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Gifford i’inchot is monarch of a do-
main larger than the German empire
In Europe, huger than France exclu-
sive of its colonies, five times a*
large as the Umpire state of S' w York
aud six times as large as Ohio.
Winn President Roosevelt, March 1.
added 17 million acres to this govern,
ment's forest, reservations, he brought
the total up to 142 million acres. Me
knew as everybody else knew who has
kept in touch with Weste rn sentiment
that Ills action would bo bitterly re-
sented in certain state'* of tin* moun-
tain group. There is an irreconcilable
♦ main. The cost to the government |x>r
acre lor the maintenance of the for
e-tr> bureau is only one aud three
fifths cents. In France, Prussia and
gw itzerlaiid is exceed* one dollar au
acre.
I he area of forests tu private lauds
is many times greater aud more valu-
able than that owned by the govern-
meat. The theory of the government,
while preserving its own forests, is to
assist in preserving the forests under
private ownership. The government
through the loresiry bureau co-oper-
ates with private forest owners with
the end in view of obtaining for all the
people the highest value for the- na-
tion's timber supply.
they can be taken even after reserved
by the government for forestry pur-
poses. Nor is the vast domain which
has heed taken by the government any
the less available for graaing pur-
poses because it is under government
direction. Where good crops of grass
or herbage are produced, the forestry
bureau establishes grazing districts
and permits cattle or sheep to graze
the land for a small fee, which goes
into the treasury. For tne Umber
land, under the rule, tho government
t received at incest $2..'ifl per acre1, wbll"
It* actual market value was from $'■
to $100 an acre and its economic' val-
ue' under forestry is many times the
highest figure.
When the unreserved public land Is
One would have lx>cn led to believe made Into a forest reserve, the timber
from some of the speeches made by Is still availalde. It is ne ither with-
______________ Western senators when the agricultur- drawn from the market nor left to rot
conflict between those who would save nl appropriation hill was under discus- from age nor to be wiped out by tire complish' d through a I'rote* lion "f •'**
thousand fee t son roc- of the water supply Is of great
men and little ones are
th tin u everywhere will
the gr« at range* are being rapidly
stmv d. There is no part of the gieat
Wist where the grass compares with
former year*. On a forest reserve the
iante is still accessible, but under the
terms and conditions Iiii|k*s«nI by the
forester. The big cattlemen cannot run
over the Utile fellow on the govern
n.ent reserve, nor is the little chap
permitted to harass tin* baron. The
range is regulated, loo, and kept al its
highest productive capacity. It Is pro-
« |vi iv the -aiue with the range as with
tin timber V forest reserve tushes
sire of a better and vvi>er use1 and a
permanent prosperity.
In view * f the recent crcallou of an
inland waterways commission and the
marvelous promise i f the reclamation
service, the good wiitcll will be ar-
uvol.l. I Gat on the grouud to s.s- whether the prw
toll you that |msec! cutting would Imperil the cow
de (.creation of the water supply *«•«
threaten llte safety of tne fore«t H U
is safe to cut. a coutract I* prepared,
showing Just how the cutting Is io b*
\dvertlscmcnts are made and
sold to the highest hid-
to be cut ie
wati Ic'd t*
w isted by high
•tumps and tlmt the tops are disioa-
cd of to prevent flics.
done.
the timber I*
der. Then the timber
marked and ihe cutting Is
•re that no timber i*
0
in
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the nation's forests and those who
would destroy them. The light is now'
more acute than the contest between
the cattle baron and the homesteader.
The forest reservations have come
to stay despite unyielding opposition.
The only problem remaining is one of
administration. In the opinion of tho
forester the acreage is now larger
than It will ever he agaiu. The home-
steader is free to enter the for -st re
serves at any time and under the law
he is permitted to m| all th timber
necessary for establishing his home.
Gradually the acreage will ho slightly
reduced, but the total will not he ma-
terially decreased.
Even the latest reservations by ex-
ecutive order (he l nited Stales has
set apart only one-fifth as much in
forests as Russia whose government
forests aggregate 043 million acres.
But compared to other countries, the
United States has a commanding lead
The expenditure per acre in the
United States to care for Its forests
ns compared with expenditures by
other countries Is ridiculously low. Al*
told fewer than a thousand rangers
guard, through patrol, this vast do
sion and especially when the seciiou
relating to expenditures for the for-
estry bureau was reached, that when
the government s< is aside a forest re-
solve its use fur the public was at an
end. On ilie contrary the public de-
rives Its great ‘.st benefit from the res-
ervations. Under the old policy the
timber land v.is taken by individuals
aud passed into the control of com-
panies and co potations. The most
valuable port in were cut and mark-
eted- That which remained was
burned and the land became an un-
productive waste.
