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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16
THE FALLING TREES |
OUR FORESTS BEING DEvAsrAT-
EDDY VARIOUS MEANS.
Grazing Animals Find Many Ways to
Kill the Timber-Insects and
Other Causes Always
at Work.

One of the most frequent causes Of
forest fires is the grazing of animals
on forest land. To improve the graz
ing, the owners of focks and herds
often fire the grass or other fodder
plants, sometimes with the intention
of destroying the forest itself, and thus
increasing the area of the pasturage,
but more often to improve temporarily
the quality of the feed. The majority
but, by destroying the seeds and the
young trees, they do great injury to the
forest and finally to the fodder plants
themselves. And to understand the
enormous amount of damage wrought
by this one cause, we must remember
that vast areas are burned over every
year, in nearly all parts of the United
States where trees grow, and it is a.
fact well known to foresters that hun
dredS of thousands of acres in the west.
where sheep are in the habit of graz
ing, would be covered by forests to-
day, if it were not for the repeated
burnings to which the ground has been
subjected.
In forests where grazing is permitted
much damage is often done by tramp
ling. Heavy animals. like horses and
cattle, pack the soil with their hoofs.
and destroy the rootlets of small trees,
but these animals, having big, broad
feet, do comparatively little harm.
Sheep, on the other hand, are very
harmful, particularly where the soil is
loose, and upon steep slopes. Their
hoofs. being small and sharp. they cut
into the soil and powder it up. at the
some time breaking and cutting the
young growth to such an extent that
fourishing young forests are often
completely destroyed. Nor does the
danger of trampling stop with the de-
struction of the forest itself. We should
take warning by the disasters which
followed the grazing of sheep in the
Alps of southern France There first
of all, the forests were destroyed. Then
followed the grass which had replaced
the forests, and the soil was then left
fully exposed to the rains. The result
was succession of floods, and the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16

SNOW SERVES a DOUBLE PURPOSE
force of the water carried down enor-
nous quantities of stones, and spread
them over what had been fertile fields,
depopulating many prosperous valleys.
The cost to the French people has al
ready run into tens of millions of dol
lars, and the end is not yet. The loss
is out of all proportion to any gain
which may have been derived from
the mountain pastures, and even the
sheep owners themselves are losers in
the end, as the sheep industry in that
region has been utterly ruined.
Then the grazing animals do fur
Their harm by browsing on the young
growth, and on the tender shoots and
branches of the larger trees, often
making them unsightly or unsound.
Insects are always at work in the
forest, and sometimes their ravages re-
suit in serious loss. During the last
20 years the larva of saw-f1y has been
eating the foliage Of the larch trees in
the Adirondacks to such an effect that
nearly every fullgrown tree of this spe-
cies has been killed in that region. The
work of the elm beetle, the gypsy moth
and many other insects is too well
known to require comment.
Many other enemies have the trees.
amongst them being the fungli, which
are ever ready to attack fresh wound
Of any kind. Their ravages may often
be prevented by dab of paint or tar,
which will exclude the air and the
spores with which it is laden. The
wind sweeps through the forest, some
times doing good by removing the old
and dying trees, and sometimes doing
harm by throwing down those which
have not yet reached maturity. The
influence of snow, also, is two-fold. 1t
does great good by protecting the soil
and the young trees, and it often does
great harm by bending and breaking,
and crushing out of shape, many tall
young members of the forest.
OF course, our forests should be pro-
tected, for the best of business reasons,
but there are trees in this country
which are entitled to our consideration
and protection, not so much on account
of their money value, but because they
are among the wonders of the world.
OF course, l refer to the big trees of
California, many Of which seemed tc
be doomed unless the United States
government takes immediate steps to
preserve them. These trees are unique
and of worldwide fame. They tower
400 feet above the ground, and the age
of some of them is said to be 10000
years.
Let each one who has an ounce of in
fiuence bring that influence to bear d.
rectly and indirectly upon the govern
ment, that we may guard those won
drous trees forever from those who
with axe and saw would in one week
destroy the work OF, 10000 years.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEa
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16
THE ROSEBUD AGENCY
LANDS OF THIS RESERVATION TO
BE OPENED FOR SETTLEMENT,
Is Poor Agricultural Land, But Good
for Stock Raising-Largest
Indian Reservation in
Country.

