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Williams news., 1906-03-17
AGRICULTURAL TRESPASS. To Forest Officers in Charge:

To Forest Officers in Charge:
 There is pending before congress bill to relieve those settlers with in forest reserves who, prior to Jan uary 1, 1906, made invalid settle. lnents upon land chiefly valuable for agriculture; also to permit fu- ture settlement within the forest reserves on such lands, chiefly val uable for agriculture, as the score tary of agriculture may list in the local land offices, but only after the filing of such lists.
 In view of the possibility that this bill may become law, you will leave unmolested, until further mo- tice, all persons who settled upon forest reserves prior to January 1, 1906, if they are upon land clearly valuable for agriculture, and if they are not acting in a manner hostile
Williams news., 1906-03-17

to forest reserve interests. This delay in acting upon such tres passes will not give any rights of any kind if the bill does not be- come a law. You will be informed later concerning further necessary action.
 For the present all settlers upon invalid claims of the class men toned above will be granted the same privileges allowed to settlers upon valid claims.
 If these instructions seem to you compatible with the best adminis- tration of your reserve, you may act upon them without further cor respondence. If, however, the sit uation in your locality has any pe- culiarities which make it advisable to modify these orders, please in- form me at once.
 The proposed law will not vali- date any settlements made after January 1. 1906. and before the actual listing of lands mentioned above. For this reason, please re- port any such settlements, in order that steps may be taken to remove the trespassers.
 GIFFoRD PINcHoT, Forester.
Williams news., 1906-03-17
TRESPASS ON THE
 FOREST RESERVES
Important Order by Pin. chot to StOckmen
 and Agriculturists

The following orders relative to trespass on forest reserves were issued by Forester Pinchot on the 9th inst. They are important and should be read by every one inter- ested:
 GRAZING TRESPAsS.
 To Forest Officers in Charge:
 Permits to graze upon the forest reserves will be issued to the full capacity of the reserves consistent with their other uses. Stock own CTS, to whom these permits are is- sued, will be required Co pay a req sonable fee for the grazing privi- lege. For these reasons the intru. sion of unpermitted stock upon the forest reserves will not only dam age reserve interests by overgraz- ing the range, but will also inflict great injustice upon the permit tees, who are paying for the full forest capacity of the reserves. Therefore, persons who allow their stock to drift and graze on the forest reserves without a per init, whether they do so intention ally or otherwise, will be regarded as trespassers, and will lose all right to permitted privileges of any kind upon forest reserves.
 For this reason you will refuse to consider the applications of such persons for special privileges and inform this office of such applica- tions in each case. Please inform them also that, even upon rein statement in the future, they will have lost any preference in grazing permits to which they might other wise have been entitled through priority in occupation of the range. You will, with due regard to good public policy, continue to drive and exclude unpermitted stock from the forest reserves as diligently as is compatible with the performance of your other necessary duties. Of course, if any person inten- tionally drives unpermitted stock on forest reserve, he will be lia- ble to prosecution for trespass and suit for damages; and if you have evidence that any person is about to commit such trespass you will immediately ask the United States attorney to institute proceedings to restrain him by injunction.
 Inform the public fully of the above facts, and the reasons there for. Also make it known generally that, because of the charge which is made for forest reserve privi. leges, the forest service is actively advocating the passage of a bill to grant 5 per cent of the gross re- ceipts from forest reserves to the counties in which the reserves are situated, to represent any possible loss of taxes through the creation of said reserves.
 GIFFoRD PINcHoT, Forester.
Williams news., 1906-03-17
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

TERRITORIAL OFFICERS. {
Williams news., 1906-03-17
TO DAM THE
 COLORADO
Planto Dam Black Can- yon of the River and
 Install Big Plant

