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New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

From Fire and Water Engineering.

Within the last few years the price Of lumbar
has increased TO such extent tha, ths 49,
proof home is no longer the expensive luxury " h
ised to be. Now the man OF modest ueans 49, ~
the day workman. have home as sars sra oI,
re as the palatial dwellings OF the uitravesitS,i
Private residences recently built and now vndss.
construction n New York City show that 4. 4. 10
coming the practice to use the sans drrnraoes
scrapers. IL seems that every owner Is detsrnirs =
that his home shall not be swallowed cp in ra,a
and smoke. In Charles NJ. Schwab.s hon,a
Riverside Drive and "a street Manhsttan. there
more than 10000 square feet OF terra oota
IN the new residence q Harry Payne whitney, SON
OF the late w y whitney, at No. T2 Fifth ave-
square feat OF nreproonng material This is dis
unotiy departuEs IN 6A construction Of private
6xslaa& honee9
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07
Abo1xf People and Social Incidents
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rnm Tne tribune Bureau.I

Washington. April 6.-The President this after
noon received the new Minister from Salvador.
senor Federico Mejia- Secretary Root made the
presentation in the Blue Paror.
After call from Senators Cullom and Hopkins
Of Illinois the President announced the appoint
ra-nt Of Daniel A. Campbell as postmaster ar Chi-
cago to succeed F. A Busse. who has been ei-eted
Mayor.
Senator Pettus. Of Alabama, called az the White
House to protest against the appointment OF Oscar
HundIey as United States district Judge IN Ala
bama.
The Presidents callers included senators war
ner Harsbrough, Bourne and Hemenway, Repre-
sentative Longvorth. Delegate Andrews, OF New
Mexico: Clifford Pinehot chief Of the bureau OK
forestry: Or. David Starr Jordan. president OF Le-
land Stanford Junior University. and ]. n. Bah~
cock OF Topeka Ind
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

The question that is just silently inter
esting most New Workers is this: After the
real estate campaigns of this spring are over
and the smoke Of the battle and the cries OF the
wounded are no more. what towns will be the
truly last suburbs Of the metropolis? VIII
Philadelphian streets be adorned with new
numbers reckoned southwark from the Battery?
And will New Haven clamor for a subway ex-
press service 10 Bronx Park? But the most
vital question is whether or not Albany will fall
within our sphere Of influence
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

While admiring the devotion Of the Johns
Hopkins student who has not enjoyed as much
as one-half hours consecutive sleep for two
months on account OF the need Of watching an
instrument recording the ionization Of air. we
do hope that he will take nap or two before
writing up theory about the results of his in
vestigation. There so many scientific hy-
potheses already on the market bearing the
marks of insomnia and nightmare that new
one. looking as il Il had been slept over would
be a refreshing novelty.
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

II the ladies Of the Colony Club were not far
sighted enough to erect their new club home
outside the arid regions encircling churches will
they be wise enough to overcome our curious
liquor laws by establishing bucket brigade or
by the construction of private lockers? AS wom-
an chambers upward into the domains Of man
she must learn many things on the way.
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

To think that circus using such nxltitud-
inous aggIomeration of melIihuous. sonOrous and
trnscendental adjectives in its polychromatc
and verbose procamations should be able TO
disburss only the microscopic. measly. niserly
and meagre dividend Of per cent! II does
seem as If the adage about the metallic qualities
OF speech and silence had been here demonstrat-
ed once for all time
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

This fear of tainted money is spreading like
a panic. Just yesterday a man threw nearly
five hundred dollars in change into a crowd. and
nobody touched a penny of IT, AS the cash fell
upon the pavement the Street Cleaning Depart
ment is probably 70 blame for it's being tainted.
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

The Hon. J. B. Moran will not run for Gov
ernOr of Massachusetts, this fall at his own or
anybody else's suggestion Mr. Moran is still
a little dizzy from his efforts last year to per-
form simultaneously in three political rings
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07
NEW.YoRK 1oAE,Y TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. APRIL Z. 1907

to hold it by the same title as that Of the pres
ent holders
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

J. Pterpont Morgan Is now at Florence ard WI
afterward proceed 10 Rome, mestins his SRA
yacht the Corsair az Naples. She passed tA-ols
the strait OF Gibraltar on the way from Now 1xl
to Naples. yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

