miles of improved
road The improved roads aggregate
only IT, per cent Of. the total, and
comparison Of mileage with population
shows that there was one mile of road
only Sone mile of improved road to
every 1865 inhabitants.:' = =
f.: The total expenditures for roads In
the year named was So, l06,607, - of
which 1914 JOG was derived from the
property tax and .$762, 5ol" from the
labor tag, estimating the labor~at $3.50
per day. The funds collected and ex-
pended for road. purposes amounted to
$30.32 per mile or $l.39 for each in
Ehabitant Of the state. ........$
Grazing Legislation Expected.
The forest. service, has, been SO sue
cessful in it's administration of the
forest reserves in permitting grazing
in them, under proper regulation, that
an agitation has been begun to secure
legislation looking to the use Of other
public land for grazing purposes. The
public land commission, in it's report
there are, 4o0,ooo,oOo acres Of unap-
propriated public land, outside forest
reserves, which has no present value
except for grazing. Under. existing laws
grazing Is wholly, unrestrained. Com
Imereial interests and the cattle interests
| have competed for its use, and the
| result has been abuse Of the range.
The commission reported that millions
! Of acres have been, oyergrazed, and
Fit was the suggestion Of the commits
| sion that bills providing for the use
Of the grazing lands, under proper re-
strictions,{ were introduced and are
now pending before the committees on
public lands In both houses Of congress.
It is proposed in; these bills to lease
Certain; areas Of grazing lands to cat
1 Clc duu. 6neop OWHoTS 4dC d Suldll
of the interior, and that the regula.
/ tons drawn in pursuance Of law should
limit the: number of cattle. on each
range. 81 ..&1 - i*s.Et
/ President Roosevelt endorsed this
proposition in his: last annual message
in which he said: : So Sttr::$
"The best use Of the public grazing
lands requires the careful, examination
L MI o6SA na - low do IN
der to give each settler land enough to
support Ills family and no more. While
this work is being done, and until the
Hands are settled, the. government should
take control Of the 4open: range. under
Ereasona BILE regulations suitable to local
needs, following, the general policy al
ready in successful operation on the for
est reserve. -. ~ 7.E - ,<s@@ieH
Vigorous prosecution Of cattlernen ani
Hands and for obtaining possession Of
+ grazing areas bys:means Of fraudulen1
/ entries viii, it Is, believed here, bring
.:Eabout a !: change Of sentiment in tn,
lgrazing states Favorable to the proposed
Legislation; and eventually alaw along
1.-The line suggested blythe president will
a be enacted by congrsss.sr;& :s.7o:;=
i Give Alaskabs Homesteads.
r. NaJ1ve 4AlaSkans are 10 III pc R1vel
8 homes, as the Indians in the Unite'
: signed a*.bill authorizing the secretar7
, Of the interior to allot 100 acres O.
Enon:mineral land. to any Indian or Els
kimo residing sin the territory, who i
the head of a family or 81 years Of age
The allotments are to be deemed tn
homestead Of the -allottees and thei
heirs in Perpetuity. and are to be in
' I:alienable and non-taxable until congress
Eshan otherwise direct; =, ~ ii q.
Il Open: Fort Shaw Reservation. :. !.
i A favorable report has been madesil
1.-THE senate on!a bill which. has: alraaa,
! passed the house, pTeYiaings l.Sfor i: th
4 opening of lands how embraced in sth
T + abandoned Fort Shaw military sressTYa
! ton in Montana !: The total; area 30
! the reservationsist 20 ,843 acres, Of Whicl
L $4,000 acres Is agricultural and the STe
/ mainder rough grazing land: The ap
! ricuItural lands are to be included In Til
ASuns river irrigation pref and Wi
| visions Of the reclamation act. @Tw
Fl thousand acres ofsthe agricultural land
/ are reserved for the F'orst Shaw India
:, school, which is. located on the resel
walton. u, >ss,;.2 x :. Ss . " 5>.E 8: .gss
= Swaps Land with City: ..
81 II a lengthy act which has Just bee
: approved BY the: president the secre
: tary Of war has been authorized to ez
change several parcels Of land in Mir
y neapolis FOR others now. held by tn
: city. The city owns a small tract pea
the locks and dams which is desired b
!" the government in connection with til
!, work now going on there, and the, GOV
: eminent has one or two pieces furthe
! up the river which the. park boar
:. wants for, inclusion in the West Sid
j driveway. The exchange couldn't b
: brought about except by approval %
: congress. SO Representative Fletcher in
; troduced a. bill and sent it along it
, way thru, both houses and to- final az
prevail by the president: = +,
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