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The Glenwood post., 1905-11-18
PRICE FIVE CENTS

experienced in trying to raise cattle
on forest reserves. Henry seemed of
the opinion that spruce trees and cat
tie and forest rangers didn't mix
worth cent, for either the cows
would eat up the trees or else the
trees would fall ON the cows or else
tine cows would eat up the rangers or
the rar gers would eat the cows, or
well, he wasn't quite certain just
how it was but he knew blamed well
there was something wrong cause Bill
Harris had told him so. Then he
told his fellow stockmen of the great
work he was doing in their behalf
account of the Hotchkiss meeting as
printed in the Post and said the fell
lows over there treated him all right.
He admitted, however, that Gene
Grubb beat him to the meeting and
when he (Holmes) got there he said
he found he was in loaded conven-
ton and he couldn't get them to reso-
lutte against forest reserves at all
only to ask for decrease in the graz
ing fee-but he insisted they didn't
sit down on him as suggested in the
Post
The committee on resolutions then
made the following report which
was unanimously adopted:
To the Honorable James Wilson,
Secretary of Agriculture, and the
Honorable Clifford Pinchot Chief For.
ester:
We the farmers and stock growers
of the Roaring Fork and Eagle River
Stock Growers association do most
earnestly ask you to give the follow
ing resolutions your sincere thought
ard consideration:
Whereas, 1t has come to the knowl-
edge of the farmers and stock growers
that there is to be imposed grazing
tax for the privilege of running stock
on the public domain, and
Whereas, There has been and is
about to be more forest reserves estab-
lished which will exclude farmers
from getting timber for their imme-
diate use, which is very essential in
all new countries, and
Whereas, 1t has been the custom
and rule ever since the discovery of
America that the early settlers and
pioneers that pressed forward into
new countries, made homes, built
roads and like improvements and had
all of the hardships to contend with.
We're allowed the use of the public do
main for grazing purposes as we'll as
for timber for building, until the
same was taken by actual settlers,
without having tax imposed on
them for same, and
Whereas. The taxes that we are
now paying to keep up home and pub
lie institutions are all that we can
stand and to burden us with more
would be past human endurance, and
Whereas. The imposing of this
grazing tax will drive many of the
small stock owners out of business
and thereby deprive us of the means
of upbuilding our country and making
the Improvements which are greatly
needed, therefore,
Be it resolved, That we do most
earnestly protest against the paving
of this proposed grazing tax or the
setting aside of any forest reserve
which will danriya tho e.r,,,o. -
stockmen of timber for fuel or build
ing purposes.
Adopted
c. H. HARRIS,
A. B. FOSTER,
S. P. SLOsS,
J. w. ZIMMERMAN.
OSCAR HOLLAND,
FRED LIGHT.
Committee on Resolutions
The Glenwood post., 1905-11-18

c. H. HARRIS,
A. B. FOSTER,
S. P. SLOSS,
J. w, ZIMMERMAN.
OSCAR HOLLAND,
FRED LIGHT.
Committee on Resolutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10

after will be that leakages will occur among the field and other agents on the spot. If the Texas agency be- comes lealxy, that will be sufficient for Wall street purposes.
 Either the guesses of the Agricul- tural Department should be abolished altogether, for they are not bit con elusive, or else the men who have been juggling the monthly reports, thus robbing many persons and un- duly enriching others, should be pun ished. Mere dismissal will not keep other subordinates from accepting the big bribes or opportunities that are held out by Wall street. It is strange that men who rob others through the making of false official reports cannot be punished. MT. Cheatham says they can be, and he does not propose to stay the prosecution until all possible steps have been taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
PHASE OF JAPANESE LIFE.

From the San Francisco Argonaut.
 An occasional correspondent of the Argonaut in the far east has recently been impressed by the status there of white women who marry Orientals. "A sad lot" he says, in a letter Just to hand, awaits the white woman who has the misfortune of being beguiled into abroad the student (and they are all students) receive plenty of additional pay, and 1t is not much to be wondered at that in closely settle countries like Germany or England a poor girl who has no pros- poets of marrying at home consents to marry the polished Japanese gentleman
 .If he occupies good position at home and has plenty of money there seems to be no hardship involved except maybe, in nine cases out of ten. the antagonlsm of the Japanese parents; but woe to her if 1t be but subaltern position with subaltern's pay awaiting them when she accompanies him to Japanl
 "There are cases where the l>>or woman simply turnes crazy, and little sympathy will she get from her surroundings. For merly the children of unions between whites and Japanese, being mostly ille- gitimate, were looked down upon both by the Jaapnese and whites. but owing to the greater frequency now of marriages between the two races this prejudice has softened down."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
Port of Mobile.

