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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20

the United States; but 1t Is not the pur- pose or intent of these provisions, or of the act providing for such reservations, to authorize the inclusion therein of lands more valuable for the mineral therein, or for agricultural purposes, than for for est purposes" This is q point about which wide spread misunderstanding has existed.
 The policy of the Forest Service con templates before everything the promo ton of local interests, and these are jealously guarded against the aggression of corporate or moneyed interests. The free use privilege is granted literally to settlers, farmers, prospectors, and others engaged in enterprises calculated to build up new country. It Is also ex- tended to school and road districts, churches and cooperative organizations of settlers designed to carry out improve ments. such as the construction of bridges, ditches, reservoirs. etc, for mu- tual or public benefit.
 The talent and experience of the Serv- Ice are at the command of private lndl- viduals and corporations desiring to pros ecute operations related to forestry, Any out NihHiHB io stl Oul pidntutiOH UT to intellIgently treat existing woodland may secure advice and assistance. The office of Forest Products-a branch of the Bureau-is engaged In experiments and in disseminating information as to the seasoning and preservative treat ment of timber, the strength. mechanical qualities, or commercial uses, of wood. It Is also making researches with a view to ascertaining the adaptability of lum- her to new purposes and of discovering new properties in it, This work is main ly pursued In conjunction with corpora tlons that are directly interested In the results. Thus improved methods of pre- serving cross-ties and telegraph poles have recently been discovered and put into practice. Similar studies in connec- tion with various woods for paving ma terial promise to effect the greatest econ omies for our large municipalities.
 During the latter half of the present century the prosperity of this country as a whole will depend largely upon the prosperity of that portion of 1t lying to the west of the Mississippi. There Is no agency today effecting so much for. the future population of uDr Western States as the Forest Service unless 1t be the Reclamation Service and the two bureaus are working hand in hand with the same grand object in view.
 FORBES LINDSAY. "A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20

ford Pinchot our Forest Service has grown in five years from a petty division of the Department of Agriculture to an independent Bureau which is doing its great workdon such economical and busi- ness-like lines that 1t bids fair to be self supporting within the current decade. The receipts from, timber sales for the fiscal year, 1906-07, were about $600,000, as against less than s250,O00 for the pre- ceding year and less than $S6,000 for 1904 o5. The receipts from grazing, 190607. were $S75,000. In the year ending June 30. 1904, the national forests yielded a total revenue of S80,o0o: in the past year, $1e00,000.
 But the production of revenue Is the least important of the benefits to be de- rived from the 1abors of the Forest Serv- ice. The future prosperity of the entire West and its permanency depends upon the con servation and proper management of our forest reserves Private owners are mak- ing no attempt to prevent exhaustion of their woodlands, although the Service is ready and anxious to cooperate with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
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~ HE traveller looking for the first time on the lovely grass covered
 mountain Of Vesuvius finds 1t hard to believe that it has tried time and again to destroy wonderful cultivated farms and thousands of lives He is surprised and disappointed both when he Is told that Vesuyius is now smoldering and has been In active eruption and that the gov ernment refuses to let the tourists make the ascent
 He takes carriage and drives through many small towns. attractive because of their fertile. well cared farms. The thrifty, contented farmers, work from early morning until late at night. not realizing the harm that may come to them at any time.
 The excavations and ruins disclose the fact that centuries ago Pompei was one of the most powerful and imperialistic of Italian cities. One can read words to this effect in the Vicoli Storto Respect the Judgment of the Emperor and again in shop in the street of Stables, ..Long live the judgment of the Emperor and the Empress. be obedient and you will always be happy" The wealth of the soil and the thrift of the inhabitants had helped to make 1t a wonderfully inter esting and attractive city when ter rible earthquake destroyed 1t entirely. The first shock came on the 9th of Feb ruary 63. B. c. and two other shocks soon after. Men and women jumped out of bed, gathered in groups and ques- toned whether they ought to remain where they were. or flee to the country. The houses were shaken by long shocks that came at intervals as though it were going to tear the houses from the very foundations. Men and women hesitated to go out of doors, because of the stones flying in many directions.
 Dawn gradually came, but the strong winds bore Such heavy dark clouds that very little light was seen. The shocks soon came at shorter intervals. the streets and the sky were filled with smoke The streets were alive with the screaming of women and the cries of children. Some were raising their hands heavenward h prayer <other intoxicated wifh fear were running about aimlessly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20

