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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18

full and worthy of preservation. AS a
rule 1t has not even had the advantage
of being profitable. Very much of this
appalling destruction has been done
without leaving the owners of the big
tree as well off as they were before it
began"
Series of Pamphlets to BE Issued.
The pamphlet which was published
by the forestry division of the Depart
ment of Agriculture is one of a series
which will be issued In behalf of the
big trees. The report was prepared for
the information of the Senate Commit
tee on Public Lands, which was at the
time considering the preservation of the
Calaveras and Stanislaus big tree
groves. 1t Is the first document on the
subject which has ever been published
by the government, strange as the fact
may seem. Prof. w. r. Dudley. of
Stanford University, who aided with
the work, is now preparing a more de-
tailed account of the big trees and the
big tree groves, which will be published
by the government forestry office. The
pamphlet now out contains an excellent
map Of the forests of California. con-
tanning big trees, together with a de.
tailed account of each of the larger
| groves
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18

writes. LAUNDERING is rapidly sweep
ing them off; forty mills and logging
companies are now at work wholly or
In part upon big tree timber. The
southern groves show some reproduc-
ton, through which there is hope of
perpetuating these groves. In the
northern groves the species hardly
holds its own"
In introducing history of the big
trees, with facts concerning each of the
groves now existing, the writer says:
'At the present time the only grove
thoroughly safe from destruction is the
Mariposa and this is far from being the
most interesting. Most of the other
groves are either In process of or in
danger of being logged. The very finest
of all, the Calaveras grove, with the
biggest and tallest trees, the most un-
contaminated surroundings and prac-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18

the destruction Of these forests. Every
one who has visited forest in any part
of the world will regret the destruction
of these jungles of beauty. Every
thoughtful American is waking to
realization of the criminal carelessness
with which the forests of this country
have been wiped out. The numbering
waste and devastation, seems partic-
ularly unnecessary and almost immoral
proceeding.
Forester Pinchot says of it: "The
numbering of the big tree is destructive
to most unusual degree. In the first
place, the enormous size and weight of
the trees necessarily entails very con-
siderable breakage when one of them
falls. Such a tree strikes the ground
with force of many hundreds or even
thousands of tons, so that even slight
inequalities are sufficient to smash the
brittle trunk at its upper extremity into
almost useless fragments. The loss
from this cause is great, but it is only
one of the sources of waste. The great
diameter of the logs, and, in spite of the
lightness Of the wood, their enormous
weight make it impossible to handle
them without breaking them up. For
this purpose gunpowder is the most
available means. The fragments of
logs blown apart in this way are not
only often of wasteful shapes, but un-
less very nice judgment is exercised in
preparing the blast great deal of
wood itself is scattered in useless splin-
ters"
"At the mill, where waste is the rule
in the manufacture Of lumber in the
United States, the big tree makes no
exception. This waste, added as II is
to the other sources of loss already men
toned, makes a total probably often
considerably in excess Of half the total
volume of the standing tree, and this is
only one side Of the matter.
"The big tree stands as rule in q
mixed forest, composed Of many spe
cies. The result of sequoia numbering
upon this forest is almost ruinous. The
destruction caused by the fall of enor
nous trees is in itself great but the
!, principal sourse Of damage is the i'm
|, mense amount of debris left on the
ground-the certain source of future
! fires. This mass Of broken branches
, trunks and bark, Is often five or six Of
|, more feet in thickness and necessarily
gives rise to fires Of great destructiv,
| power, even though the big tree wood Il
not specially inflammable. The devas
, tation which follows this numbering il
as complete and deplorable as the un
touched forest is unparalleled, beauti
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18
HE FOUND ONE HONEST TOUT
NJ an from the Race Track Who Trusted
a Stranger and Won out.