William r. Tebbetts, collector of cus- toms of the port of Mobile has prepared an interesting report showing the relative amount of foreign trade to and from the port of Mobile for the fiscal years ending June so 1904, and Jue 30, 1905.
 The imports for year 1904 amounted to $4s11 .249 and for 1905 s4.25O914. The ex- ports in 1904 were sl6ss4611 and in 1905 S1S,074333.
 In commenting upon the report Col lector Tebbetts says:
 'It will be observed that while the imports for the year 1905 are some sixty thousand dollars lower than the imports for the year 1904. the exports show an increase of nearly two and c. half million dollars: and that while the number of vessels which entered and cleared during the fiscal year 1905 is a little lower than for the year 1904. the tonnage shows q substantial increase over the year 1904. due to the fact that larger vessels are engaged in the trade.
 Exports for the year 1905 were com- posed principally of cotton, timber, lum~ Der and packing house products, grains, and the imports of sisal mahogany and fruit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
ACTOR POURING OUT MILLIONS.

From the London Mirror.
 Amazing wonders are being wrought by William Waldorf Astor, the American millionaire and naturalized British sub ject, upon the historic Hever estate in Kent, which he recently purchased.
 The owner is spending money with a lavish in beautifying the exnanse of 2o0o acres that sperad around the old moattd castle.
 Though the cost of the undertaking is probably not definitely known to MT. As- tor himself, the popular estimate is that SC, ,o50,000 will be expended upon the im- provements during the next two years.
 There is no buster area in industrial England today. About 1ooo men of all trades have taken up their residence in the neighborhood.
 Yesterday the Mirror paid a visit to the place. which nestles at the foot of hill. The road which hitherto led close to the castle has been diverated and passes some hundred yards further away. To make this new road it has been necessary to build two briges over the river Eden, which winds through the estate.
 Round the castle masons and carpenters are building picturesque model village toned to harmonize with the gray old walls of the castle. A bridge built across the moat joins the new buildings with the old. But the most gigantic part of the work is the making of a lake where for merly green meadows stretched.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
To Prevent Tuberculosis.

Fifty years ago the white plague did not infest the south. It was then considered a disease of the colder lat itudes. Today it is almost as preva- lent in the south as it Is in the north. Dr. Sholl stated recently that tuber- culosis caused one-seventh of the deaths of last year in Birmingham. What was true last year in Birming- ham was doubtless true In the rest of the state. The disease is increas- ingly prevalent, and the physicians and the people will act wisely if they combine to fight it back to at least its old figures.
 Very considerable progress has been made in the prevention as well as the treatment of the insidious disease, and all the odern methods should be in troduced in this state. If need be, the next legislature should assist in the work In climate in which the peo- pie live a great deal out of doors the disease should not be prevalent One seventh of the deaths, at any rate, should not spring from the disease, and that proportion can be reduced if steps are taken and education spread to combat the scourge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
The. Cotton Report.

'It docs seem that the whole country, including even the federal governments" said a lawyer last night, lis honey comed with graft-with thedesire for ill- gotten gains
 "The cotton report scandal accentuates the idea l have In mind In recent issue of Public Opinion a newspaper writer states that there is no possibility of leak age in these cotton reports in the depart ment of agriculture. and yet the article is no sooner printed than out comes Secretary Wilson's report proving that there has been leakage. It is interest ing to note in this connection that this writer in Public Opinion says tha Secre- tary Wilson is on record as saying that leakages are impossible.
 'It does seem that the government could devise some means by which its secrets could be guarded. Secretary Will son is not altogether in love with the southern people, but he should at least see to it that his department is not perverted into an engine by which the price of the crop of the southern states can be made the football of financial pirates."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
Secretary Wilson's New Plan.

After the disgraceful and long maintained operations in the Agricul- tural Department unearthed in conse- quence of the charges preferred by Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Cotton Planters association, some thing, of course, had to be done, and that something is called aNnew plan The monthly reports are to be sent by the official field and state agents directly to the Secretary of Agricul- ture, who will hold them sealed until the day the monthly report is to be made, when they will be opened and compiled under strict regulations" !" The Holmes reports were compiled under lock and key, and it will be diff ficult to ind anything stricter than that ss-
 Three field agents will collect the statistics on the spot, each having charge of a group of cotton states. A great deal of money is at stake in these reports. and the danger here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
Paul Jones. Seaman and States man.