It should be thoroughly understood
that the vast acreage which has been
set apart for forest reserves dot's not
Include hsnd desirable for agriculture.
Throughout the Rocky mountain and
Pacific coast regions there are vast
arcus of high and rocky land some-
times densely timbered, but unfit for
agriculture. If unreserved these lands
would never he taken by homestead-
ers.
The most careful examination Is
An)b<a|.v can buy it; a
at a time or a million f*-et. But the
timber cannot be cut at the will of tho
man who buys it. The timber must
be wisely cut under directions of n
foiester. The r« >« rve must be so used
that it will continue to produce timber
for ull time to conic. The timber is
harvested so that future crops are as-
sured. The lauds are kept productive
and tho county, state aud nation g< t
the benefit.
It Is estimated that in five year- the
forestry bureau will lie self sustaining
and a f> vv years thereafter will turn
Into the United Slates treasury a
handsome revenue. The new adminis-
tration policy means that where pri-
vate owners receive $‘i0 or $100 an
acre fur their timber lands adjacent
to the public domain, the iVvernment
will get an equal sum for its timber
and w ill continue to own it for the hen
etit of future generations.
consequence to the nation as tlit* con-
servation of the timber supply Itself
So long as the vast Umber areas were
still a part of the unreserved public
domain they were left lo the ravage*
of fire, to destructive lumbering and
grazing. Gradually these vast area*
were losing their spongelike proiiertics
by which they became great reservoirs
for holding and regulating the waler-
fluw. Tie rai ls rushed quickly down
tlie slopes of the denuded mountain*,
ecu -in1 flo< i's at one season and assur-
ing protract'd ill oughts in others.
lit it statement made before tho sen-
ate agricultural committee. It was as-
serted that tlii' increase in the life of
fence posts, telegraph and telephone
poles and railroad tb's alone, due to
the work of the forest service, was
worth every year more than the total
appropriation asked. Tho saving of
forest destruction hv fire Is worth In-
V
Up to Him to Move.
Miss Collier Down I beg pgrdo*,
hut did I hoar you say good night?
Mr. Staytate—No; you must have
dreamed It.
Miss Golller Down Maybe I did. I'm
sleepy enough to dream.
A great change tn PtirlR customs hat
been wrought by the now Sunday law
which recently went into effect. N*
shops are open on Sunday along th*
principal streets, not even a barber’^
which is astonishing, considering th*
inability of tho average Frenchman to
use the razor upon himself. The com*
finitely more than the total appropri- mcrclal classes, particularly the small
Yet another advantage from forest ation.
made to determine whether the lands reservations is the method of utilizing | Winn an application Is made for a
could he utilized for agriculture lie- the range. The controversies between sale of timber on a forest reservation
fore they arc sot apart. But even If sheep men and cattlemen and the con- an investigation is made by the forest
some homesteader should desire them, 1 stant bickering between big cattle-' officers, hirst there is a careful study
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shopkeepers, are naturally opposed t«
the law, but It has released a large
body of humble workers who other
wise were deprived of a complete Sun
day rest.    . , ,.T
I The    Evening Story ]
KC*aK»*l
Joy," she said, with a smile,
der what her butcher is like."
‘1 won-' young woman who could take a matter. the lock now; go and talk to her i*
of vital importance so casually.    (tie same strain.”
Now, although Miss Esther Shaw
had led so busy u life that site had
forgotten that she had ever been pret-
ty, and had. moreover, thrust love ut-
terly to one side, it must he stated
"I am very glad to see you',' saidi While the bewildered Mr. Oakmas
.Miss Shaw, in her    decisive way.    "I    stated at her,    the door opened, and
have heard a great    deal about you,    and    quite another    couple cam" in. .Joy
I bate wanted for    some time to    bilk 1    (’utter had hold of the hand of a fresh-
to you. Won't you    be frank with    me?    colored young    mail, with very smooth.
