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ESTABLISHED BY
. JAMES GOLDEN
IL, AND A. L. GOLDE t,
i PROPRIETORS
, ”EBAY, DEC. 25, 1916
"rum ‘ALbthAC FOR
.. TOMORROW
Z ' , tide 11:46 am.
fingfises 7:18; sets 4:29.
llamas SVENTlNEL TELE-
' PHONE CALLS
.. rial Rooms—92.
ncss Office-93.
’ ‘alk Branch Office—1388.
Minors Residence—218-z.
City Editor's Residences—752.4
: 1:13.12.
~ 'I'HE OUTLOOK FOR PEACE
The European outlook today is morc
,. hopeful. There is lt-ss prospect of ill"
our draggina on until oln- gmup of
» [‘belll‘gereltts is utterly cruslu-d or both
groups utterly cyliaustul, l‘vac-I may
_ not come nezvt year. or own lllx' year
‘ tlftm‘; but it is sour-thin: :ll haul, it)
have made a start tow-ant in an: Ullll‘
launched, the peace lll“\t‘!ll"‘il nza’y
.‘tvork itself out.
Germanyluls asked tor :t lltllt‘t' (“11'
The Attic» have not absolute»
Wilson’s
terence.
tit refused it.
note. has had a timely value in dispos-
ing the belliacrcnts to llcar what ti. m.
ll‘KVt‘l to 'l‘llt'
.
may not assemble around a count it tar
hie, but neither
to ignore the prcsitlcnt‘. proposal that
' they state, Cll‘tll'ly lll-- tliljctls lll".\'
,5le fighting: for, They om- it it) ill"
and to
l'! csldctlt
Enemies say, pow cra
side can act! al't'olsi
finality. to the neutral world.
their own DPODlt‘.
' ill, may be, too, ital llll' t‘u-llll’al l'ow—
iii'fi "and the Allics arc ucarct‘ tout-liter
' in their ideas today than has common
Kl“? been sutlnoscd, ltm-nt liltt‘imu‘t'r
7 than
Willow lé‘ss opposition ot \‘n‘ws
tonnerly. Amid patriotic blultcr till-"I‘ll
tire continual reforcnccs lo llnillanily.
civilization, the desirability of pt-acc.
the independeucc of small it: lions, the
:Tolitlcnl and ccoumnic fret-dual of
races, Olin: which sounds much alike,
”Seven lf they are meant differently. It
expressions
' -'\
remains to dcfint- those
more precisely.
‘ The war cannot ll: :tllon'ul to drag
of
on without a clearer formulation
what the lleliiucrenls want. Certainly
neither side rcally socks the “destruc-
‘tiOil” of the other. What both sidt‘s
‘how want morce than anything clso is
of
a guarantee against a rcpitltion
this war. There are many important
qne‘stious of territory, compensation.
'V‘U‘atle rights, etc, which must be scl-
tled. But they or: details. The areal
iohiect of all parties now set-ins to ho
ht‘url‘atlgemcnt \vlu'treby the nations
V“an live together itcroct‘lvr in friendly
~loot-operation, Cvcn (li‘l‘mt‘tlly seems to
the coming around to that How, what
ever aims of COlltllil‘:'~l and world than.
in" on she held at first.
*It may require considcrabl.»
hastisenlent: below
itstria arc in a mood to grant what
the Allies may regard as a reasonable
inhabitant of concessions. The, Allies
without bit that plan. But it is fool.
ditto proceed with plans for chastiseg
llltl l't’.
.Gt-rnlany and
5t t every German and Austrian, and
dry neutral too. shall know what,
‘13 ' punishment is intended for. ‘
‘ newer is beingr fought in men's
fluids. as well as on the battlefields.
, Ire must be logic as well as shells.
d the sooner the belligcrcnts “get
an to’brass tacks," the sooner then
visit-win end.
W...”
.‘The $80,000,000 appropriated by
Congress for good roads looks like
big sum; and yet: it's small compared
with the amount spent on our big -
country’s total expenditure on pub.
roads in 1904, but we have gone
lncé then. The expenditures this
.