The Los Angeles Times says that the mighty energy of the Colorado river is to be transmitted to Los Angeles, according to plans now matured by local and Philadelphia capitalists. First, the power is to be distributed among the mining camps on the Arizona and Nevada border, and ultimately brought here.
 It is claimed that between the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river and the Black Canyon it is possible to take advantage of cer- tain sites and develop 5OO,0OO horse power. After an investigation of other electrically-transmitted power plants in the state, the waters of the Black Canyon were filed upon over a month ago to the extent of 25O, 900 miners inches, by William Carruthers and John Campbell. Plans are now being prepared for concrete dam which is to be 200 feet high, and which in some re- spects is similar in character to the gigantic dam at Assoaan, on the Upper Nile, and which is to revo- lutionize conditions over an im- mense expanse of territory in the land of the Pharaohs. At the Black Canyon, however, primarily the idea is to develop electric en- ergy for transmission to different points. No plans have been made as to the use of the water for irri- gation purposes.
 The dam is to be constructed at the lower end of the canyon, and with the fall thus obtained it is calculated that 10000 horse power will be developed at the minimum flow. The power is to be trans mitted in the first instance to the mining camps on either side of the Colorado river-Searchlight, Bull frog and Tonopah, on the Nevada side of the river, and Gold Roads and Chloride on the Arizona side, being among the notable. At pres ent the cheapest energy in these camps is distillate, costing from $200 to $250 per horse power year, this depending upon the distance from the railroad.
 The Desert Power and Water company has been incorporated and will build an electric power and light plant at Needles for the purpose of furnishing the surround ing country and Needles with light and power. The first unit of 1000 horse power will go to Gold Roads, German-American camp and to the city, together with small amounts to be contracted for by other mines in the San Francisco district. The second unit will be installed later and will be for the purpose of SUD- plying light and power to the Searchlight district. The Gold Roads Mining and Milling com pany is heavily interested in the enterprise.
Williams news., 1906-03-17
Advertising Rates

Following scale of prices has been adopted by the NEWS on legal advertising:
 Patent mining notices, per inch Q0 in-
 sertionsI. % Articles of incorporation, per inch G in-
 sertious) % Notice to creditors and similar notices
 from the Probate Court, per notice.----. 50 Land proofs. 10 % Notice of forfeiture. 10 % Contest notices ...... 10 co su-nmonr b %
Williams news., 1906-03-17
SEE AMERICA"
 IS THE RAGE
All Great Railroads Are Taking Up the
 Slogan

. the convention of western commer- cial bodies in Salt Lake City, "See America First" promises to become a rage in this nation before another year has folled around. The sense of the meeting which adopted this slogan was that there are thousands of Americans going to Europe each year, especially from the eastern states, who know nothing at all about their own country. Hun dreds go each year to the Alps who have not guessed the grandeur of the Rockies. Hundreds more go to the Mediterranean who have never seen the placid waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and the Rhine to these travellers is better known than the Mississippi. The great railroad systems of America were asked to assist in the "Seeing America" movement and they have taken 8 hand in the matter, with the result that the "Seeing America" move ment is going to win.
 In the current number of the Four Track News a writer calling attention to the "See America First" movement asks some pertinent questions relative to the points of interest to be seen in this country. If there are any who imagine they know America thoroughly let them ascertain how many of the follow ing questions they can answer af- firmatively: Have you seen Los Angeles. San Francisco, Portland or Seattle? Ever visited the Green mountains or the White noun tains? Have you been down the St. Lawrence from the Thousands isles to Quebec? Have you seen the backbone of the continent from Capitol hill at Denver? Have you visited the Shoshone falls in Idaho or the mysterious Saguenay river? Have you ever made a trip through the great American lakes or visited Lake St. John, the great lake of the north? Have you driven through the Garden of the Gods at Colorado Springs or seen the great wheat fields of Minnesota and the Dako- tas? Have you seen the Catskill and the Shawangunk mountains or visited the old missions of New Mexico and California? Have you seen Niagara Falls and the Yosem- ite? Have you climbed Mount Shasta, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount Rainier? Have you gazed at the stars through the Yerkes telescope at Lake Geneva, Wis? Have you seen Denver and Salt Lake City? Have you driven through the Berkshire hills in Oc- tober? Have you visited Yellow stone National park or stood where rolls the Oregon?
 Have you seen the scores of Rocky mountain peaks over IA, GOO feet above sea level, or looked through the great telescope at the Lick observatory? Have you vis- ited the copper mines of Montana or seen the big trees of California? And he might have added: Have you taken scores of trips on Col. orado railroads through the most picturesque and scenically magnifi- cent regions on earth?
 "It is great movement" said a prominent railroad man who was in Albuquerque last night, land it should have been started years and years before. We are just begin ming to realize what we have in America and especially in the west. No man should go to Europe who cannot tell Europeans something at least of his own country and am safe in the assertion that ma jority of the people who go to Flu rope from states east of the Missis-
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sane. WILLIAMS Rz&S5@ AERIE, F. O. E., -@ ~ No. 75I, Meetings for the month of March will be held on the 18th and 27th. Visiting brethren cordially invited. L. S. Williams, WI
 J. D. Raudebaugh, w. V. P.
 J. H. Atwood, W. Sec.
 Jacob Salzman, w. Treas.
Williams news., 1906-03-17
SOCIETIES.

