The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-28

uoen he named Mr.. Edss n chise
sepneer At Mr.. Lanes request. HS
~ no more asthority than q cor,sr
esseeryinsn to name LesteaaAt
Desfs for the army appointnsats
we're restricted spsciAeally to the e.
ooser corps. and Aeass 10 Q cavalry
s0eer
II Is currently reported in WasAiag-
To- that Secretary OF War 0arsisea
vset to Secretary Of the Interior Lass
- told him In effect he did not nio1
~ ourslarising the var department.
~ when he did It he wished he
veeid wake up the vatehman.
PRESIDENT Wilson vas informed ~
hAf appointed an army o0osr TO work
y Alaska whom he had NO business
y appoint, The iav vss ~ plain -
~ shortest OF the Ten Comnana
oests There vss . quick eonsuita-
49, and . great husthnS about 4
ssv law vas necessary and congress
vee asked 70 pass . Joint resolution
giving the president specific authority
= appoint any army omcer he chose.
1nis has been done and 90 II 10 that
N advance work 10 to b. carried out
~ Q civilian engineer and BY . cav.
al'y officer OF. the United States army.
Advised BY csss~si ossthais.
II is pretty we'll known that Col.
George W. Goethals. governor Of the
Panama canal zone, was Mr.. Lanes
adviser In the matter Of appointments
- the work In Alaska. Colonel Goeth-
sis seemed to think that It would b
wise to have . civilian make the pre-
nninary survey. and that later. II
necessary. the work should be turned
over to the army engineers. Colonel
0osthals requested the appointment
Of the young cavalry ofncer. Mears. to
tAo work in Alaska
II is mystery In Warrington Why
Colonel Goethals wished TO have the
dfst Alaska work done by civilians.
1t 10 certain ~ things can be that II
tie work had been given to the army
engineers at once they would have
besn kept on the Job until the railroad
was completed. 10 It possible that
when the governor OF the Panama
canal zone retires from that once hs
would like to take up the work Of
railroad construction in Alaska In b.
half OF the government!
Lane's ce~ss~atisA Prssrsm.
After President Wilson had out.
linsd his program Of legislation anoth.
! sf program fathered by Secretary Of
the Interior Lane appeared In the
legislative field. 1t did not clash In
any way with that of the president
and 1t can be taken for granted that
1t has Mr. Wilson's sanction. Mr..
Lanes scheme is as comprehensive
- that of his chief. and to the local.
ties and parties concerned 10 perhaps
much moro important and pressing.
The legislative program of the secre-
tary OF the interior Is a conservation
program and its items are a follows:
Bill affecting water power on public
lands. Alaskan coal leasing bill. gen
eral leasing bill for oil, coal and phos-
pilates In the United States, extension
of time on irrigation projects. radium
bill
The bill authorizing the leasing Of
Alaskan coal lands is farther advanced
than any of the others and seemingly
stands an excellent chance of passage
at this session. 1t has been favorably
reported by the house and senate com.
mittees on public lands and 10 now on
the calendar in both houses. 1t 10 q
complementary measure to the one au.
thorising the building of the govern
ment-owned railroad in the territory.
Its intention 10 to dovetail with the
railroad bill and to help to open
Alaska
Alaska Coal Lands 0ill.
Under this bill the secretary Of the
interior IL authorized to lease in areas
of 40 acres or multiples thereof up to
1850 acres. In the fields Of Bering and
Matanuska. whose values are known
and which lie near the coast. only
small tracts will be leased. In the low
grade coal areas Of the interior larger
tracts. It u held by the secretary. can
be leased with safety and propriety.
Railroads are not to be allowed to
take leases for commercial purposes.
although they will be allowed to mine
coal for their own use. Two sections
of the bill prevent lessees from inter
locking or owning an interest in other
leases. Forfeitures are provided and
penalties imposed. There 10 . ten-acre
provision in one Of the bills sections
for the purpose Of aiding small miners.
homesteaders and some others in the
development Of Alaska. but tho per
mits are only temporary.
The secretary Of the interior d au.
thorised to lease the coal deposits sep
arately, retaining the surface area for
agriculture when 1t is deemed advis-
able. This 10 held by the bills pro-
ponents to be highly important, be-
cause then the development and con-
servation of one resource will not re.
tard those Of the other. No assign
rpanf ~ All or n rArf NJ tho hoId{n .