Man from the Race Track Who Trusted
a Stranger and Won out.
Among the passengers on an elevated
train the other night was party of
men returning from the race track, and
from the Enthusiastically good humor
they displayed it was clear that they
had succeeded in getting some Of the
bookies' money. They were talking Of
the dishonest people met at race
track, and the general opinion seemed
to be that to find halfway decent
sort of tout was a task few cared to
undertake. Everybody was pessimistic
till man who had refrained from ex-
pressing an opinion said:
''Ive been listening to you folks tell
your experiences, and when you say
that there isn't an honest tout | want
to tell you Of little experience l had
with one of those fellows last week,
and I'm sure that when 1 get through
you will say as l do, that there is a
good one to be found now and then.
I'd been playing in the hardest kind of
luck all day, and when 1t came time for
the fifth race had no great trouble in
counting my roll, which amounted to
Just $3.50. l picked out a long shot as
last hope, and went around in quest
of the best odds. Soon / ran across q
book that was laying 10 to 1 to win
and to 1 a place, and l was about to
hand up my bet Of So to win and So for
look-in, when an arm was thrust
over my shoulder and voice exclaim.
ed: Five straight and place. and the
owner of the arm mentioned the name
of the very horse had intended to
play. The bookmaker took the money
Then, before l could open my mouth
he put down the odds. 1 said was In
line, and he should have taken my bel
first, and 1t was tough to be shut out
that way when fellow was down tc
his last few dollars, but 1t wasn't any
use.
"Just then the man who'd got ahead
Of me said: Say, l can understand JUS
how you feel, and I'll take you on for {
place bet, at least This struck me a.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18
Not Her Station.

1t Is characteristic of the perversity
of human intelligence to find the most
amusing things in the midst of the
most serious clrcumstances-such as
railway accidents, for instance
1t is related that solemn-faced
woman was once riding on the train
from Brookfield to Stamford. Some
where between the two stations an ac-
cident occurred, and the train rolled
down an embankment.
The solemn-faced lady crawled from
beneath the wreckage, and asked of a
broken-legged man who was near:
as this StamfordT
mo ma'am," the man gasped. "This
Is catastrophew
"Oh, dearp' she answered. "Then !
hadn't oughter get or here, had I?'--
London Spare Moments.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18
Scared by Indian YelIs.

A crowd of United States surveyors
and allotting agents were recently
working in the reservation of the Co
manche Indians, surveying, establish
ing corner stones and gett ng every
thing ready to divide the land In quar-
ter sections. The Indians did not take
very kindly to the division and allot-
ment of their land, and, seeing that the
whites were scared, they decided to act.
The surveyors were all tenderfeet from
Washington. Suddenly, without warn
ing, their camp was invaded by yell
ing, shooting band Of 800 Indians In
war paint and feathers. The surveying
party could not stand the pressure AMI
started out for the settlements along
the Texas line and kept up their fight,
pursued by the In1ians, until tEey
crossed the State line. Then they tee
graphed to Fort Sill, and the com
mander there sent out large cavalry
force to protect the surveyors. The gen
eral suppositlon Is that lot of cow
boys and young bucks played a prac
tlcal joke.-San Francisco Argonaut.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18

tlcally all the literary and scientific as
sociations of the species connected with
1t, has been purchased recently by a
lumberman, who came into full posses
sion on the 1st of April, 1900.
'The Sequoia and General Grant Ma
tlonal parks, which are supposed to EN-
brace and give security to large part
of the remaining big trees, are eaten
into by sawmill each and by private
timbering claims amounting to total
of 1,172,870 acres. The rest of the
scanty patches of big trees are in fair
way to disappear-in Calaveras, Tuo-
lumne, Fresno and Tulare counties,
they are now disappearing-by the ak.
In brief, the majority of the big trees
of California, certainly the best of
them, are owned by people who have
every right and In many cases every
intention, to cut them into lumber"
scientifac Value of Big Trees.
Further along these same lines the
value of the big tree is thus considered:
'The big trees are unique in the world
the grandest, the oldest, the most ma
jestically graceful trees-and If 1t were
not enough to be all this, they are
among the scarcest Of known tree spe-
cies and have the extreme scientific val
lie of being the best living representa-
tives of former geologic age. They
are trees which have come down to us
through the vicissitudes of many cen.
turies solely because of their superb
qualifications. The bark of the big tree
Is often two feet thick and almost non.
combustible. The oldest specimens
felled are still sound at the heart and
fungus is an enemy unknown to it. Yet
with all these means of maintenance
the big trees have apparently not in
creased their range since the glacia
epoch. They have only just managed
to hold their own on a little strip OF
country where the climate is locally ia
vorable."
Everyone who Is interested in the bis
trees, as everyone must be either from
curiosity, a natural love Of the fores
or for scientific reasons. must deplor'
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18
EkjMsS@ClenCe
e Nss24If1ventiOn : N4f