‘will fall into line,
Sadness Managet’s Residence";
out without indicating so clearly"
t
i business men
w is by local communities. It equals l
'7- ._ .4—
a .p aspect
$160,000,000
worth at new highways. in addition to
'the new undertakings of the various
there. is of
states, counties and townships-
throughout the country. i
it is hound to give a tremendous im-
petus tothe better-highways move
” ment. in fact. it has already done so.
Instead of freeing communities from'
|
‘thc duty of spending their own money:
on road:, it seems
to operate as a
1stimulus. ()nly otu- state has yet inet‘
fully the requirements for getting the
benefit
llut many others have set about to d0
of the federal contributionl
t
I
so, and it is expected that all of thetll'
Thus the building-1
; power of the fcdcral fund will be null--
‘liptied litany told when the final no!
count is lllfltlt‘. l
t And inquiricu llliltlu' by federal ot‘l‘l-t
ccrs show that every dollar. thus put;
multiplied
‘nlo nmdmakluu will be
many times in increased property \':tl~
ucs, A careful investigation in many
loculllics. cow-rim: a pcl'iod of five
years. and backed by the records of
.
real estate ti‘an.~'actioils, showed that
the selling price of farm lands with-:
l
in our mile of improved roads has ill-
variably increased, sometimes as.
much as l'tl per cent . and ”11' risc in.
l
value has gencmlly amounted to two
or three times the cost of thc roadf
wolk. Values of coursc rose in less"
dcgrcc farther back front the made.
And all such incrt-uscd \uluution not,
only adds to the wealth of the prop-3r-
was sound Minna-mouths SENTINEL.
' on
OWNING LITTLE LEAVES WORLD
GREAT WEALYfl.
Man’s Will Most Remarkable:
Testament on Record. i
The last will and testament of
(‘l‘arles Loundsbury of Atlanta. Ga, is
believed to be the most remarkable;
will ever written by man.
"1. l, t‘hartes Lounsbury, being of
sound mind aild disposing memory.
do hereby make and pnb't‘sh this.
my last will and testament, in orda-
as justly as may but to distribute ntv
intclesl ill the world among succeed
in}: men.
"that part of my intercst. which ls‘
kmwn in hit and rccognixed in the
sheep bound volumes as uly property,
'l'ina inconsideratt-l and ot’ Lno at"
Georgia
1count. l have no disposal of in this;
my will.
“My right to live, llt'lIlL' but a life
cstatc. is not at my disposal. but those
things excepted, all else in the world,
I
nuealh.
"item. 1 give to good fathers and
mothers. in trust for their children.
all midi-very flower of the field, and
the blossoms of the woods. with the
right to play among them freely, ac,
cording to the customs of childrrtn.‘
warningr them at the same time
against tllistlos and thorns. And 1‘
dcyiso to children the banks of the
brooks and the goldcn sands bcnoatlt
the waters thereof, and lllt‘ odors of
, lllt‘ willows that dip tin-rein. and tin-
whitc clouds that float
giant trees.
"And I leave to tho chil'lrcu the
long, long.r days to bc lll"t‘l‘y in, in a
thousand ways, and the night and tho
moon and the train ol the Milky Way
to wonder al, but subject. llt’W‘l'lllIL
lens. to lilo rights hereinafter gilt-n
1o lovilrs.
“itcnl. l dcvis'l jointly all the use?
ful, idle fields and commons whorl-
ball may be played; all plcat-uult wut~
t‘l'n where one may swim; all snow
clad hills where. one may coast, undi
lil,L'll (Ht'l' tlnv
tall streams and ponds whcrc on” may
fish, or where, win-n grim winter
routes. one may skate, to have and to-
llold the same for the period of their
boyhood.