GRAND CANYON LODGE No. IA. K. OF P. all. Visiting brethren cordially welcomed.
 William A. Miller, c. C..
 R. NJ. Reese, V.C.
 F. w. Smith, K. of R. and s. PINE TEMPLE, NO. l. RATHBONE SISTERS. meets every first and third Tuesday night and second and fourth Thursday afternoon of each month at I. o. O. F. Hall
 Mary Button, M. E.C.
 Percy Dubois. M of R. and C.
 Kate Barney, NJ. of F. WILLIAMS LODGE No. Is, I. o. o. F. w meets every Wednesday nights at ': 30 o'clock in I. O. O. F. hall. Visiting brethren cordially welcomed.
 c. H. Adams N. G.
 Edgar Hackley, V. G.
 Wm. Mccartney, Sec'y.
 Joseph Johnston. Treas WILLIAMS REBEKAH LODGE No. TO- Meets every Friday night at 2: 30 in I. O. O. F. hall.
 Hattie Tefft, N. G.
 Alta Raudebaugh, V. G.
 Mrs. Alice Kilgore. Sec'y. THE FRATERNAL BROTHERHOOD, GRAND Canyon Lodge No. 227, meets at I. Q. o. F. Hall every other Saturday at pm. Visiting brethren cordially welcomed
 J. s. Campbell, President.
 Mrs. G. L. Barnes, Vice President. Peter Burns Secretary.
 E. W. Carlson, Treasurer.
The sun., 1906-02-22
Social Obligations Of the Nation.

The distinguished honoEs that have
recently been shown to the American
people and nation through the official
acts Of several Governments and rulers
of great Powers, in bcstowing appro-
pirate gifts on a member of the family
of the President of the United States,
create a situation that should receive the
attention and earnest study of Congress.
Although the incident which called forth
these gifts was in no sense an official one,
they would not have been made to n
member of another American family,
no matter how honorable its fame or
how conspicuous its social place. Ii act
and in effect, the wedding gifts received
by the young lady married on Saturday
in the White House were gifts expressing
the national good will of the countries
Of their origin to the nation of which
the brides father happens at this time
to be the Chief Executive
Thus, these gifts involve a national
obligation on the United States. Having
been received, good breeding and good
manners demand that they shall be
reciprocated. Until the end of Mr.
RoosEvELT's term the question perhaps
might be evaded by leaving to him its
answer This, however, would only
postpone the necessity Of definite action
blythe national legislature, nor would It
be fair to require our inadequately paid
President to assume as private obligations
the debts of courtesy incurred through
his official position. In many cases the
opportunities to return the compliments
paid to us through the family of the
President will not arise until after Mr.
ROOSEVELT has left office. The fact
that he was no longer in his present office
would not affect the necessity imposed
on his country by its obligations, already
incurred, toward those who have mani
The sun., 1906-02-22
steel Cars for tho II. T.. o.

