The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-03-10
ADOPTED BY STRICTLY PARTY
VOTE, WITH BUT ONE
EXCEPTION.
WILL GO TO THE HOUSE AT ONCE
Only One Vote Against the Measurs.-
Vote ls 50 to 20, Follow.
Ing Long De-
bate.

practically upon party lines, the sen-
ate at the close Of the third session Of
the legislative day of March 3, passed
the administration postal savings bank
bill. s$
OF the 72 votes cast, so were in favor
of the bill and % against. All the
negative votes were cast by Demo-
Gratis, wen MI. McEnery, who had vot,
ed with the Republicans throughout
the consideration of 'e bill, in the
end lining himself VI with his own
party. Senator Chamberlain of Ore.
gon, was the only Democrat who stood
bill.
As it goes to the house, the bill au.
thorizes the various money order post.
offices to accept sums Of n dollar or
more from %depositors and to deposit
these sums In the local banks, where
the money is to remain unless with,
drawn by the president In case of war
or other exigency. In case of this
withdrawal the funds are to be invest.
ed in government securities, but with
the proviso that such securities shall
not draw less than IA per cent inter.
est. The control of the funds is vested
in a board of trustees composed of the
postmaster general, the secretary Of
the treasury and the attorney general
/: The aggregate, balance allowed to
any depositor is $500 and no person in
any one month may deposit more than
one hundred dollars. The government
is required to pay two per cent interest
and must exact not less than ~ per
cent from the banks, the extra quarter
of one percent being required for the
payment, of expenses and losses.
3 It is calculated that such a Law
would bring much money out of hidins
and result in a fund ranging all the
way from $500, 900, 900 to 81, 600, 900, 900.
Berthold~land Opening Favored.
Over a. million acres will be thrown
open for settlement in the Fort Bert.
hold Indian reservation by the Hanna
bill which the Indian affairs committee
voted favorably. Aside from opening
an immense tract of the valuable In,
dian land in North Dakota, the Hanna
bill contains a number of features
which carry out the new conservation
policy of the government.
In the first section of the bill It ia
provided that the land shall be ex.
amined by the geological survey and II
any Of it Is found to contain coal OF
other minerals, the secretary of the in,
terror is to reserve it for allotment and
distribution until congress shall pro,
vide for its disposition. In the event
that any mineral land is allotted to the
Indians they are to relinquish title in
it and select some other portion of the
reservation. The establishment and
maintenance of a model farm for the
instruction of Indians in farming is
provided for by setting aside a tract
Of $40 acres and an appropriation Of
$4,000 to purchase machinery and
erect buildings upon the farm. The
management and control of the farm
is to be under the supervision Of the
commissioner of Indian affairs.
Ten lots in each townsite are to be
set apart for a school, a park and other
public purposes. This is an entirely
new feature in land legislation and, It
is thought, will result in the establish.
ment of q park system in all the towns
located in the reservation. There is
also q provision by which the ruins Of
old Fort Berthold and the Indian burial
grounds are to be reserved.
Indian Census Easier.
The gradual diminution of the In.
dams suspicious Of the white mans
institutions will make 1t possible for
the census of all the Indians in the
United States to be taken directly by
the enumerator of the census office
this year, instead of in greater part by
the agents of the Indian service.
The enumerators will begin their
work among the Indians on April Is.
The estimated number Of redmen IL
100000.
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