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Land Office, Frederick U. Newsll, Chief Engineer of the .Reclamation Service and Gifford Pinchot. Chief of the Bureau of Forestry, has during tne course of two years itade a study ox the public lands' conuition and haa brsueht In a report which has been fwrwaried to Congress by tiie President with a special Kiussage recommenuing the repeal of the Timber and btoue Act and the substitution of a rational forest policy of selling only the stump- age from the public timber lands, re taining the lands for future timber growth; recommending the radical amendment of the commutation clause f the Homestead Act and a like amendment of the Desert Land Act In tmch maniier as to require actual resl deace and improvement under both of the latter named laws, amounting to their practical repeal. The provisions of this report are highly satisfactory to the Forestry and Irrigation Committee of the National Board of Trade, which believes that their enactment into law, strictly en forced, would do away with land and timber grabbing and promote these pol Idles oe this subject for which the Jeard b&s consistently striven. The present Indefensible land pollc ef th United States Is resulting In an Stual Koney loss to the government ( teas, of millions of dollars annually, la the denuding of our watersheds and the destructioa of all chances for a tuture timber supply, In the building up ot lordly landed estates in the West o( teas and hundreds of thousands of acres In single ownerships, instead of prevldin for the creating of thousands f small rural homes In short in the Mismanagement and waste of the greatest resource ever possessed by any nation en earth. The attention ef our lawmakers in Congress should be urgently called to the faet that while they are attempting economy In the expenditure of money, they are allowing laws to remain in force under which by far the most valuable asset of the nation la being recklessly wasted. Under the Timber and Stone Act, the sales of public timber lands dur ing the last five years have been as follows: Year. Acres. 1901 396,445.61 1S08 645,253.98 1903 1,765,222.43 1.04 1,306,201.30 Mi 690,677.06 4,709,860.38 A large oportlon of these lands have been in the heavily timbered belt of the far Northwest and is of the class of timber described by the Secretary of the interior in his report for the fiscal year ended, Juner 30, 1903, in which he says:' "The Timber and Stone Act will, if not repealed or radically amended, re sult ultimately in the complete destruc tion of the timber on the unappropriat ed and unreserved public lands. The ra pidity with which the public timhered lands are being denuded of their timber and the opportunity offered under the Timber and Stone Act for the fraudu lent acquisition of title to nubllo tlm bored lands at the uniform price of 12.60 per acre when they are in many Instances worth forty times that (1100) hns been heretofore set forth in the pages of my annual reports and those f my predecessors." "Hundred Million Dol or Waste. But estimating the values only of the 4,7IS,BIU acres ef timber land disposed f in the last live years, and at only $2f par aere, the government has, in taat uud, parted with tlae title of land werth J117,74,600. The price received for this laad has been at the uniform rate ef $2.60 per acre, or $11,774,650, a loss te tne government of over 1100, 00,00. Your committee endorses the recommendation of the President and his Publio Lauds Commission for the re peal ef this Timber and Stone Act and the substitution of a rational forest elloy, by which the title to the public timber lands shall remain forever in th government, the stunipage only to e aispesed of, at Its market value. Under such a plan as this, and under am agreement whereby one half the preceeds could be devoted to the For estry Service and the other half to the Irrlgatloa Fund, two policies of great lateraal improvement and Im portance could be generously main tained, while at the same time the forestry question would be to a great exteat solved, publio forest lands being lumbered In sutih a manner as to pre serve the young growth and leave the rest as a perpetual source of Income te Ue nation and at the same time eeiBerve the water supply. It the $100,000,000 which have been lest to the government under the above pkowUg, were at hand, a score or more f enoraieuB Irrigation projects could be Immediately constructed, reclaiming fr.m 2,000,000 to 8,000,000 acres of desert land, and enormous areas of Eastern forest reserves created through the purchase of mountain timber lands ast of the Mississippi. . Ia this connection, y-ur committee Is much Impressed with the importance f the creation of federal forest re serves to preserve the water supply f eastern steams, upon the continued flew of which depends much of our Manufacturing ao'ivity. Th western half of the United 8tates has over 100, 0,000 acres set aside in national forest reserves, as a source of future timber supply and for the preservation of the flow of streams for irrigation; but the east has no such nn advantage, whereas, the menace to her water sup- ONLY $1.00. 