The National tribune., 1907-10-31

ed. has made an official statement.
warning the American PEOPLE that the
present prodisiaus waste of these re-
sources must stop at once if the coun-
try is to continue to prosper.
Prof. Holmes made the investigation
to determine how serious the situa-
ton is. ~
He declares that in the mining oper-
ations of the present time. nearly one
half of the total coaf supply is being
left under ground: that water, as n
source of powerbi is being wasted day by
day and year after year to the extent
of millions Of horsepower. and that for
est fires have burned ifiore lumber than
has been used in the building of homes
or in the industries lot
Prof Holmes says that the waste OF
coal is appalling. Every possible means
should be adopted, he says, for reduc
ing this waste to an absolute minimum,
in order that our fuel resources may
suffice for the future as we'll as for the
present needs of the Nation.
AT the present rate of increase in
consumption says Mr. Holmes. the
better part of the fuel supply of the
country will be gone by the end of the
present century, unless the proper steps
are taken"
Prof. Holmes says that the investiga-
ton being made by the technologic
branch of the Geological Survey indi-
Gates the possibility of increasing the
fuel ef1ic;encies by two or three fold
and suggests still greater possibilities
The future is full of promise" he says.
but the solution of these problems calls
for extended further Investigation"
The Post Office Department has Civ
en- it out fat that they will put up with
no more hoodoo names, so they won't
. ~ s.l.,s,s L
chaos. Now "Eearwallow" has got to
go, and "Hogwash," and Go Devil"
and Long Legs" and Hell Bent" and
all such recherche names as that have
simply got to get some other raiment
on and become respectable. The causes
for naming new towns are usually local
incidents, and until they get into the
Post Office Directory It doesn't make
much difference, but when the town is
made a post office then it's troubles
begin. 1t is really a sensible conclusion
lat which the Postmaster General has
arrived, and the map of the United
States would scarcely show up as much
like freak plat as it does now If the
plan of refusing absurd names to towns
had been adopted many years ago.
Awhile ago, down in Texas, it will be
remembered Senator Bailey was accused
exactly that: but at any rate, he was
attorney for one of the Standard Oil
firms doing business in Texas, and this
fact caused him to almost lose the
United States Senatorship, which he
really won only by the skin Of his teeth
He lost prestige immensely, and it Is
probable that If the thing were to do
over he would lose out this time. Well
the other day he made the declaration
that ne indorsed every word of the re-
cent dennnciation of Standard Oil, all
trusts and their promoters, made by
Gov. Campbell, of Texas. In addition to
that he offered to prove that Standard
Oil was still doing business in Texas
and that he had evidence that would
secure conviction, which he offered to
give to Attorney General Davidson. The
Attorney-General politely but firmly de-
clinad the offered evidence. He said
Senator Bailey had deferred action too
long. My. my. dsi = --...s.l.
ambassador Creel. one Of the richest
men in the United States, il not in the
world, who has had, even the Cliff
Dwellers of Washington. to say nothing
of the noveau RICHIE, by the ears as to
what he would do this year in the way
of entertaining. isn't going to entertain
at all. In fact. be issgoing back home
again, SO he is, and, Washington sassiety
hasn't had smell OF ehiS money hardly
up to now. Embasad9r Creel, who is a
courtly, likeable man, with scads of
friends, was last Spring elected Cover
nor of his home State in Mexico. Chi
huahua. and goes back to administer
the laws there. He likes Washington.
but lac likes Mexico better, tho he is
not native. A heap of people here
will be sorry to have the genial gentle
man go. He has charming family,
all of whom have made a distinct i'm
preston on society.
And now Washington talks of having
an "Old Home Week." My, but won't
the Cliff Dweliers revel in such a fete?
1t is only when you get back to people
and things indigenous to the soil, the
sacred soil of this 10 miles square, that
your real. original and only Cliff Dwell
er Is: real happy. Honestly, however,
an old home week in this mans town
would be productive of lot of good
and oodies of fun.
Uncle Sans problem of establishing
a naval base on the Pacific is not a
simple one. A visit to the Mare Island