Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-27
making a similar announcement to his

making a similar announcement to bis
district forester at Portland, Ore
The order has been attacked on the
ground that 1t did not contain a pro-
vision delaying Its taking effect for
thirty days after Its publication es
orders restoring land to settlement by
homesteaders frequently do. An ex-
animation Of the record furnishes an
explanation Of this feature Of the or
der as made. When In October the
two departments had agreed, with my
acquieseence. that the order should be
an elimination of only 820 acres an
order describing the 800 acres, direct
ing It's restoration to settlement and
containing the usual provision post
poning its taking effect thirty days
was prepared IN the forestry bureau
and forwarded to the interior depart
ment. There # was deemed wiser to
spread on the face Of the order a spe-
cihc declaration that It was made to
afford terminals for the Controller
Railway and Navigation company, and
as no one else was expected to inter
yene and take up any part Of the elm
mated tract the restoration was made
immediate.
Approved by Secretary.
The form thus amended was submit
ted to the secretary of agriculture. who
expressed his. preference for the i'm
mediate restoration order through his
solicitors memorandum on the face
of the order, as follows;
Mr.. Clements, Assistant Attorney In the
Interior Department-We think this o. K.
The secretary says 1t is the direct way
and appeals to him.
GEORGE P. M'CABE.
The idea Of the secretary doubtless
was that the short form of order was
preferable because on its face 1t was
directly Indicative Of the purpose to
secure an opportunity to the railway
company by proper entry to settle on
the land eliminated, and as no one else
was expected to intervene nc postpone
ment was needed. Accordingly when
the case came for decision in the cabi-
net the order was without any post
ponement clause. This was the form
sem me for my signature by the acting
secretary Of the interior department.
When / directed the striking out Of
the reference to the railway company
and the enlargement Of the area from
800 acres to 1880 acres the form Of
the order in Its provision for imme-
date restoration was not changed. l
have no doubt that this vas the rea-
son why the order issued took the form
it did. Had the postponement clause
been suggested l would doubtiessly
have directed 1t to be embodied in the
order. But the event has proven that
It was really not important in this
case, for in now nearly nine months
only the Controller Railway Naviga-
ton company has made any scrip en-
tries on the eliminated tract, and this
although 1900 acres and three miles
Of water front still remain open to en-
try and there are several different rail
way companies IN addition to the Con
troller Railway and Navigation com
pany that had fled locations for rights
Of way In the vicinity in the last two
years who have had in the last nine
months the fullest notice Of their op-
%portunlty If they wished to enter on
this land.
The "Dick to Dick" Letter.
Before closing / desire to allude to
a circumstance which the terms of this
resolution make apt and relevant 1t
Is a widely published statement at
tributed to a newspaper correspondent
that In an examination of the files OF
the interior department a few weeks
ago a postscript was found attached to
a letter Of July f3. 1910. addressed by
Mr.. Richard s. Ryan to Secretary Bal
iinger-and In the present record-drg-
ing the elimination of land enough for
terminals for the Controller Railway
and Navigation company. The post
script was said to read as follows.
Dear Dick-I went to see the president
tho othar day- Ha asked me- who 1t was
/ represented. / told him, according u
our agreement that l represented myself.
But this didn't seem to satisfy him. So l