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It yoaWrrop. by mail arid V) wnu posu ' ' w""' ply from, forest destruction is equally as great. Large areas in the Southern Appalachian and White Mountain uanges should be created into forest reserves. Tor Eastern forest Reserves. ' In a Syeecii at Kaleigh, N. C, on October 2uth, last, 1 -esident Koosevelt, said: "It is the upper altitudes of the created mountains iuat aie most valu able to the nation as a whole, especially because of their effects upon the water supply, r-teither state or nation can af ford to turn these mountains over to the unrestrained greed of those who would exploit them at the expense ot the future. We cannot aiford to wait longer before assuming toiuiol in W Interests of the public, of these forests; lor If we do wart, the vested interests of private parties in them may be come so strongiy intrenched that it aay be a most expensive taak to ousi :.cm. If the eastern states are wise, then from the Cay of Fund to tiie .f v,o v.'"l see, wl'hin the nert few years a po'icy set on foot similar to that so fortunately car: ed out in the lch Sierras of the west by the Na- onal government, jj' the hlhr Ap palachians siouH bo reerve1. Such reserves would be a paying investment, not only in protection to many inter ests, but in dollars and cents to the government. The importance to the southern people of protecting the south ern mountain forests is obvious. These forests are the best defense against the floods which, in the recent past, have, during a single twelve months, destroy ed property officially valued at nearly twlc3 that it would cost to buy the Southern Appalachian. Reserve." i IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA APPALACHIANS. The importance of the Appalachian forest cover to the cotton milling in dustry alone, la the Piedmont regions of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia is shown by the statistics of the mills oporated by the water power derived from the streams having their sources in these mountains. In these three states there are 163 mills so operated with a combined capital stock of $33,000,000, with 2,770,000 spindles and 60,926 looms and giving work to over 45,000 employees. The total an nual production of these mills is ap proximately $114,000,000. Virginia has Intf-csta also, which are not included in the above figures, as have also Tennesee and Kentucky, on the western side of the mountains. A National forest reserve in the White Mountains of New Hampshire is also a inattor of general concern and vital to the woll being of the Industries of all New England. We are upon the threshold of great industrial competi tion with the producing powers of the world; to maintain our supremacy we must retain our hold upon our cheap water power, which, through electrical invention is beiug utilized as never be fore and greatly aiding to our national prosperity. The creation of the Appalachian and White Mountain Forest lteserves can not be left to the states; the question is an inter-state and therefore a na tional one. Nearly all the rivers of New F"glnnd head in the Whito Moun tains of Now Hampshire ami It Is of supreme imnortnnre to tvs industries of all the New England States, repre senting tens of millions of dollars, that the forest cover at the river sources shall bo preserved and Improved. National delay In the acquisition of these "reserves" would be dangerous and wasteful. Timber land which a few years wo could have been pur chased at $1.50 to $3 an aero has now t'-pbied and quadrupled in value. Ad ditional delay will mean a further in crease In cost. Congress should act at once and preserve from destruction one of the greatest resources of the nation. WANT ON SEA, FARM, RANCH OR IN THE .l m.ii,.. Ouamntrrd by the Maker. shnu'd o-rt.li.lT ,vur i nf lntrnmrnta .r. hr.,.h, ... .1.1 . ..' IVT. ' n" A 1" tt. for f i 10. Onr nsw c tuloi-ne of )nnn. .to Mni ltt. SICK LOSGWORTIi'S FATHER. Waa One of the First Men of Ohio Interesting liiciuents ot Lilt. Congressman Nick Longworth, the President's son-in-law, is a Billionaire of Cincinnati. His family is one of the oldest and most aristocratic of that city. His father, Judge Longworth, was u4 able a man as ever sat on the su preme bench of the State, and withal, one of the youngest He resigned this position as he did not care to take life .oo seriously after passing any. when ae died he was a colonel on Gov. McKin .ey's staff, death resulting from ex posure on an inauguration day. Judge Longwonn was a man not only beloveil, but brilliant. His courtship jf his wife, mother of the present Con gressman, began when both were but ix ytars old. biie was then little Sue .v'alker. Some years before the judge lied, he built a small steamboat for ;leauro trips on the Ohio river. He -ailed it tka "C O". It waa an odd name, and people wondered what it .Beant. Some said It stood for Cincin nati, Ohio, others said It meant "Come aft," but the judge would not make pub lo the origin of such an odd christen ing. Years later, ne told this story! As a boy, he had fallen in love with 'Sue Walker, and confided his affection to bis mother, who wished to encour age him In writing, and advised him to express his love in a letter. He lid so but did not know tow to spell Sue. He pondered a wniie, then rear soned that if d-o spelled "do," e-o ought to spell Sue. That was the way he addressed his first love letter, and when he was a man grown, "dear C. O." became his wife and the mether of his son, the present congressman. The mother still keeps and prlztg her first declaration of love. Judge Longworth was once travel ing ia Italy. He was In a forward car with a friend; and when his wife sent word for him to come back to her, the judge remarked, "We had beet take all our things as the dago marquis here might swipe them." This remark was made concerning a swarthy looking man in the opposite Beat. The judge .Yas only joking, thinking too, that the stranger did not understand English. When the train stopped, the. Marquis handed the judge a card. He was a sure enough marquis and he knew English. The card meant a duel, but Longworth was equal to the ocoasion, for he responded, "Why hello Marquis, glad to meet you." The offended noble man had to laugh and the two be came good frlneds. At another time the judge conceiv ed the plan of living a few days with the bandits In Thessaly. With sever al friends an expedition was organ ized and the party went Into the moun tains of upper Greece. They found a famous robber chief and told him they wanted to have a social visit with him and his men. A bag of gold was giv en the outlaws and for two weeks Longworth and his party saw much of a section and people which had been a sealed book to even the near est inhabitants. They hunted and played games, but the robbers com mitted no crimes during the visit When the stay was over the chief escorted them to the frontier and saw them in safe hands. There was a price on his head and beyond a cer tain line he dared not go. The Judge often remarked that he never enjoyed a trip more. Only hardshell ruts should be fed to park squirrels. The teeth of a squlr- 11)1 ffrAW c- n trial 4 r, I Tk a nAn intA shell nuts to keep them at the proper lenpth. A squirrel's teeth will grow so long that he cannot eat. I 4 A) , i la. i b J . WANTS ANOTHER. n.ntlem.n Ptaa. wM anothw Telescope. Honey COHUiui many t I Uuws uie mouey. - SrrPERIOT? TO A rM Walh. of Tf owe Tstand Ontario Canada, mtm tl.tiilrinrn-l hT Jum rwln; nr irh-n-nr . d to iv r wiiu-'i e hAve had, hu-t cost S;4-U) Jia utura than doubla what u cost ma. COULD DISCERN BOATS FROM FIVE TO TEN XfTT.T-g, Vr. P. V.MadW.ef MtattLlrtM.. who pnreaasM) on ( th Telamtwa say, theyananpartar loanythlna' h npmnl; thai with II tw oonid dam knats on l Ural LakM al a distant ot i lo lOSiaid In aij i wwinw as could rsaa us namas ot stttunan and otllar onui PIGMY ICELASD POSIES. Pets in Parlors of London Society lwenty-cghc lnuits Hin, London society has a bad case of the zoologlcals. Tiger cats, gentle little lemurs; gazelles, with their "soft brown eyes;" fretful porcupines and ant-eaters have in turn been made pets, but they have all been dethroned as rulers of petdom by the parlor ponies of Iceland. These tiny creatures are the fun niest little things imaginable. They are no larger than a Newfoundland dog. their height is twenty-eight inches, slightly less than that of the ordinary lit Wt 't, V-'f.JF I r:tV k - fn. --J..-JL ..5 LOOKS LIKE A BIG TOY. table, are as woolly as sheep and quiet as lambs. Seven of these little fellows were imported by Mr. Jamrach, the natural ist, and he Insists that they are quite at home, and well mannered in the house and that a baby might Bafely play with them. Two of the herd are chestnuts, two mouse, one bay, one black, but the "pick of the bunch," the smallest of all, has a long cream colored coat and a tall that sweeps the floor. All seven were bought at $75 each on the first day of their exhibition. One of the customers is an intimate friend of the Queen, so that it i3 qnite probable that a pigmy pony will find a royal mistress. Stoker ia First locomotive. Letchworth Cox, who was a stoker on the first locomotive that ever got up Bteam in America, celebrated his ninety-first birthday at his home in Jamesburg, N. J., on Christmas Day Mr. Cox vas the son of Joseph and Hannah Cox and was born in Chester county, Pa., in 1814. He is still in possession of all his faculties. Tbey Mast Gnaw. Rata, mice and squirrels unceasing ly gnaw at something, not out of pure mischief, as people generally imagine, but because they are forced to. Animals of this elass, especially rats, have teeth which continue to grow as long as the owner lives. This being the case, the rodent Is obliged to continue his gnawing so as to keep his teeth ground off to a proper length, The Old Folks Were Absent. A man came