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Story as 'Related "ky One 'Wto Had Traveled tke
By H. A. Thompson.
f HIS is a atory told by Captain
Henshaw, on of the best repre
sentatives of tha Arizona "old
timers," as we lay In camp one
fine October afternoon.
' Our stents were pitched7 on an outer
. slope of the Juniper range; and the
country to south westward was spread
out before us like a relief map. Im
mediately at our feet lay a broad, up
land valley, rocky and dotted with
patches of scrub growth. At a distance
of three or four miles this valley Jroke
or eight nines in JZ'TuZ
01 " '""t.uJ nZ ipoi.
upper vaucy were, p iMwi-jr "--
aiscnargua upon i . ...
Captain iiensuaw, a n
stool and gazed intently at tne wmo
nri.Knict whicli was terminated only
bv the disunt cliffs of a towering vol
canic mesa xome 30 miles away, was a
picture of venerable, yet Intelligent and
forceful, manhood. Years of exposure
l rjijr".i.,
had tanned his ekm l he hue or an
Italian Peasant: bi t the long
beard, -wbioh swjp In J'JJ
over nis cuest, ami ue
liped forehead gave n m an "P"f"'u"
cxper
i,,. i i hj,i uhiied awav many a
tedious hour of our long .Jay Yr!
the plains and through the hills with
narratives suggested by localities we
passed; and now. as he arose from his
stool and stretched himself upon a
blanket, with Irfs back against a bed
roll we know that a story was comlnS
and silently awaited its arrival.
"That gulch yonder." said tbe captain,
Willi a gestur.? which followed the
windings of the distant ravine, is as
unlikely a racecourse as one could well
select; but it was there that once. In
th oariv uvontlpA. 1 rode an Jnvolun-
tary race for the Btakes of money, free-
aom ana Hie.
nn those day I was a partner with
John Dtboe in the contracting business,
and we had recently finished a profit
able piece of road building over on th
Mogollon Rim. Nearly all the rods
constructed in the eaHy history of tins
territory were surveyed by military en
gineers and paid for with government
monev. The Deonie wno iravei uie
1 ! . ' l -,, nf il.la ..txt,.,,
I'ZilZZ , Vi e enerKV
and SKIll 01 tne.aiil wimt. '
accomplished difficult engineering feats
in the face of danger often and nearly
always under ( experience of hardship.
After the completion of our contract
there eemd to b io more road build
ing In sight, so .we concluded to mori
our headquarters to the hills nortli of
tlie ; Juniper mountains. Large deposits
of silver , had been discovered in that
locality and. we contemplated going Into
the mining business. But we discov
ered that all the best claims had been
appropriated before our arrival, and.
more, bv necessity than choice. we
turned ur attention to the matter of
haulinv. supplies for the mines. In six
months we had established a regular
line of heavy teams between Hrescott
Fort Whipple it was then and Juniper
camp.
"This, however, was a slow way of
making money. The freight to be car
ried was not sufficiently heavy; and
the much more profitable passenger and
express business was in the hands of
William Owens, who operated a stage
line over the same route. AVe welcomed
then the Information, brought in by one
of our teamsters, that the government
was about" to construct a military road
from -fort Whipple to Fort Mojavei.
Hut our enthusiasm wan dampened when
the man told us, In his slow way. that
the bids were to be . opened and the
contract awarded oh the 25th of the cur
rent month; for It was then the 21d
and the distance to rhort vt hippie was
a" i .1 . "I1,"- WM" greany sur-
prised that Volonel Morton, the com-
mandapt at the post, who had the let.
t ii? a w it t
In . the regular manner, of the proposed
Work; especially as he had always ex
pressed himself as well pleased with
the way Jn which we performed our
contracts.
"Deboe and I agreed, after a hastv
consultation, that we must at least
make the attempt to enter a bid for
the construction of the new rnnd- nml
. . - , , - .
it Was decided that I should en to IVn l
Whipple as the representative of the
firm. Using my best endeavor to reach
-.r.T.L'a.r liW terraces, 'toward a' still
, ... --. i. - ,!, ,i nnKiilnn nn bicvi, wmie lire intelligent eyes, uie
lower level. From the JJhie to u'at small, curved ears and the white sur
we occupied It was P1? . on the broad forehead Indicated the pur-
the -windings of a gorge, ruttuig these Jty pf
terraces and laswwK ..".n While iJeboe packed mv saddle bags
toward the plain This ravine anauow w)0, fo r nad - tUfi c mM
and wide flaring at first, then steep few trans for the trm.
sided and deeply cleft, was bouio evc , T -,n,:C ,1,. ...
FORESTRY QUESTION AS SEEN BY EUROPE
f Qermany System MigLt Well Be Applied to the United States MetW of tKe Renewal of trie Cut Varies
in Several Localitiei Ik First Principles of Olcl Country Laws Protection From Fires tKe Most Important
T
fIJEUK are very promising indica-
. cations that the next Michigan
legislature, aroused to a tardy
. l&aHzatitm of the imminent dau-
;ger of exhaustion or the timber
and even wood supply, will take steps to
introducea system of practical forestry.
Hn wise or far-reaching their pro
vision may be 'remains to be seen.
