Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-11

.dea Of preserVius the national domain
rom monopoiistic exploitation, with
drew ron entry vast tracts q land io-
along the western rivers ana
peculiarly adapted for furnishing ny
electric power. +
Tart Regime Brings Change.
When the Taft regime began, an"
replaced Garfield in the in
terror department. chief Forester PM
rhot. through his superior, Secretary
uf Inc department Of a~grieul-
lure. had been recommending To the
aepartm-mt for withdrawal as.
ranger sites small traets ia The public
domain outside OF thv forest reserves
There had been no difficulty under
Roosevelt administration, nut
The first lot of the proposed
Withdrawals. located in the states oi
Washington and oregon. reached Sec
r,tarp Balingef he refused 20 approve
them. saying sach action would ne al
ding To the forest ~reserves-a power
~exclusifelN 10y consress-ln those
This was the opening gun Secretary
Wilson took the matter - President
raft. %to referred it to Attorney Cen
er4t WicRersham, where % lay foF
ii finally WAS decided IN
of Secretary Balhnser.
PineIlot loses FIRST Round.
pinehot had lost the first round Of
battle. hut It was not Ions before ne
,,as agaIn engaged in conflict with
Secretary Ballinger over the ~pat"nung
nf claims in The national domain.
which happened to b" on forast rec
serves
n developed ia some mysterious
,,a, that Secretary %Baliinger. as soon
rs H. was installed in office began re-
storing to entry thousands ~ acres %
ths tracts which Secretary Garfield
Withdrawn under what the latter
considered the supervisory authority
.of the secretary al tie" INTERIOR AT.
.Baliinrer took the view that the sec
.%retarv of the interior had mo- such SUI
.pervisorv authority.
Although there We're frequent pro-
tests from the forestry service against
IN. course Of the secretary OF tht ma
terror Mr. Balnnser continued 70 re-
.sfors the Withdrawn tracts "a entry
Ianttt m August last. when the Claws
irhnrees in regard Ia the Cunningham
coal claims ia Alaska added fuel 20
1.-THE flames
Rich Coat Claims Involved.
Tho cunningham claims. near Ka-
Italia. Alaska. cnver thirty-thrcC coal
entries. comprising 5.2So acres. A re-
morn made hy the claimants experts
savs tftev contain more than o2. o0e 0VQ
Hons tons Of minablc COAL much tim
7 Der for mining purposes and water
falls Witch could furnish 5000 horsr'
mower available fer aaHlne. hAhtns
tnd working mines.
~rhsse claims had hsen uuder inNes'
iueatiou more than d y,ar WHOM thes
N.r. turned over to MIR CLAWS ehlei
Iof ia. u.la division OF thc land oftic.
lat Seattle. TOR Investigation.
sne.t.l Agent n q Jones nod as.
nortea tbat in his opinion the entries
we're suspicious and be- believed were
lfraudulentiy made ~ TIE Interest Fl
ifhe Guesenheim mining syTdic2t.
iEarly in January. lsNNi while 1itfi'
WAS inyastieaune the viaims tines
lwere clear listed Tor patent IN th'
Hand office ami CLAWS was iniormt'
oi that action.
CLAWS protested NJ once aeains.
ifhis cotton and thv clear listing 81
.iclsims VAS suspended while he wni
.@Iordtrr1 10 resume the INVESTIGATION
An 81 this time ANA up % the lattf'
tpart or March. 1s0S. the superior oi.
fficer of CLAWS was Richard Achilie.
Enlfnr.s- who vas commissioner o
Ithe ctneral land office nnder THE ad
ministinton of Secretary of tae 10
ftlrlor Garfield
EslIiuerr Heromc~ Interested.
som Nnrrh 3 lsns. BslinEer. tnel
comm ssioncr of tbs -sn,rai iani nl
.inr. had appeared hefer. the hnus'
rammftf.. On public lands 10 rotation
fta hB introduced hN nelegate CAP
.af ALASKA The Cals lli p~resiiel te'
.Eth,- faa-aHtlaiien of hsaa f.te entriC
|an tht Alaska coal lands
commissioner Baifnetf showed con
siderable familiarity with THE thirty
three entries an the Alaskan cna
lands tmhricirs $3.50 acres near m.
Etrinr river lea fle kataiia district
-fHr slIf er.at ~any ~ The eutrywtF
httam Involved 10 conditions -shil
nn th. ua office retor-s SHOW fecn.
ni0al ST. ttnn 80 the stttate aui D..
arzel ~laton permitting d trn
selfTliisa ~ che entries
TIRE ammIfec t-i~reuanlei HaIln'
c.r~ suggestion. hrt "a til ialraiu .
Ht ~retr Httoura ARA amended o..
fht sal-esiou el Secretary Sarnlia