In addition to that, you have got to do your duty by the State and by your neighbor.
Teddy Roosevelt
The Public Record
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. A member of the Republican Party, he was born on October 27, 1858, in New York. Roosevelt was a prominent leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for domestic policies that included trust-busting, regulation of corporations, and conservation of natural resources. His administration is noted for significant reforms and the establishment of national parks and forests.
Self-government is not an easy thing, either for the nation or for the individual; and it works really well only when you have a high type of average citizenship.
The way to be a good citizen is to be a good man or woman in your own home; to do your duty by those closest to you, by those immediately dependent upon you.
It is my most earnest hope and prayer, in the interest of not only these two great powers, but of all mankind, that a just and lasting peace may be speedily concluded between them.
I propose a toast to which there will be no answer, and to which I ask you to drink in silence standing.
Warning is expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this Proclamation.
Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by said act of Congress, and for the purpose of modifying the provision of said proclamation above quoted, do hereby…
I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section 2380 and 2381 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, do hereby declare and make known that said lands are hereby reserved as…
It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the public domain in the Territory of New Mexico... be, and the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for the use and occupation of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico belonging to the Pueblo…
The reservation hereby established shall be known as the Garden City Forest Reserve.
In view of her unfortunate circumstances and previous efficient service attested by the Public Printer, the Commission recommended to the President a special order waiving the rule requiring reinstatement within one year, which was…
The Secretary of the Interior will cause this action to be noted on the records of the General Land Office.
The recommendations made within by the Acting Secretary of War are approved.
The reservation hereby established shall be known as the Short Pine Forest Reserve.
The Secretary of the Interior will cause this action to be noted on the records of the General Land Office.
This reservation shall be known hereafter as the Gila Forest Reserve.
The recommendations made within by the Acting Secretary of War are approved.
The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Diamond Mountain Forest Reserve.
The order in which, during the first sixty days following the opening, the registered applicants will be permitted to make homestead entry of the lands opened hereunder, will be determined by a drawing.
It is considered necessary for the public good that certain lands in the Uintah Indian Reservation be set apart and reserved as an addition to the Uintah Forest Reserve.
No one will be permitted to make settlement upon any of said lands in advance of the opening herein provided for.
No person will be permitted to register more than once or in other than his true name.
Persons who make homestead entry for any of these lands will be required to pay therefor at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre when they make final proof.