The whole, subject of forestry in the
I'njted States is now, and of necessity
must be for years to ciyne, merelv in
a tentative state. The economic condi
tions in this country are so different
from those of the older countries which
long ago passed the wasteful period in
the-treatment of their forests And began
by painstaking care to retrieve as bent
they might a portion. of their spent nat
ural resources, that we. can nOk hope to
take over podlly the results of Their ex
perience. We may. however, find a
study of some of their methods valua
ble as suggesting the genersl lines
along which the work of restoring Mich
igan s forests must proceed, modified, nf
cersv to accord with the varying con
dition. The ( earliest forestry regulations on
the continent of Europe were designed
for '-the protection of the game pre
serve against poachers rather than for
fostering .'the timber aiue of the foi -.
ests Restrictions on the clearing of
large timbered areas so as to impair
th hunting grounds of the nobles are
foimd aa .'early as the days of Charle
magne. iiA.law prohibiting the cutting
j of tree of lets than a prescribed diam
elef wa" in force in some of 'the ler
e man .states as early as the middle of
.' th seventeenth century, and this regu
1 lation perhaps marks the beginning of
forestry legislation with a view to en
hancing tbe productiveness of the for
ests. Rut. It was not until shout a century
. and a. half ago that Germany, first com
ing to reallae that the depletion1 of her.
forest was rapidly bringing her face to
fac with a wood famine was forced
to dopt conservative methods in the
utilization of her forests. Germany then
stood at the "very point -where Michigan
nowflnds herself. It was then that the
tJepman iganie -warden enlarged his
province, 'taking on the duties of a for
ester. ,
It, was. soon discerned by the (terman
people that the cjr of the forests mer
ited th. most serious consideration. The
work of the forester was seen to be of
the moat exacting nature. He needed
to be a" nian of intelligence, courage,
and of broad general. knowledge, fjotan.v.
; aoologVi '.mineralogy and mathematics
were all essential sciences for the prop-
, erly strained forester, and it was not
long bvf ore a large place In the edu
cational ystem rf the country was
. given -to - the fitting of men for this
important service to the state. In the
development of the education of the
jor'Fter the pennans have brought into
' exigence an elaborate branch of math-
f ematlc. involving the calculation of the
amount of .wood and timber growing on
. a given tffi; tae amount -of -increase
to be expected from the natural growth
of the forest, and the present and future
value of the whole product of a wooded
area, .
, ln spite et tlie fostering -care the
Oerm;ui government bestowed on Its
foreat. the Importation of. wood con
tinues to be fxr In fxcesH of Its exrtorta-'
. tion and eniount -to' nearly on-fourth
of lii domestic product, while, the
rnui tn..UftLvl.iigh prices of timber -render
t!ie.liigof everjr crap of wood jin-
. b Jinportant doea tha state con
it before the time limit mentioned In
the. advertisement which our teamste
had een, expireu. .Military mien do
not wait on a tardy comer; aifd. If
we wwe to have any cnance, it was
neceary to utilize every moment, es
pecially as I should be obliged. after
reaching tlie fort, to learn tbe specifi
cations coveruiK Uie work.o be done am
to make an estimate of the .amount ror
whicli we would agree to undertaKe it.
"I owned, at tlie time, a mitre, which
was reputed to be the fastest long dis
tance saddle horse in Arizona. She
came of thorougliured stock, and pos
sessed both the speed and tlie endur
ance characteristic cf tlie lineal descend
ants of Abdullah. Her body whs close
knit and her Jess, cleanly chiseled as
teamatar Imparted his information:
r
and
abO"1 730 I rode away. The moon was
at its full, the night cool and invigorat
ing and the horse SDlnled. 1 held .Diana
down for the first lew mllea, increasing
the pace araduallv: then. s she
warmed to her work. I relaxed the ten-
slon on tlie reins, and the low Imttes
and occasional trees that marked tin
way, rising In the dusk like (the phnn
. ..,.. , ,1.1. ...i i.:.i..-
approaond r8wUrly and passed to the
rear. TJl(,re is an' indescribable' cliarm
about a moonlight ride. The soft alm
f . . -.
millAttM )Hf Mtprn TlaHH
from existence 'which In the glare ot
the davlisht. aeems to stare nna In the
f.ice. The air is full of subdued sounds
of life whk;h uootlie. rather than mouse,
the senses. The glory of the nioou
casts ..a -glamour about all rough feat
ures of the landscape. The easy mo
tion of the thoroughbred horse ( rode
scarcely disturbed the lotig reveries in
to which 1 fell; and It was with a snse
of surprise that I saw ttie gray shadings
of the east which announced the coming
of the dawnv
"You remember that short canyon. :n
the Junipers, that .we traversed today
and the spring to which I called uur
attention. ..Jt wag there I stopped, on
tnoriHW uearlv 30 years ago, to
nry liorso and eat my own.broak-
rest
fast
limna. after her six 'hours', gal
lop, showed no- slgus of fatigui;; and
she. ate her feed pf barley with grate
ful inuncliiiigs. An hour later I sad
dled up again; and, following the route
we took today. oon emerged into this
open valley which lies before us. If
you iook closely you can trace the trail
un aiU.t MVIil HCIUSN IIH!
which jeaus
l??"!. "?.. Vcal yonder big ra
thtnuKh which It continues down
ward to the plain helow.