The Rosebud Indian reservation,
which by proclamation of the presi-
dent, is to be thrown open to white set
Element on August at nine a. M, is
part of the great Sioux reservation in
the Dakotas. This reservation is made
up of the Cheyenne river, Cow creek
and Lower Brule, Pine Ridge, Rosebud
and Standing Rock agencies and in
cludes 1879 square miles of territory,
or over 100000 acres. Of this vast
tract, inhabited by over 10000 Indians
of the different tribes, the Rosebud
agency embraces 3,22S,OOO acres, and
is by far the largest single reservation
in the country. 1t is situated in South
Dakota and it's southern borders rest
on Nebraska, while the White river
marks the northern boundary, and
from east to west it extends from the
Missouri river to the Pine Ridge
agency.
Like most of the other South Da-
Lota Indian reservations, the Rosebud
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16
Big Man and Little Woman.

She was a demure little woman with
baby. AS the car was crowded she
did not put the little one, who was old
enough to sit up, on the seat beside
her. She carried it on her lap, and
made room for a fierce-looking, big
man with a newspaper.
The child kicked it's tiny feet in de-
light at the strange things it saw while
riding along, and its shoes rubbed
against the big mans trousers.
Perhaps, madam" he exclaimed,
"you imagine that this conveyance is
your private carriage?"
ooh, no DON'T" was the prompt re-
ply. "If it were you wouldn't be riding
in it."-Tit-Bits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16
THE WONDERS OF THE
WORLD AT ST. LOUIS
They Are to Be Found in the Great Palaces and Along
1.-THE Pike"

st. Louis.-Early visitors to the Louis
lana Purchase exposition have found
at st. Louis an exposition so nearly COM
plete that they have in no way missed
the few minor details that were unfin-
ished on the opening day, and which
have since been completed. In fact in
An exposition of such proportions as
this it would be impossible to discover
a thousand little details that might lack
completion.
Weather conditions were against the
exposition management for few days
preceding the opening. Now every
thing is favorable, and the great fair
is entirely complete, a completeness, we
must repeat, that is so enormous that
it is all but impossible to comprehend
what it has meant to the builders. The
last vestige of scaffolding. that for a
few days surrounded some of the less i'm
portant buildings has been torn away;
the last wagon load of refuse hauled
from the grounds; every flower and
shrub the landscape gardeners included
in their scheme of decoration growing
under the benign influence of spring
sun, and the exposition stands forth a
completed giant, beautiful in concep-
ton, wonderful in execution, stupendous
in size, by far the masterpiece of the
worlds eXpositiOns.
Stupendous size does not half express
it. This worlds fair has many sur
prises for the visitor, but its immense
size is the greatest astonisher of all.
Amusement at the extent of the fair is
heard from every visitor.
1t has been interesting to watch the
visitors these first days of the fair In
teresting to see what would appeal to
then strongest. but after one has studied
the mass of humanity in their quest for
the wonders it is hard to select any one
feature that could be designated as a
general favorite with all. OF course all
visitors are enthusiastic over the general
picture. the grand en- semble, which has
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16
The Usual Programme.

Lady-My foot seems to be swelled.
Shoe Dealers-These No. 2 shoes have
been in stock SO long that they have
shrunk
Il really believe my joints are en-
larged.
Dealer-Most likely these shoes are
wrongly marked. They may be No. is.
LADY, certainly can't get them on.
Dealer-Your instep is high. l will
get another pair with higher instep.
All persons of noble ancestry have high
insteps.
Dealer (back part of the store, two
minuts later)-Quick, George, rub the
marks of those number skies, and give
them to that woman in front.-N. 7.
Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16

