The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-06-22
NEWS OF THEWEEK
At WASHINGTON
SENATOR GAMBLE DENIES THAT
HE is TO ACCEPT A DIFF.
LOMATIC POST.
PRESIDENT MAY VISIT CORN PALACE
Settlers Protest Against Land With
drawais in Butte, Perkins and
Harding Counties.

A special TO the Register from
Washington says that President Taft
has ssued a proclamation stating that
wv hereas a proclamation effective
July !, 1911. gives the name Of Harvey
National Forest 70 certain lands in the
stare OF South Dakota heretofore I'm.
reserved, together with certain lands
heretofore reserved and proclaimed as
a part of the Black Hills National
Forest" and stating that in compli-
ance with the power vested in him by
the statistics he does proclaim that
on and after July /, 1911, the boun-
daries of the Black Hills National
Forest shall be as shown on the dia.
gram" which diagram forms, and is
part Of the Executive Proclamation.
The proclamation further states that
Il does not prevent the settlement
and entry Of any lands heretofore open
&c settlement and entry under the act
Of Congress approved June II, 1906,
entitled, AN act TO provide for the
trtry of agricultural lands within for
est reserves and acts amondatory
thereof The map accompanying the
proclamation was prepared by the For
cstry Service of the United States De
Iartment of Agriculture, and shows
the boundaries of the National Forest
as well as that portion contained
therein that is excluded from the Ma
tiOnal Forest reserve.
\ large number of circumstances
are arriving in Washington, among
which is q resolution recently adopted
- the Commercial club OF Hettinger,
North Dakota, concerning the condi-
lion in which homesteaders are placed
in the counties of Butte, Perkins and
Harding, South Dakota. The protest
goes to state that the order of with
drawal of the lands in these counties
issued in June, 1910. and which was
intended to remain in effect until the
classification Of the lands has worked
an enormous hardship TO the people
Of these counties, as they are unable
to secure title, except to surface
rights, until the classification Of coal
and agricultural lands are made. 1t
is found that in 1900 the population
Of the area which is now embraced in
the three counties was 1907, and this
was increased to 20, 500, 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
themselves in as much as they do not
have clear titles.
Some enterprising newspaper man
out at Pierre made the unusual dis
covery that a United States Senator,
named Robert j. Gamble, might re-
fuse to again be candidate for office.
In order 10 make the story good and
strong, dispatches that reached here
were to the effect that Mr.. Gamble
had picked a foreign diplomatic post.
When the Senator learned OF the pub
LEGATION Of this m he promptly said
that the story was made OF whole
cloth, and that no man was authorized
to make any announcement relative
to his future plans.
Representatives Burke and Martin
have several vacancies at Annapolis
and West Point to their credit. Among
these are two appointments at the
disposal of Mr.. Burke and one by Mr..
Martin, for the school year Of 1912
at Annapolis. In addition Mr.. Martin
has an emergency appointment for
West Point, which by reason
of the failure OF an applicant to pass
the final examinations.
A number Of South Dakota officials
Washington this week, while
en- route home from Boston, where
they attended the meeting Of the Ma.
tional Convention OF Charities and
The gentlemen compris-
ing the party were ". II. King of
Parker, Secretary OF the State Board
Of Charities and Corrections; Howard
Simpson. OF Sioux Falls, S~uperiptend-
ent Of the State School for Deaf
and Rolla Schlosser. Superin-
tendent OF the state Reform School.
Representative Burke Is determined
that sometime or other during the
TALL. that President Taft shall visit