Paul Jones, gardenef's son, was born on the banks of the Solway, in l-.e motherland, 158 years ago, and hls dust, after lying 113 years in for eign hands, is in American hands and is being brought back to his adopted country. His battles are well known, and we need not recount them here.
 He was indeed the founder of the American navy. How well he laid it's foundations is plainly shown in let ter he wrote to Joseph Hewes, a member of the Continental Congress, in June, 1775. This was after the bat tie of Lexington, and after Congress -ad invited him to lay before it's pro- visional naval committee all useful information and advice. He was then master mariner. He offered his services, and he wrote to MT. Hewes a letter that will soon be published in Augustus 0. Buell's two volumes, entitled Paul Jones: Founder of the American Navy.
 This letter should be read by all who desire to know how capable a man John Paul Jones was. Washing ton warmly commended the letter, and MT. Buell. in his book says it lem bodies the logic and philosophy of na- val organization and the elements of sea power today quite as fundamen- tany as it did then, or as they ever can be embodied under any conditions conceivable in the Iuture." Whoever reads the letter-over a column in length-will see at once that Admiral Slgsbee is bringing home the dust of one who was a statesman as well as a fighting seaman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
pennIe Attend Church.

q have been struck with the large per eentage of Birmingharn's population Wi'eii attends church." said a laymen who has only been in Birmingham a short tiae' q have been located In several eiues III the south of about the same size as DIT mingham. and the percentage or church- goers was by no means as large as 1t IS here.
 q was very much surprised when came here to know that there were SD many churches and SO many church-goefs' had rather expected to Ind empty pews on Sunday night, but find that large crowds attend services.
 Many handsome churches have Just been completed in Birmingham and they add more to the dignity of city than any other class of buildings. Show me city of churches and l will show you good city. I think that Birmingham will be known as a city of churches within the next few years and that the morals of the community will be on much higher plain than at present"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
The Stock Market.

Henry clew's stock market letter of Sat urday's date says*
 "The financial situation has in broad sense. undergone slight chance during the week. The stock market quite readily ae. sorbed the active profit-taking sales by the professional traders who purchased so freely during the month of June in an- ticipation of the July disbursements. As expected the early week was duly marked by reinvestments of divided distributions; but in Wall street trading is usually based upon future conditions, and during the closing days the nst ural influence of these purchases was nullifed by professional sales. Under these conditions, and in view of the sharp and general advance that have recently take place in prices Of securities, the promise seems now for d good trading market-a more than usually active trading market for the summer season-with fairly large fluctuations. The more recent demand for securities has been shown to a greater extent in the stock market than in bonds, which seems to indicate the presence of a considerable speculative disposition in the July pur- chase this year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
A PRIEST RANKS AMONG
 THE GREAT ASTRONOMERS

and stars. and demonstrating that such heat is measurable.
 ''The reflection of the moon," says Father Himalaya, referring to these ex- periments when concentrated in small area by aid of the sun machine, produced a measurable heat which. while not very intense as gauged by a mercury, gas or alcohol thermometer, was, however, dis tinctly appreciabie, when projected on the human skin, especially upon the face. But while this heat from the moons rays is with difficulty measured by ordinary thermometers, 1t contains actinic quali- ties, evertheless-electric-ch rays which readily impress the nerves and af- feet certain chemical clements This. Father Himalaya says, might be given as an explanation of 8 certain phenomenon of Hindustan, by which 1t is said natives some times become insane from sleeping ia the moonlight.
 The experiments with the stars and planets have proved especially interest ing. Mercury. Venus and Jupiter were found to produce an appreciable heat and aetinic phenomena, but the heat of Saturn was scarcely measurable. Mars Neptune and Uranus have completely resisted all tests so far, and no instrument has yet been found accurate enough to measure the heat of Sirius, the most important of all the stars. But it is not unreasonable to expect that their subjection to the tests of the scientist will yet be accom- plished.
 Father Himalaya's sun machine will soon reach another point of perfection and a very useful one-when it is used to photograph the heavenly bodies. 'I have made calculations" he said. which will eventually make the pyrheliophor the most perfect instrument ever invented for astronomical photography
 Father Himalaya has been collaborated with in his work by two distinguished women of Portugal--Mme. Emilia dos Lantos of Oporto, and Mme. Clementina Pinto Leite of Lisbon--and by M. Adilph Denny French philanthropist of Paris It has been their financial aid which has enabled the young priest-scientist to ex- ecute his researches and devote his time exclusively to science, for which purpose he has been relieved of pastoral duties by his bishop. He will continue to reside in Washington for some time, prosecuting his studies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
RemodeIina the Capitol.