Delmonico's was the scene last night of the last
OF the Saturday Evening Dances OF the season.
The guests were received BY the following patron-
esses; Mrs Charles r. Huntington. Mrs. Sacksts
NJ. Barclay. Mrs. John GARRISON Jay and Mrs. Ed
ward n. Blddle. 1Andley Tapgin led the eotillon.
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

On the same afternoon ST. Thornass Church will
he the scene of tha wedding OF Miss Kathartne
Converse daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs Edmund @
ConvNss. az. OF Greenwich. Conn, to Benjamin
k1tAeA& - GAa eessnsa1 HU - 1allawsA hx .
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney Warren and Miss CnAr.
lotto Warren, oliver Hartman. the Cofnte ~
Comtesse de Lansisr-yllars and Mr. ana N1-
Malcolm d. Whitman sailed for Europe ysstsfaAs'
Mrs Vanderbilt and Miss Gladys VandsEo-s as's
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

Mr. and Mrs. William c. Rockefeller, who aTs
now at Hot Springs. Va. viii return to town as
the end OF this week.
New-York tribune., 1907-04-07

Mrs. Paul Tuckerman, Mrs. Charles B. Alsxands
and Mrs. John T. Alexandre were among en-
patronesses who received the guests az the last Q
the Metropolitan Dances OF the season for arH
not yet out. which took place at sherrys last nsnt
Numerous dinners we're given IN connection there
with. notably BY Mrs. III. Fairfield Osoorn. VIII
afterward took her party 90 the eancs rom h'
house IN Madison avenue.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
WORT DIS GREATEST FIRE FIGHTING BRIGADE

When he reaches the scene a hurried bu;
careful examination enables him 20 decide
whether he can handle the fire single handed
whether he should call for help. if he NC ds
assistance he may call on settlers 1r miners, ir
any are near. or he may go himself 'r S'nd
some one. 10 the nearest telephone and acqualnt
he supervisor and the nearest citizens with ths
situation. He then does the best ne with
the fire until help arrives. The government is
extending The telephone through many Uf he
national forests and private or company lines
are frequently available, and assist greatly in
reporting and subdCing forest fires.
They fight fire with fire, when less drastic
nea sures fail. small blaze just starting or
burning feebly may be beaten or stamped out or
eAtinguished by shovelling sand on il. or by
rakng path I'm front OF il But fire OF that
kind is chds play in comparison with what
the fighters must dRl with. The fire that is
dreaded is the fierce blaze driven by wind
through dense, dry thickets. or. worse Stih. the
spectacular crown fire. which sweeps through
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
Iucky COURT ATTENDANTS.

Court etoilette in Austria is more stringent than
4, otbe- Furouea- courts The attendants come IN
for large per1uisftes. counestible articles are
never allowed appear twice on the royal taoies-
IF rD1st he a good thing 10 be OF these attend
ants as to one fan all the CnCo-ked 0"tries-
TO another the wine left in the glasses. and the
game, FISH and sweets Sre equally divided IN the
Each morning a rnareet is held in the basement
OF the palace where the Vienrese 70 purchase
the remains OF the banquet This custom IS re-
vI,al of one that obtained great favor in tire Me-
diseval Ages Then the great lords of the land were
not above accepting the remains Of a feast. ana
the Lord Chancellor was entitled to the ends OF
one large candle and forty small ones each day.
He in his turn made capital OF this perquise. and
undoubtedly his cxchequer was greatly Increased
by il at the end OF the year.-Tit-Bits-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
SUMMER MONTHS BUSY TIME.

In developing its plans for fighting fires the
Forest Service considered all kinds and condl-
tions Of country The forest ranger is the govern
ment-s fire scout picket and skirmisher. The
dry summer months his busy time in ma
strew the ground and the trash and litter be
come like tinder before the autumn rains set IN
There are in this service total of LOO men,
guards and rangers, at the height OF the season
There veteran rangers in the service VINO
are paid s1.400 a year, while the guards who. as
beginners, throw q squaw hitch on pack with
difficulty are paid only sI20. The protection
costs a round million d year, but the estimated
timber saved from destruction is placed at SIX
times that figure. Then, further. the guard ana
the ranger have various fields OF usefulness
other than the fighting Of fires They are the
rulers of the small realm in which they are
placed and it is only through their consent that
timber may be cut. livestock grazed or other
benefit derived from the reserve The tolls Tor
these privileges collected and go far toward
paying the whole expense
The supervisor oversees and directs nunibeF
Of rangers and follows general plans ioT Ihe
whole region. Vigilance must be exercised
eyervwhere Some ones eyes must watch every
mountain scan every valley, scrutinize every
wooded ridge. e.ery nook and corner WheFe
= fire NAV start. The eyes that do this are the
rangers and guards They cannot be every
here, but they must see everywhere anu
smoke is the object for which they watch. The
slender curling spire of blue vapor rising slowly
above the pines of distant ridge is the signal
that fire has started and the hour has come
to pit Science. judgment, pluck ana spe"d
against incipient confagration, which must
be cIIrbed AT once or II VIII gain headNdy anu
sweep upon its course Of destruction
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
Raneers VINO Protect Ma
tionaI Forests Now
Hard at Work.
,copyrisht. 1907. by C. G. Lincoln