Since 1900 seventy postal clerks, sub
stitutes and weighers have been killed
in railroad wrecks while on duty, 444
have been injured seriously and 1858
have been hurt slightly. The clerks in
the railway post Office service are among
the most expert employees of the Gov
ernment, and the Department is seeking
continually to improve the conditions
under which they work, lessen the
dangers that surround them and protect
their lives and the valuable property in
their care.
In 1893 the Government adopted speci-
fcatons for the construction of mail
cars requiring them to be heavier and
more substantial than those then in use.
In May, 1904, these specifications were
revised and further strengthening of
the cars was required. The railroad
companies have also been experiment.
ing with improved rolling stock, the
Erie building an all steel car and the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
two; the Pennsylvania road is drafting
plans for an all steel car, and the Santa Fe
company has contracted for thirtynine
steel sheathed cars, with under frames
and flooring of steel, the floors to be
finished with cement, felt and wood. All
these cars are much heavier than those
previously in use. Under the Depart
ment specifications Of 1904 full sixty
foot car weighs 100, 900 pounds, or 10000
pounds more than one built on the plans
adopted in 1893. The clerks prefer the
larger, heavier cars, which they believe
to be safer in accidents than the Others
Yet in a wreck on Texas railway
a fifty foot car telescoped a sixty foot
car of later build and much greater
weight and was itself practically un-
damaged.
None of the steel cars now in use has
been in an accident The postal clerks
have great faith in them, feeling that
they are practically indestructible and
almost sure to preserve the lives of all
who are in them. 1t is likely that steel
mail cars will some day be required by
the Government, and when they are it
is not improbable that the public will
demand a substitution of metal cars, or
cars so heavily reinforced with steel as
to be practically the same thing, for all
wooden passenger coaches.
The sun., 1906-02-22
The Early Odells" suffered.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: On
Monday YOU published my letter drawing
attent ion TO the early bird" business Of the
local Odels of Schenectady as a warning
for true Republicans in other localities to be
early birds" themselves in the fight for free
dom from party bosssm big and little.
Now as encouragement to those then
warned. permit me TO draw their attention
TO the fact that by energetic work the Repub
lcan workers of the Second ward Of this city.
at the two days notice" primary. buried the
machine boss ticket under mountain. COM
paratvey speaking Of anti-machine boss
ballots, though the machine ticket was headed
by the local Assemblyman. then chairman Of
the Republican county committee. and also
though the chief lieutenant of our local
Boss Odell who is also proprietor of our
only Republican paper. lives in the ward re-
ferred to- All this was done without any
fuss. Typewriter "apti-boss" tickets were
quietly distributed and as quietly polled.
Had time permit cd the same thing in greater
or less degree could have been done in some
of our other nine wards.
In itself this is a small thing, but as an in
dication of the revolt all over the State of
true Republicans against bosses, machine
made tickets and machine mort aged repre-
sentativcs it speaks volumes.
Let us have more, many more, speeches of
the same kind all over the Empire State.
SrALwARr REPUBLICAN.
SCHENECTADY, Feb. 90.
The sun., 1906-02-22
The South and the Hepburn Bill.

