Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-30
ILLEGAL FENCING MUST STOP
Assistant Attorney General Rush to
Take UP the Campaign I'm
WyOmtng.


WARRINGTON. March 29.-(Special Tele-
gram ILLEGAL fencing Of the public domain
must be stopped. The Interior department
has issued this ultimatum and Secretary
Garfield is taking up the work Of Secretary
Hitchcock in the prosecution of every piece
OF land Illegally fenced belonging to the
public domain throughout the United
states, and there is to be no trucking over
conditions. Nebraska is not a marker to
the Illegal fencing that has been going on
in Wyoming where millions of acres have
been set apart by the men owning cattle
and sheep. There will be no let up in
bringing offenders to justice.
Assistant Attorney General Rush has
been ordered to Wyoming to look after
matters relating to the illegal fencing Of
public lands, and it is expected in Wash
ington that number Of very prominent
persons will be indicted by the grand jury
because of having used government lands
for their own purposes
Contractors are being invited by the
secretary Of the interior to submit pro
posals for the construction of lateral
bitches under the second division
of the interstate canal, North Platte irri-
cation project, in Nebraska and Wyoming
Contracts will be let for the construction
Of ia miles Of bitches in the vicinity OF
Mitchell and scott's Bluff, Neb The work
has been divided into small schedules in
order to enable local contractors with
small equipment to submit bids. The con
struction Of these bitches involves the ex-
cavation Of about $4,000 cubic yards OF
earth and 1900 cubic yards of loose and
solid rock. Plans, specifications and other
detailed information may be obtained from
officers Of the reclamation service al
Mitchell or at Crawford. Neb Bids will
be opened May 81, at Mitchell.
Senator Burkett today was advised by
the pension bureau that the following Ne
braskans have been granted pensions: G.
G. A. Moss, Pawnee City; John w. Rife
Sterling, $12 each; r. r. Huriel. Pawnee
City. SIS.
George e. Toby of Lincoln private sec.
retary to Senator Burkett, left Washing.
ton tonight for Coldwater, Mich, his wife's
home, and after several days visit with
her family will proceed home with Mrs
Toby. ....
arthur McFatridge, superintendent of the
Winnebago Indian reservation schools ir
Nebraska. is in Washington to confer witt
the Indian bureau upon general matters
.
Passed Assistant Surgeon c. E. Ryder
United States navy, has been detached
from duty at the navy recruiting station
In Omaha and ordered to duty on the bat
tleship Vermont.
Leonard d. Whitaker has been appointed
regular, and Jessie Whitaker substitut,
rural carrier for route 2, at Beividere
Neb.
Iowa rural routes ordered established
June /: Harper's Ferry, A1lamalkee county
route 2; population. sS6; families, eighty
four. New Albin, Allamal5ee county, rout,
8; population S2s; families. eighty-two
oakville, Louisa county, route 2 popuia
ton, 1s4; families, forfg-one.
Arthur w. Kellogg has been appointet
postmaster at Bradgate Humboldt county
Iowa, vice H. d. Smith, resigned.
Upon the recommendation of Congress
man Kennedy, DR.. w. t. Harris has beer
appointed pension examining surgeon a
Keosauqua, Ia, vice DR.. G. A. Craig.