"After getttne cle,ar of ..the hills I
glanced back once or twice, and ob
served with surprise that columns of
smoke wenvrlslng from several different-spurs
of the mountain range I bad
lust left. The, Huulpai Indians, as 1 was
aware, had two or three cunips not far
away; and 1 would have attached no
particular Importance to what 1 saw had
it not been for the fact of something
peculiar In these columns of smoke
which Impressed me that they were In
tended as signals, ft did not. however,
.occur to rae that this signaling had anv
reference to myself or my movements.
The Huulpais w-ere at peace with the
whites; and were accustomed to protest
though I put small faith In it that
they would never dig up the hatchet to
raise it against their ualefuee brothers.
Really, they were, in a small way, the
most trPHiheroun Indiiuis with whom l
ever came in contact, and were always
on the alert for plunder or cattle steal
ing. "You may observe that just this side
the head of the gorge there Is a slight
rise In tlie ground, flanked on either
side by small patches of timber. Just
there I was confronted -by six or seven
Indians, who lined their horses auross
the trail, compelling me to draw ryin
to avoid r'.dlng them down. t -Instait tlv
perceived tlmt there were OtllCrji ft) Jhe
timber to right and left, and the'wliole
situation waa jto strongly suggestive of
an umbtiscado tliat t at once reaehod for
my r,volvers, hut I restrained this
movetne.rrt.'ir fcjualpai Charlie, the local
chief, whom I knew vry well by sight,
auvancen, (unaing up m; hands in token
of friendship and callintr our in a jargon
of KnJisly and Indian that he was glad
to see mej. ,'iiaiting as we met, 1 said.
How." and we shook handa with at least
affected cordiality.
"'Where you go. Cap?' he inquired.
" 'Fort Whipple, Charlie,' 1 replied.
'Why?'
'"Go see Big Knife Chief?' It was
thus he- designated the cavalry officer
.tiur. 1 1 . ucniKiia tru ,11'
n , ,..,...i r .1... ......
- Yes; thev are going to make a
road to Mojave. and I want to do the
sider its public forest that it is con
stantly increasing Its acreage by ac
quiring devastated and deforested lands,
exchanging for them ngricultural lands
from the public domain. This move is
considered advisable not only for eco
nomic reason, but because of the bene
ficial effects on agriculture and the
general welfare. Not alone Is the state
engaged ill the cultivation of forests;
there are a large number of (JerVuan
villages whoso public expenses have
been paid for years with the produce
of the communal forests and which. In
addition to the financial benefit, have
profited morally by tlie creation of a
feeling of local attainment. Not less
Important, too, is the use of the colli-'
munnl forests as great puhlic pttrks. In
which the natural beauty of the land
scape la careful) v preserved. Both tbe
slate and the iocal community thus
prizes the natural forest growth as a
source of revenue and of general pros
perity and Improvement.
There are In Germany approximately
35.00(1, non acres of forest. About 48
per cent of this Is In the hands of pri
vate individuals; the remaining 52 per
cent belongs to the crown and to the
state. But of that held by Individuals,
29 per cent has been plated under state
supervision.
Tbe regulations made h- the state
have for their object the prohibition of
the Indiscriminate clearing of the forest
areas: prevention of furest deterioration
wuntn a given ttme after removal of
the old growth; directing of the manner
of cutting timber, and the enforced
employment of a qualified forestry
force.
The oversight of the forestry Work is
assigned to the department of finance.
.Uniformed guards, armed with carbines
and organized on a military basis, pa
trol the forests to protect timber and
game and to see that the work of cut
ting and jibe removal of products is
. done in accordance with the regulations.
They are empowered to nrrest any sus
pected of violations of the forest' laws,
ami are themselves held accountable
for damages or trespass occurring In
their districts not promptly reported for
Investigation and punishment.
The general 'principle uf forestry In
Germany, as it should be everywhere,
is to permit the cutting of timber an
nually to an amount onlv equivalent to
or less than a "year's growth. That is,
the forest Is treated a capital which
must not be.drawn upon, while the cut
ting may be considered as interest It
is obviously the policy of wisdom" so to
administer the affairs of the forest that
the annual increment may appreciate
The expert forester constantly bends
bis energies to increjse the productive
ness of the soli; to raise n each locality
the trees of highest economic value
adapted to the locality, to fight Insects,
fires and all other enemies of the
forest to thin the trees and bring to
the highest perfection in the feast
time the rnosf promising specimens, ami
to remove badly grown, malformed and
valueless trees. By these methods
Uiil i-viii. derived from the forests
are increased year by year while the.
original forest not onlv suffers n
deterioration, but is actually enhanced
In valuv "
The method of renewal of cut-over
forests varies in different localities and
with different varieties of trees desired
to be grown. As. a necessary adjunct
of. every forest is found a nursery. In
it are grown' the seedlings through the
first year, and certain varieties are
transplanted and protected for a longer
time . until they develop aufflclent
strength and depth of root.
Western Trails Over
worl. J must hurry or some one will
get in ahead of me."
"-'Sure, Mojave?" he said, with a pe
culiar gleam in his eyes. Then, with
out awaiting my answer, lie continued.
'You no hurry; stay Awhile, mak talk
with red brother.'