The greatest f7re-fghting brigade sin the world
g.. ,h,t maintained by the United States gov
e~n-oe-- II throws the rough protection OF
AZ ,-enturesorne arm around all the store OF
ss-rber wealth in the national forests from
Mexico 10 Alaska The quaintest fireman OF
them all is the grizzled cowboy ranger. whose
equipment is q mustang pony and pine bough
who may combat single handed for week IN
some lone solitude the creeping flames that seek
20 S7evour the forest prirneval where the Weal'h
os the ages is being stored for the generations
that are to come.
The battle has been for two months past
for this is the season when the dry twig crackles
underfoot and the absence Of rain invites
disaster Here and there in the stretches OF
solitude curling smoke has turned In the
alarm 10 the vigilant fireman. and the battle
hss been waged- In Arizona an idle huntsman
has been careless OF camp FIRE In Colorado
a cattlercan has eought to bring down tho
wrath of The government upon the sheepmen
ryho are permitted 10 use the reserves. and has
started a fire and laid ii to his foe In Wash
faerou lightning struck dry tree trunk and the
fsnes were beyond control for weeks In
Alaska 2 vaerant Indian has been careless with
3 fe1-foflua fov-nlatches bought AT the tadinE
post OF the white In each instance a
20, Fiack scar ie lef: in the cheek of the far
West country. and a battle has beeh foustC
en3 nall yv,,n hv The lone fireman. for there are
system and rrepar aratfon and forethought PACK
or vigilance and pluck, ana the Daiie Il A0iiiS
81 ~fx-F- +nr p
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22

consumed all fuel n reach or when rain ex-
tinguished them This has changed They are
now as effectually controlled as are fires IN the
best regulated cities Last year only 11osO,D
acres Of national forest we're ourned-three-
quarters OF an acre in 1000 This result was
not due 10 chance but to plans wisely laid and
carefully executed. Fewer fires start than for
meriv- because the Forest Service by a friendly
sympa thetiC and common sense course IS ceacolnf
the people who use the forests 20 be careful with
caDn fires Such fires al start are usually dis
covered quickly and extilgUtshed- There viii
always however. be some loss lightning
starts many fires But the damage IS now So
small in comparison 10 what II was before tne
government took the matter in hand that ic
seems insignificant
II private owners would do for their timber
lands what the government is doing for the na-
tfOual forests the annual saving would oe n1uch
greater than il is. Less than One-third or Ihs
timber land Of the United States Is IN nationat
forests To these lands has extended 10 a great
extent the feeling engendered through the gov
ernmeDral supervision Cf the public lands and
state laws have attached various penalties whers
careIessness is shown. but the care or private
forests is still without the supervision or the
vatchfuI freman--Washinston Post
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
KkT KINGS GIFT TO AMERICA AND BISHOP WHO BEARS 1T

