Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
GAMBLE GETS BILL THROUGH
Measure for Land Office at Belle
Fourche Goes to President.
OTHERS HELD UP BY KTTTREDGE
COnEressman Hinshaw Makes an Eff
fort to Hurry Up the Fairbury
and Beatrice Public Build
ing Plans.
CFrom a staff cOrrespondent.l

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WASHINGTON. Feb. Especial Tele-
gram)-senator CANDLES bill providing
for the creation OF a new land district at
Belle Fourche. s. D., passed the senate to-
day. The bill passed the house Saturday
and will now go TO the president for APP
prevail.
Senator Gamble today called up for
consideration his bill for the creation
of the Lebeau land district and also the
bill to open to white settlement certain
lands in the Rosebud Indian country
lying In the eastern and northern part of
this Indian reservation. Senator Kilt
redge. however, objected to the present
consideration. of these two bills and they
went over without prejudice to be called
up at some subsequent date by Senator
Gamble.
Indians visit white House,
Senator Gamble this morning accompa-
MED Hollow Horn Bear. Quick Bear,
Stranger Horse. John Colombo. the latter
having with him his daughter, Louise.
Eagle Horse and Daniel Good Voice of
| the Rosebud Sioux, and Iron Lightning
of the Cheyenne river agency, to the
White House and presented these Indians
to President Roosevelt. The president ex-
pressed himself as greatly pleased to meet
his red brethren from South Dakota and
quite a lengthy pow-wow occurred, which
seemed to be eminently satisfactory to all
concerned.
Senator Gamble has recommended Will
liam Pehring to be postmaster at NAL
colin, Lancaster county, S. D., to succeed
Charles w. Washington, resigned.
Hinshaw Has a Problem.
Representative Hinshaw has a problem
on his hands to solve for Fairbury and
Beatrice. regarding public buildings in
these cities.
Today Hinshaw had a conference with
Supervising Architect Taylor and with
some results, although not what he had
expected. In the omnibus bill of 1896 York
was given a public building, which is now
nearly completed, and yet in that same
bill nearly sixty projects have not been
commenced. In the omnibus public build
ing bill Of 1908 there were 800 projects
authorized, none of which have ever been
attempted on the part of the supervising
architect. 1t will be late summer before
Fairbury is reaced while Beatrice will go
along without any regard TO the amount
asked for to purchase additional land on
the theory that with the completion of the
| plans there will be money enough to give
it the additional floor space required.
Mr.. Hinshaw was told that notwithstand-
ing the duplication of plans for government
buildings throughout the country, there
was but a sa ving of 80 per cent i'm retracing
Of blue prints, and fitting small buildings
to occupy the limited space, adding largely
to the work of the architects office. There
will be a public. building bill at the present
session of congress but IL will carry nc
new projects, its object being to correct
some inaccuracies which crept into the
last bill. 1t may be amended somewhat In
the senate and the additional land desired
by Beatrice undoubtedly will be authorized
when the bill reaches the upper branch
Minor Matters at Capital.
Representative sHinshaw accompanied
Ralph ID. Brown. Of Crete. to the White
House and introduced him to President
Roosevelt. Upon motion of Senator Brown
Ralph d. Brown was admitted to prac.
tice. before the supreme court.
Colonel James A. George, of Deadwood
S., D., is in Washington upon business be.
fore the Interior department.
A. r. Talbot. of Lincoln. head of the
Modern Woodmen of America, is in the city
and tonight delivered an address at Odd
Fellows hall before five camps of the
order. Senator Burkett was also present
at this meeting and made an address.
Thomas L. Sloane, of Fender, is in Wash
ington, interested in a case in the supreme
court.
Nebraska postmasters appointed: Asy-
lum. Lancaster county, d. S. woodward,
vice ]. T. Hay, resigned; Pembroke,
Cherry county, Charles w. Fisher, vice ].
Hittle, resigned; Wheeler. Wheeler county,
William A. Summers, vice F.. A. Grout,
resigned.