“And all illcudows with the clovcl’
blossoms and butterllics thereof, the
woods and their :lplltll‘lallallccs, thc
lett'lcls and the bi..l:.. il.lti Hlllms
mid mranpc hoists, and all distant
. places which may be visited, together
tyowncm but justifies and pays {01"
the road construction through the ill-:
crcased lax rcct-ipts. i
'l‘hcie‘s no Miranaranw and no.
aamblc in road building, it' it‘s well:
done Any way you look at ii, iii
pays, g
9
THE INAUGURAL BALL .
l’twsidvnt \\ ilson is to be inducted:
into oliict- .ti’Jllll without the arrow“
panilncnt of an inaugural ball. That"
was when it would have lu-cn l‘l‘lt that
till
no rcal inuu
without ltlflllillllt' tln-rc could be
i
llitt now lilc
u.
m
tralioxl.
pulllic- I‘Vt‘ll ti:-- Washington public.
composed so larucly of otllce-holdcls
and socially ambitious wivcs ”a."
quicacc in thc ('llitllilr‘.
it may be "unlit-mortalic“ to cut out
the inaugural ball. lint the lllb't few;
functions of till; sort lln‘nish sufllcl-ent
levtifit-uliou. They were not "halls":
They were mobs oi pcoplc pouring in.
to the Wllitc llonsc like election-night .
crowds, and jostling and crushitlgi
cat'll Oflfifl'
l,llat dancing was lmpoasihlc and cvcn‘
ilt tlzm limited space so
rating a buttet lunch called for athlcl-l
lt' pi‘OWcus.
Nobody had a good lilllt‘ at sucltl
l
parties. cxccpt thc rowdics. Any worn-l
an considercd llcrsclf fortunate if she
escaped without a torn gown. l‘copiol
atlcndcd them int-rely for lllt' purpose:
The olljccti
. 0
would ltavv bccn aocolupllsllcd more:
.
of 'sccing (‘clebi'itit‘5.
pleasantly and logically if the presi-J
dual and othcr ttolablcs, with their}
faluilics, had stationed lhctnsclvcs on
a reviewing aloud while the Dilplllilt‘“l
lib-t past and looked at them.
lt".: a fine, democratic idea. this giV»
inc 9. presidential party to which all
in»
the president's fellow-citizcns‘aro
V'llt'tl, lint ltltl,tl[ltl.tltltl people make a
rallu-r largo purl y, l
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The British government is going tot
prohibit thcmanul’aclnl‘e of hairpinsd
to Havo lnclal for munitions, and adopt
a system of “sugar tickets" whichl
will restrict. the candy consumption:
llrilish women have thus far stood by:
their P01!l‘lli‘)’.\lltllily. but what will?
they do now? ' .
l
_-. W. ___._- — .
Russia has. extended to American.
l
a cordial invitation to!
UNCLE SAM'S ROADS gcntcr into free trade relations with! 11,9 a
‘\'akulsk. Never heard of it; but if;
‘ i
a'the Yul-:utskans want to buy our tom]
bacon and canned goods without im-
lpoutng any tariff. we can probably 10-
cate. them.
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SNAPPY STORIES. ‘
Wake. up Young America, get into
the fight. Xour’re falling asleep.
Don't lag. Only these bubbling
with energy make good.
Show. your boss that you are worth
galore motley than you are getting and
the will appreciate it.
Learn something every day. Don’t
be satisfied with tho knowledge you
11055683. .
You need more, want more. Get it.
[the Lincoln discovered the truth of
«4
microns."
too-ling- assoclothms, 90 live
tho‘ ntotto "from knowledge comes.
with lttlH‘llltll‘t‘S lllv‘l'c H‘lllltl. Amt I
; ;.i\c to said boys each his own‘ place _.
‘a‘. the fireside at night. with all pic-
tures that may l)“ soon in the burn-
ing wood .to enjoy without lct ~or
hindrance, and without any iucum<
blnncc of care.
“item. To lovers 1 tlmisc their
imacinary world with \\‘h:ll“\t'l‘ thm
may need: “As thtl stars of the sky
the red roses by the wall: the bloom
oi' the hawthorn: the sweet talruitls of
music. and alight else by which they
may desire to figure to f‘llt‘ll other
the lastingncss and beauty of love.
