The Washington times., 1912-05-07
GROWTH Of GREAT
WEST REVIEWED IN
TOOTH ANNIVERSARY
Public Land Office Centen-
NAL Attended by Pioneers
in Its Development.

One hundred years of achievement and
work for American growth and pros
per1ty are being reviewed in Continental
Hall this afternoon on the one hun1
dredth anniversary Of the organization
of the General Land Office. Men prom
inent in the administration of this Office
In the past and at present, men who
have profited by its work and govern
ment officials generally, are participat-
ing in the exercises.
Senator Knute Nelson, member of the
Senate Committee on Public Lands, will
deliver an address, telling of the work
of the office from the viewpoint of a
pioneer. The Senator WILL no doubt,
give some personal experiences ac-
quired when the West was In its in
| fancy and the great wheat belt of Min
nesota was a wild sweep of Indian In
| habited prairie.
Senators Honor Guests.
All of the members of the Senate end
House Committees on Public Lands.
with their wives and families, are honor
guests with a place upon the platform.
Secretary MacVeagh is attending as the
official representative of the Treasury
Department in which the Land Office
had it's birth, in the administration of
President Madison. An, oil painting Of
President Madison is displayed beside
that of President Taft on the back of
the platform.
Secretary Of the Interior Walter L.
| Fisher, presiding over the ceremonies,
Is to he principal speaker. In his ad-
dress on '>Problems of the Present" he
will tell of the conditions with WHICH
the Land Office has to deal, and of the
great work of providing land room, for
the homesteaders and the immigrants
who under modern methods are making
the waste lands blossom as verdantly as
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tiers
The Program.
The official program is as follows:
Overture, by the Marine Band. will
liam Tell" w II. Santelmann. director:
Invocation, the Rev. F. L. L. Hitler, Of
the General Land Office; Introductory
remarks, John McPhaul law clerk of
of the celebration committee; Prob
lens of the Present" address by Sec
retary Fisher; selection, Stars and
the Past" address by Fred bennett,
commissioner of the General Land Of
flee: Legal Problems" address by Sam
uel B. Proudfit, assistant commissioner;
James w. Witten, chief law clerk Of the
. Land Office: solo. Love Is the Wind. "
and The Nightingale Hath a Lyre Of
mony," and IAN Open Secret" Miss
. Helen Crennan; address, Viewpoint Of
Pioneer" Senator Knute Nelson; ad-
dress, Benefits of 1tt.n, the Homestead L eeh,n
sin chairman of the House Committee
, on Public Lands; address. by s 5.
Burdett. ex-commissioner OF the Gen
, eral Land Office, and America, by
the Marine Band.
Z Committees In Charge.
The celebration is entirely under the
j auspices of the employees Of the General
E Land ONCE
: The committees in charge are: His
, tory and compilation, James M. Sheri-
/ dan, Frederick r. Dudley. William B.
, Pugh, and William B. Newman; general
! committee on celebration, John Nc
2 Phaul, chairman; H. w. Sanford, A. F.
Rice, Harry L. Kays, William J. How
e ard, James w. Byler, c. l.. Dubois, F.
3 r. Dudley, George B. Briesbock Fred
E K. Parrot, John P. Mcdowell, John w.
e Keener, l. P. Berthrong, William j.
. MCGEE, Daniel A. Millrick.
n Subcommittee on souvenirs, l. p
= Berthrong chairman. D. X Parrot
; H. L. Kays, c.. J: Helm James F.
!. Erickson. Miss Rosa Wrenn; decora-
!. tons, c. B. priesboek Chairman, j. W w.
3 ber, Paul S. Black. Miss F. s. Herbert
= Mrs, a. c. starkey, Mrs. H. a. CuTraa1n,
h Mrs. hatneTlne b. pldSc, W
q lam ]. MCGEE (chairman), H. L. Under
4 wood, w. T. Paine, John 0Connell'
a lin; time. John D. Yelverton chairman,
a A. B. White, D. NJ Greene. Miss c. A.
Hollinsworth, Mrs K. L. Kramer; pro
IS gram, Charles L. Dubois lchairman,'
o j. w. Keener, d: A. Millrick' Z.
a Obenchain NJ. NJ Mclean, Mrs. Eva S
It Evans, Miss Bessie r. Mahon, Miss
Rosetta. c. Maytum; ways and means
e 7 Howard, A. F. Rice, Charles F. Yoder
4 Thomas c. Havell. Frank I. Wood. J. T
l. Murphy, Lee T. Robinson, T. H. Jamison
Miss r. C. Levy, Mrs. G. S. Blaisdeil
= Miss e. NJ. Mills, Miss Ada Breddock
Miss NJ. c. Smith. Mrs NJ. D. Hough
" e. c. Burlington, c. l.. Van Doren, Mis-.
/. Preston womack; seating Frederlc
Newburgh (chairman), Jac9ouS
Jones, 4. D. Hathaway, r. w. Pugh
NJ. A. Rattgan.