Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-09
HITCHCOCK MAY ACT SOON
Decision Coming on Location Of MAI
Division.
BROWN SAYS OMAHA 10 VIM
official suGgests Both InsPsct~Ta'
Headquarters ana These - NATL
way Mail Division shsuld
he In the sane CITY.
lrrom . Sad correspondent.l

(From a staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. June s.-(Special Teie-
sram)-Postmaster General Hitchcock In
the course Of an interview with Senator
Brown today over the selection OF the new
railway mail division headquarters for
which Omaha is the most active candidate,
said he hoped the decision would be made
within a week or ten days. While he gave
no outward sign what the decision would
be. Senator Brown Is Of the opinion that
Omaha will be selected, although Denver
is using all kinds OF arguments 20 induce
the postmaster general to bring about its
selection.
Mr.. Hitchcock offered one suggestive
thought to Senator Brown and that was
that division Inspectors headquarters and
the railway mail division should be located
in the same city. Mr.. Brown Immediately
returned by saying: why not locate both
Of these branches Of the postoffice depart
ment at Omaha? There is every reason
why they should be thus located. and mono
as to their location in Denver"
The postoffce inspectors division Is At
present located in Denver Whether Mr..
Hitchcock was trying to bait" Senator
Brown or whether he is seriously inclined
to this view is a mooted question Sem
ator Brown is inclined TO believe that Mr..
hitchcock was not IN earnest
Senator Warren reiterated his position
today when he said II Cheyenne cannot get
the new railway mail headquarters, Omaha
should have the location from every geo
graphical point of view. and should he
ascertain that there is a leaning toward
Denver on the part OF the postoffioe Off
Gals he will go to the front for Omaha
Upon the return Of Assistant Postmaster
General Stewart 1t is expected the matter
will be settled.
May Open Reservation.
Representative Kinkaid today renewed
his former efforts to gain general consent
OF the government formally to throw open
TO public settlement the practically aban-
doned Forst Niobrara military reservation.
containing 5000 acres OF excellent agri-
cultural land. Judge Kinkaid some week4
ago preached the subject to the secretary
OF war and the president and found Mr..
Taft quite willing to acquiesce.
Today Mr.. Kinkaid had a conference
with Secretary OF the Interior Fisher and
Commissioner OF the General Land offioS
bennett and found these officials inclined
to endorse the bill to open to homesteadera
this military reservation.
Representative Kinkaid has the endorse
ment OF a very large number Of citizens
in efforts he is making to open the reser-
walton in the vicinity OF Valentine. II IL
stated in a petition sent him that no troops
have been stationed at Fort Niobrara for
nearly six years ana an economic propo- !
sition this abandoned military reservation
should be opened to homesteaders and thus
considerable area, now useless, would be
made productive and furnish homes for
many hundreds of homeseekers.
N atd iu
| will provide that the northern portion Of
] the reservation. being the richest In quality
+, Of soil and other conditions, be aold In
tracts not exceeding a quarter section to
! any one homesteader and the southern
portion, the soil, which is largely sandy
| in character, be sold off in one section
portions.
| The bill also provides that communica-
| ton privileges be not allowed; also il will
provide for free homesteads instead Of a
graduated scale OF prices OF from SIPS to
$50 per acre as now provided by law Cows
erning the Abandoned military reservations.
this valuation being figured out upon the
appraised value OF the lands.
Senator Hitchcock in speaking Of the
petition OF the citizens of Valentine said
he thought 1t would be advisable that SEN
ator Brown and Representative KinkAid
procedure to secure the abandonment OF
Fort Niobrara and opening the same to
homestead settlement.
| Colonel George Lyon, jr., of Nelson, who
came east to attend the graduation exer-
cises of the Convent of Visitation, George
town, at which his daughter, Katherine,
graduated, tonight entertained at an In
formal dinner at the New Willard, Exs
Governor Curtis Guild OF Massachusetts,l
recently nominated ambassador to Russia
and Congressman Norris, Sloan and LattAt
Colonel Lyon, jr., with his daughter, ex-
poets TO leave in a few days for Boston.
the colonel to attend the Thirtieth reunion
Of his class Of 81 and incidentally to visit
with his son, George Nelson Lyon. who Is
student in law at Harvard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Price and Mrs. Ralph
johnson OF Lincoln are in Washington and
today called upon Senator Brown. Senator
Brown will on Friday escort the Lincoln
party to the White House and present 4
them to the president \
A. II. Etting OF David City, Neb, today
called upon Representative Sloan. He said
he was in Washington upon personal husi-
ness.
Senator Gamble has been requested BY
the navy department to nominate q prin- :.
cipal and three alternates to take sxamin-
alton for midshipman to enter the Naval
academy at Annapolis in June 1912 Elk
aminations for entrance will be held un-
der supervision OF the Civil Service COM
mission at different points In the state
on the third Tuesday in April and third
Tuesday In June Of next year. Candidates
eligible for examination must be IS ana not
over % years of age. Those desiring ap-
pointment to the Naval academy should
promptly communicate with Senator Gam
BILE.