"ltcln, 'l‘o young men, jointly, l.
tit-vise and bequeath all boisterous ill-j.
spiriua sport of rivalry. and I give to
:ln-ul disdain ol‘ weaknusr. and uuv,
dauntcd (ltllllldf‘llt‘l‘ in their own.
. sttcucttl. though the; are rude, l givi-
lln-nt power In make lastinu‘ frlcud-i
ships, and of possessing: compuntmm
and to them exclusively. l uiw all
merry songs and brave choruses, to
sin:- with lusty voices.
”llt'lll. And to those who
longer children. or lovers,
:ll‘t‘ litl
lem
l
, Humor)“. and l bequeath to them the,
volumes of llurncs and Sililkt"l«'llt‘ltl‘t'
and of other poets, if there be t)lllcl'r~','
to the end that they may live otcr
old days again. freely. and fully with-
out tttlw or diminution. ,
“item. To our lit-loved out->1 witll
snowy ct'ow‘ls. I bcqucah; the ll.’l[\~
pitr-ss of olu tlgzc, 'lllt‘ lo\c,an-l aratlt
ludo of tllclt' clt‘idrcn until they fall
asleep?” Atlanta Journal.
COUNTY AGENT WORK.
improvements in Farming Methods
Due to Demonstration Work of
States Relations Serilice.
’l‘lnougll development of improvcd.
organization and the growth of a;
more dcllnilc project system the 0b"
fit.“ of Extension Work in the North;
and West carried its dcmonstratlon'
attititics into closer relation to the“,
practical needs of the. farmers of tin-l,
region during the past your, accord?
lug to the. annual report of the States}
itclttlions Service of he dopartmcntfi
Lmal associations of farmers took a?
{trailer part ill the work and more.
attention was devoted to studies of'
local economic facts upon which to.
develop demonstrations of permanent!
value. Extension work in the special
interests of farm women was under-i
taken in the territory under the of?
lice, and a number of women agentsi
were placed in the field. I
.‘tnlong the specific results from the
county agent. work of the Office, of
Extension Work in the North and
West during the year were:
Yields of corn in fields. managed
as demonstrn‘fors under supervision
of the county agents increased on
an average 12.8 bushels per acre over;
_ vet-ago yield for the. region.
Yields of wheat in fields managed
as demonstrations increased 8.4 bush,
5 per acre.
Yields of cats in fields managed
as demonstrations increased 11.7
bushels per acre.
Alfalfa was introduced on 1
farms. ‘ -.
— Snverll'r' score moistened stallions
and rams and several hundred regis-
tered bulls and hours were placed
on farms.
Nearly a thousand fine bulls no
longer useful in their communities be-
cause of danger of inbreeding were
saved. from the block and transferred
to other communities.
One hundred. and forty-three cow.
stock
treading associations. and 142 boa
cholera contrOi associations were or.
l
15.31;
gunned;
More thantzooooq hogs. wormoocln-
am! What cholem- ; .
nanometre
now prcoeed to devise and bc-p
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MOTnER or AUSTaiAN EMPEROR ,DISLIKES KAlSER.
'—
more
Jr %
in
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(4
u
~" v’va‘fi‘iW " v. "~ -
\l'rhtlttt'llcus Maria lust-pita.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS.
TO ALL
MONDAY, DEC. 25. 19:6
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”Wm" ”‘ "“ ““‘ "‘1‘” ” " lam damaging. as 94%.. m .—
‘\u:~::'i;t tinny-any. is said to bar c a great titslilv‘c tor lvats'cr \\il-
' Fllc has ”Mm-wit hint at tllc .\ll\-l
llt'llli, lilupcror of ticrtnatl).