il is undoubtedly growing especially in tbs
South of England
The BIZ Bible which the Bishop is to present
IN behalf of the King of England TO the
old BrutOn Church in eOTnmenOratiOu- OF
the tercentenary OF The establishment OF
the Anglican Church. in Virginia is bound in
interlaced lines tooled in gold The doubIures
and fyieayes are of undyed Levant morocco.
The clasps are OF gold The dominant design on
the front cover is cross. accompanied or sur
rounded by conventional symbols Of the Chris
tian faith and the four evangeIists On the
front and back dOublUTes are the arms Of-Jhe
King and the United States respectively j. On
the back are the arms Of Virginia The follow
ing Inscription. fooled in gold on an inlaid red
Niger panel appears the front fiyleaf-
This Bible Is presented by his majesty. King
Edward VII King of Great Britain and Ire
land and Emperor Of India. to the Church of
Bruton, Virginia. a shrine rich IN venerable ira
ditiOns of worship. in solemn memories of pa
tricts and statesmen. anC in historic witness to
the oneness OF our peoples The king viii ever
hope and pray that the ties of knshfD and Of
language and the common heritage Of ordered
worship a-c of en1Obling ideals may. through
Jesus Christ. revealed in these sacred pages.
continue 70 unite Great Britain and America in
a bene6cent fellowship for setting forward peace
and good viii among men NClIVIL
This sUZnDtUOus Bible viii rest upon a lectern.
symbolic Of iDternatioualisn. given by Prssi-
dent Roosevelt IL is the work Of J. Stewart
Barney. a New York sculptor. It represents the
angel of peace, draped female form. whose
upraiseG hands and folded wings support ths
desk OF the leCteru- The figure stands a.
globe. with foot resting Great Britain
and the other the United States. The gOOa.
itself is supported by the British lion and tha
American eagle. Between these figures is thss
coat Of arms Of the English Washington fam
fly Each OF the three tablets at the base OF thsi
lectern bears an inscription on one are the
And Commemorative Of the Three HundredrlG,
Anniversary of the Permanent Establishment 0r,
English Civilization in America. 1607-19G7,' and
on the third; Presented BY Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States"
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
HIGH CHURCH AND PLAIN PEOPLE.

Knowing the Bishop for a stanch high
churcIrnan. I ventured DO you find that the
plain workjnguen care for the ornateness and
sumptuousness Of the high church order?
The workngmen like brightness. candles.
banners and so forth There was no fasudious-
ness Of technicaIity in this description of high
church practices The people whose lives are
hard and sIummy, like the other thing in church
Now there Is St. IS one Of the five churches
in my diocese of more than six hundred church
es. which | do not find myself able TO visit, De
cause II does certain things that are beyond my
border line. Yet il attracts workinsmen-
know that there are at least one hundred and
devoted 10 Father -
This mention of a particularly extreme high
church congregation called forth the question.
is the ritualistic wing, the high church party
growing in England"
IF you mean by ritualstic the party that
trends toward Rome. / answer no; IL Is steadily
decreasing II you mean the high church party
which IS loyal to the prayer book would say
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE.

Such confiagrations must be fought with fire
Nothing less will touch them. To meet situa-
tions of that kind plans are matured weeks.
months years in advance. The forests are eX-
amined and open spaces, rocky ridges. Wet glades
and other natural features that might be made
use of to check fire are Included in the plans
Of defence If a fire never comes the plans will
never oe put into execution, but If it comes the
fighters know what TO do/and where to do it
Some of the Forest Services plans include the
storing Of tools convenient for use
When a great forest fire is raging the fighters
go some distance in advance OF il and cut lanes
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
NO GLAMOUR ABOUT LONELY WORK

When an alarm is received at the mountain
headquarters there is no changing of bells there
are no short flights through crowded streets
quick work and nfesaying at ladder tops, while
thousands who look on applaud and encourage
the firomen. II is often days ride over pre-
cipitous and almost inaccessible country TO the
scene OF action. The task often shows that thei c
Gre weeks Of labor ahead. and supplies must ne
taken for that length Of time. The trained en-
gine horse of the city is replaced oy the
mustang that must be ''roped" from the WHO
bunch. Then in place of the wild ride through
crowded streets. over slippery asphalt and rough
tracks there Is the winding OF the PACK
train over the hills and the long siege among
the woods where natures creatures cry our Tor
their young that fall victims TO the onrushlns
FIRE demon.
The national forests, aggregating IN area more
than 158(p9fsy9 acres-enough for five states
the size OF Pennsylvania. or ten like West VIZ
ginia. forty-five like Connectcut-are not
uniform in topography, or ia climate. or IN
vegetation. Some portions are steep. rugged
almost inaccessible. Other parts are compare
lively fat. The forests in one locality may con-
sist Of mature trees with not. much unner-
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
High Cleric Talks About
Socialism and the
Workingman.
By w T. Ellis.

Copyright 1907. by Joseph B. Bowlesp
With the heads os two nations, two great &C.
clesiastical organizations and a national ex-
rosition directly concerned in his visit, the ar
-iyal on these shores of the Right Rev. Arthur
Foley Winnington-Ingran. Lord Bishop Of Lon
don Is an incident of more than ordinary note.
Few men Of greater interest In the people OF the
Western continent because of character and
career could have leen sent by King Edward
N present 70 the oldest Protestant Episcopal
church in America the royal Bible which is to
-snose upon a lectern symbolical OF Peace
and International relationship. which is the per-
sonsl gift of President Roosevelt
Bishop Ingram. although preacher to the King,
is called the peoples bishop" and probably no
more democratic prelate ever occupied a bish-
ops palace with salary equal 10 that of the
Presiden: Of the United States. For this genial
member Of the House OF Lords rose TO his
high ecclesiastical position-than which there is
none higher in the Church of England. short of
an archbishoprio--in the sudden, dramatic fash
ion CT the stories that fill the books upon sue
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
MUST BE QUICK AND TIRELEss.