no to a lecturer in a ho tel in Kansas City, saying with enthu siasm: "Well, sir, I enjoyed your lecture very much last night." "I didn't see you there." remarked the lecturer. "Oh, I wasn t there." "Well, what do vou mean by telling me you enjoyed my lecture, and you were not present?" "Oh, I bought tickets for my girl's father and mother, and they both went !" looks ui:b a WATCH The wearer of th!a h&nfc ome piocoof jowolrywiU be tlio envy ol nor f rienda and rocol vo erf d i t for owning a fins Cold Watch. This watch, lockofc and ?in, 14k. (old plato la all be fanhlon ana a beauty. Do not confuse it with thOi enoap Jowoirynowtioodini tha mnrkofc. Guarantors one yonr, plron for telling 04 i.ittiituovmwifc BALTIC SGAL FUR BOA This ornamental wiling onlT Pont waste nu are bosii I. 1 J J a" A li 2? "lurit! SiTfsPrintselmiloTsrrom ' vllf- Jrsa I "i1mN. 9 f"U cr cards S-'fi CS Cr,Siro'a flat su IhSaST Ja? .-'CV?,ifV'lul1'vora tSo " $25 R"1 M u '-"'7 Woman'a I I and Clrlaf 8. f .. H Bizos. hare 6 f If vj buBhy 01 I 1 rl . ' ItniKSfitoU) I " I 3 inchoa long, 11 made very V 11 M Tidonndfull h IJf f erouttd the It T BOCk, warm r I f ' " find drossy. w i I "'hy er Iff I Tory popular s : X stylo. Guar I antoed each f w one perfect. K 1 fciid fitted l'T f with fart- r xr j eaera, Glvon Wi: j ..Jl t soiling J only 82 fine J Q i a?- OUR NEW EXCELSIOR SOLAR TELESCOPE. KS SCHOOL. A Telescop, brings i inclosed. Other was a avnia ffood uk iiiiitriiinmts Brandy, Va. U. Q. aLU'. tin OTJASS. iwt ttsnrini V niHHnna It ts farnrrlor av. Jatt a U aliu 1 bav. mm WrLh II ara wvrui at a distance of ooa-half nil. aw. 2 fi&A H THE NATION'S BRIDE. Latest Copyrighted Imperial Size Portraits of the President's Daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Lonvcrlh (nee Alice Roosevelt). A Magnificent Souvenir of the Greatest of White House Weddings. Published by authority of Miss Koosevelt. These exclusive photographs have been reproduced in copper engravings and printed m sepia on special tinted paper, suitable for framing. Arranged in large panels as shown in accompanying illustrations. 5 poses in Ball Dress, size 12x36 inches, 5 poses in Street Dress, size 12x31 inches. Now selling in New York City for $1.00 each. Our special offer (edition limited). Either panol 25c, or both panels 40c, postage prepaid. Address NATIONAL PIIOTO-SOUVENIR CO., Lock Box 61, WASHINGTON, D. C. ft ,5 " 'OA 1 1 P'Ci send i;s your name and tw-v only 24 packages of iiljUIlSlj to sell at loc. a paclcaore. Just ns soon ns you return our $2.40 received I , om the sale, we will send you this splendid Baseball Out fit It is the best one ever eiven away. earn it. Every housewire will buy I? LTTIXIii. Write to- day. We r;ive you the suit absolutely free and exactly as de scribed Lclow. C H I RT. Handsome pray flannel, wide hi-h collnr, broad shoulders, full at arms, very luuj, tlirte-bullun Iruut, duublu-sewcd lurouhout. Vill wear hke irou. PANTS Padded or unpadded; take yonr choice. 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We buy lumber in Immense Quantities. And turn out from six to seven hundred Incubators a day. This means high grade machines at low cost. Now we are after the trade with an Incu bator of up-stairs quality at a down-stairs price. And to prove to yon that Chatham Incubators are the bost made, we are Will ie? to let you try one 84 days 1' IlliU. Best Cifer, Best Premiums, Best Value 6EN0 KO MONEY W trust you Jnt wrlto 119 for 12 ct out extra hifi (:r.-.u0, .geft finish, hem. r'.itched HandkorcMcfa wljh w deliver Ireo, ec;l thom lor aa at only Do. cat h ond we wiil ship you f reo cf ail xponso costly ond dcrlrublo prrmiuma or jour choluo from our l!:;fc of DiamcTid limns. Hoys' rid Girls' Sweaters, Eiia, Eiates, Hand ta;. Bread luakora, etc. vrliUUvo will scad yon. Wo tako baclE v.hat ia unsold and reward you f uct the same. Prom iumo oxactiy ao rcprosouLoauad Ualivorod promptly. 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It will r.n it. e1 a haadrrd time. aver, li.-: c ue n,l trt iu v. waja it will repay lta SECURE THIS TELESCOPE AND TAKE A IiOOK AT OLD SOL. Saw I. a rkaaee la Meare car tor ,1 iUw,t.Fr.fiin& 7'' iiidvi sun nnAA . r LtEJ v-j H 2, address. We send you You can easily Tit OH RtUMe.Ttr the Special Price' You can take off four hatches, and, If the machine Isn't ex- f - . r.,--1; v,- -s 4v.t actly as represented ;A"J'Vi.'!kV;i send It back at our expense. Could wo make a fairer offer? But we so further even than this and guarantee every In cubator we sell for fivo years a direct Iron-clad guarantee. Send for our FREE Catnloc tniiav. Your name and sddrera on a poet eard milled at once sets the whulu Btory by rmurn mall. The Manson Campbell Co., Ltd. 277 Wesson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. yot Grestcst promlnm.yon ovor nwl Ee-rat-fiil full jointed tmiwrtod Doll jr.ih Bibquo hoad, hat, elioos, stock iri t a complotowardroboof nrotty c.othcs that rsn bo t. -ion oil and put caaraia. 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