A sheet of water one inch thick and
one acre in area weighs 101 tons.
An old Danish galley was recently
dug up in England, while an excava-
ton was being made. Its timbers
are of oak and elm and they are well
preserved. The vessel is assigned to
the time of Alfred the Great, which
would make it over one thousand years
old. An antique sword and some bones
of animals now extinct in England
were also found.
Some of the vast changes which the
face of the earth has undergone are
indicated by the recent discovery in the
small lakes scattered among the eX-
tinct volcanoes of Auvergne in France
of the survival of certain forms of ma
rine animals. Salt plains exist there
whose deposits were formed before vol
canic forces upheaved the surrounding
rocks and created mountain peaks and
craters.
1t has been asserted that insects are
particularly attracted by the colors Of
certain flowers. Felix Plateau, after
Investigating the conduct of insects in
their visits to various flowers, con-
cludes that while they may perceive
colors and thus be enabled to distin-
guish, at distance, between flowers
and leaves, yet they show no prefer
ences among the different colors. Blue,
red, yellow, white are Indifferent to
them. He thinks that the odor Of flow
ers affects insects more than their col
ors do.
The experiments of the French grape
growers in Algeria have shown that
too much sunshine is unfavorable fol
the making of good wine. In the more
temperate climate of France grapes
possess a proper proportion Of sugar
to acid for wine making, but the hot
Algerian sunshine induces so active al
|, assimilation by the vines that the
, quantity of acid is reduced and that OF
sugar is increased. In consequence
: the wine makers of Algeria are driver
: to many devices for improving the fla
, vor and lasting quality of their wines
X-rays have been subjected to {
novel purpose in Calcutta. A thief wa'
supposed to have stolen diamond
worth 10000 rupees and to have effec
: tually secreted it on his person b,
; swallowing it. Expert thieves in Indi'
temporarily secrete small valuables o
this description in the throat. 1t il
called ''pouching," and the thieves un
dergo special training in order to ren
der them proficient in the art. TIL
plan is simple. A small piece of lea
is attached to a thread, and this tn
neophyte swallows, then by the actio
of his tongue he guides the lead
the orifice of the sac in the throat. Th
pupil is prevented from completed
swallowing the lead by the piece o
thread which the teacher holds. Whe
the man has become skillful in this &C
of swallowing, the leaden pellet is coat
ed with lime, which has the effect o
enlarging the sac so that 1t become
capable of retaining large articles. 1
the case of Calcutta the Roentgen ray
revealed the presence Of some obstacl
in the throat, but its precise identit
could not be gathered.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18
DESTROY BIG TREES.
CALIFORNIA GIANTS ARE RUTH
LESSLY GUT DOWN.
Necessary Waste of numbering Mann
moths over Fifty Per Cent-Forestry
Department Demani That Efforts Be

Clifford Pinchot, United States fores
ter, has issued pamphlet concerning
the big trees of California which has
created no little comment through its
endeavors to state clearly and emphat-
ically the necessity for the preservation
of the California mammoths. The
writer protests against the rate at
which the big trees are being destroyed
by private owners, pointing out clearly
that the chances of a renewal of the
wonder growths are to be little consid-
cred
Most of the scattered groves of big
trees are privately owned and, there
fore, in danger of destruction" he
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18
A Matter of Taste.

BEG pardon" said the postal clerk
who had sold her the stamps, but you
don't have to put 5-cent stamp on a
letter for Canada"
81 know" said she, 'but the shade
just matches my envelope, you know
Philadelphia Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18
Florida Tohance

Florida, according to local papers, is
becoming one of the great tobacco-pro-
ducing States, and the product has been
pronounced in some respects equal to
that Of Cuba. Sumatra wrapper tobac-
co raised in Florida recently took the
prize at the Paris exposition over the
world
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18
CONCEALED FIRE ESCAPE.

Always Ready for Use and Takes Up
No Extra Space.
Here Is fire escape which Is design
ed to take up no extra space in a room,
and yet it is always ready for instanta-
neous use. The designer is Charles
G.. Harris of Williamsport, Pa, and
his object is to so utilize a chair or
divan in the construction of the fire
escape that the latter will be effective
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18

A brlgadier general or major general
is entitled to the keep of three horses
at Uncle Sans expense; colonel, lieu
tenant colonel, major or captain to two
only.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18

A foolish woman never appears to
worse advantage than she does in
dry-goods store.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18

In spite Of experience and good ad-
vice, 1t is surprising how many people
try to squeeze blood out Of turnips.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-01-18

Sometimes" we heard man say
to-day, "a man gets badly left" Near
ly always.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-02-19
AMERICA AND CUBA.

