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rare. This condition emphasizes tho
need for forest cover on ali the slopes.
for when the hills are barred by injudi-
cious numbering, fire, or oyergrazing,
the storm waters rush rapidly to tho
bottom bearing great quantities of soil
and rock, or the snow melts with unde-
sirable rapidity under the direct rays
of the sun.
For successful reproduction of pine
on numbered areas, fire and overgraz-
ing, the two comfortable agencies most
destructive at the Seeding stage. must
be controlled. On the most slopes and
high elevations seed bearing and repro
duction are relatively abundant, forage
plants are plentiful, and water holes and
streams are numerous, hence there ia
little danger to seedlings from tram
ping or browsing; as is evidenced by
the very excellent reproduction often
found in places which have been sheep
grazed for years. Here fires are the
greatest danger, as there is more grass
and litter to feed them than at lower
levels and on dry slopes. A very care
full fire patrol of such territory, keeping
close watch on sheep herders and
campers during the periods when the
forest is free from snow. will insure
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P''O!.R | T RAFT l

VSreSNNr~~NRHN~ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Two children, boy and girl,
stood before g painting that hung
upon the wall. The boy gazed with all
his soul in his eyes. dimly conscious.
perhaps, of what the picture would
some day mean to him. 1t represented
z soldier mounted on a black charger,
and the mans face was eager. ardent
and earnest. With sword In his nplift-
ed hand he seemed uTing* men to bat
tie, .: ~" '..*@ al ! p
The little girl indiifcrently glanced
1T the portrait from time to time. She
had seen 1t so many times, and then,
too,t patriotism had not yet awakened
in her undisciplined little heart. She
was proud in the thought, however,
that she possessed something OF alb
sorbing interest to her new neighbor.
Finally, she began to relate the story
she: had heard so often. .
You see, it's really true man, and
he painted himself on papa's horse.
Those are the clothes he wore, in bat
tie"
"Humph!" said the boy scornfully,
looking at her with the superiority dc.
rived from his sex and his four years
seniority. Those aren't fighting
clothes. Lucille! He's on parade
Lucille wondered vaguely what that
might be and then begged him to
"come and play"
They played for many day to come,
and then the boys parents moved to
another city.
Seven years later he came back for a
visit. He had now attained the great
age of IL and when he had met his
former playmate, who had just proudly
entered upon her "teens." that long
looked-for period, he said most con-
descendingly:
why, this must be little Lucille Fell
toni"
Straightway Lucille felt she hated
him and they spent, few weeks of
turbulent companionship in strife
Il thought you were going to be a
soldier she said one day, like the
man on horseback in the pictured"
Whats the use of being a soldier"
he laughed. There are. no wars. I'd
rather be the man that painted the pic
ture than the soldier he represents.
Let's go and look at it again.
Papa gave it away-to the man
who gave him the horse"
Ten years passed before Paul Willis
saw his little playmate again. 1t was
evening of summer day at fash
ionable watering place. He had just
arrived and was instantly surrounded
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ployed, and also in the southern
states; the offenses that would bring
one to this disgrace were numerous:
cheating. stealing, making counterfeit
money, 'regrating' (speculating. re-
selling), perjury. The pillory lin
gered on in this country for awhile
after the beginning of the nineteenth
century.
We have come to regard the duck
ing-stool as mode of punishment in
stituted for subduing women scolds.
but history tells US scolds of both
sexes were subjected to its ignominy
Brawling married couples went into
the water back to back, wife-beaters
were cooled OF by its means, and it
was used in the punishment of various
offenders - slanderecs. "nakebayts,
chyderers." brawlers, raiders and
others. Brewers Of bad beer, bakers
of poor bread, unruly paupers. were
d,scked. A Frenchman. travelling in
England in 1900, describes, in spright-
~ French fashion, the ducking-stool:
The way of furnishing scolding women
is pleasant enough. They fasten an
armchair to the end of two beams
IL to Is feet long, and parallel to each
other, so that these two pieces of wood
with their ends embrace the chair,
which hangs between them by a sort
of axle, by which means it plays
freely. and always remains in the nat
ural horizontal position in which a
chair should be, that a person may
sit conveniently in it, whether you
raise it or let it down. They set up
a post on the bank of pond or river,
and over this post they lay. almost
in equilibrio, the two pieces of wood.
at one end of which the chair hangs
just over the water. They place the
woman in this chair and so plunge
her into the water as often as the
sentence directs. in order to cool her
Immediate heat" New England even
tually. and. southern localities early,
made use of the ducking-stool.
The Puritans hating sin, but, being
mortal, prone thereto, sought to stamp
with publicity those that erred. We
all know of the Scarlet Letter inflicted
upon Hester Prynne. Thus New
Plymouth dealt with such as she:
They must wear two Capital Letters,
A. D., cut in scarlet cloth and sewed
on their uppermost garment on the
Arm and Back; and if any time they
shall be found without the letters SO
worn while in this, government, they
shall be forthwith taken and publicly
whipt" The scarlet letter was used
for other crimes than Hesters: a
woman that blasphemed had to wear
red B, a drunkard D.
Time goes on and ideals change,
and what yesterday was considered 1T,
to-day appears unbelieyably. cruel. I'M
necessary. And yet we find ourselves
siding with Delaware as to the proper
punishment for .'the mean and COW.
Ardly crime Of wife-beattpg.n So
# CHRlsToPHERw WEBSTER.
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different kinds of social affairs, and,
minus the lace, would look trim for
travelling frock. ~,
Mohair, especially in the invisible
weaves, promises to be the thing for
outing wear. Panama cloth, q cross
between canvas and wool, is advanc-
ing rapidly in esteem. The shops are
full of summer suits made Of this ma
teria1. 1t is rather wiry and of sum
mer weight.
Little silk Jackets, long silk wraps,
frivolous boleros, of silk will again be
fashionable, and interfere somewhat
with the reign Of the one-piece suit.
The covert coat continues in style;
there is noticeable but little change In
this garment; the shoulder a trifle
the bust a trifle higher, sleeves
maybe little fuller at the top.
With the new style hat Tor spring
the short veil will be more appropriate
than the long roundabout one or the
wide flying sort. Dots, which have
been 50 large all winter, may continue
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03