Nearly everything depends on the ranger He
must be quick. constant. tireless. The most
efficient work is in subduing great fires.
but in preventing them. Fifty men might have
their hands full curb forest confiagration
One cool headed man alone may stop the fire II
he reaches the little blaze in time.
A ranger scouts and guards area Of 10000
10000 acres-enough for a small county In
an Eastern state. At times he leads lonely
life He rides long days alone among the un-
inhabited mountains, sleeps where night finds
him. cooks his meals. cares for the two three
horses which he usually takes with him for the
saddle and the packs and ali the time he is
alert No distant danger must catch him nap
ping He must be always ready.
Frequently q high peak commands a view Of
all his territory, and when danger from lie IS
great the ranger. instead OF riding up and down
the canyons and gulcAes. often stands sentinel
on a peak. scanning the horizon day by day fer
smoke Experience makes him expert in
distinguishing between smoke and a mountain
mist or cloud, and he rarely makes mistake
when he takes a good long look question
able column Of vapor. novice might ride a
horse TO death TO reach patch ot fog asalns-
n distant mountain. The ranger knows before
he starts and when he starts he goes The Gis-
tance may be five or IL may be forty miles
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
THE GREAT BATTLE IN ARIZONA.

The lane. though several yards wide. is not
sufficient to stop bad fire. unless counter firing
is resorted to The flames II permitted to ad-
vance unchecked. will roll across the opening as
though II only footpath But back firing
is effective and does the work.
The confiagration which this summer threat
ened ChiriCahua forest. Arizona, furnished re-
markable exhibition of the effect of sclentinc
fire fighting under the most adverse circum-
stances, ending in complete success That FIRE
was started by lightning outside the national
forest. in a region of dense and tangled thickets
which burned like tinder- The flames soon at
tanned a wide front. and advanced toward the
valuable zine timber in ChirlCahua forest Su-
peryisor McGlone took charge OF the sixty rang
ers miners and settlers who had responded 10
the call for help. A lane forty feet wide ana
twelve miles long was cut through the jungle OF
chaparral across the pathway Of the fire, whicn
was advancing with a front ten miles long anu
was consuming every combustible thing IN It's
way Every log pole branch or limb was re-
moved from the lane. and the litter was snow
elIed out leaving only the mineral soil exposed
Then the back fires were started with complete
success The fire stopped ana the pine
timber wa saved.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22

through the woods across its front All logs.
brush leaves and litter. clear down TO the min
eraI soil are removed from the lane The fight
ers go far enough ahead or the nre 10 give tIeHi
,j,a 10 cornlete the lane before the fire reaches
H. for IL would avail nothing 10 permit the nre
to sweep around the end of the partly completed
opening.
The timber between the advancing fire and
the lane ahead of IL Is left 70 burn III cannot
be saved That much sacrifice must De mace
10 save the rest Just as in city cOnflagra tions
blocks are sometimes blown UP with dynamite
to save the rest Of the city.
When the forest lane is done, or partly done
hack firing begins along the edge of the lane
nearest the fire. The two parallel lines OF fire
meet and exting1Itsh each other.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
lEcTERN FOR BRUTON CHURCH.
Presented by President Roosevelt.

must first be a Christian spirit on the part of
everybody before can dispense with the need
for individual incentives. Until then must
teach Christian stewardship: a man should be
come and acquire all he can. but he should ad-
minister his possessions for the welfare or MS
fellow men.
Remembering numerous stories Of the free
and easy open air debates ~ Bishop 4ngraIn'
his friendship with infdes and reprobates. his
passion for the plain people and his general
New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

The Forest Service at this time has 639 rang
ers and 461 guards. who are learning to be
rangers. They patrol 160 national forests. scat
tered from Oklahoma TO Alaska Their success
in preventing and keeping down fires is remark
ehle and results in the saving of hundreds OF
thousands of dollars annually in timber ana
other forest products. Formerly hres IN the
western forests stopped only when they had