"Thore was something In the manner
of the Indian which intensified, rather
than allayed, my suspicions. Glancing
cautiously out of the corner of my eyes,
as I talked with the chief, I noticed
that some of his followers were stealing
out of the bushes and getting in behind
me; and in the next two or three mln--uteg
I old' some very rapid and serious
thlnklnr. The (mention to capture me.
or strike me down unawares, was now
unmistakable. My enemies were mount
ed and all. save two or three who had
muskets, armed with bows and clubs. I
Pine and spruce forests are usually
grown by planting seedlings. Beech is
found to grow well In Germany by pro
tecting the natural seedlings. Oaks are
raised by sowing acorns or by planting
seedlings from one to three years old.
Protection from forest fires is quite
as Important as planting trees, and In
this the German forester is materially
aided by economic conditions in his
country. The exceedingly high price of
wood has mnde salable every vestige of
the -free from th" twigs to tho roots.
Accordingly the nassagc of the German
lumberman does not leave behind a
slashing piled high with rotting limbs,
stumps and fallen trunks only waiting
for the careless dropping of a match
to spring Into a roaring conflagration
that will sweep reslstlessly ovar thou
sands of acres of valuable timbered
tracts before-It finally burns itself out.
Almost everything that grows in a
German forest has a market value suf
ficient to make It worth gathering, and
however trifling the remuneration there
are always those who are searching the
forests for anything that, will sell. But
In addition the government takes no
chances on the devastation of a general
forest fire All the portions of forests
under. state protection that seem espe
cjally, exposed to the danger of fire
are subdivided Into blocks by fire lanes
from 130 to 800 feet wide. From these
avenues every trace of Inflammable, ma
terial is removed. Grass Is encouraged
to grow, but Is carefully burned over
annually. These wide, open spaces serve
as bases for fighting fire, and at the
rare Intervals when forest fires break
out they are usually .confined to very
small areas.
Along either side of railroad tracks
runninp through the forests, a spare 2.1
feet wide is kept perfectly clear and
is burned over every year. In addi
tion, where necessary, this bare space
Is bounded by a ditch and every pre
caution Is taken to prevent fires being
set by passing locomotives. In the
enforcement of these precautionary
measures, the authorities havo the
hearty support of the residents, a thing
tlutt cannot, always be said of the set
tlers of northern Michigan. As a re
sult, In the sandy pineries of Prussia,
regions most exposed to -danger from
forest fires, not more than one acre
in ROVn.of timbered land is burned over
in a -year.
The unwise system of taxation in the
1'nited States hag bPen responsible for
Irreparable damage to the natural re
sources of the -country. Taking into
account the value of the standing tim
ber, taxes have usually been made so
high that tlie holder was forced to
clear the land as rapidly as possible and
then let the land revert to the state.
Thus taxation defeated, its own pur
pose. :for instead of raising tbe revenue
it deprived tho state of the legitimate
source of Increasing revenues which
would have accrued by the proper de
velopment tf 'the forest resources
Some of the states of Germany,
however, have erred on the bther ex
treme; Bavaria for many years taxei
.only the soil value without regard to
the value of the timber upon it. This
favored the owners too much. The
policy which Is coming into favor of
late years, however,' Is a sliding Income
tax collected when the owner harvests
his first forest crop and receives hia
Income. .
.11 is from the failures and successes
of the. Kuropean forestry departments
that those Interested . in attempting to
undo the mistakes and to retrieve the
Tosses Buffered In Michigan are now
i t j - '-snty t
the Juniper Hills and Into
"ONE GRASPING IN AN AIMLESS WAY ROLLED' OVER.
had a rifle and brace of revolvers; but
the odds against me lay in the fact that
I was outnumbered at) to one. Ther
was but one possible expedient open to
me under the circumstances and that
was to make, b run for my life. Main
taining an , ingenuous air. and keeping
toe chief occupied with talk. I slowly
edged my horse clear to his; then
plungiiiK the srurs Into the startled
mare. I shot away down the gulch you
see tifi're. There were more red rascals
in front than behind me, but the cover
of the ravine was better than the open
plain; and, too. that was the way which
led in the direction of Fort Whipple and
that contract.
"A yell of rage and disappointment
arose us I dashed forward, and a dozen
of the Uualpais closed in to stoo me.
The raised revolver, however, scattered
attempting to fashion the basis of a
happy forestry program for the -state.
Nearly ,lf not quite all experts In for
estry economies In America are unan
imous in condemning the systems of
taxation to which they attribute the
laying waste of the woodlands. It Is
pointed out that the owner of timber
lands in Michigan Is placed at so great
a disadvantage under the existing laws
that he. must of necessity cut over his
holdings without regard for the needs
of the future. The farmer, it is argued,
is taxed on his land and personal prop
erty and cannot W"ell be assessed more
than once for a single year's crop. The
timber man, on the contrary, because
his crop is not brought to an annual
harvest, must continue to pay taxes
year after year on practically the same
crop." Obviously, therefore, , It behooves
the owner of standing timber, or timber
that Is reaching tho marketable ' stage,
to begin lumbering operations at the
earliest moment and to sacrifice the
.smaller trees withou regard for the
increased value n few more years of
growth would bring.
To nrnejiorate these conditions, stu
dents of the forestry problem in" Mich
igan .are to prescribe remedies which
will be presented at the coming session
pf the legislature In tbe shape of a
general forestry taxation bill, a tax
land bi'1 and a forest fire bill. The
whole matter of the relation between
the state's tax l ind and taxation laws
and the conservation of a timber sup
ply has been the subject of B11 ex
haustive investigation on the part of
the commission on state tax lands and
forestry appointed by the governor at.