particular area. Previous use of the range Is ground for consideration but preference Is always given to settlers those who are making homes and helping to develop the country upon a permanent basis. A moderate charge is made for the grazing privilege but the improved condition of the range Is more than com mensurate with 1t and stockmen In gen eral are well pleased with the change. More than a million cattle and upwards of six millions sheep and goats were grazed in the reserves last year.
 Of the three major products of the forest-wood, forage, and water-the last is by far the most important We can at pinch do without wood for great many purposes to which we now put 1t and we have the Canadian stores of tim Der to draw upon. Our stock is in no danger of suffering from insufficient food supply, though the cost of raising 1t may be substantially enhanced If our grass lands are neglected. But our water we must conserve or the most serious con sequences will be entailed upon us. This
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20

would become unnhabltable for lack of water
 Our Western States can not afford to overlook this consideration which Is so intimately connected with its prospects of prosperity. The colossal work of the Reclamation Service Is largely dependent upon 1t and could not have been under taken without tic assurance that the pres ent, only too scanty, sources of water sup ply in the semi-arid States would be per manently guarded against Injury. The region west of tie Mississippi Is destined to harbor q population larger than that of the nation at present Great eenters will spring up needing water for power and light, and domestic purposes. It would be nothing short of suicidal to cur tail supply that can not, at the best, be equal to the demands which must ulti- mately be made upon 1t. The matter also touches the urgent question of trans portation. We are turning to .dnternal waterways as relief from the hopeless congestion of our railroad systems and the next generation will witness wonderful development in this direction
 This question of water supply In It's relation to forests is bringing into con stantly increasing prominence the advisa- bility of the Government securing con trol by purchase of certain extensive areas In the East where there are no pub lie lands in the possession of the United States. In European countries the neces- sity of the central government owning and managing timber -lands has been rec ognizh and acted upon. With us the urgency is even greater, for our system involves unusual complications For ex- ample In parts of the Southern Appa.a- chians and the White Mountains, the most serious effects of forest destruction fall upon States other than those in which the damage is done. We have not yet arrived at the stage of altruism in which oue State will refrain from an operation in yolving profit to itself on account of q coincldent injury to some other State. The only remedy is central control and that we are In fair way of bringing about.
 The forest policy contemplates turning the land to the best account and deyoting it to the best purpose to which it Is adapted. The guiding principle of the Administration, as laid down by Congress, Is that the reserves shall exist only Ito improve and protect the forest within the tion, or for the purpose of securing | favorable conditions of water flows, and | to furnish continuous supply of timber | for the use and necessities of citizens Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20

ZYH ITH better understanding of the GAH forest policy of our government, " we are beginning to appreciate 1t at something like it's worth. We shall come irh time. to realize that 1t involves the greatest and most far-reaching bene- faction of the present period. East and West-the whole country Is vitaly inter ested in the matter
 During the first century of our national existence we treated our forests as in exhaustable sources of supply and so vast Is their extent that even today 1t is diff ficult to impress the people with the fact that only by careful husbanding and con stant reboisement can the most serious cotsequences of lumber shortage be ayoid- edH We have recklessly denuded vast atlas so that entire states that fifty years ago were covered with forest are now desoiate expanses of sage brush. The center of production has rapidly moved westward, and today the state from which we derive the greatest supply of lumber Is on the Pacific Coast.
 We have remaining somewhat more than 6oO,Oo0,000 acres of timberland in the United States, but our consumption 7 despite the many substitutes for wood that are coming Into use. In 1850 the lumber product was valued at little more than $6o, ,ooo. .o00; last year 1t ex- eeeded s600,000,000. Forty square miles of forests fall every day of the year. Our present stock of standing timber Is 2,156,- GOO, ,0O0, 900 feet, and we are slicing out of it 36,000,000.0o0 feet annually.
 The Govefnment has been no less short sighted than the private owner. Millions of acres of public woodland have been given away with prodigal generosity. Only in 1891 did the Government awake to the gravity of the situation and commence the system. of forest reserves that has been gradually extended until now we have I5O, COG, ,OOO acres of national forests valued at $1,500, 100000 It is only re- gently, however, that we have made any provision for taking care of this splendid property and. turning 1t to the best ac- count. At the beginning of the century we had no forest experts and knew next to nothing about forestry. In the past few years we have built up a fine organi- zation. including many very capable men and headed by one of the abest foresters in the world. Under the difecton of Off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20

