The Republican journal., 1914-07-16
Washington Whisperings.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July Is, 1914.
Senator Burtons criticisms of the River
and Harbor bill, now under consideration
by the Senate, are not directed so much
against the merits of the several projects
as against the ''piecemeal policy OF
making appropriations for the various
projects. The Senior Senator from Ohio,
who was chairman of the Rivers and
Harbors Committee Of the House for
nine years, said, during the discussion on
the bill, that it had been the aim OF his
committee to get away from the old
method of making appropriations and
that new policy was definitely adopted
in the bill of 1907, which was one of the
largest river and harbor bills ever enact
ed into law. 1--WE turned our backs on
the old custom of piecemeal approprl-
ations in that bill, said Senator Burton,
land had the courage to adopt new ideas.
If we adopted project we pushed 1t t.
completion and the amount of the au-
thorization was stated in the bill.
Senator Burton, who is regarded as
one of the best informed men IN the ma
ton on the waterways of the country,
does not belong to that class of lndlvld-
uals who derominate the river and har-
Dor appropriation bill as "delusion and
steal," but on the contrary, defends it
in a most unstinted manner, believing
with the late head of the Corps of En-
gineers that there is less than one-half
of one per cent of ''pork' in the bi
now under consideration, and which will
pass the Senate in due season.
At midnight of June 3rd, the Cherokee
Indian nation of Oklahoma ceased to be
a tribal government, thereby marking
the passing of the largest tribal organi-
eaton of Indians in the United States.
The Cherokee will exist no more except
as citizen Of the Republic.
Ali tribal property had been converted
into cash and each Cherokee had receiv-
ed his allo tment previous to midnight OF
June 30th. Indian Commissioner Cato
Sells will now distribute the remaining
cash on hand-$6OO, 600 or about SIS per
capita to the 41,000 members of the
tribe, thereby terminating the nation
and closing the books.
Plans to restock all trout streams and
lakes throughout the national forests of
Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota
within a period of nine years are we'll
underway, as the result of the approval
bv the Federal Bureau of Fisheries of
plan Of operation prepared by the Forest
Service. The Bureau of Fisheries has
promised to furnish the necessary fish
fry for distribution to the various for
ests, the shipments of fry to be directed
to railroad stations nearest the waters
to be stocked, so that as many streams
as possible may be supplied from CEN
trail point. The planting of all fry will
be performed by forest officers who will
keep close check on the results of the
work.
According to the estimates of the for
est officers, approximately 100000 900
trout fry of the brook, rainbow, and
black-spotted varieties will be needed to
meet the requirements of all the waters
adapted to the production of trout. Of
this great number the Bureau Of Fisher
les is prepared to supply something over
four and half million this year, and
gradually decreasing number each sue
cessive year for a total of nine, at the
end of which time it is expected that the
complete restocking will have been ac-
complished. The estimates are said to
cover 273 streams and lakes in the three
States.
A little more than SO, 600 acres in the
White Mountains have just been approx
ed for purchase by the Government, at a
meeting of the National Forest Reserva-
ton Commission. These areas are in