The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-06-22
AFFAIRS At WASHINGTON CITY.
Current News of the Week and
Events of Importance in
Which South Dakota
Figures
Especial TO the News)

Especial to the News
President Taft has issued a pro-
clamation stating that Whereas
a proclamation effective July /,
1911, gives the name of Harvey
National Forest to certain lands in
the state of South Dakota hereto
fore unreserved, together with
certain lands heretofore reserved
and proclaimed as a part of the
Black Hills National Forest" and
stating that in compliance with the
power vested in him by the stat
utes he does proclaim that on and
after July 1, 1911, the boundaries
of the Black Hills National Forest
shall be as shown on the diagram"
which diagram forms, and is part
of the executive proclamation. The
proclamation further states that it
does not prevent the settlement
and entry of any lands heretofore
open to settlement and entry under
the act of Congress approved June
IL, 1906, entitled, IAN act to pro-
vide for the entry of agricultural
lands within forest reserves and
acts amendatory thereof" The
map accompanying the proclama-
tion was prepared by the Forestry
Service of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, and
shows the boundaries of the Ma
tional Forest as we'll as that por-
ton contained therein that is ex-
cluded from the National Forest
reserve.
A large number of remonstran-
ces are arriving in Washington,
among which is a resolution re-
Gently adopted by the Commercial
club of Hettinger, North Dakota,
concerning the condition in which
homesteaders are placed in the
counties of Butte, Perkins and
Harding, South Dakota. The pro-
test goes on to state that the order
of withdrawal of the lands in these
counties issued in June 1910, and
which was intended to remain in
effect until the classification of the
ands has worked an enormous
hardship to the people of these
counties, as they are unable to Sc
cure title, except to surface rights,
until the classification of coal and
agricultural lands is made. 1t is
found that in 1900 the population
of the area which is now embraced
in the three counties was 2,9O7,
and this has increased to 20, ,669,
according to the last census. There
have been no rain falls for two
years, and the settlers on the land
find themselves in bad condition,
as they are unable to raise the
necessary funds to finance them
selves in as much as they do not
have clear titles.
Some enterprising newspaper
man out at Pierre made the un-
ususl discovery that a United
States senator, namely Robert j.
Gamble, might refuse to again be
candidate for Office. In order to
make the story good and strong.
dispatches that reached here were
to the effect that Mr.. Gamble had
been. picked a foreign diplomatic
pest, When the senator learned of
the publication of this rumor he
promptly said that the story was
made of whole cloth, and that no
man, was authorized to make any
announcement relative to his fu-
tnrds salans.
Representatives Burke AMI Mar
tin have several vacancies at An.
napolis and West Point to their
credit. Among these are two ap-
pointments at the disposal Of Mr..
Burke and one by Mr.. Martin,
for the school year of 1912 1t An
napolis. Ia addition Mr.. Martin
has a emergency appointment for
eS1e FSint, which coaass " rea-