The broad ax., 1907-04-06
WASHINGTON LETTER
[special Correspondence1

rbr forest reserve order of the nresi-
dent issued just before the expiration
oC the Fifty-ninth congress adding
some 100000 acres to the forest re-
serve of the country The detail work
Of carrying out President Roosevelt's
order in this connection will all be IN
Ger Mr.. Pinchot'S immediate direction.
Our Great Forest Reserves.
The office of chief forester is a com.
narativcly new one in the United
states. Germany and most of the Eu-
roprau countries have had chief forest
erS for generations, but it is pointed
on that Chief Forester Pinchot will
have charge of more acres of forest
than probably all the fOresterS of Eu-
rope combined. The forest area under
Mr. Pinchot. it is said, equals in ex-
tcur the area of France and Germany.
Mr.. Pinchot is comparatively a young
man and is one of the presidents close
associates.
More Pay For Postal Clerks.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Frank H. Hitchcock has made Il COM
pilaliun showing how many clerks in
po>roihceS and letter carriers will he
affected 10y the increased pay recently
provided for them by congress. The
additional pay will begin July / next,
the beginning Of the new fiscal year.
The total number of clerks promoted
N that time or as soon aftcrward as
they shall have completed a years
service in the grades in which they
Tow are serving will be 1890. OF
these ::iS will he advanced from sal
AIRY of 500 TO a salary of 5000. ST.:
from 500 TO 5000. 1884 from 5000 To
S>u. 4.U2G from 500 To $500. 1895
from $500 to $500. 3.IT3 from 5000 to
$1,000 and 2.3S1 from 81 900 TO SLIGO.
New Scale For Letter Carriers.
The letter carriers. many of whom
now are receiving nearly the maxi
mum salary provided 10y law. will lie
promoted in the same way. The in
crease will affect 24.221 carriers
throughout the country. OF this num-
Der $50 will be promoted from $GG0
10 $500. $3.50 from $50 to 5000, 1919
from $500 TO $1,000 and 1880 from
$1,000 10 S1.1O0.
The increase in the aggregate will
amount TO nearly S4.J00.O00 Il year.
The new scale under which the post
office clerks and carriers will operate
WAS worked out carefully 10y Mr..
Hitchcock, and congress adopted it in
its entirety.
Thirty Thousand Dollar Rose.
Conspicuous among the exhibits at
the recent flower show here was the
famous Queen Beatrice rose for which
Mr. T. H. Kramer. n florist of this city.
paid the sum of $4,000. 1t is believed
by many experts to be the finest rose
ever grown. 1t is n cross between the
Liberty and Nine. Chatenay. both by
brid tea roses, and is clasSed by Mr..
Kramer as 4 tea. Its color is n pc
culiar shade of pink, with a touch of
crimson. when in the bud. None of the
beauty of its rare coloring is destroyed
either in natural or artificial light.
Added to this is a delightful fragrance
believed by many lovers of the rose TO
be fully equal. If not superior, to that
of the famous American Beauty. Its
habit. too. is something like the Ameri-
can Beauty. as it grows on long.
straight and sturdy stems from two
TO three feet long and is well filed
out with leaves up to within six inches
Of the flower.
In Memory of Pulaski.
As soon as st. Gaudens. Americas
most famous sculptor, shall have ap-
proved the model prepared by Casimir
Cheizinski, a Polish-American sculptor
Of Chicago. the statue of Count Casimir
Pulaski will be completed as suggested /
in the model in question.
Congress appropriated $4,000 for the /
work, which is to be expended under |
the direction of Secretary of War Taft !,
and the chairmen of the library COM |
mittecs Of senate and house. The act 4
in question provides for the erection 1
Of 4 statue to "Brigadier General Count /
Casimir Pulaski of Poland, who came /
10 America and. after declaring his in ,
tentiOn TO become a citizen Of the re- !
public. offered his sword to Washing
ton. under whose leadership in the !
great struggle for American independ-
ence he lost his life at the siege of
Savannah, Ga, Oct. II. 1TI9."
An Equestrian Statue.
The Pulaski model, which has been
received with great favor by the mem
bers Of the commission, shows the Pol
lsh general in the hussar uniform OF
his native country seated on the back
Of a horse Of unusually excellent mold.
The horses head is upIifted, with nos
ulls dilated and ears erect. His right
fore foot is raised and his tail streams
outward. The rider presents a martial
and picturesque appearance with his
long military cloak thrown back grace
1ully from his shoulders. The group
stands on high granite pedestal suita-
oly Inscribed.
Record Cabinet Service.
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