Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-21

Yesterday afternoon the executive
COMMITTEES of The AcnlgaD worlds lair
forestry COMMISSION neld . meeting n
the Morton house. President /. Nj.
Weston, Arthur HILL, E.xrs Rust and
superintendent Charles ". Garfield
were present The committee discussed
Ia general way the plane for the Tor
esiry EXHIBIT. A space 501s0 feet has
been secured and = typical lamoef
camp viii be erected. Mr.. Lathrop Of
Elweil, Gratlot county, has caarge OF
tho camp aud IL will be completed
within ninety dsys. I'VE are getting
some magnificent specimens for the ex-
hibit, and II blds TAR 10 be feature"
sad President Weston IN the roiunda
OF the Morton last evening. 1.-The Nss-
ters " the Upper Peninsula have
agreed 10 furnish the biggest Lad OF
logs ever hauled by = team. IL will be
larger than the famous 5000 load
drawn at oscoda. The load will be
composed of specially selected white
pine iogs from Sturgeon bay, and each
OF the horses that wall draw II Weighs .
ton. The load will be drawn 10 the
landing by the team aud then shipped
TO jackson park. In collecting speei-
mems some interesting thipgs have
been discovered concerning Kent
ccunty's supply of words Al least
fifty varieties of marketable woods are
to be found in this county. The largest
specimen OF oak We have yet received
came from within ten miles Of Grand
Rapids. The tree measured twenty-five
feet In circumference, over seven feet
In diameter. and was found near
Grandville."
al Am heartily in favor Of the plan
to increase the number Of justices IN
the supreme court" said Judge n.
Brown OF Big Rapids IN the Morton
last evening. Ten justices may not
be necessary, but il 10 an easy matter
to calculate just how many will b
needed. Many lawyers think II two
moro judges we're added to the bench
the supreme court would 10 able 70
keep up with its work. Any plan "a
restrict the cases that shall go before
the court should not be considered fol
. minute. The man whose case amountl
only TO SIS should have the came
chance ~ the man that bss . SIS, DOC
suit. That SIS may be all he has In the
world. had Q case once IN the gu.
| preme court in which only 81 WAS di.
rectly involved. but the legality Of ten
miles of highway depended upon the
result. A man claimed that the high.
way was not legally created. and Oh.
structed it by means OF fence. The
highway commissioner tore the fence
down and the man sued him for III
value. General Cutcheon the Other
day told me that he once had . suI'
for $3.50 in the supreme court. but
$4,000 worth of property depended
upon the decision. The supreme cour,
is the peoples court, and the right t,
20 before it should not be abridged
The way to remedy ITS prssen: condi
ton is 70 increase the number Uf JUS
tees until there are enough TO do the
work."
"The legislature has taken . recess
for ten days." said ex-Speaker PniiliE
b. Wachtel, Of Petoskoy, in the Morton
last night. Nothing was done in re-
gard to the appropriation for the
worlds far. 1t will probably be con
sidered Immediately after the legisls
ture reconvenes. believe the DISPOSE
ton OF the senate IL g. cut the appro
priation down to 81, 900. and pass the
bill. There has been some opposition
to the measure, but / don't think any
of it has been on PERSONAL grounds
Senator Wellington 4. Burt has beer