The Ordway new era., 1913-08-22

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as Its object no less thing than an
improvement Of the conditions under
which dwell all those people of the
farms who furnish the food supply
for themselves and the 60 per cent.
who dwell in the cities as we'll.
This new activity in the department
OF agriculture is known as the rural
organization service. 1t has as its d.
rectors DR.. T. N. Carver. professor of
economics at Harvard. DR.. Carver is
the nations recognized best authority
upon the subject of rural economics.
He has written number OF books
upon this subject which are regarded
as standard. He takes up his present
work upon an indefinite leave OF abb
sence from Harvard
The rural organization service is
largely financed through the national
education board. endowed by John d.
Rockefeller. The department of ag-
riculture has co-operated with this
board for number Of years in farm
demonstration work In the south and
Is highly pleased with the practical re-
suits obtained.
This is a new commissioner of the
general land office. who is man who
has 683.000.000 acres Of land for sale.
Sales Of land are now running on pref
ty smoothly and amount to about s10.-
100000 a year. There have been bet
ter years and there have been worse.
There was the banner year OF the
sales through this office away hack in
1886. when the land-hungry Anglo
Saxons had reached that choice tier OF
states including Michigan, Illinois. In
diana. Mississippi and Alabama. and
were buying fast.
But today there are good lands for
sale throughout the west. There are
gold lands and coal lands and oil lands
and farming lands. Alaska has a
wealth Of valuable real estate. but
even Arkansas. Kansas. Missouri.
Michigan and Florida. in the east. still
have federal lands for sale. and they
are selling.
The new man who has Just taken
charge OF this monster real estate
business is Clay Tallman, young
lawyer from Nevada. in the far west,
where the chief activity Of the people
is land-booming. In this office there
are 500 employees in Washington.
There are 125 branch offices in as
many localities. and these and the field
force are responsible for an additional
1000 men.
Mr.. Tallman Is not yet forty years
of age. He grew up in Michigan. was
educated at the state university and
went to Nevada when he was ready
for practice. A term in the state sem
ate, an unsuccessful but closely con-
tested candidacy for representative to
congress. and other political stepping
stones. led to his appointment to one
OF the big posts in the federal execu-
tive service.
An Executive Hero.
Rear Admiral Victor Blue. under ap-
pointment by the new secretary of the
navy. sits at the head of the premier
branch of the navy department-the
bureau of navigation. Some months
ago this young naval officer held the
rank of commander and was In service
on the Pacific. being chief of stan of
the Pacific fleet. Then he was called
to Washington for service on the gem
eral board. and before long he found
himself the head of that bureau which
has Offices Immediately adjoining the
secretary with the rank Of rear admir-
al and authority to ofi1ciate as acting
secretary when Mr.. Daniels and Mr..
Roosevelt are out Of Washington.
The bureau of navigation has moth.
ing to do with navigation but every
| thing to do with the personnel of the
| navy. 1t is. again, the human branch
at the given service. Every lad who
Is recruited into the service enlists
through this bureau. All the training
schools that work toward making him