' the suggestion of the last legislature
Though this commission's; report does
not Include a proposed taxation bill,
it contains suggestions on the subjeet,
obviously for tbe guidance of the legis
lature, as set forth in the ..arguments
of forestry experts of national repute;
To throw some light on the question.
"How shall forests be tax,ed?" for in
stance, It quotes Alfred Ga ski 11 to this
effect:
"A few attempts to correct tbe evil,
through partial exemption, rebates, or
bounties, have, been made. But, .though
such measures may Ferve for a begin
ning, the. real need is for laws that
rpeognlze the public utility of forests;
that adjust the necessary la levies to
the facts and conditions that govern
tree growth, and to , the long" periods
of time that aro required to produce
timber.
"In .approaching this subject one nat
urally turns to those European coun
tries In which forestry has become an
art.
"The first principle in all their laws
is that the forest shall be considered
and rated apart from the land upon
which it stands. This principle find:
universal acceptance In theory at least,
though the practice differs in the var
ious countries, and Is based upon -the
fact that a forest is a crop of manv
years' growth. Trees thrive and mak-!
a growth, but at the. end of the sea
son they are not convertible Into money
as a corn crop Is. The tree crop Is
made each season, but must be lef;
on the etump until enough .wood is
accumulated to make II salable.
"Here comes In a second principle
that it Is unjust to require the owner
to pay (a tax on forest growth) so long
as the forest yields him nothing. There
Is no equity in making a. man's other
property carry his immature forest. In
practice this works Out In various ways.
Most of the German states have not yet
made the principle effective, but Baden
exempts newlv established forests from
tax for ? years Gaw of 1886). In
Austria they are exempt ,for 'ib years .
ihiw of lS'iSi. In France three fourths ,
of the land tax Is remitted for 30 years.
In connection with tiiean lnwa-.1t slinulfl"
be remembered .that forests in Europe
-begin to yield! aalabla material when
;G'01: .THE-
toe, Xand vf : Romance in
them, and Diana went through the gup
lik,e a gust of wind. Two muskets
boomed and a score of bowstrings
twanged behind me as. bending low 011
my horse's ncsk, I flew down the grade
of the trail; and I noted with thankful
ness, that with' every stride the walls
of the ravine I had entered, rose higher
and higher and on either hand. Arrowfi
rattled about me. one grazing my left
arm and another cutting tho cloth above
my right shoulder. It was the first
time I had ever really put the spurs to
Diana's sides, and iior running was
something remarkable. I knew mry pur
suers would have no chance - 011 a
straightaway race; but that gorg
twists and curves like a "aidewlnder"
rattlesnake. This gave the Indians an
opportunity which they did not fall to
notice of cutting me off at points to
SOCIETY MILKS AMERICAN
Over the Wine and tne Walnuts a Fashionable Week-End Parties, Big Deals Are Fixed Up Fascinating
Hostesses Witt Exalted Titles as Tempter Women Who Add to Allowances by Big" Price ior Works of Art
(From Tbe Journal' 11 Own Correspondent.)
LONDON. Nov. 25. At this, the
country house visiting season.
American millionaires are in par
tio)lar request. This Js tho time
when over the wine" and the wal
nuts "deals" as big as any .which take
plane on the stock .exchange or in the
city -Offices are negotiated. The Inti
macy and the 'friendliness of the asso
ciation witnln the (ancestral home ac
complish in "a .week .end what could not
be ; arrived at -for months elsewhere.
Besides, the guest, feeling himself un
der an obligation, as it ware, cannot
very .well decline what be would with
out hesitation refuse to do were he ap
proachfd in tbe ordinary business way.
The chatelaine of the aristocratic
home spends many hours sorting out
tho right type of American people In
Invite to her board. She gushes over
them. arid begs them with her innocent
blue eyes to come and see her aviary
or her miniature soo, or the dairy, or
the fnwls. and, never dreaming that
the -fair one Is a sort of human spider.
Inveigling her prey to her parlors, they
accept the invitation, delighted at the
prospects of meeting a royal highness.
Astute, and shrewd as the usual Yankee
millionaire is, not even when he has,
they are from 20 to $0 years old. In
most parts of the United States the
productive period begins later, because
there is no market-for small wood.
"The points that, in the writer's
opinion, should be considered In any
equitable scheme of forest taxation are
the following:
"1. Koreats are necessarv to the pub
lic welfare, and consequently each com
monwealth should bear a part of the
cost of maintaining them. This means
that the state should, as .far as Ik
proper, relieve the counties, and that
cities and towns should contribute to
the maintenance of conditions that are
as Important to them as they are tj
the people who live close to the forest
borders. Exemptions und rebates as
usually allowed, do not meet this re
quirement, because the county bears the
burden; that is. if one piece of prop
erty pays less, all the rest must pay a
higher rate, to make up Uie deficiency.
In no caae lp an exemption Justified, un
less everyone who shares the burden of
it is correspondingly benefited.
"A state cannot properly declare that
its forest reserve shall be untaxed, be
cause such action robs the counties of
the revenue that the" 11 ted. New York,
which holds the largest tate reserve,
recognizes this principle and fiays local
taxes on its land. Under a hew law.
enacted in 1905, Pennsylvania pays to
the counties In lieu of taxes 5 cents a
year for each aero of state land. Th-j
Austrian state forests pay taxes on land
and iucome. - '- - -
"2. A forest Is a form of property
whose value Is potential or prospective
most of the time; only when the trees
are market ripe can an income be de
rived from it.