is record. 1868, Of certain Rosss
Scott that received sentence for re-
peated sleeping on. the Lords Day
and for striking the person thar
walked him from his goddess slumbers
A slanderer went to the whipping
post, likewise one that INDUCED in
love-making when because of young
years" or "weake estate" he was IN
fit for marriage. Women, too, were
given lashes-for slanderous talk, un-5
seemly conduct, for the gift Of proph-
ecy. Even under a tolerant Roger
Williams, larceny, drunkenness and
perjury We're punished by whipping
In the southern colonies the whipping
post was in common use.
Although the whipping occurred in
the colonial days with what seems to
US shameful frequency, there was some
limit put upon it.; not z1ore than 40
stripes were permitted as one SEN
tencc, and it was decreed that no
true gentleman" should be punished
with whipping unless his crime was
very shameful and his course of life
prof1igate. A man and his servant
were convicted OF stealing corn; the
former had the Mister removed from
his name; the latter was whipped.
Slaves We're corrected at the whip
ping-post. When the civil war put an
enc to slavery, the post fell into dis
uso in the south, save in Maryland.
Delaware, too, retained it for some
time. These states have been con-
demned for keeping it, but Delaware
to-day stoutly maintains that it is
the one thing that successfully deals
with wife-beaters and other cruel
criminals.
Perhaps as igneminious a punish
ment as ever was invented was the
pillory, concerning which Hawthorne
declares there can be no outrage more
fragrant than to forbid the culprit to
hide his face for shame. Forced to
stand in the most public spot in the
village, with the head held in q wise,
the culprit must have been very
hardened indeed that did not feel
broken in spirit. Often the rabble
made target Of the victim, who,
wholly defenseless, had to endure
double torture. History tells us not
only of criminals being pilloried in
England, but of martyrs of note, Pur-
jtans and also those made to suffer
during the Reformation. In New Eng
land the pillory was commonly en-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03