Exhibition; Glass Weaving. Spinning;
German Tyrolean Alps; Golden Chariot;
Grants Log Cabin; Galveston Flood;
the Ozarks; Infant Incubators; Indian
Congress and Wild West; Irish Village;
Japanese Village; jerusalem; Jim Key
Educated Horse) Lincoln's Log Cabin;
Moorish Palace; Model Playground;
Miniature Railway; Magic Whirlpool;
Morocco; Mysterious Asia; Naval Ex-
hibition; Old Plantation; Old st. Louis,
Mo-; Old Cahokia Court House; Old
Virginia Homestead; Observation
Wheel Palais Du Costume; Pottery;
Weller; Paris and France; Scenic Rail-
way; South African Boer Exhibits;
Streets of Seville; Statisticum; Sub
marine Diving; New York to the North
Pole: Trained and Wild Animals; Under
and Over the Sea; Upper Mississippi
Views; Water Chutes; Wireless Teleg-
raphy.
What runs in all; what supplies the
power that makes the countless wheels
go round? The majority of visitors are
intensely interested in the mechanical
motive force of this greatest of exposi-
tons, and we'll they may be. One OF
the most striking features is the power
plant Never before at an exposition
has there been even half as much
power developed as supplied from the
various prime movers in the Palace of
Machinery. In a large boiler house
standing west of the Machinery build
ing, filled with the latest and best pro-
auctions of skilled boiler manufactures,
steam is generated to supply 10000
horsepower to the various engines in
the Machinery building. In addition
to this about 10000 horsepower is re-
ceived by electric cable from power sta
tons in the city of st. Louis. But the
greatest interest is in the engines them
selves rather than in the large capacity
of the exhibit, for among them is a
giant turbine or rotary engine develop
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16
Perils Of "Self-D octoring."

Large numbers of people in prosper
GUS circumstances die as sexagenarians
from maladies which are evidences of
degeneration and Of premature senil-
ity, while many who pass this period
go on to enter upon an eighth or ninth
decade of life. The former class COM
prise those who have lived without re-
straint of their appetites and who have
sought to allay some of the conse-
quences> by Standardization, while the
latter class comprise those who have
lived reasonably, and who, If annoyed
by imperfect digestion, have sought re-
lief by abandoning the errors from
which it sprang.-London Lancet.
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order service at the same rates
that prevailed before the exposition
opened.
1t is suggested that the stranger in
ST. Louis, who wishes to find reasonable
clearinghouse rates, make inquiry at
a grocery store or meat market in the
vicinity where he desires to stop. The
grocers and butchers know nearly all
the boarding houses in their neighbor-
hoods, and they are quite willing to
oblige the stranger by directing him to
a place to suit his purse and his tastes.
The want" columns of the daily news
papers also contain columns of small
advertisements for boarders or dodgers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16

ing 5000 horsepower, besides others OF
a similar type of smaller capacity. This
is the first display of turbine engines
at a large exposition. as its develop
ment is very recent achievement of
mechanical engineering and invention.
At the Chicago Exposition the larg-
est gas engine developed only ten
horsepower; the visitor to st. Louis
may see gas engine with the capacity
of 300 times larger than the Chicago
engine. The 5000 horsepower gas en-
CINE is the largest engine of it's char
acter ever built Many other gas en-
gines Of various types developing from
1000 to 1,750 horsepower complete this
feature of the exhibit. and there are
many of the more familiar reciprocal
ing engines of the latest pattern and
highest efficiency.
OF the total number of prime movers
half are comprised in what is known as
the Exposition power plant, the other
half being exhibitors engines. Nearly
all these engines are connected with
electrical generators and the power is
transmitted by cable throughout the
grounds to the electric railways, the
machinery in operation in the exposi-
ton buildings, the pumps supplying
water to the cascades and fountains,
the refrigerating plant and for other
purposes. The total horsepower used
at Chicago did not exceed 1000 and at
the Pan-American not over 5000, in
comparison with the 10000 to $4,000
here.
Electricity had only five and one
half acres at Chicago, while at st. Louis
nine acres are given to the same de-
partment, besides large display of
electrical generators in the Palace of
Machinery.
No one should be deferred from visit
ing the worlds fair because of the fear
that living expenses in st. Louis are too
high. If anyone has this notion 1t is,
high time that it be dispelled. There is
absolutely no doubt Of the fact that one
can find excellent living accommoda-
tions in st. Louis now at rates not ex-
ceeding the charges this same month in
New York, Chicago or any other great
American city.
No one need pay more than one dollar
q day for good room. That is an aver
age rate, though many accommodations
of excellent character may be had for
less. There are many unrented rooms
at five dollars week. advertised every
day in the newspapers. Hundreds of
restaurants serve meals Of give short
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16