3. . In consequence or yielding
periodic returns, the greater part of the
tax to, be. paid upon a forest should fall
due when the 'timber Is sold."
After pointing out tlie losses to which
tho state has been subjected through
the manipulation of the state tax lands,
.as previously reported by the News
.Tribune, the commission proposes the
passage of a law that shall make, with
aowe exceptions, the state J tax - lands
available for -forestry reserves. -It is
provided, however, that Dot mora than
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, Quest &txjcct for '
reach which I was forced to travel a
.Jong and they a short distance. - But tha
ground on both sides of the canyon was'
.rooky, broken, and In many places pre-
. clpitous.. which was all In my favor.
"Do,,you sea that biff sweep of the
ravine, , about ..half . -way of : Its leugth,
i.Where.lt seems to almost double -on ft-
nelf?",, asked tha captain, arising to.iis
that J expctd -tlie ilualpals would nive of a sudden attack, concluded to
catch me; and there they did come so camp where they were for the night,
near doing it that I practically gave and I glfdly accepted their proffered
myself up for lost. A score of Indians, hospitalitl.
seizing' -instantly upon the situation "The next morntng at daylight, after
made the far.end of that turn their a good sleep. I remounted Diana and,
objective point Now and then, through after 18 painful ' hours In the saddle
breaks ln the canon wall.-1 caught sight for ray v -midori shoulder was very-
t them; nd- It soon became evident sore I reached Prescott; In tjme to
f iat they would arrive before me. But make a hurried estimate.. and put In my .
here was nothinr for t-axeept In push -bid.
on; as several pf my foea were follow- ; 'ecolonel .Morton, when 1 entered his
ing through the gulch, yelling and urg- office at post-headquarters, expressed
ing their ponies to topmost spaed.. t great '.pleasure at seeing me and told
"Yonder ravine, at-the point of Which mo there -were only two .bids in. those
I am .speaking, is rock-walled, the -al- .of William , Owens and of . a man from
most perpendicular-aides being about the south of the territory. He was
00 feet apart. With 20 Indians lining much surprised at my story of the out
t he verge, and ready to dlaoharie their break of the Huulpais. and at once
arrows at me as I passed, ttie. cUaaice ordered out a- detachmont of cavalry to
of -getting through unhurt seemed? run down the recalcitrants and demand
slender; but I dropped the .bridle rein an explanation.
on' the horn pf tUe saddle, drew both The commandant informed me, to my
rounlvern und dashed forward. As -1 . astonishment, that he had ant me a. let-
neared the gelling and.i'Umclng redskins, 4er, which should have -toeen delivered
the animal' I rode, obedknt.to the pies- two weeks earlier, notifying my .partner
ure of my knees, swerved suddenly to and myself f the conditions under,
the right side of the -gorge. Aiy object which the contract .would ' be let. As
was to disconcert the aim of my foes there was no regular postal service to
by. passing close to the bottom of ths our camp the colouel's orderly had en
precipice on which jthey were standing, trusted this letter- to the driver of one
Kin miniwUiiii; them to lean over the of Owens' ataees. The officer said he
dge and shoot almost directly down-
ward. At the instant of veering from
to' course ' I raised tne revolver in iny iium lie would piacu a room in ins nouse
right hand and sent lialf a doxen bullets at my disposal and summon the post
' clipping the edge .of the canyon Hm surgeon to -dress my .wound. I had
above me, causing the immediate dis- .spent the -Right after my arrival in
appearance, of the row of wrathful making my estimate, and the doctor
faces. "Then, with screams of, rage, the as Moon as lie finished his work, or
lnditns discharged their arrows, all of dertd me to bed, from which I did not
which struck beyond mq- I also heard arise for 24 hours.
' -the . roar of an old-fashioned musket. "The first news with which the Colo
and a load of buckshot sent tho sand nel greeted me on my appearance In
flying 30 feet in front of tliana's nose, bis office . was that the contract had
"I was now well by tne main party; been awarded to Deboe and myself.
liut' it .was not -written that, J was to "That .afternoon, .when the stage
.escape scot free. Two of tha Hualpals, came In, the. commandant summoned
Kwhosetponles Direret, pealuips faster than the driver to appear before him. At
those 'of their companioiiw. were await- flret the man declared roundly that the
ing me at a point lOu: yards further on. letter . had been left at our camp, but
'where the abrupt, wall of the canon when asked to .whom he 1 had delivered
'broke and fell away to a steep slope, n ms memory quite failed him. When
As coon as my eye fell u9on them I Oolbmd Morton recalled o his mind tUi
realized the advantage their position fact it had been marked Important and
guve them: and. shifting the loaded re- that he'Uad been specially directed to
volved to iny right haud. 1 fired at each deliver it to me in person the fellow.
A am.rHnlvilv. One. VelDlng and broke down and confessed thut his em-
grasping in an aimless way at his knee, pioyer, Owens, had bribed him to de
willed over. -iTlie other, dropping be- sjroy t. Owens knew that, leaving
hind a rock, let fly an arrow which lndjoe and myself out of the question,
passed through ,tle muscles of my right tlie contruct or building the road to
shoulder, giving me .a painful wottnd port Alojave would almost certainly be
and leaving a mark whjch I carry to awarded to him. and be had proposed
this dav. . to take It at a very high figure.