_ .__ _,.. .- , ,_ u..__ .H~-_..LL
‘l'ouuuim: the home, which naturally
i nrttlu, tllerc sccm to be on the farms
3 part
' rcctivorous.
ll'latl court its llcsl nllt' could in
lHtH‘ till lilt’ l't‘litlltllls (ll lllt' l\\‘vl
known.
that makc for success or failure in
lain. enterprises.
l-‘allucrs‘ 'tvl'llltllgt'h‘ and co-opcra-
lvc marketing associations worn or-
l'ul‘llltl and cl‘l‘cctcd laruc smillrs
to members. ‘
Three! hundred and twcllt,\‘-onc hit»
ltr supply systcms were itltroziucu‘l
into farm homo».
t‘lull work was carried on with llltll‘t‘
than limbo" boys and girls. (lvtl'
'34 two of tin-so cmzaned in profit malt~
‘nu projects, producin: ovct' Autumn
worth of food products.
The club work was
nun» pcrtnat‘cnt basis as an cxtr-n-
tion agency, and boys and Lil'lR arc
pow enrolling to pnrsuc thc work for
t writs of years.
placed on a.
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1916 BIRD COUNT.
.
Average Farm in Northeast Has 124
Pairs 125 Palm; on 100 Acres In ‘
Plains Region;
Hm hnndrcd and twenty-four pairs}
ol birds nest nild raisa their families?
on the awrauo farm of 108 acres in
tile Nortln-aslaa'n {Slutct according
to catiuultua based upon the second
annual bird count conducted by tho
l‘t.t'catl of Biological Survey of tho
tlt‘ptll'lllit'llt. ill that part of the plains
vicious cast ol lltu onwinllldroth;
ulclioian the counts would indicate
:aitl.t‘lsl cxaclly the same density of
{bad population. 125 pairs of nesting
' birds to cut-ll ]otl acres.
in the South-
t‘l'l‘ States, where the counts were.
limited to the part of the farm sur~
supports more birds than the tilted
\Vllt‘l't‘ counts wore taken till pairs.
of nesting birds to each 100 acres.
The counts so far received, however.
Irctu tllool’! sections do not furnish.
a :ntlicient, basis for estimating the
birds on the remainder of the farm.
in the Northeastern States it was
estimated that the average bird poptr;
tattoo of each 10" acres of isolated;
woodland under observation was 199‘
pairs, while the average bird popula-'
tion for each 10 acrccs of the area
covered was 125 pairs. The reports|
(rt-m the Rocky Mountain States
would indicate that the. bird popultu
tinn is smaller in this section. I
Three 80-acrc tracts in New Mcxicoi
indicated 17 pairs to 80 acres or 21
pairs to each 100 news. In the it'll}
:ratcd dill rict of western Colorado)
two reports indicated that irrigated;
land in orchard and in fields of gruint
nrd rout L‘IOD“ supported a bird DODU';
iation of 66 pairs per 100 acres, but;
on continuous nonirrigatcd land the
tint life shrank to 5 palrfor 100 acres.
in Arizona n 40 acre tract. containing'
only a few houses, and for thomost
covered willimde'sert shrubsn
showed a bird population of 50 pairsj
of 26 species, of which 22. Were in»!
A semidosort tract of!
the size, covered. with brush mostly:
'ltrtlr. of
l ”t
1‘ )cats, \Vlllli t'll'ccl this will‘
.tllics ltl'tllt- war is of t‘uursc not“
l
and 4 pairs of l-Illulisll sparrows on,
till acres in l“ltll’ltlit in Louisiana anl
moratr of ‘03 pairs ol' 2’) species on’
3:; acres; and the counts from Texas.
inditatt- an average of 91‘ pairs of“
birds of 21 species on 60 acres. "l'ilot
mantle of all counts received ll‘Olll‘
tllc noulllcrn States is 70 pairs of
22‘. spt'cills on it lttt‘lll of its"
acres. . _
“H the 2.3!; acre on the l‘ol'lndl l'nl-
\i'l‘fill) ('flhllllh at llhac: . N. Y.. a way
t'itl't'llll s:udy indicated 5'7?) pairs of
lit‘fi'lilll; birds, an avct'aiw of ion
pair.» of halite tlcstiuu birds pcr ltltl
acre... aud‘fui‘ucstinu pairs of English
Marlow-w per 100 acres. or a total;
of nesting birds per lot) acres.l
A similar count made near lllliltchcck._
X \., in a 1310 acre section lndicatcd!
l
l
l
;(
,5l ttilt'crt-ul kinds roprcscnlcd by 2106'
pairs, nearly the same per acre ant
shown at (‘ornoll l'niverriity.
