The Holly chieftain., 1910-01-14
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Wyoming has been allotted four ap-
pointments of clerks in the census
bureau and has five applicants who
successfully passed the examination.
All Of the Wyoming APPLICANTS are
women.
The department Of Agriculture Is
making fight against bleached flour.
Its use is not defended by the bakers.
but by the manufacturers OF bleach
ing machinery, who are said to have
raised fund of 100000 to defeat the
governments contention as regards
its injurious effects.
A senatorial party including Sena-
tors Clark of Wyoming, Hepburn of
Idaho. Carter and Dixon of Montana.
returned few days since from hol-
iday visit to Panama. All express sat
isfaction with the progress of work
on the canal and say they will sup
port liberal appropriations for its
speedy completion.
Representative Rucker has filed
with the secretary of the interior
charges against Special Agent R. T.
Anderson of the general office, pre-
ferred by John G. Abbott, clerk OF
Yuma county, Colo. Abbott charges
that Anderson broke into his house
September 1st, 1909. and ransacked
its contents.
The house public lands committee
favorably reported Representative
Martins bill granting leaves of alb.
sence to homesteaders on account OF
the inclement weather in North and
South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and
Utah. The bill provides that home
steaders may have three months
from the date Of its passage in which
to make settlement on their entries.
Clifford Pinchot, forester and init
mate friend of Theodore Roosevelt,
was dismissed on the 7th inst. from
the service Of the United States by
President Taft for insubordination
Associate Forester Overton w. Prics
and Assistant Law Officer Alexander
G. Shaw, Pinchot's immediate assist
ants in the forestry bureau, followed
their chief out of the government en-
ploy.
The coming fourth Pan-American
conference, in Buenos Ayres in July
is occupying the attention Of officials
of the state department and others in
terested in the meeting. The United
States committee has elected Mai
Gen. George w. Davis. United States
army retired, as one of its members
and appointed committee to urge
upon Congress the necessity for ar
appropriation for the proper partici
patton of the United States.
A bill introduced by Senator Mel
son, chairman of the public lands
committee, directs the secretary of tn.
interior OF classify the public lands into
eight es-agricultural, irrigable
dry farming, timber, coal, mineral
national forests and water power. u
provides for disposition of each class
as follows: Agricultural by home
stealing only; irrigable, by operation
only of the national reclamation anc
Carey act dry farming, by the en-
larged homestead act; timber land,
shall not be sold and the timber the,
contain shall be sold to the highes
bidders and the proceeds divided be
tween the states and the nationa
reclamation fund; mineral lands shall
be opened to prospecting and pur
chase practically as at present; Goa
lands shall not be sold, and the coal
oil. asphaltum and phosphate they
contain shall be disposed of by lease
forest lands shall be retained in ma
tional forests and water power land.
shall not be sold. but shall be LEASED
for periods and rates determined BY
the interior department