The attitude of the United states to-
wards cuba is governed In the man
by the Teller resolution of April is
1898. which reads as follows:
.'7he United States hereby discla ms
any aispos ton or Intention to exercise
sovereignty, Jurisdiction OF control over
said is and. except for the pdcihcation
thereof, and asserts its determination,
when that is accomplished. to leave the
government and control of the island to
its people"
The Government is right, however, in
insisting, before turning Cuba over to
its people, that the Islanders shall ac-
cept the Monroe doctrine and define
their attitude towards the United States
this much in lieu of indemnity for the
cost and burden Of the war. 1t must
not be forgotten that the Americans
freed Cuba and did 50 at enormous cost
in money and no inconsderable cost in
life. On that account they do not ask
too much when they declare that Cuba,
before being let loose from the leading
strings OF this country, shall pledge it
self to come into line with the United
States against European encroachment.
The Monroe doctrine may be open to
many serious objections but while 1t
lasts it should be uniformly enforced
by all the parties at interest.
That the United States Government
is willing, after having Cuba in its
hands. to give the great prize away for
so slight return, puts 1t in niche of
honor by itself in contemporary his
tory. Probably no other power would
be so particular 1t is quite possible,
however, that the United States will
yet be compelled to interfere for the
pacification of Cuba, in which event it
would not be bound by the Teller reso-
luton and might be able to anticipate
the natural destiny of the Queen of the
Antilles.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-02-19
A JOYOUS DAY FOR
THE CHINESE RACE
Continued from Page -

Marston Campbell. DR.. Alvarez, Vice
Consul for Spain; Guy Gere. T. p
Cummins, Clarence Crabbe, Pierre
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Brown,
Corean in queer headdress, Albert
Carey, NJ. D.; F. w. Damon. e. s. c.
Lapman, William H. Mixer, Wray Tay-
lor, Edward Dekum, Nikolaus Lakusta,
J. F. Hamburg, Mr.. and Mrs. Robin
son. w. Austin Whiting. w. ]. Robin
son, Alexander F. CARVE. Mrs. ]. K.
I Burkett, w. B. Scott. ]. K. Burkett,
Herbert G.. Middleditch, the Misses
Ross. DR.. Henry w Howard, Won
Hamm Young Co., Hoffschlaeger & Co..
Bishop e. Co., j. G. Spencer L. E. Pink
ham, F. NJ. Brooks, a. l.. C. Atkinson,
A. F. Judd. Harry Mist, DR.. Dodd,
Ernest Ross, j. Johnson, Frank E.
Thompson, Henry Vierra, w. F.
Schmidt, Rev. Weymouth, Prof. Henry
Berger, ]. X. Brown, Jas. l.. Holt, R.
Weldon, F. S. Dodge, Frank e. Mich
OILS. James Ellis Tucker. S. K. Kane,
John S. Walker, w. Porter Boyd, Hon.
! S. NJ. Damon, John Waterhouse, w. C.
Parke, A. Lovekin, A. Berg. Mr.. and
Mrs. II. 2. Austin, Mrs. Melvin Vani-
mon, Rev. Kon-Jin-Dak, C. H. Dickey.
I C. l.. Crabbe, Andrew Brown, Geo.
Ashley, A. Fernandez. Jas. L. Sims, l..
Schweitzer. C. r. Collins, DIR. c. L.
Garvin, Jonathan Shaw, c. VOTERS,
DR.. Alvarez, VIM. Thompson, F. l.
Waldron, Foo Sing Tong, Miu Chong,
Lam Chong Chan, XII Cheong Wong
Duck Yum. Chank Yuk Sun, Foo Yam
Chung, Chinese Hospital, Lam Jeck
Sing, Miu Sheong Sun, Gee Wo Tong.
Tenp We Wa WIT IT Npow Wee Sing
Tie. Wo Fat Co., zee Ling Tie. Wa Ha
Bo, Wing 10y Co.. T. S. shung, G. Tai
Lung, r. A. Heen, C. T. Akana, VIM.
Y. Kwai Tong, w. w. Ahana, Wong
Shiu King. ]. Mock Man Kan, Chung
X. All. Kong Dick. c. X. Ayau, Fo
Kan Gin. Mock Man Kan, L. M. Ping.
Lee Yuk Lin, Lin Shen Chow. Wong
Tai Kai. Lum Lee Sing, Lau Miu Foon,
Law King Wun, Wing Wo Chan Co.,
Lum Hoo Chin, Woon, Him Sing Tong,
Lau Shak Lin, Chang Ng King, Hin Wo
Co.. Leong Kan Fai. Kung Ng Cheong.
Choy Wan. Sheu Lun.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-02-19