When the sky became red with sparks the winds were carrying from Yesuyus; men and women were really panic stricken and fled for their lives. Centuries later when excavations were begun, mothers were found lying with children, one woman was found carrying her husbands trousers and the key to- the house; an- other had just slipped into her embrod- cred slippers In the barracks were found two gadiators who were unable to make their escape. Some entire fam files pershed A father was found car rying a gold sheep to hide in a subter- ranean passage in a garden He was fol lowed by a slave carrying lamp, sack of gold, silver and bronze. He fell be- fore he reached his destiny, while his family of 20 were waiting for him in q suhterranean passage.
 It was not many years before the ter ribe catastrophe was forgotten and the city abandoned. It was not until 175f when the building of road on the south side of the city led to the unearthment of some tombs and ancient monuments. Though several finds were made it was not until 1907 that the excavation was begun seriously.
 A number of large houses were exca- vated including the villa of Diomedes and the house of Sallust. Queen Caroline took great interest In the finding of the hidden treasure. the villa of Diomedes was cleared, the tombs. the house of Pansa and the, Great Amphitheatre. King Murat gave liberally to the carrying out of the work. Little by little from 1915 to 1860 the Temple of Fortune, the Tenn pie of Apollo, the baths of the Forum, the Forum itself, the temple of Jupiter and the baths of Stables were unearthed. Some time after the houses In the street of Abundance were brought to light. Though the greater part of the work has been finished. each year brings forth new treasures. This attractive city may be approached by eight different gates called the Gate of ,Herculanium, vesu- vius, Capua. Nola. Sarno, Nocera, Stables, and lastly the Gate of the Sea or the port of Marines. a From these eight gates r,in three principal avenues known as the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20

well preserved to show how beautiful Pompeii was before 1t suffered destruc- ton. The House of the Rich Man was the largest private house in PompeIi.
 But this Is only small part of the in- teresting things to be found there. It Is hard to imagine anything more splen- did than the great Staban Baths adorned with marble and 'mosaics So large they could accommodate hundreds at A time
 In keeping with this splendor are the ruins of the Forum, temples. the thea tres and the gladiatorlal barracks. Beau tiful as are these ruins under an azure sky, the great marble piles become things of gold when the blood-red sun goes down, whispering the words "thls Is the riddle of life, joy and sorrow,> beauty and destruction, ever playing hide and seek with each other"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20

A bird was seen to fall in the yard of the works department at Deal Barracks, London, recently. It was q blue rock pigeon, with an adder tightly cosled around 1t. and both were dead. The ad- der, which measured two feet six inches. was twisted around the pigeons neck and one wing. and the pigeons beak tightly gripped the snakes head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-20
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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-04
THE REAL CHINESE GONG.
It Makes an UprOar as AvvfuI ss IL Is
 Astonishine.


 By the way, dld you ever hear real Chinese gong7 don't mean hotel gong, but one of those great moon disks of yellow metal which have so terrible power of utterance.
 A gentleman fin Bangor, north Wales, who had a private museum of south Pacific and Chinese curiosities, exhibit ed one to me. It was hanging amid Fiji spears beautifully barbed with sharks teeth, which, together with grotesdue New Zealand clubs of green stone and Sandwich Island paddles wrought with the baroque visages of the shark god, were depending from the walls; also there were Indian ele- plants in ivory. carrying balls in their carven bellies, each ball containing many other balls inside It.
 The gong glimmered pale and huge and yellow, like the moon rising over a southern swamp. My friend tapped It's ancient face with a muffled drum stick. and it commenced to sob like waves upon low beach. He tapped it again, and 1t moaned like the wind in a mighty forest of pines. Again, and 1t commenced to roar, and with each tap the roar grew deeper and deeper till 1t seemed like thunder rolling over an abyss in the Cordilleras or the crash ing of Thor's ch3riot wheels.
 1t was awful and astonishing as aw- full I assure you I did not laugh at 1t at all. It impressed me as something terrible and mysterious. I vainly sought to understand how that thin disk of trembling metal could pro. duce so frightful a vibration. He in formed me that it was very expensive, being chiefly made of the most precious metals, silver and gold.-From "Life and Letters of Lafcadlo Hearn."
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-04
PeacOcIIs For rood.

The peacock cannot well be recom- mended as market bird-it is too ten der in early youth, too slow in reach ing maturity. But as a choice rarity, the crown and capsheaf of a country gentleman's feast, it is unapproached and unapproachable. This was well understood throughout the age of chiv- airy; hence the knightly oath, By the peacock, the heronshaw and the la diesw Whoever swore thus was trebly bound to keep his VOW. Turkeys had not yet come out of the western world to conquer place among the noble birds which alone were held worthy of being served to royalty. The swan and the peacock were the chiefest of them and bore rule even beyond the days of Queen Elizabeth. At the Christmasings the peacock came in in state, the same as the boar's head and the brawn.-Country Life In America.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-04
Pianos