been created, and for the first hour or
more of their stay inside the grounds
but few get further than the point from
which they catch their first view of this
grand picture.
1T almost takes my breath away
exclaimed one woman near whom | was
standing as she caught her first glimpse
of the beauty of the cascades and the
magnificence of the grand exposition
palaces Such is the general verdict.
For beauty. for magnificence, for extent,
st. Louis has beat the world.
There is another feature, or rather
collection of features, which seemingly
appeals to every visitor. and with good
reason, and that is The Pike" The
fair management do not wish to appeal
TO the public with side-show. They
built an exposition which should stand
forth to the world on its merits as an
educator, as a monument to the worlds
progress, but realizing that an amuse-
ment feature was necessary they Sett
work to provide the biggest and best in
this line that has ever been known. That
they have succeeded in this is evident
to every visitor who travels THE Pike"
Nor is this great amusement feature
lacking in educational interest Here
one may study the architectural fancies
of the world; here he may study the
nations of the world, their methods of
life, their surroundings, their customs.
He sees realistic pictures of the Esqui
maux in their snow and ice bound homes
in one minute, and the next is trans
ported to the jungles OF tropical Africa.
The Pike" is not an aggregation OF fat
women and the skeleton men, in no
sense q circus side-show, but realistic
picture of the world upon which five
millions of dollars has been spent.
Six thousand performers from foreign
countries. and busy artisans from every
remote corner of earth are engaged to
Nproduce the life of Is different peoples.
Fifteen hundred animals are required to
lend reality to the varied scenes. TWO
shows in the list of 40 represent an out
lay of 81, 100000 Twenty of them cost
not less than $1OO, 900 apiece, and hardly
an attraction less than $4,000.
Some idea of what there is to be seen
of Pike features may be had from list
of the educational amusement features
which this section of the fair contains:
Alaska and Esquimaux Village; An
cient Rome and Hawaiian Volcano; Bat
tie Abbey; Bohemia; Crystal Palace;
Cliff Dwellers; Chinese Village; Colorado
Gold Mine; Creation; Coal Breaker;
Cairo. Constantinople; Fire-Fighting
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16
Including All.

81 suppose" said the newspaper clerk,
who was fixing up the death notice,
you'll want the regular form: 'Rela-
tives and friends are respectfully in
vited, etc'?"
"Lemme see," replied the widower,
''mebbe you'd better say: Relatives and
friends, also the neighbors.' "-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16
A Bright Outlook.

"Will your father give his consent?"
asked the lover.
"Well, il father won't, mother will, /"
replied the girl. They never agree on
anything, so we're sure to get the con-
sent of one, and that Is enough. Chi
cago Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16
British Coal Output in 1908.

According to recently published statis-
tics of the United Kingdoms output OF
coal in 1903 there was an increase over
1902 exceeding 100000 tons. or about
III per cent. The gross output reached
the record figure of 23Q. 1923 ,391 TONS The
greatest increase was in the Yorkshire
district. The number of mine employees
was S42,066. an increase Of two per cent.
over 1902.
FRANK w. MAHIN.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-16
His Unhappiness.

"You growled at cold weather."
20, yes."
And you'll growl when it's hot?"
That's what"
well, what do you reckon you're here
for, anyhow"
MY friend" was the reply, that's Jest
what keeps me a-growlin'-I can't find
out!"-Atlauta Constitution.
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Cleyerness.

Cleyerness is serviceable for every
thing, sufficient for nothing.-Henrt-
Frederic Amiel.
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KNIGHTS OF M ALTA
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE FOB
THEIR RECEPTION TONIGHT.
Committees organised-Banquets and
Siestas Planned-In Session
Several Days.

