Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-11
SENATE PASSES
POSTAL BANK BILL
ADOPTED ~ STRICTLY PARTY
VOTE, WITH BUT ONE
EXCEPTION.
WILL GO TO THE HOUSE At ONCE
only one Vote Against the MEASURE
Vote 10 so to 22, Follow.
ing Long De.
bate.
WILL GO TO THE HOUSE At ONCE

practically upon party lines, Tue scH'
ate at the close of the third session of
the legislative day of March 8. passed
the administration postal savings bank
bill.
OF the 70 votes cast, 50 were in favor
Of the bill and 20 against. All the
negative votes were cast by Demo
Gratis, even Mr.. McEnery. who had vot.
ed with the Republicans throughout
the consideration of the bill, in the
end lining himself up with his own
party. Senator Chamberlain Of Ore.
gon, was the only Democrat who stood
with the Republicans In favor Of the
bill.
AS It goes to the house, the bill au.
thorizes the various money order post
offlces to accept sums Of one 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 ~ per cent inter-
est. The control Of the funds is vested
In 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 per cent being required for the
payment Of expenses and losses.
1t is calculated that such law
would bring much money out Of hiding
and result in fund ranging all the
way from $500. 0oo, 900 to s., 900 900, 900.
serthoId 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 number of features
which carry out the new conservation
policy Of the government.
In the first section of the bill 1t In
provided that the land shall be ex.
amined by the geological survey and II
any Of 1t Is found to contain coal or
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
1t and select some other portion Of the
reservation. The establishment and
maintenance of model farm for the
instruction Of Indians in farming Is
provided for by setting aside 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 school, 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 park system in all the towns
located in the reservation. There is
also . 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
dians' 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 Is
100000.
Dr.. Louis klopsch Is Dead.
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