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Geographers, like the christeners of Pullman cars, are sometimes hard put to it to find appropriate names. The Department of the Interior, when it named one of its western Indian Reservations, thought that "Moqui" was a good Indian word and suitable enough for the tribe. But the tribe, with some reason showed annoyance, for it transpired that "Moqui" means "Dead Ones...
...Chester Concessions are a mandate to the American-Turkish Development Company-the Chester concern-to build series of railways across Turkey which will open up the interior of the country and facilitate transportation to the coast. Ports, canals, roads are to be built in addition. The next important project on a long list-at least the press says it is, but it has not yet been officially published-is the rebuilding of Angora on the plan of Washington. The New York Times correspondent says: " It is to be on an heroic scale with all modern require-ments-public buildings, Government...
...reduction of debt. The deadweight national debt at March 31,1922, was approximately $35,460,900,000; at March 31, 1923, it stood at the approximate figure of $36,144,450,000; paradoxically the national debt had been decreased by about $695,000,000, the increase being due to interior disturbing factors. The external debt stood at about $5,156,935,560 at the end of the financial year 1921-1922; this year it is about $5,373,781,800 on account of the addition of three years' interest on the United States debt, which now stands...
...Secretary of the Navy is not the only Cabinet officer to come in conflict with the Controller General. Before Mr. Fall retired as Secretary of the Interior, he was obliged to bow to Mr. McCarl on several occasions. Army officers have felt themselves abused in a number of instances by Mr. McCarl's rulings. Evidently Mr. Denby now intends to force a " showdown" as to the scope of the Controller General's powers...
...public domain" of the United States, which 50 years ago was 1,160,700,000 acres, is now 182,800,000 acres. Ten years from now it will have disappeared entirely, says the Department of the Interior...