by group of Old-time friends who
claimed his attention and recognition
after his years Of foreign travel. Look
ing beyond the little group about him
into the ballroom, his rowing gaze was
instantly caught and held by the
vision of girl with a pair of won
derful dark and deep eyes, an exquisite
face and quiet dignity in the carriage
of her svelte figure. !
"Who is she?" he asked of the man
nearest him, and even before the an
swer came he knew the name would
be Lucille FELTON,"
Look out!": he was warned. "Lucile
cannot be accused of flirting. but she
attracts all men and always turns them
down."
She saw him coming across the room
and knew him by the winsome brown
eyes that were still the eyes of the
little boy she had played with years
before.
"Oh, yes!" she said carelessly, as he
recalled himself to her memory. Il
remember all my old playmates."
Then she turned to a man immacu-
late in evening dress who claimed ner
for the waltz.
Paul Willis stood gazing after them,
all his ardor and impetuosity dam
pened by her nonchalent greeting. She
smiled softly to herself through the
waltz. The little Lucille FELTON, at
Is had at last been avenged. All the
evening he watched her dancing and
chatting with her partners, always gay
and careless. His whole heart went
out to her.
Just before the last dance he found
an opportunity to speak with her
alone. He was tongue-tied from this
new, strange feeling.
Are your parents well?" he finally
| asked abruptly. A shadow came over
her face. The fan she had trembled.
Did you not know? They died four
years ago." ..
Forgive mel did not know" he
said.
And the old home" she continued,
lifting saddened eyes to his, burned
down and all it's contents"
She was more beautiful still with this
! sudden. sorrow in her eyes.
And you-where is your home?"
Il live with my sister, Mrs. Lothrop,
In your home city,"
Then others came up to her and he
was outside the little circle. -
| But the next day and the many that
followed showed no more of her mo-
mentary softening, and she resumed
her old careless manner toward him.
The season ended, and they both re-
turned to the city, where he became
q frequent caller. at Mrs. Lothrop's.
Always was the longing in his heart,
but Lucille did not relax y
Her sister chided her one night after
he had left them. Z ss
He loves you, Lucille" she re-
! proached. .s.% y. a. >.=.
Oh, 7 don't know said the girl,
turning away her lustrous eyes. They
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03

cealed in embroidery in different yell
lows-gOlden-br brown silk, gold thread
and dull yellow. The long cuffs are
trimmed in the same manner, the neck
is finished with the embroidery, the
puffs on the sleeves are very full. This
waist is to accompany q suit of brown
wolfe, the whole an exquisite harmony OF
browns and yellows.
The other waist is Of white f1lmy
stuff, the trimming the revived bertha.
The bertha nowadays is not worn low,
however; if we do not adopt the
squared shoulders, we have gotten
away from the exaggerated droop at
the top of the sleeve.
Crepe de chine, which cleans easily
and is a very beautiful material, is a
happy selection for one of these waists.
A New York designer. displayed one
lately of unusual attractiveness. It
was of twilight blue and trimmed with
embroidery of silver thread and blue
silk floss. 1t was made on, the sur
plice style, with chemisette of gauze
embroidered in silver, the long fitted
cuffs having the same decoration. An
other exquisite model was of the fash
ionable conch-shell pink.
Two-piece negligees are shown for
summer wear, petticoats and loose
sacks. They are sometimes made of
China silk, and challis, which is cheap
and very pretty, is frequently en-
ployed in this Longing costume. The
skirts do not trail, are made about
two inches from the ground; both skirt
and sack are much befrilled and be-
laced. Thin lawns would be very suit
able for hot weather wear.
Color combinations are above every
thing artistic, the stylish color
seems showed in th9 background by
really artistic sense of beauty. We
mention two of the new robes on view;
a simple suit of dull gray crepe de
chine, with chemisette of old yellow
embroidered batiste, a lingerie, hat Of
yellow embroidery trimmed with dull
red roses; costume of brown pom
gee with collar, cuffs and sleeve .ruffle
of cream val, hat of brown corded
silk.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03

