Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-01-04
Delegations to Unite in Effort to Pre-,
vent Carrying Out Of Plan.
TWO IN NEBRASKA ON THE LIST
Conference with Secretary Garfield is
Set for Monday.
TIME FOR DITCH CONTRACTORS
Delay In Securing Material and Ina
bility Go Hire Labor During tee
Summer Cause of Failure 90
Have IL Done on Time.
CFrom a staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-tspccidl Tcle-
gram)-An alliance Of delegations in con-
gress from public land states may be cx-
pected I'm the near future to resist the
policy Of the Interior department in con-
soldating public land offices
Following the general policy Of cutting
down expenses wherever possible and con-
soldsting the land offices in certain dis
tricts which have about completed the
business for which they were established
Secretary Garfield authorized the general
inspection Of all land offices in the public
land states with view Of disseminating
those not needed. AS a result Of this In
spection Nebraska was raked with a fine
tooth comb and a report filed which con-
templated the abandonment OF at least
two of the land districts in that state,
Broken Bow and ONcil In several let
ters from the commissioner of the general
land office to. Secretary Garfield the fol-
lowing memoranda has been obtaned:
That such part Of the Broken Bow land
district lies west of the range line he
tween ranges % and 26la west be trans
| ferred TO the Alliance district and the re-
mainder to the Lincoln district This would
discontinue the Broken Bow office and
throw out John Reese, register. aud Darius
NJ. Amsberry. receiver that all OF the
with the Lincoln land district which would
separate from the service Brantley Il.
Sturdevant, register and Sanford Parker.
receiver.
other Lands shifted,
Not content with these recommendations
another letter has gone to the secretary
recommending that townships is to 70
north, ranges 46 to IS west, should be de-
tached from the North Platte land district
and attached to the Alliance land district
in order to bring all lands under the North
Platte reclamation project situated I'm Me-
braska within one land district. John II.
Evans is register and William II. c, Wood
hurst receiver Of the North Platte land
district.
As outlined by The Bees correspondent
yesterday the Nebraska delegation does
not propose to submit 10 these changes
without the strongest possible protest, for
they realize that notwithstanding the re-
port of the inspector hundreds OF home
steaders will be affected and 100000 acres
of land more IL involved in the project
of consolidation. Following up their de-
termination to have n straight hearing be-
tween Secretary Garfield and representa-
tlves of the land department the Nebraska
delegation has arranged for a conference
with Secretary Garfield at 1890 Monday
morning.
More Time for Bridge Company,
An extension of time of ninety days
has been granted the Canton Bridge COM
pany Of Kansas City, Mo, In which 10
complete its contract for the building OF
structures on the interstate canal North
Platte irrigation project, in Nebraska. Tho
scarcity and low efficiency OF labor and
extreme difficulty I'm securing transporta-
tion of materials rendered the prompt
erection of the structures impossible. Tho
original contract called for the completion
OF the work December 81, 1907.
Messrs. Byal & Co, OF Mitchell
Neb.. have also been granted an extension
| of time to June next I'm which to CompletS
their contract for the erection of structures
on the interstate canal This work would
have been completed January but for the
unfavorable conditions above stated
Brown Goes to Annex.
Senator Brown goes to the senate am
mex a building across the capital plaza,
known as "Maltby," and considerably
| against his will be II said He had hoped
to remain in his location I'm the senate
terrace, but Senator Bourne, ir. of Ore
gon succeeded to the fisheries commit
tee and in consequence Brown has to move
out of the capitol 10 the annex, where
he will have two splendid rooms. light
|
over the dingy rccesses OF the capitol.
Minor Matters at Capital.
Elmer II. Wood of the Union Pacific
Is i'm Washington
r. E. Boyd of Rapid City, S. D.. arrived
in Washington today. Upon the recon-
mendation of Representative Parker of
Deadwood, Mr.. Boyd has secured an ap-
pointment as a member Of the United
States capitol police force.
j. II. Weise OF South Omaha was the
lowest bidder today for the erection Of tho
public building at Albuquerque n. NJ, at
100000.
Rural route No. . has been ordered es-
tabllshed March 2 at Wolbach, Greeley
county, Nebraska, serving $50 people and
95 families.
Iowa postmasters appointed: Dillon,
Marshall county Svend II. ~Hager, vice
NJ. l.. Rhinehardt, resigned; Navan,
Winneshiek county, Charles Lawrence,
vice Hugh Lawrence, resigned.
The First National bank or Adel, Ia,
has been authorized to begin business
with $4,000 capital J. w. Russell Is
president; d. A. Blanchard, vice presi-
dent, and William Roberts cashier.