The state commission appointed to remodel and enlarge the capital seems to nave resolved itself into two sec tions, the one made up of seven su- preme judges, and the other of the rest of the commission. The judicial section readily outyoted the other sec ton, and had it's own way.
 As the wing to be added is to be devoted to the uses of the supreme court it does not seem to be wholly wrong that the members of the court should have the superior voice in the commission. The supreme court readily outvoted the governor the governor, the secretary of state, the attorney general, the auditor and the treasurer One of the judges must have been absent, for the plan adopt ed received but one majority.
 The historic capitol is three stories high, and those who object to the pl,n adopted say the wings should be of like heighth. Instead, the south wing is to be but two stories high, and the north wing will of course con form to it in order to preserve archi- tectural harmon. The plan adopted calls for new and larger dome.
 me entire dispute turns upon the symmetry of the building after the south wing is added, and the dome CT urged. Until the plans are pre- se-ted in newspaper pictures, the pub lie cannot readily determine which would serve architecturally the better, the two-story plar or one of the three story propositions.
 The question is not, however, a practical one, for the voting strength of the supreme court in the commis- sion stands unimpaired, and as long as it can outvote the rest of the com mission the two-story plan will no doubt hold good. Like an umpire, the supreme court rarely reverses itself. The indications are, however, that a compromise will be arrived at that will meet the reasonable expectations of all unprejudiced and reasonable persons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
Cities Known by Their Signs.

''I have been recently struck said an observant citizen yesterday. ''by the in- creasing number of electrically illuminat- ed signs in Birmingham.
 Look in whatever direction you will at night in the business section of the city and you will see these signs illuml- hating the horoughfares. One mistake, however, is being made. In too many cases the letters in the signs are too small to be readily legible to the stranger within our gates. These letters should be enlarged so that the signs may be clear ly read at distance of five or ten blocks.
 II would suggest also that the signs seen in the day time be improved For artistic reasons I wish law might be passed requiring. all signs advertising bus mess houses to be submitted to some competent authority berore they tare ac- Icepted. The paint sign has fts| peril,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
A Fine Train.

q have seen great many me 'lali's go ont of Birmingham. but do not pe. lieve any of them have ever niaoe as eus ,,5 an appearance as the Elks' speelai 'io this morning, said man enploseu a. inc union passenger station.
 Arhe train looked new from end 10 end and it was a thoroughly up-to-ua'e yestibule limited. The party or eiNs "'s about the iolliest bunch l ever saw to- eether and they are looking lor"sru U having the time of their lives.
 This party constituted about as repre- sentative a crowd of young and old men as eyer left any city. l saw some oi Birmingham's most substantial citizens on this train. and some of the best ieilo"s on earth
 ..rbe train will be the fastest ever run to Chattanooga and Cineinati II It Keeps up it's schedule. It is due to make pretty fast run between Birmingham anu rhattanooga, and the train will be double header out of Chattanooga
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-10
----------f ----------------- STALKING KING OF BEASTS.
Hunter Lost His Lion by Devil of
 the Stalk"


 Ewart Scott Grogan in June Outing.
 Fifteen yards from him there was small tuft of grass about ten yards wide. Ah if could reach that.
 But before I could place that in straight line between him and me there were fifty yards of sunbaked mud to cross. I had lost many shot from try ing to approach too close to game and had sworn, Never again." But the "Devil of the Stalk was in my heart. I would reach that grass or forego the shot. I drew. examined and replaced the two cartridges in my five hundred mag nun, looked at the end of the barrels to see that they were clear of sand, placed the hammers at full cock, and inch by inch crawled from my cover and out onto the stark. naked plain.
 The lions back was turned to me, but l could clearly see the droop of the shoulders as he swallowed the Jumps of meat. l was already half-way-my hand was slowly pushing the rifle another yard ahead when my ear, tight-pressed to the ground, heard a faint noise, followed by a sharp hiss. A puff-adder raised its vil- lainous squat head from the dust. looked into my face with flashing eyes and quiv- ering tongue and sulkily crawled away. Startled I had quickly drawn back my head but seeing it depart, had imme- diately again lowered 1t behind my out stretched arm. The lion, however, had caught the movement and instantly turned towards me.
 The sun played full upon h.s face, and I could plainly see the wrinkles on his nose and the blood-flecfed slime dripping from his jowl. He took half a dozen steps toward me and then. to my aston ishment, returned and resumed his meal. Again I crept forward till at last the patch hid him from my view.
 I promptly rose to my feet, and bend- ing low, glided rapidly toward the grass. Fifty yards-forty-th -thirty-twenty>< ten, like midwinter snow my footfa.ls sank upon the dust. I held my breath. My fingers twitched on the trigger-guard. My heart stood still in the last tauteniiig of a frantic strain-yet another six steps and I could peer through that waving bunch of grass-at what?
 faint rustic broke the heavy silence of the scene. A grand. sad face peeped round the corner of the grass.
 Our eyes met.
 The wondering expression broke into a hideous snarl-and before I could re- cover from my surprise the lion had gone. Sick at heart. I dashed round the inter vening clump; the wide stretch of grass forty yards beyond parted to the rush of great yellow form; loud spoke my gun; plump came the answer of the bullet speeding home; fierce rumbiing growl; and north. south, east and west the seen. ingly untenanted world was dancing In the noontide heat, while a smoke-dreatf id1v driffed down the pIan.