“I am troubled about you, Joy Car-1 past; tlie very way he wraps 'em up here that love, quite unexpectedly, had Remember the happiness of two lives sleek bud'; and the fresh-colored
ter. You are not yourself; you have is enough to express bis feelings; butpUrmie(j her; and that one man. at all may depend upon your frankness. ' young man was blushing much mort
spoken sharply once or twice (quite as for proposin'- the man simply don't j events, had not'd that site was pretty I'm sure I'm very grateful—obliged’ eve nthun Joy.
without knowing it, 1 am convinced)' understand the nieanfn’ of the word.L,n(j i,ad sighed about her in secret, lie to vim,’ ; i Richard Oakman nerv-j "Ob, if you please, miss, there ain't
in reply to me. Now, what in the het. his hand touch yours for a mo-j ha«| never spoken to her; it hf.d only o.i: i\. "I never thought for a moment! no need for you to say anything t*
world is the matter witn you?”    incut, he will, iu handing you change I pjs Kt,0(| fortune to ee her a that you would receive me like tills; ij him,,"' said Joy softly. “Met him on
"Oh, if you please, miss, I never or any little thing like that—but, -    ..... .... ------------*    •»
little
meant-”    bless you—no more than that. And
“I'm sure of that, Joy; but I don't believe me, miss, you can sec his very
like it. You are troubled.” The clear lic i t as it were, in the scales w'en
eyes of Miss Esther Shaw looked • lie s w \ ' itt up for you."
through her glasses at the young girl, |    ‘ You have a noetic imagination,
who
was her servant, not
,9»»
distance; but he loved her. He had was afraid-”    • the stairs, I did. miss; an- before n»
read some of the things site had writ- “That I should lie bitterly opposed w'ords was spoken we was iu each otb-
ten; he had heard her make a pretty to anything you might itave to sttg-! rl 8 arms all to ontet, in a manner C
little halting    speech oa one occasion,    gest "    she broke in.    “Where it is al    apeak In . I    beg    your    pardon, miss, for
in expounding views which never    matter of happiness,    I am, I fear, very 1    Intrudin , hut    this    Joy drew for-
should have    fallen from s ich vo'tng    easily    moved. It ts    my habit to be    ward the    blushing    butcher—"this iz
lips as hers;    and lie hail almost d -    frank,    and I will he    frank with you."
, Sam!"
peratelj made up his mind lo seek an Slip advanced toward him, and looked Net voimlj enough Mira Esther Shan
unkindly.] Joy,” said Miss Esther Shaw sedately.
“What is wrong?”    ! "But I don't quite see how I am to
Joy Carter fidgeted from one foot to    help you in the matter. You see. Joy"    | introduction to her. liis name was    unflinchingly into his eyes,
the other, and picked up a corner of    —Miss sh iw had risen lo her feet, and nichard Oak nun. and he was also    in love!"
her apron, as though tlie answer were    crossed over to the fireplace, and was    j struggling In that great world that is    ..y,r | ll|n ln lovp« i,P    said
wiitten there and she needed to de- looking -gravely at her own reflection . rlited by the pen.    rlndly "I have not dared to speak' il impossible to be quite -o s ern at
ilpliet it. \ pi ' vlowli, while she in (lie    1 am quite inexp li- ]*'ate. lor some mischievous reasin. about i!. I have watched her day by    ' meant to Ln*. Half an horn
‘You are
hur-
looked at the coiner ol the apton, two enced.    made hitn more desperate still; he do- clay
"I should have thought, miss, that termined Uj sofk the lady for himself. (“Over the counter” she thought! ,hai had n,,t knowI» » nia'1’8 presenos
.tii''tic as p re tit ns you    n xvas ..., qely g* -a;' to My that quickly: and decided that Mj' butch ar '    s irs amicably
Esther Shaw turned quickly and |10    long ago discovered where she was much too good for Joy Carter.) ^ enough.
“Worshiped her from afar," he want And 1 took you for a butcher!” shs
large tears welled tip into lier eyes,
overflowed and dropped down. Mias
Esther Sbaw watched the course of
them, .-nd looked more troubled than
before.
“Oti if you please, miss—it’s Mr.
Nudford.” said Joy Carter softly.
Miss Esther Shaw heaved a sigh and
shook her head. This was the bog*
that had been pursuing her all her
life, and from which skip had hitherto
escaped, together with her tnaid.
"Joy—Jny—haven't I warned you?"
ehe asked plaintively. “Haven't I told
you how much better off you were
here with me. than risking your future
happiness with a mere milkman or
baker-”
“If you please, miss, Nudford is a
butcher.” sail Joy softly, as if that
was any excuse.
"AH trades are alike; and a butcher
is likely (o be brutal by reason of his
calling.' said Miss Shaw severely.
