Bill Taft: “In the absence of the Secretary, the First Assistant Secretary, and the Assistant Secretary of the Interior Department…”

Now, I hope that it has taken the railroads out of politics.

It is believed that the following described land, to wit: Lot three of section two, in township twenty-two north, of range twenty-four west, of the Montana Meridian, in the State of Montana, is a natural and prospective center of population

There is no difference between the reasons which call for the application of the leasing system to the coal lands still retained by the Government in the United States proper and those which exist in Alaska.

Now that they can be studied and understood—all the business men who touch the decision in any way will conduct their business hereafter according to the law.