'l‘lu- results of the. 1915 bird count
1 inst published by the Biological Slug
\t-y indicate an average of S pairs‘
of robins and ti pairs of Enulish sparv
rows on eat-b farm of ltlts‘ acres where‘
ll!(‘ count was made it) the Nortlm
vii‘lt‘l‘ll States: Tho. average of all
rcports for two years shows 7 pairs:
of robbins and 5 1-2 pairs of finalist:
sparrows for each farm covered in'
this Et‘t‘lltlll. i
BUTTER mouoss. l
l‘lt nticr honors for butler were won;
at tin last National Dairy Show, utl
Sprim'llcld, Mass. by the crcantcryi
Grove City. ‘a., operated. under
the supervision and direction of tllc‘
llail'y Division of lho llureuu of Atrt
hall industry. ,. l
't'wcnzy-sevcn States and the Dot
mimon of Canada Were rcprcscntedl
in the 151 samples cntcrcd. All the’
cn‘trns were of high quality, but ing
tile opinion of the judge the 10~poulld’
tuh from Grove (‘ity was the host.
with a score of 06. The award is the
mort- interesting because the cream-t he said, just out of common courtesy h
cry had been in operation only alhe would note ict receipt. What do,
little more than a year.
Hilly frcrh, sweet cream and whole,
milk of good flavor are accepted by
the crcanlery and are carefully hand-
ltt‘. undcr sanitary conditions. All;
cream is pasteuriztd and then ripen-i
ad with lactic acid cultures. The}!
bic‘n quality of the product may right~
ly be attributed to a good raw pro-i
duct and proper methods of nlauul‘ac-i
lure.
l
AGRICULTURAL CLUB ACTIVI.
TlES.
Although no special efforts haw-o
been made to increase the member-
ship of boys a d girls’ agricultural
clubs in the N rtltern'and Western
States. reports to the States Rela-
llnflb Service oflhe department, which
with the Slate apriculturnl college,
‘drrect Ithc work. show but the ear
ING REP. TlLSON.
‘ Former Tells Correspondent Why All
This Hard Feeling Between
“Friends.”
\\‘A.\‘lil.\'t:'l‘0.\', it. (‘, llct ltl.
thptciatl. There is “bad blood" be-
vwn‘n congressman John Q 'l‘llson ot
the 'l‘llil‘tl t‘tlnnt't-ticut district and
Thomas l.. Reilly, ot‘ Idol'idcn, his
llcluocl'ulit opponent in the recent
elttllon, that exceeds tilt- usual l'ccl-
nu: helwucu opponents for political
office.
lnquiri' here today tli‘Vt‘lille Illa."
all the suctosslul candidature for ('011»
llll‘rlb in t‘onncclicut Wcro t'tlllgl‘ultl
lain! on than l-lct'litlll by their op-
potn his tvrcpt Mr, 'l‘ilson who rem-n
0" no word of congratulation trout
l'otnn-l Futures-luau llcilly.
.tll‘. 'l‘l’lson admitted be had failed
to lctclvc tlu- usual congratulation
tl‘clu licilly and scatter! indisposcd to
ll‘.:tl(t' an explanation or the
mam 1' further.
"'l'ont" Itcilly when
the .corrt-spotldcut a
slip, llUWt-lt‘t‘, had no ll“sitaucy in
pinup his reason for failinr to ex
.u-utl his customary (elicitation.
Reilly's Reasons.
".‘lo conz‘lnulato 'l‘ilson. I guess
not. lie won't stint; tnc twice." said
Mr. ltcilly with some show of Tool
lug. "l‘ll tcll you two good and sat
llt'l"ll| reasons why 1 did not.