The estimate which Circuit Judge
Humphreys puts upon the crime of
murderous assault when the accused
man happens to be his own friend and
employe, is shown in his fixing the Gill
bail bond at $500. That he did this and
then accepted his brother-in- law as
surety shows how well he has learned
the Arizona code of judicial propriety
and how little he knows about any civ
ilized code. No wonder he said the
Territory OF Arizona" by mistake when
he was setting his bench example OF
favoritism.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-02-19

The Army has had no more remark
able experience along lines OF promo
ton Of officers than that presented In
the case OF Major General Wood.
Three years ago Wood was an assist
ant surgeon I'm the Regular Army with
the prospect of retiring some day with
the rank of Major or Lieutenant Col
onel He had the good fortune. how
ever, To know and be known by Theo-
dore Roosevelt and when the latter or
ganized the Rough Riders he got Dr.
Wood detailed for the Colonelcy. Then
BILE administrator, The latter fact
did gallant service at the land battle
Of Santiago, and proved himself after
wards, as Governor o. the city, a capa
BILE administrator The latter fact
brought him the chance OF Governor
General Of Cuba and now he Ia a Major
General Of Regulars. outranking the
man who commanded the Army In
which he fought IN the battle summer
% 1875
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-02-19
A CHANCE FOR GOOD MEN.

! IL Ia time for the solid and public
/ spirited peopN of this city 80 awake
/ from their lethargy and consider the
! duty they owe to good government.
The standards " public morality have
been gradually but surely lowered
since the arrival. drawn hither by pres
ent and future prosperity. OF the adven-
turers and carpet baggers whom such
conditions always attract These men
have been very active. and would have
run things with high hand N Sewall
had become Governor; and they are the
ones who are ioudest In their demands
for municipal systems. They have
brought us an undiEnihed and sensa-
tional judiciary. self-cocking yellow
Journalism. political machines, rings
and extravaganza and the prospect OF
scandalous NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. II they
get the chance to apply It. In fact the
old political features of the monarchy
are coming In again with a rabbie OF
played-out Mainland politicians whose
artecedents are generally bad. behind
them.
The remedy for all this Is the vigil
Iance and united effort Of men who have
everything to lose and nothing to gain
nv DAO government. f1Hu tHtIt ptth
the right kind of n public movement
last summer the Circuit Courts would
now be in better hands. But even vir-
tue gets lazy in the tropics, and 1t is
great sight lazier everywhere than
is vice and self-asserting humbug.
What Hawaii needs more than any
thing else politically is Good Citizen
ship organization such as Bishop Pot
ter has formed in New York: one that
shall aim, not only to keep the city on
a plane OF reasonable morality, but to
defeat all attempts ~ nut scalawags
in office There is a nucleus for such
society but II is not broad enough in its
aims nor assertive enough in its work.
AS things are. about the only active.
year-in -and-year-out crusader against
gamblers lead-pipe cinches. lax admin
istration. school book jobbery. politi-
cal machines. degradation Of courts.
milk swindlers and tax-raislng conspir-
acies and the like is the Advertiser.
and occasionally, in spite of n fair run
of success in It's endeavors and a stead
lily increasing circulation. the old paper
gets lonesome.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-02-19

OF course the per capita cost of gov
eminent in Hawaii is large but that is
mainly because Of the small popula-
ton. Congress gave US "a fully organ
lied Territorial government and could
not we'll do otherwise. AS things are,
the tax rate is probably lower than
that of any other Territory in the I'm
ion and win remain SO unless the gro
tesque reformers who want to reduce
expenses by setting up two other
systems of government here, making
three in all. are permitted to carry out
their predatory schemes.