Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-11
North and South Dakota Land District
Matter Settled.
aAIsTON FIRMS MAKE COMPLAINT
Number of Them Join I'm Requesting
Interstate Commerce Commission
90 order Missouri Pacific
to Build sidetrack.
lFrom a staff correspondentl


WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct 1O-CSpe-
cial Telegram D--Thomas Sloan Of Fender
County Attorney Shxton OF Thurston
county, and Grover Harlan and Walter
Peabody, representing the Omahas are in
Washington 10 confer with the Indian
bureau upon the subject Of granting pat
ents in Zee TO the Omahas in lieu Of trust
patents which have heretofore been
granted these Indians
IL was stated at the Indian bureau to-
day that in view Of new legislation enacted
by congress last winter, known as the act
of June %, which vests the secretary Of
the interior with sole authority for de-
termining helrship matters, the Omahas
who came to Washington as individuals,
or as representatives of a number of the
tribe OF Omahas who send agents or
representatives to plead with the Indian
bureau are wasting their time and money.
They will save time and money by pre-
sentlng the olms In due form to the sup
.erlntendent OF the reservation.
Quite recently regulations have been
prepared by the Indian bureau and for
warded TO the superintendent Of the
Omahas covering the very points the In
dians here and their representatives are
clamorlng to have adjusted Immediately
The regulations now In the hands Of the
superintendent will empower him to hear
all causes and practically settle the same
upon the reservation without causing the
Omahas dollar in expense by their ap-
pearing personally in Washington or send
ing agents or representatives. They should
lay all matters pertaining to heirship lands
and kindred subjects before the superin-
tendent, and he is empowered to take and
hear testimony the spot and forward
the same TO Washington for final adjudi-
cation. This will simplify all vexatious
questions arising from the act Of June 25
Land Ret transferred.
BY executive orders dated October 4. 1910
the president has decided that certain
lands In the state OF North Dakota, which
were. by the act OF May 20, 1908, made
part Of the Lennon, 8. D., land district,
be retransferred to the Bismarck and Dick
lnBon, n D., districts. This s the first
case IN which lands within a land district
were located In more than one state, and
experience In this case has proven that,
from an administrative standoint, It is not
a good policy to pursue because of dssat-
isfaction among the settlers and patrons
Of the land office living outside the state
in which the land office is located.
The lands retransferred to the Dickin-
son, S. d., district are as follows: Town
ships 120 to 1872 north, inclusive, ranges 81
Dakota, with the exception of those parts
of the Standing Rock Indian reservation as
are located in townships 12S and 1870 north
range 81 west.
Those retransferred to the Bismarck ~
N, district are as follows: All those parts
of townships l29 and 100 north, ranges 81
to 90 west, inclusive, in the state of North
Dakota, as are not embraced within the
Standing Rock Indian reservation. and all
of townships l8l and 1882 north ranges 81 to
50 west, inclusive. In North Dakota.
RRIstOn Companies Complain.
The ItRlston Townsite company, Howard
Stove company, Rogers Motion Car com
pany, Raston Brick company and Brown
Truck company, all of Ralston, Neb., to-
day filed complaints against the Missouri
Pacific Railway company. alleging a vio-
lation OF tagreement relative TO laying a
track to connect with the town of Ralston
near which the complaining concerns now
have their plants. II appears from the
complaint Of the Ralston Townsite com
pany that through a verbal agreement
with the Missouri Pacific this railroad
company agreed to connect its line with a
sidetrack laid by the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy and afford the complalnants switch
ing facilities between the defendants rail-
road and tho manufacturing plant Of the
Complainants The Missouri Pacific has
neglected and refused to lay the connecting
track, The complainants pray that the
Missouri Pacific be ordered to construct,
maintain and operate upon reasonable
terms switch connecting It's line with
tue sioetrack adjacent to the places of
business and manufacturing plants of the
cOmpiainants at Ralston.
Promotion Tor Omaha Man.
E B. Henderson, appointed from
Omaha 20 a clerical position in the Indian
bureau seven years ago. has been app
pointed confidential clerk 10 Commissioner
Lane OF the Interstate Commerce com
mission at salary OF 92JOO Mr Hen
drson during his seven years service in
the Indian bureau has made a splendid
record and his promotion is well deserved
Mr. henderson leaves the Indian bureau
with the best wishes OF his former chiefs
and associates.
w A. McCooi, postmaster at lndlanola
Neb,g today made formal application for
authority 10 open postal savings bank
al mis- office.