The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-11-12
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial to the Record)

Ex-PreSldent Roosevelt attended
gathering of prominent southern bust
ness men at Atlanta the other ay
dand took occasion to praise the mov
ment by the Southern Commercial
congress to boom the south. 1t has
been source of wonder for long
time to many persons that the south
has not made more rapid material
progress. With the wealth lavished
on it by nature the south has been
land of neglected opportunity and
outsiders have scarcely known of the
advantages it has held for enterprise
and brains. Now that the entire
south has apparently united to secure
the development of it's latent re-
sources, there Is due for 1t one of the
greatest periods of progression any
part of this country has ever seen.
The south is rich and it's potential
tiles are almost beyond computation.
Its wise men have decided that it is
time that it was realizing larger re-
turns on its unknown capital
Indian affairs in Oklahoma
The secretary of the interior has
made trip to Oklahoma for the
purpose of investigating conditions
there. He denied, before leaving
Washington, that he intended to in
vestigate any particlar frauds. 1t
was his Intention, he said, to find out
by personal investigation what the
conditions were so that he could more
intelligently pass on matters affecting
the Indians. He took with him the
commissioner of Indian affairs.
The secretary probably was &C
curate when he said that he was
not bent on digging up any particular
scandal In Oklahoma. Nevertheless,
the conditions there have been worry
ing the interior department g great
deal Senator Gore merely called the
attention OF the public to this hotbed
OF corruption when just before ad-
journment last summer he told his
colleagues in the senate, and Incl
IDENTIFY the whole country also, that
an attempt had been made to br'be
him to connive certain Indian land
transaction. That congress strangel
forgot to appropriate money to carry
on the investigation it ordered was
partly responsible for the charge Of
Senator Gore failing to bring to light
whole truth In the matter of trans
action in Indian lands. The secrs-
IN vr Oh tr1 ,tee.t sxr,<x
has probably learned great deal
about the way that the Indians have
been robbed, and he may make some
recommendation to congress for the
safeguarding of those wealthy, but
very unbusinesslike wards of the
Nation. In fact, 1t Is not improbable
that the Secretarys trip may have as
important and far reaching influence
as the visit made by members of the
cabinet last summer to Alaska, which
has been crying out for some kind Of
home government. Whether or not
it be justified, there Is strong i'm
preston prevalent that Congress will
be urged by the president in his next
message to give Alaska a liberal form
of home government, and that the re-
strictions heretofore placed on the de-
velopment of the resources of Alaska
be removed.
Skilled Farm Experts in Demand
There is an increasingly attractive
field for young men skilled in differ
ent branches of farm management
and farm practice. This is made
strikingly apparent by the recent an
nouncement that the bureau Of
animal industry had asked the civil
service commission to hold an ex-
animation to secure eligibles for APP
pointment as animal husbandmen.
There. are vacancies worth 5000
$l,740 and $3.50 a year for men
qualified In the subject of feeding
and breeding sheep and goats. and in
the subject Of herdbook methods and
for men qualified in the subject Of
feeding and breeding horses. There
are other positions as good for men
who can qualify in feeding and breed
Ing beef cattle, feeding and breeding
hogs, feeding and breeding poultry.
stock farm management with special
reference to any section the appli-
cant may select, incubation and
breeding. packing storage and market
ing Of poultry and eggs, principles
animal nutrition, principles of ami
NAL breeding and husbandry literatur
and library work. The department
OF agriculture not only offers a field
fc- experts for these and other lines
for experts in these and many other
limos but is training up a class Of
young men who often find excellent
openings in private employment or in
the service Of foreign governments.
7horIum 4 Rare Mineral
Many strange and recently dis
covered minerals are playing an i'm
portaxt part in the Industrial affairs