The twenty-first annual convocation Of
the Supreme Commandery. Ancient and IL
lustrious Order knights of Malta. will con-
vene at Malta Hall. 80 Pennsylvania ave.
nue. northwest. tomorrow forenoon. begin
ming at 10 o'clock. The convocation will be
an important one. local knights say. and
representative members of the order will
be present from Pennsylvania, Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island, Connecticut. New York,
Maryland. Minnesota and the District Of
Columbia. The headquarters of the SUI
preme officers have been established at the
National Hotel
A majority of the visitors viii arrive by
tonight, It is expected, and they will be en-
tertained by the local members at a recep-
ton and smoker this evening at Malta Hall,
preceding which Occur de Lion Command
cry. No. 264, Capital City. No 1859, and
Constantine. No. SAT, will work blueman
master builder degree. The address Of
welcome this evening will be delivered by
Mr.. Matthew Trimble.
the supreme body received by President
afternoon, and Sir Knight Charles b. Cam
eron chairman Of the reception committee,
has also arranged to have the visiting
knights and their ladies shown through the
government departments.
Personnel Of Committees.
The committees appointed by the Grand
Commandery OF the District Of Columbia
Z
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All-WOOl kidderminster
Art Squares.

Frank Gray, P.S.C.. northeast corner Broad
and Arch streets, Philadelphia, Pa; SUI
preme treasurer, Sir w. j. Rugh, PS.C.,
Pittsburg, Pa: supreme senior warden, Sir
Robert Keenan,, Wilmington, Del; supreme
junior warden, Sir Jonathan Leibensberger
Hazleton. Pa; supreme warder Sir Willard
A. Kuder, Allentown, Pa; supreme sentinel
Sir A. B. Jones, Philadelphia, Pa; supreme
standard-bearer, Sir George w. Welsh.
James Creek, Pa: supreme swordbearer
Sir James B. Bell, Trenton, N. j.; supreme
first guard. Sir H. Ross Fulmer. Williams
port, Pa: supreme second guard, Sir Ed
preme trustee. 1901 1904, Sir C. w. Bassler,
Sunbury. Pa: supreme trustee, 1902-1905
Sir d. l. Robinson. Gloucester. Mass: SUI
preme trustee. 1903-1906. Sir George w. De-
vinny. Philadelphia, Pa. Representatives
to the Imperial Parent Grand Black En-
campment of the Universe: Sir John w.
Hicks, P.S.C.; Sir A. T. Hamilton; Sir John
H. Hoffman. P.S.C.
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The committees appointed by the Grand
sCommandery OF the District OF Columbia
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to receive the supreme officers and dele
gates are as follows:


gates are as follows:
Reception committee-Charies B. Cam
ercn. chairman; J. e. Baer, w. K Haxton,
]. B. Burke, A. Lauxman. G. A. Swift. C.
p. Markward, ]. e. Toone George Burke,
3. T. Stuli. F. w. Rohrman, A. o. Nc
Claim. A. E. Wilson. j. Wizard. NJ Weeks
w. p. Evans. w. Ill. Lanham. E. r. Atlin-
son, Z. II. Parker, j. H. Gibson, r. A.
Boyd, ST., r. w. Waldron, E. g. Benson,
Z. I. Hutchinson, c. w. Ward and s. w.
Montague.
Grand Commandery committee A. B.
Clark. chairman; W. F. Scott, secretary;
Robert E. Beckham, C. F. Anderson, w. H
Hammond. r. B. Buckley and Theo. F.
Hall.
Press committee-R. B. Buckley. chair
man; Theo. F. Hall and I. G. Bafr.
Committee on SMOKER. w. Ward. chair
man: Charles B. Cameron and r. w. Wal
dron.
Siesta and Banquet.
The Princes Of Bagdad will hold siesta
and banquet in Malta Hall tomorrow even
ing and social and banquet will be held
at the same place Thursday evening. The
business sessions are expected to continue
until Friday.
The supreme officers are:. Supreme COM
mander, Sir David F. Melville. Braddock
Pa; supreme generalissimo, Sir Willie Il.
Higgins, Worcester, Mass; supreme cap
tain general, Sir A. T. Hamilton, lewiston
Pa: supreme prelate. Sir Frank r. Hayden,
Worcester. Mass; supreme recorder. Sir
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Frank 7. Brockway. for several years n
bookkeeper in the Congressional Library
at Washington. is reported to be at the
home Of his son, Leon Brockway. tn Os-
wego. N. Y. suffering from paralysis of
the eyes.
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