Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28
FIGHT FOR IOWA TO Be WARN
FEiIblnks Fires First Gun in Campaign 10
Capture Hswkeys State,
FORAKER LIKEWISE SEEKS DELEGATION
Indications Are that Control viii
LIE with Cummins, whose
First Choice IL ROOse-
veu.
ORAKER LIKEWISE SEEKS DELEGATION
lFrom a star correspondentD

NFIom n bNdlL correspondent
WASHINGTON. April 27-Politios will
sizzle In the western states from this
time on The speech Of vice President
Fairbanks to the Grant club tonight at
Des Moines is regarded here as the first
gun In the campaign to capture Iowa for
the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash"
Fairbanks has many friends in the Hawk
eye state and his advent into the state
of Cummins, who is expecting the vice
presidential nomination on a ticket with
some eastern man, preferably Secretary
Taft, has a special interest. Then, too,
Senator Foraker has friends among the
old soldiers in Iowa, and altogether the
fight for the Iowa delegation will be warm
TO n degree.
With Fairbanks and Foraker fighting
one another, 1t seems safe guess that
Governor Cummins will control the Iowa
delegation primarily for Roosevelt, but
to be used for himself when the time
comes.
Senator Kittredge is on his way to
South Dakota with the Tart boom closely
wrapped in a small American nag which
he will let fly at the most convenient
time so that the movement for TAFT may
look as IL it was spontaneous outburst
Of the American people.
Leupp Leaves for West.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E.
Leupp leaves Washington tonight for an
| extended tour through the west, his OBJ
| jective point being San Francisco, in which
| city he expects to arrive June 1. Commits
sioner Leupp goes west principally to super
wise the opening Of bids and to award the
contracts for Indian supplies. Proposals
TO supply various articles for the Indians
/ for next year will be opened at St Louis,
Chicago and San Francisco The commits
sloner goes first to St. Louis, thence to Chi
cage, and then on a trip through the south
west en- route to San Francisco
! Commissioner Leupp said today that he
may stop I'm Omaha between trains, but OF
this he was not sure In speaking of the
Indian supply depot at Omaha, Commits
sioner Leupp had nothing to say but in
praise Of its operations. Everything lie
running smoothly at Omaha" said the COM
missioner
New Lnnd ONCE Instructions.
| The commissioner Of the general land
Office has issued instructions to the reg
listers and receivers of local land offices
| in the matter Of selection OF lands by
states and territories under grants for
! educational and other purposes. The new
/ instructions are a modification Of the In
structicns approved by the department
| January 10, 1906 Under the new regula-
lions states will be permitted to make in
demnity school land selections in lieu OF
fractional portions OF legal subdivisions.
which heretofore has been prohibited, and
! notice Of all selections made by the state
Is required to be published in a newspaper
OF general circulation in the county where
the lands selected are situated
Wyoming IrrIgstiOn Work
The secretary of -the Interior department
has executed contract with Johnson
Bros, of Lowell wyo,. for the construction
and com2letippl of tho work provided In
divisions numbering from nine to nineteen
Of the Garland canal and lateraIs OF the
shoshone irrigation project The work calls
for the excavation Of 119 miles OF canals
and such other work as may he necessary
for their completion. The contract amounts
to $1,000 and expires on April next.
The secretary Of the interior has also
executed contract with James Burton OF
Delhi Ia. for the construction and com
lures. Buford-Trenton irrigation project,
North Dakota. MT. Burton's bid was N32S2.
Miscellaneous Western Matters.
p ]: Corcoran OF Omaha, ]. NJ. Snowden
of Lincoln, A. ]. Clancy and Dolph Travers
of Sioux City have been appointed meat
inspectors in connection with the bureau
OF animal industry of the Agricultural de-
paFtment.
Iowa postmasters appointed: Dickens,
Clay county, James ]. Cairns vice w, W.
Culver. resigned; Iguray, Marshall county,
Ieona Melberg. vice ]. Melberg, deceased,