The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-04-13
WASHINGTON LETTER
ESPECIAL Correspondeneel

A., the coming summer on account OF
So forest reserve order OF the presl-
son+ issued Just before the expiration
- the Fifty-ninth congress adding
Inc 100000 acres to the forest re-
.o-ra of the country. The detail work
- carving out President ROoseveIts
order in this connection will all be IN
Sa- Mr.. Pinchot's immediate direction.
Our Great Forest Reserves.
Tho office of chief forester is a COM
,or,tively new one in the United
S+stes Germany and most Of the Eu-
-onaan countries have had chief forest
- for generations, but 1t Is pointed
o,t that Chief Forester Pinchot will
hove charge Of more acres of forest
+bsn probably all the foresters Of Eu-
sona combined The forest area under
Wr Pinchot. it is said, equals in ex-
toD+ the area of France and Germany.
Az Pinchot is comparatively a young
man and is one Of the presidents close
associates.
More Pay For Postal Clerks.
First Assistant Postmaster General
frank II. Hitchcock has made q COM
nlgrion showing how many clerks In
nostotfices and letter carriers will be
affected by the increased pay recently
nrovided for them by congress. The
additional pay will begin July l next.
the beginning of the new fiscal year.
Tho total number OF clerks promoted
Of that time or as soon afterward as
they shall have completed a years
service in the grades in which they
row are serving will be 1880. or
those 35S will be advanced from a sal
srv of $500 to a salary Of 5000, SS3
from 500 to 5000, 1884 from 5000 to
$50. 4O26 from 500 to $500, 1885
from $500 to $500. 3,4T3 from $500 to
$1,000 and 1881 from $1,000 to $1.1Oo.
New Scale For Letter Carriers
The letter carriers, many Of whom
now are receiving nearly the maxi
mum salary provided by law, will be
promoted In the same way. The in
crease will affect 24,227 carriers
throughout the country. OF this num-
Der 1910 will be promoted from 5000
to $500, 1856 from $3.50 to $500. 1.OT3
from $500 to $1,000 and 1880 from
$1,000 to $1,10o.
The increase In the aggregate will
amount to nearly $4y5O0O00 q year.
The new scale under which the post
Office clerks and carriers will operate
was worked out carefully by Mr..
Hitchcock, and congress adopted 1t 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.. F. 81. Kramer. a florist OF this city,
paid the sum Of $4,000. 1t Is believed
BIZ many experts to be the finest rose
ever grown. 1t Is a cross between the
Liberty and Nine. Chatenay. both by
bird tea roses, and is classed by Mr..
Kramer as a tea. Its color Is 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, II 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 we'll 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
Chedzinski. a Polish-American sculptor
Of Chicago. the statue of Count Casimlr
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 Tar
and the chairmen Of the library com
mittees Of senate and house. The aci
in question provides for the erection
Of a statue to 'Brigadier General Coun'
Casimir Pulaski Of Poland, who came
to America and, after declaring his In
tention to become a citizen Of the re
public, offered his sword 10 Washlns
ton. under whose leadership in the
great struggle for American independ
ence he lost his life at the siege o.
Savannah, Ga, Oct. IL, 1TT9."
An Equestrian Statue.
The Pulaski model, which has beer
received with great favor by the mem
bers Of the commission, shows the FOL
ish general in the hussar uniform o
his native country seated on the bacl
Of horse Of unusually excellent mold
The horses head is uplifted. with nos
trils dilated and ears erect. His righ
fore foot is raised and his tail stream
outward. The rider presents a MARTA
and picturesque appearance with hi
long military cloak thrown back grace
fully from his shoulders. The groul
stands on n high granite pedestal suita
by inscribed.
Record Cabinet Service.