From a letter 10 the Richmond Times Dispatch
Under the Hepburn bill an adjustment Of
rates might be brought about that would
give to the cotton manufacturing industry
of New England tremendous advantages over
tho cotton mill industry of the South, or
that would place the iron and steel industry
of tho Southern States at a great dlsad.
vantage compared to that Of Pennsylvania
but in neither case would those whose business
would be INJURED or destroyed obtain a hear
Ing in court.
Unless they had been parties to the orip
nal proceedings they could not even apply
for rehearlng of the case b. tho Interstate
Commerce Comm ission. Had this law been
on the statute books when the Interstate
Commerce Commission in the maximum
rate case undertook to readJust freight rates
into Southeastern territory in favor Of Gin
cinnati and Chicago as against Richmond
and the other Eastern cities. that order would
have been legal and would have gone into
effect and the merchants OF Richmond and
the other Eastern cities would have been
unable to obtain any kind of a judicial review
of the order. though the business of many Of
them might have been seriously damaged or
totally ruined-
The sun., 1906-02-22
Transformability.

We have received the following letter
from Prof WILLIAM H. BURR, formerly
n member of the Isthmian Canal Com
mission and more recently one OF the
engineers ON the advisory board:
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an editorial comnen, on the recommended plan
for the ls,hmlnn Canal In this mornings Sun
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taIy OF War and the President 'ns''' upon anu
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lock raus considered which 1t Is not feasible to
transform to sea level plan. The lock canal
witch would be constructed under 1t cannot he
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TIPS AND THE TIPPED.
Unusual Confession Of Customer OF the
Gas Trust.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--.Sfr: For some
reason water gathered In our gas pipes and chokcd
of the supply az least dozen times. Necessarily
there were complaints to the comphny-not. am
happy to say, sarcastic ones Each rcceiVoc ihihe-
dlate attention. not only from the authorities Ou'
from the men who came to right matters. No man.
no set OF men. could have worked more dl.i1chtly,
moro consclen,iously to find the root OF trouble.
Yet not one OF the dozen or moro who took part IN
the work ever got q tip-for the simple reason that
their manner made the suggestion o! tipping I'M
posslble This household believes In Nps-whcn
they can be givcn-not when they are demanded
or understood to be part OF regular wage SCH o.
respecting American citizens do not as rule invite
them-not even when they wear greasy oVeral's.
and do the hard, dirty work by which the rest OF
us live In comfort.
In this siege OF trouble went at last to the man
oficlas OF the company, praying relief. and ! did
not nnd any public be id" attitude thore'
contrariwise. a patient and courteous hearing
followed by instant calls over the phone TO me
branch office ordering that no trouble nor expense
be spared TO set our gas supply right We have
been gas consumers now rising fifteen years. yet
am certain the labor cost OF that single experience
10 the company was more than Its proht on all the
bills we have ever paid. Those bills have never
been exorbtant and once when there was an
inex plicable increase mention OF the fact at tho
ofnce brought inspection OF the meter and return
next month to the normal rate SO please set me
hnwn as one gas consumer who Is wholly satisfied
10 be served and heeced q BY the Gas Trust at
which so many rave.
II the raying reformers would but take account
OF such incidents as ! have chronclcd above II
might make them see a great light-that Is, II
anything could, Mayor Mcclellan has done things
I do not think wise. but his much contemncd ap-
proval OF the Remscn bill has my hcartiest com
mcndation- at the last election nailed him
one vote II no more. IT would be a work OF mercy
and charity untold to take the manufacture OF
gas of Manhattan Island. thereby abolishlng the
several gas house districts and making space
and cleanliness for folk who needs must I've near
their work.
l., seems TO be getting SO the very good-lhe
unco guild assume that any enterprise which
makes money for It's promoters or projectors is
pr,md ,Gcie criminal. With that view have no
sort OF sympathy. The Idea OF combinations Is
economically right, and the fact that combinations
are subject to abuse makes nothing against the
fact OF their use. First and last have come IN
touch with several OF the octopi and In the hght
of experience am forced 10 believe that the folk
behind them are, after all, wholly human: therefore
humanly responsive. II YOU bristc and snat! at
them they may br!stle back. but " you go court
eously on the human plane you will be met the
same way. MARTHA McCtLl'"H 'NiIht"NS'
NEW YORK. Feb. 20.