fewer assaults by intoxicated hus-
bands, which shows that even when
under the influence of liquor the
shadow Of the pillory has an effect
upon men,"
Other states, moved to it by the
many cases of wife-beating, have pro-
posed like return to the whipping
post. Such a bill was proposed in the
Massachusetts legislature and also in
the legislature of Connecticut. A few
years ago there was introduced in the
Maryland legislature a bill embracing
the adoption of the whipping post as
a method for Furnishing wife-beaters,
which had the effect of almost entire
" doing away with the beating in
that state.
The man that has strenuously advo-
Gated such measure is himself
bachelor, but a bachelor that stands
up valiantly for defenseless women-
Congressman Adams, of Pennsylvania.
When years ago, MIR. Adams, as a
member of the legislature of Penn
sylvania, introduced a bill providing
for the punishment of wife-beaters at
the whipping-post, he brought down
upon himself an avalanche of criti-
cism. 1t was contended that his pro-
posed measure was unconstitutional
under the prohibition of cruel ard un-
usual punishments. Philanthropists
decried it as opposed to the humane
spirit of the age. The police and
police magistrates seemed the only
approvers, but Mr.. Adams declared
that it would only be matter of time
when there would be a general dis
position to regard it seriously as the
most effective check upon a mean and
cowardly crime" Recently, he has
taken opportunity to bring forward
in congress consideration of such a
measure, and had the qualification of
having President Roosevelt's expressed
views on the subject agree with his
own.
The Delaware whipping-post at
Dover is an octagonal pillar, seven feet
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03

'uneSS CuaraCteElZ6S Iuelll
rather than business, tiny tucks, fine
embroidered stocks, elbow sleeves OF
considerable fullness distinguish the
lingerie waist of 1906.
They are just the thing to wear with
the suit costume, as the skirt and coat
combinations are now called. For
morning demands the strictly tailored
shirt waist is best choice, but for after
noon wear nothing can improve on the
lingerie waist. 1t will appear at church,
matinee, even in the evening. So count
as necessary part of this seasons
wardrobe goodly stock of lingerie
waists.
What materials? Anything and every
thing; organdie. crepe de chine, chiffon.
plain net over thin wash silk-and this
very effective-silk batiste, silk dimity,
pOngee. We must repeat that the ell
bow is the popular sleeve, and announce
that there are strong leanings towards
the rather low neck But only those
with almost perfect throat can attempt
the trying fashion of the round neck;
the average woman will have to content
herself with a sheer chemisette that
will give the effect of GOODNESS without
unbecoming display of the neck.
When the sleeve is long, the cuff is
very deep-sOme one refers to it as the
TESTERS cuff, tight-fitting and long. AL
though dressmakers on the other side
have tried to impose on us the angular
square shoulder. they have not succeed
ed to the extent desired. For which we
may congratulate ourselves; the short
shoulder would have called for tight
lacing, to give the tapering waist; we
may wear the medium long shoulder
with satisfaction, and need not draw
the waist in uncomfortably; although
there certainly is a tendency towards
smaller waists.
We show a design having the St. Co.
ella neck, co)larless. It is of daffodil
yellow thin stuff. the yoke almost con-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03
ON NE1ICl AIA1 tuo most
important tree Of Arizona.
New Mexico and southwest
ern Colorado is the western
NnllnM nine II iS l<nnu,n
COMMERCIALLY

NIX eIN COlOrAOO Is the western
NJ yellow pine. 1t is known
locally as Black Jack, and
in the lumber trade is frequently called
white pine. The tree furnishes material
for all kinds of local construction: the
towns Of Durango, Albuquerque and
t1agstaff are monuments to it's exceed
lnS usefulness and value The quantity
OF western yellow pine lumber shipped
to other parts Of the country at present
IS small, but it is rapidly increasing.
Owing to the distance from the eastern
markets shipments are largely in the
form of highly finished material, such as
doors and moulding. These enter into
successful competition in the Chicago
market with similar products made of
white pine. which the better grades of
western yellow pine much resemble.
In the southwest this species is found
scattered over the slopes OF the Rocky
mountains at attitudes between 5000
and 5000 feet. There are three regions,
however, where it extends over large
areas in practically pure sands.
The first of these is in extreme south
western Colorado and northwestern
New Mexico. Here a belt of western
yellow pine forest. rs miles wide, runs
northwest and southeast for 100 miles.
There are six important mills operating
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03
Science Applied to Humor.