The one price house of San Diego Is selling pianos at eastern prices and underselllng other coast houses. The One Price House sells the famous Henry F. Miller. Chickering Bros, Ivers & Pond, Decker. Crown and oth- CT we'll known and proven makes and has exclusive agency for this county
 Easy terms arranged. Thearle & company, 1925 lO3l Fifth street, San Diego, Cal. Mrs. J. I. Shepherd special local representative at Imperl- al. n-24-tf
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-04

! To every young person comes the htime to decide between investing few months in preparing to do skilled labor Efor goodtpay or being scrub and doing Ithe hardest work for the least pay. The great brawny porter works for $l day land is "cussed" and sworn at, while the Iman at the office gets princely salary ! and is treated like king. The one is
 Fshewer of wood and drawer of water flor other people," while the other lives lon the fat of the land, is the direct re- |sult of preparation or the lack of it.
 Young people can easily make the lore eparation by attending the spring and Summer term of the San Bernardino Business college and taking business, shorthand or civil service course and be ready, to accept good position or pass Icivil service examination when the busy Hall season opens. Students from all Iparts of the west are to enter for this work. This school has no vacation. IHere you can learn the famous Light ming Legibe shorthand under it's author | in half the time and for half the cost oi
 the old systems This is the only school in the state making speciality of train ing for U. S. civil service. Particulars for the asking. San Befnardino Busi
 ness College, San Bernardino, Calif.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-04
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF

DESERT LAND, FINAL PHOOF-
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. United States land office Los Angeles, Cal April 9th, 1907.
 Notice is hereby given that Emma E. Morgan, of El Centro, Cal, assignee of Ada D. Perry, has filed notice of inten- tion to make proof on her desert land claim. No. 2232, for t'e WIZ of NEH, Sec|22, T. IS, R. IA E, S. B. M., be- fore register and receiver at Los Angeles, Cal, on Friday, the6'h day of July, 1907 She names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and recla- nation of said land: Jesse l.. Mcclure, John l. Atkins, Isaac A. Morgan, Will liam J. DriggArs, James T. King, F. c. Ravens, all of El Centre, Cal.
 FRANK . PRESCOTT, m-25 i-22 Register
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-04
flesta-Shrlner Times


 Every portion of Southern California III share In the general good to be de-
 we'd from the hordes of visitors who re making Los Angeles their Mecca
 | attendance at the Shrlner conclave
 nd who have come to enjoy Fiesta de Is Flores, the annual flower feast to e held during the week of May 6 to l2. In addition to publishing detailed ac-
 cunts of each days stirring events, le Los Angeles Times will print at
 he close of the celebration big spec Il number containing a running story f the weeks festivities, profusely H. |lstrated and accurately describing ev- " feature of the "Shrlner" dolngs, he floral parades, the night lllumina.-
 ons, the receptions, balls, athletic ports and the hundred and one things bhich will go to make the week the host eventful one In the clty's history. The Times will spare no expense nd make every effort to Issue the
 andsomest and most comprehensive
 ewspaper publication ever turned out If printing office. An illuminated
 over, typical of the celebration. will nclose the entire number and any re |plent will enjoy reading the paper
 ext to being in attendance personally The whole country will be benefited by
 vlng this great newspaper wide dis ributlon. It will be on sale at all news lands, wrapped, ready to mail, for 10 cents per copy; or subscriptions will be aken for the entire weeks newspapers, including this srecial number, for 20 :ents postpaid.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-04

L. M. Appebv. an organizer for the Fraternal Brotherhood. Is in town working up a lodge for that order at this place.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-04

MT. and Mrs. w. T. Bill, accom- oanied by Mrs. Berry. of Reolands, spent few days in Fl Centro. the first of the week.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-04

Zon-o-Phone talking machines and records for all disk machines for sale by Teller, the Singer agent, PostoffIce building, Imperial. 47H
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-04

56o acres of fine soft sandy land with 56o shares water stock. An Ideal place for a stock ranch. Bert R. Chaplin, Imperial Cal. 5ou
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-04

Colorado River Gage Taken At Yuma
 Daily mean gage height and dis .:haree of the Colorado river at Yuma Arizona for week ending April 27, oO7:
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-05-04
M. V. BUTCHER Real Estate and
 Investments

ImptTIdI Vd11ey LdIIuS a oPeCIdIIy
 Imperial Valley is the largest irrigated district in the United States. The best bargains on earth can be found in the Imperial Valley. Anyone having Inn perial lands they wish to sell or trade for Los Angeles property will find it to their advantage to consult me. My fa- cilties for finding bargains for buyers and buyers for bargains cannot be sur passed. Write or wire me at 2C Mer- camille Place, Los Angeles, Cal. Home Tel. 8182. Tel. Main $40.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-26
BROTHERS. ADVICE

Continued Next Week.