“it’s llkl‘ this. Two years ago when
'l‘llson ran against me and defeated
on for rc-elcctlou 1 did my utmost
.35....“
sent lnro 1v.
couple t." ..-_i
lto lttl’ll flout mentioning his name
or saying anything mean about him.
'l‘hroughout the campaign i didn't say
anything that uticltt be considcr-‘tl ;\
personal attack on him.
\\'l.en the results were ill and i
saw he was viewed i sent him a tele-
crnr. of congratulalions. To my great
surprise about a week later i rccciv
cd .t letter front 'l‘ilson saying that
he had rcccivcd my message of con-
gratulation but that owing to the dir-
ty personal campaign 1 had made he
did not feel that he should acknowl-
edge it or thank me. for it. However.
you think of that after l'd purposely
refrained from personal attack on
him
The "Plot" Thinnens.
“lint that‘s not the worst of it. All
or i was defeated for re. election (.‘om-
misrioner Osborn have me a position
as agent for the collections-of income
taxes. Last Sili‘llfla'l‘ [ got a telegram
front Osborn to come to Washington
at once.
“Osborn laid before me a letter to
Postmaster General But‘leson from
Mr. 'l‘ilson enclosing two newspaper
clippings that intimated I had made
attacks on President Wilson in con:
nection with the conduct of the post-
ofiicc department. Tilson‘s letter call-
ed Burleson's attention to the clip-
pings and said the purpose of the
letter was to advise, him of the kind
of work the Democratic appointees
were doing.
"Burleson turnrd the letter over to
REILLY SHY ON CONGRATULAT ‘ LAND CLASSIFI
CATION GIVES NA-
L TlONAL FORESTS, PER-
MANENCE.
\\’.\Slll.’\'tl'l‘tli\, llvc. H).— At-l i1 rc-
Hill of land (lussification work. more
than cit-ht million acres were elim-
inated from the National Forests in
the last list-all year, and ill addition,
ovHr 1,1tttl individual tracts within Ill"
Port-sis were made available for llOlltt‘v
:‘lttztl entry, :tccn'ditu’. to th0 annual
report of Henry R. Graves. Chief of
.‘ the locust Sol‘l’ioo, which omphasich
the necessarily permanent character
of the National Forests, and points
out the importance of definitely dole"-
nlinillg the status of the land whit‘t
the Forests contain,
"The National it‘orcstg.‘ says Mr.
tll‘dl'cs, "arc gaining in stubilits‘
tllrouuh the land classification work.
i. is important for the general pub-
lic to know what lands are to be re»
tamed permanently by the Govern-
ut. and what lauds will be availabl ‘
for :‘al‘it‘lllllll'ltl settlement. The who!»
ht‘i'csi enterprise is based onthc as.
stmmtion ot pcrmancnce. All the.
won. is conducted with a view to con
stluctivc'development of the property
and its constantly increasing useful—
ncss.
"Every tin‘bcr sale is made with a
view to future consequences. 'l‘lm
woik of protection from fire is not
{only to prevent the distraction of
standing timber, but to save young
; growth and cncourtuzo tho lzfllul‘itl re~
production on lands which have been.
infurcd by a previous abuse. Millions;
o' trom- are established each year
which will not come to maturity for
a '\t"l) long time. A regulated system
of :11: twins looks to the upbtlilding or
the Forest. range, as well as to its:
ipresclll use; and the investment of"
public funds in extensive improve-
ments is prcdiclcd on the pel‘illtlll»
once of the .lovernnlcnl enterprise."
The need for consolidating land
ownership where Government and pri-
vate lands are interlocked is pointed?
out by Mr. Graves. Congress has, hm
states, already authorized an exchange-
‘of lands on the. Florida, the Oregon.
land the Whitman National Forests-
‘I'uder the ~saute policy exchantzes.
ave beep or are being negotiated
with South Dakota. Montana, ldaho-
.and Washington for school lands in.