"There .was still one remaining chance ".But there was more in the story,
of my falling a victim of the trench- The captain commanding the troops ent
erous band. The last Jialf of the gulch jr, pursuit of the redskins brought
was deep with sand and the going told Hualpai Charlie iack .wltli him, and
sadlv on Diana's strength. It was ikis.- thai trickv Indian, suavely told lis that
fllble that the Indians might, by taking Owens had appeared In uls village and
the' short cuts, reach the plain ahead nforoled him that I was scheming to
of liie I pushed the noble mare unmer- get possession of some Valuable mining
..if.iiiv Htiil. at last, tired and stiff and ialui i,, a district of the Juniper moun-
v.Kie to raise my .wounded arm, I Tode
out o. the level, a full ouarter of a
mile to tbe good of the foremost in-
Uian Looking bick I ,.saw that moat
of the pursuers were afoot, having
found tlie rocky hills too rough for
t,.t- kr.u nd in I soothed Uiana
down to an easy gallop, aware that' uo
ecrub ponv could mutch ber pace now.
"A few miles further on I halted long
eilOUKll to Oraw in ...
Hboulder but owing to the location of
tlie-wouiid I could do but little or noth-
, . . Ji i.iririincr It u o. I lost five
minutes in trying to tie a handkerchief
about it; then, as enlarging brown spots
ab
4
the dtHtaneo told me me imuiuho
were still 011 my trail. I gave up the at
tempt at self-surgery and preawu
1 "Y; ,. w.ii inne In the afternoon
.... ...a 1 1-oui.hpd n iilace of assured
Kiifetv. About 4 o'clock, rounding a
bill
I encountered a train of three
..ri.t D,ur,,n with two men in each
, minute sufficed to put them in po-
session of the Information tnut noaiiic
Indians were upon my trail, and it-.was
certainly not more than five minutes
before the wactons were drawn u In a
triangle the mules unharnessed and
brought' within the enclosure, and all
nreparatlons made to give Hualpal
Cbarlle and his band a warm reception
Attention was then given to my wound.
and two of my now found friends gave
liiana such a rubbing down with wisps
of drv grass as she probably never hud
before in her life.- The poor mare
needed It. for the pace had been con-
tiriiinun nd hard and she was badly
faulted
. . . . .. . 1 t ., k ...... . i cik,
1 resenny me nurtiimm uifi m
deposited thousunds In the flotation of
a company In which his hostess' hus
band Is Interested or has purchased the
masterpiece or the antique leather
chairs does he tumble to the fact that
he has been Invited for no other pur
pose than to spend his dollars.
The wife of a well known Hampabiiic
magnate boasts to her intimates thar
for five years past ahe has made be
tween $10,000 and $12,000 for her dress
through American millionaires, to whom
she sells in the privacy of her home ob
jects of art. She is a connoisseur of
some distinction, and It is to be admit
ted that what she does sell Is genuine
of its kind, but she gets phenomenal
prices In some cases as much as five
times the werth of" the article.
"How had you the conscience." said
a well known statesman to her the other
day, "to ask $1250 for that seal and
watch fob? You ought to be ashamed
of yourself."
"You forget altogether, my right hon
orable friend, that the American young
man who paid It to me was Introduced
to my friends to you. for instance.
Business Is business." she answered.
The biggest tube scheme that has yet
been put before parliament will be pre
sented early next year. It was arranged
during one week end at a well known
house in Yorkshire, much of the money
20 per cent of the area of any county - Michigan forestry commission, and all
shall be so treated. Provision Is also authority, power , arid discretion vested
made for Ihe taking up. under specified in either by law, are hereby transferred
contract, of private timber reserves. It to. and vested In. the commission afore
ls provided that the state game, fish said, which is hereby created a body
and forest warden shall, under the title corporate. The members shall he relm
of state forest .warden, have charge of bursed all their expenses, but shall not
the business of preventing and fighting receive any compensation for time or
forest fires, the prevention of trespass cervices. "
on state lands. .and shall so drrect hhs, '.'Ue affairs of the state under con
deputies that they .will become an Sf-,Uol of ihe nunjssion ahsll bo man
fective boiy of state police. . HKe6 through sObdepartments under ad-
Finally it is.proopsed that: 'I.There .mJaistrativeeadR . who shall be chosen
shall be a commission, to be knwn as hy tl)e commission. ' and perform such
the public domain commission, to on- duties as shall be' prescribed bv law
p.l8t.. ,1vo rnemhers. none of ..whom, or bv tle on,mUslon. The duties and
snail noiu an; "'". T t ' .V '
to be selected in the same manner from
a like list to be submitted by. the state
board of agriculture: and the other
ul i.ueiuuci. u..wii. ... wu employes of the. comr
government fom a list of each ap- subdenartrnent end
polntment of hot less- Uaiv Itveersons. fSSn6i
to De euomitten oy tne Douru 01 regents -nhaH . ex cDt as t
or tne state university; two menioers
lUtulMT u im oci icu null auuuiu va .1 , A, . . . . ., .
by the governor. Tbe term oT office J"4 ' ", oU,l' h J""1 1"'
of the members of the-said commission- whlcn, h.e wa iappoiHitl.uni!,t
-i.-ii v.- n ... .ni. .i. r .moved bv tho Icommlsslon: but said
PiHIl uc nn 1
flee of the members first Appointed "",c" 5nB,i, oc H Tv I"".. , i li
on nomination of the said board of re. and under the commission ,as hereinbe
gentn shall be one and three years, re- ,wo act torth.