“However, you must have your own
wa". I suppose. When does this man
Nudford propose—”
“Never," broke in Joy excitedly.
“1 hat's the worst of him, ntiss; he
don't know how to do it. Motive had
the benefit. ntiss. as regards tender
cuts and lean chops this six months
murmured a sort of blessing on the
pair uml hurried litem out of the room.
Then she faced her visitor but fount
■ qu
later they were sitting in that lorm
looked at the girl out of her bright ,ivctl an(i< in fnrt. nil •. bu tt 1: -t- Tint*
eves through her bright glasses. "That] ,, happened ,jlrlt on this particular af-
will do. Joy. ’ -lie ".aid. "You have not (on.,lnn he cl ini tied the stain as- whi'-ii
on passionately.    said reproachfully.
And yet have Icon afraid to Hpeuk "If you'll take m» in any case, l
t"M me in Wbat way l ean ai ' ><»'•’ led to her i ode* flat, an i after a a i«    ot wha( - ,.ril| feelings were,** don’t mind " he said with a twinkle i*
“I thought, miss, that if you would ilosilHliori km ked at the door. Joy
give Nudford what I might call u Jog.'
suggested Joy b:> hf diy, "it might b"
better for him, nnss."
“Well, can’t you do that?” asked
Miss Bhuw shandy.
"if you please miss—I don't exactly
like—”
"Very well. Joy. since your affec-
tions arc set on this man. I v.i 1 help
you. If you care to ask Mr. Nudford
to see me, 1 will put before hint, as dei-
I irately as pcs '.Ide. his duty. I trust
it will be with thrt happiest result-s.
That will do now. Joy."
Carter liein; absent, (probably In par-
lies! search of her butcher) the door
was opened by Miss Esther Rhaw her-
self.
She saw before her a man, hat
she reminded him. "Would you like his eyes. "You said I made love nlctv
me to suggest to you what is the b**st ly," he reminded her.
thing for you to do?"    “But that was for Joy," she said, "i
“If you would be so good," he laid couldn t think of it; it is all to hur-
hiimhly. hut with bewilderment.    ried.
"When next you see her, be frank “ “All to onee't, tu a manner of
in hand, smiling a little foolishly and an,j straightforward and manly with speaking.' us Joy would say,” ■iiid
stammering her name. Unused to vis- iu-r,’’ went on Miss Esther Shaw <*n- Richard, laughing. “If you think I'm
itors of the male persuasion at all. she (husiasticallv. "If Joy comes into your not perfect at the bii dncss, or If yon
jumped to one conclusion—this was jjfo--”
Joy Carter's butcher! A very pre-    wou]d—k would!" he exclaimed
Rentable butcher, if shy and awkward; qujcjjjy, seizing her hands and draw-
evidently he bad put on his Sunday jng pf.,. toward him. “From the very Gall s Magnizne.
suit for the occasion.    qrst moment that I saw you I knew    — - —
“Iv’e been expecting a visit from that there was but one woman in ull
said. "You needn't he
think it is too hurried, I'll stay for
some more lessons.”
"Very well," she said softly.—Mc-
I.eft alone, Mirs Esther Shaw turned
again to her own reflection in the inlr-, ? on ske
ror. She had led so busy a life, and afrn‘d 1,10• l,,ine *n
po strenuous a life in fact that she had Mr. Richard Oakman started in sot te    me t! .it '<ui lo'f    nn
forgotten that but a year or so ago she, surprise, but .ceepted the invitation    ;    “Yes-that will    do    very well for a
had    been    regarded    as    pretty; and    here    He was so notch    astonished, in t ic .    uhe.us.il,    ...dd Miss Shaw, a b I
was    Jov    Carter    reminding    her of the    that the eloquent apeoches he had been    'n1' ll"    'S|”    wHhduw bit    h a ml.-
framing In his mind ns he came along "For my part, 1 think you make love
were dissipated    In a moment: ne    very nicely,"    she added with    a shy
help    poor    could onh stand    and stare at this    «Unce at    him.    “There is Joy's    key In
fart.
tty.
"At
She shook her head at the van-
all events. I must
Consul General W .11. Mirhlel of
the world for me. If only you will let r<tl(.ll!|;li    thnt over ...........
me work for you—If only you’ll tell
of British India, who had gene to Trin-
idad to work temporarily, returned oa
December 31, lb06, with about ftiit-fiGE
In cash. One family brought back
$3,000. MorI of these people will, in
all probability, invest their savings I*
land.
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