: the National Forests located in those:
States. The consummation of threw
tot thcsp exchzmges now awaits final
,zipprovltl by Congress.
; Other measures which will have tr.
; fara‘eaclting significance is relation to
l the. permanence of the National Fou-
ests. says the report, are. the appo—
prlation by Congress at its last ses~
sion. of ten million dollars for thn'
.construction of roads within the For»-
ests and that of three million dollars:
to extend the National Forests in lbw
eastern mountainsby purchase. “The!
appropriation for the construction ‘of-t'
r ads will permit the. opening up of
regions heretofore inaccessible, will
trrcatly increase the use of the res
:sonrces in tho Forests. will shorten.
lines of travel across the States and
between communities, will stimulate:-
; prcspectlnu and mining in mineral re~
lzions
less'than 6 feet high. showed 31 pairsl rollmeut 0Q lane 30 lastvwas .1801)”,
0,, 16 species. in the mountains of as compared with 152,194 on June 30,
3 Arizona, near Flagstaff, a. tract. oi,19.15. This indicates that there should.
l70 acres covered “7“]! yellow pinel 1'18 11 ll‘lflll'l‘lfll increase in the final
3 and (‘l'lmbel oak suppo ted a bird; enrollment‘for the. year over the en-
: repulution of 31 pairs of 18, species. rollrnent for 1915. which was 209.178“
1 in California 20 acres of. the cam The (“-le EYOHDB organized show -an
ions of the] University of California. incrrnse of 4.04 clubs over the. num-
‘sltowed 87 pairs of, 23 species. Ail)" reported last V954“ During ”‘3
ltract near Gilroy, Cab, containing 30; six months ended June 30 this year
acres of fruits and about 3 acres 01‘ annroximatcly $73,000 ‘vad been donati
ipasturt‘: and creek bottom, gave the ad by local persons for tonal fairs.
'unusnnl figure of. 175mm”, of 34 festivals, and for other methods for
species on 33 “cm,“ A. slmllorlyl the encouragement of the local work
loanse’ though less ‘varle‘Lbn-d popula.l {is ctmtpal‘ed With $5J;.176 during the
' “on, was: found in a 52 wrenpwchl ,‘intll‘e calendar: year of' 1915-
orchard near Port‘Cltnton. ‘Ohio. Thisl '
showed 108‘ pairs ol‘o‘ommon tom
birds. 39‘ airs ottoman. margins; and
‘ pairs‘o English mum; a. total »
:60 Numb» mam ‘
Dldnttvmu‘ Much
“Is be every why eligible?"
f'Nearly' so. Millie needs-bl o. ‘1'
m... um»
and will ai c ‘ ' .
Secretary McAdoo and McAdoo rs- pm d Ollununlty upbutld
fen-rd it- to Osborn and asked Osborni "The lm , ,
to investigate. Osborn assured the; pores“; at $2fi§fdvg§§£w§ft£§3m
Secretary of the Treasury I could HOt‘pht («v-mum: has been recognized anti
hpw: made any attack on the Frost may 911,91",de through the an“
dent. or the Democratic administra- prepriatlon of $3,000 000 for continued!
tion and said he would send for me pujchases or Iandg 'begun under the:
at once and show me what was going. so-cailed Weeks Law. The work of?!
on. establishing these. Forests has been
Consider Tllson Unklnd. : started under the most favorable nus.
“One of the clippings was from a, pices, and its discontinuance woolm.
New Haven newspaper-and the other have been peculiarly unfortunate;
From a. Chicano paper. They were, With the new appropriations the pure-
acoountn of what i was supposed tot chases may now go forward with as.
have said at a cotton of‘noami ems! view to blanking mound amnion:
ploycs in Chicago. But they wot-emu the various units." ,
"r
accurate}, counts as what .1 hod‘fild
was in pm as of the President instesdl- Mr; “an,” Walt-bow; M
otcrlttolfln. . 130nm m “flunk”. “mmiu0m Jul
"I mum”!
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