spectively; and that of the membeiia . "The dp ties of the commissioner of
first appointed nn nomination of tho the .state land office shall be as under
state board of agriculture shall be two the laws now or hereafter In force,
years and four years, respectively; and but subject to the supervision, control
that of the member first selected and and direction of the, said commission,
appointed by the governor shall be five and such other duties as aald commls
veare; and the term of office of tin; slon shall from time to. time require,
successors, of all the said -members, "If the proposed new constitution in
except when appointed to fill un- adopted, the commission -suggests sub
expired terms, and all appointment of stituting tbe following in place of the
successors or to fill vacancies shall be last paragraph, dealing .wlth. the land
made In manner above provided. commissioner:
"This commission shall have power "The office af commissioner of the
and- Jurisdiction over, and have the state land office is hereby abolished
management, control and disposition upon the termination of the term of
according to law of the public, lands, office of the present incumbent; but
of forpst reserves and forest interests; the commissioner now Jn -off Ice shall
of all the interests of the. state In con- perform tho duties of hia office but
neefion with stream protection and con- as- n, subdepnrtment head under tn
.trol: of the protection of game and flsli; supervision, control and direction of
mi of forest fire protection. AH mat- the said commission. The, duties of
teca within the" Jurisdiction, custody .said commissioner -shall, on 'the termlh
and control of the commissioner of the, ation of the office, be performed bv the
State, land office, of -the state game, chief rlork f tha commission, to be
fish and forestry '.warden, and of the appointed by the commission.''
ACT
tne Old Gentleman s Story
around the spur of the hill a hundred
nd fifty yards awau The threa men on
guard promptly opened fire. One red-
skin reeled in his saddle and two ponies
fell struggling, their riders taking to
cover ua fast as their brwn legs could
carry them. "The effect of this unex-
pcled fusillade .was magical, and the
entire band wheeled jn their tracks and
.would . Institute an investigation wheiv I
this man came In. and that in the rnean-X
tains to which tho-Hual pais al
tliat 1 was about to visit .tho fort and
would come back i with the soldiers to
mn him and his people aWay from their
huntiiia giouiuls. Anyone of ordinary
intelligence, would have at once detected
falsitv nf this storv: but the In-
diuns are ever suspicious of the de- I
signs of the white, man upon their land. J
no liualpals Charlie- aepted the tale atl
x;ne vhhh J i"" i"al1" vi in--.
design of intercepting me on my road
to Fort Whipple; and ho. afterwards
tnl.l m ll.st In. and his braves hail
walled five days at the- place ,,t th
ambuscade., knowiug that I would nee-
essaruy taite uiat trail.
It seemed that uwens. ntscoveriii.i
that our teamsters had learned of tln
Dioiosea roau. ana tearing mat in
nAwsa nC it wnIH thus reach us in time
-d made a hasty trip Into the ninun
tains, visited the .Indian village and.
with his manufactured story, had
worked the Hualpals up to the point
worked the Hualpals up to
of waylaying wlncltever one of us
should undertake the Journey to the
fort. It only remkins to be said that
tne man was arri-sted, tried in the
Vntted States court n the charge of
inciting the Indians to outbreak and
condemned . to fiver years' lmprison-
merit."
The captain, as lie ceased speaking,
gazed meditatively out toward the dis-
tant canyon which was the scene of his
road race, and then, with his left lnind
he rubbed his right shouUlor vigorously,
"It sometimes hurts even yet." he
said: "especially when It threatens
rain. I think .we shall have rain to- I
... ........... " I
MILLIONAIRE
being guaranteed by Americans who bad
met for the first time the promulgator
-of the enterprise at t. ,.t gathering.
The originator Is 11 nenniless but clever
nephew of a distinguished Irish peer,
and he expects to net out of the Job
something like $1,500,000.
American dog fanciers stand a good
chance of being invited to the smartest
houses If they havo the reputation of
being willing to pay ''fancy prices" for
pedigree animals. The greater num
ber of country hostesses add to their
'dress allowances by selling pedigree
dugs, cats or fowls. It -surely r-innnt
be Infra .dig to do n when Princess
Victoria j6t chlswig Holstein, the
king's niece, has for years told cats to
any 'common or garden" Individual who
wrote to her either at Cumberland
.odge, Windsor or Prhoruberg House.
London, hiclosug a check for a pussy
cat.
It must always be taken Inlo consid
eration that the more exalted ths sales
woman, the higher the price she can
demand. Princess Victoria, nevertheless.
Is the one exception which proves the
rutr. and when some time' ago an am
bitious social climber forwarded her a
gushing letter and a check for $500 for
a blue Persian kitten a few feeks old.
she deducted the $50, the actual price
of tho cat, and rcturned the rest.
farms pf wervica-. Of all officers and
ilssion. or or sny
all aalsrles ami
loves and officers
irescrlbed by law) be
aKjA Ua .J. ..... 1 t,.n t f Ihn rnm .
,? r
... .... ,m, m. ,.
"The . state game, fish and forestry-
, .. . ........ 1 wnrtit'ii huw in xj 1 1 v f nun 1 1 . in 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 r.
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