It is a curious and by no means creditable fact that there should be so often a failure on the part of the public and its representatives to understand the great need, from the standpoint of the service and the Nation, of refusing to promote respectable, elderly incompetents.
Eighth Annual Message
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By virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress, I do proclaim that the said lands are hereby added to the Sitgreaves National Forest
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