Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-28
BILL BY GAMBLE GOES through
When Passed by House VIII Open
to settlement Eight Hundred
Thousand Acres I'm Rose
bud Reservation.
(Frorn a staff correspondent)

(Frorn a staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Jan. Z.-(Speclal Tele.
grem) )-Senator Gamble of South Dakota
today secured the passage through the
senate Of his bill opening lands in the
Rosebud reservation 70 homestead entry
This means that about 10000 acres win be
opened TO settlement in the event the bin
passes the house and becomes a law.
good-naturcd colloquy ensued during
the consideration OF the BILL IN which Sena-
tor Burkett very largely participated az
well Senators Gamble and Crawford OF
South Dakota, Gore of Oklahoma and Davis
Of Arkansas. It appears that Senator Bur
kett. filling engagements on the north
border nf Nebraska during the last open,
ing Of lands in South Dakota saw condi-
tions which gave him thenne for asking
a change in the method OF lnnd drawings.
He protested against the lottery feature,
which had its birth with Commissioner
Richards of Wyoming when he was at the
head of the land office.
Up to the time of Commissioner Richards
II was the survival of the fittest In getting
on the reservation and pre-emptng land
by reason of occupation. This recalled the
sooner rush for occupancy OF Oklahoma
and one or two ether openings Immediately
following the settlement in that state.
Advises Change in Method.
Senator BurlSctt while favoring the bill
which opens up some 10000 acres, thought
there might be very decided change made
in the manner of drawings as now in
practice by the land office He cited the
long distances that person had to travel
in order to register. He told the story OF
trains OF people going into small towns
where registery offices were located and OF
the inability of intending settlers to get
accommodations. He said these trains were
80 crowded and with such motely lot of
people that It was impossible to secure
anything like service, and when they
reached their destination they were COM
pelled to camp in tents, and in numberless
cases old men and women found heds on
the ground with their faces to the stars
He observed thar Gonlys those who ,eeuld
afford to make trip to the registry
offices stood any chance to get land. Many
people whom he interviewed during the
time he was In the vicinity of the opening
OF the Gregory county lands he believed
were there fora lark or to see what an
opening Of an Indian reservation was under
NE present way of doing things.
The senator said he knew of men who
had drawn very low numbers, but who
never went to settle on the land.
There should be some way devised to diff
yerentiate between a man who wants a
homestead and a man who is willing to
AXE gamble In securing one"
Jeff Davis Sees Fraud.
Senator Jeff Davis charged fraudulent
purpose in connection with the sale of the
lnallotted lands in the reservation. He
eferred especially to the provision au-
horizing payment for certain sections of
he land for school purposes. Declaring
hat much of the land was arid and worth
lss and asserting that there was some
powerful force" behind the scheme to
Ompel the Government to buy the land
. said:
so many scandals have arisen in con-
ecton with the disposal of the public
Ands Of the northwest that the senate
lhould act cautiously in permitting this
uvasion of the treasury"
He said that S250,OOO would be required
Senator Crawford pronounced the danger
imaginary. He thought there was no
danger of fraud.
Employers Liability.
Senator Brown today introduced in the
senate a joint resolution for the appoint
ment of a commission to investigate em-
)cyers liability and workmens compensa-
lion.
amendment to the postoffice appropriation
bill. which he intends to press, providing
that the salary of rural free delivery car
riers shall be increased from $500 per annum
to S1,2O0 for all standard twenty-four- mile
routes, with an Increase of S36 per annum
for each and every mile above that ana a
decrease OF like amount for every mile
below
Civil service examinations will be held
February 26 for rural carriers at Brainard,
Florence osmond and Upland, Neb.
II. C.. White of Omaha, F. w. Lockhead
OF Tekamah. II. w. Schwerdfger of Grand
Island Neb. J. G. Kemp OF New Liberty,
II, B. Limbaugh OF ElwQod and George A.
Williams OF Correctlonville. Ia, have been
appointed railway mail clerks.
Recruiting officer in Omaha.
First Lieutenant Ralph d. Bates, coast
artillery corps, recruiting officer, is re-
lieved from duty at jefferson Barracks and
win proceed TO Omaha and assume charge
OF the recruiting station at that place.
Captain William T. Wilder, paymaster
viii proceed from Omaha to Chicago for
temporary duty and upon completion OF
this duty will return 20 Omaha:
Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes
lre Alnsworth. route 8, William H. KEEPER
,arrieri Clyde c. KEEPER substitute, Essex
route 2 Fay l.. Donnel, carrier; no substi-
.ute Hudson route 2. Robert e. smith,
carrier: Henry N. Thompson, substitute
Sheldon. route 2. Alvan S. Ruby, carrier
no substitute. Walcott, route /. Rudolph
Il. Blank, carrier; Charles Nealson, substi-
tute.
A. H. Cook. state food aid dairy commits
honer OF South Dakota, is In Washington
attending the National Board Of Trade,