Science Applied to Humor..
For Heavens sake, doctor, give me
something quick. I'm going to die"
What have you swallowed?"
Nearly whole page of a newspa.
per-
What page was it,"
'The joke page, doctor. Hurry, hur-
ry." ~,
Calm yourself, sir. We will put the
X-ray on those Jokes and possibly you
can digest them then."-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03
The CUSTOMARY Solution.

"Why do you have SO many rattle
s, snakes in your village?" asked the Wis
iting owl. III: =
Well replied the prairie dog, iva
can't suppress the rattlesnake evil, of
course, but we regulate it, So J
"How do you regulate it," - /,
why, we let them settle down among
us Wherever they choose, and then we.
we ostracize them socially and keep out
OF their way. Chicago Tribune.
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this and similar public chastisement
The little state of Delaware-cer-
tainly not in obedience to the law that
large bodies move slowly-looks with
favor on an ancient punitive form;
in this day Of kindergarten methods,
disappearing Of corporal punishment,
makes use of the whipping-post, but
now surrenders the pillory. At Dover,
Wilmington and Salisbury, offenders
whose crimes seem to merit the cat
o-nine-tails get what they have given:
the wife-beater is himself beaten. The
warden administers the blows. and
doubtless the punished cringes as did
his victim. :-...-:
The police in Delaware towns affirm
that since the whipping law went into
effect again there has been noticed
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03
In the Duellinr Zone

Patience-How did the. duel come
off? p. IS
Patrice-There wasn't any. You see
each Of the principals chose girl friend
for 9 second, but the seconds were SO
long dressing that the principals got
tired and called the bout off.-Yonkers
Statesman. .s. s5::I 0 ss==s 5.I
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03

rs he finished musician 2. s s.
3 Not quite; he has half q meal.
ticket lett."-Judge. !: 4 i It. >+.5..
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these stuffs none meet with the ap-
proval given the Shantung pongees,
those rough, durable silks that come
to us from the Flowery Kingdom.
Suits and gowns, are made Of pom
gee, and at the watering places there
will be seen some white pongees of
much style and beauty. For motor
coat. travelling cloak, elaborate wrap
and simple, pongee makes; appeal. The
design illustrated here is a blue pom
gee trimmed with braid of the same
color. Mark the short sleeve with
turned-back cuff and lace ruffle, and
the small down-drooping hat. This
costume would be suitable for many
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03

HERE are indications that
this is to be an early sea-
son; already ON the streets
We see spring hats crop
ping out. people are buying
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03

HE agitation concerning
giving wife-beaters q
singing taste Of their own
medicine, the revival Of
the whipping-post, brings
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03

white waists are
to be worn the coming sum-
mer, and never has there
been offered such a variety
and such lovely ones. Dain-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-17
CT
rhey Play but = Secondary Role In
the Defense of States

They Play but a Secondary Role In
the Defense Of states.
A fortress spells immobility and dis
persion. We should therefore look
askance 1T it until proof is given that
it has a definite purpose to fulfill in a
reasoned scheme Of strategy. We must
not allow ourselves to be Ned away bv
the glamour surrounding a heroic de-
Tense. We must look to the end and
leave panegyncs to poets. We must,
In short regard all fertilization as an
auxiliary and nothing more. a for
ress, because it is a fortress and be-
cause 1t is ours, Is not necessarily an
advantage and may be the evers If
we gain battles we gain the enemy's
f~ortresses; II We lose them he gains
ours, whether they are in the interior
Or upon the sea. In each case the lar
ger the garrison the greater the disas-
ter. Fortresses, and, in fact, all FORTH
cations, have never played anything but
a secondary role in the defense Of
states, and no nation has ever yet been
saved by them. They can as auxil-
iar1es occasionally assist an army and
they AN aid naval capital, wisely In.
vested and wisely used, to bear SPLEEN
did interest but they can never ne
establish moral superiority when once
It Is lost nor create it by the virtue at
taching to its parapets il it does not
exist. Over the portals Of the fortress
or harbor Of refuge should be written
IN the largest and blacklist Of charac-
tiers the words that Dante discovered
over the gates Of hell.-Military Cor.
London Times.