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New-York tribune., 1907-04-28
J. ]. HILLS OPINION.

IF that attitude had been adopted twenty
years ago" said James ]. Hill, president of the
Great Northern Railway system. in speaking of
the appointment of the commission. lit is safe
to say there would now be freight problem
If the government would improve its water
ways and extract from them one-hfth of their
latent possibilities. the freight handling problem
would speedily be nearer solution than the rail-
ways themselves can ever hope To bring it.
There has been in the past a feeling among
some railroad men that waterway development
would be inimical TO railway interests. 1 do not
think 1t would, and if this idea has not al
ready wholly disappeared. it is In a fair way of
doing so soon. We realize that we have created
IN the prosperity of the country condition that
calls loudly for relief, and any means 10 that
Take. for instance a I5-foot channel in the
Mississippi from 81. Louis to New Orleans
There is no more important work for the gem
er1l government than this Improvement 1t
might cost SIOO .OOO, ,0OO but when Il was finished
a single powerful towbOat could pull from thirty
To forty trainlOadS. Heavy freight requiring
only moderate speed i'll transportation. would
go to the seabOard by way of the gulf and
there would no longer be freight congestion be-
dffused. permitting OF transfers where land can
be obtained for terminals The traffic system
of the country must be adjusted 10 this condi-
ton"
In selecting the men for the commission the
President sought 10 get specialists In their par
ucular line, so that he might have the benefit
of the best advice along the various lines of
control and naturalization Of the streams
Mr.. Burton is recognized authority on rivers
and harbOrs in America. He knows more about
the subject perhaps. than any other man in the
country. Congress has so acknowledged his
ability again and again. when. chairman Of
the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors. he
draws up bill that has never in any instance
under his leadership been amended the floor
OF the House without his consent. and seldom
are many changes made in the bill IN the SEN
ate and To him is due the credit of diYeStirg
river and harbOr bills of their former pork
barrel" attributes and insisting that only worthy
projects should be aided by national expendi-
ture. II was natural that President Roosevelt
should choose him chairman of the commits
sion.
Senator Newlands of Nevada, has made one
of the most extensive studies OF railroad trans
pOrtatiOn Of any man I'm the Senate He has
written exhauStively on the subject. He is val
uable on the commission. not only on account
of this expert knowledge. but because he is
familiar with irrigation in the West. with the
principles Of the forest reserve, and other great
New-York tribune., 1907-04-28
CONCESSION TO RYAN.

The only change if change 1t can be called is
the recent concession by King Leopold of q
tract Of some 2500OO0 acres, for sixty years,
on the bank Of the Congo, TO American
syndicate. OF which Thomas B. Ryan is the
chief which. of course has the effect Of in
creasing the interest of this country In the well
fare of that particular portion of Africa. Nor
is anything in the way of amendment to be ex-
pected from King Leopold save by actual force
Like the Sultan at ConstantinOple he depends
on the jealouses among the various foreign
powers with regard to African matters 10 pre-
vent any concerted or even individual action
against him. which is mistaken impression
since the English government has declared in
Parliament that it had no desire To add the
Congo Valley to its possessions. but that it
would decline to tolerate any longer the existing
condition OF things there As stated in the edi-
torial columns of a great daily newspaper the
other day: He is incorrgbe by appeals To
humanity and decency'; and the only solution
OF the problem which he presents is his removal
from the throne by the Belgian people. ana
their annexation Of the Congo Free State, in
defiance OF his opposition, and III compliance
with national sentiment and the repeated de-
mands of the foreign powers.
So much misapDTehenSiOn exists with regard
to the rights of Belgium 10 annex the Congo
Free State that few brief words OF eXplana
ton concerning the matter may be timely.
After King Leopold had obtained. in 1884 and
1880 the separate and collective recognition of
his African enterprise from the United States
and the European powers on certain we'll de-
fined lines-to which he has never adhered
his next step was 10 secure the necessary con-
sent OF the Belgian legislature TO his assump-
ton OF the title OF sovereign of the Congo State.
This fusion Of the two crowns" as it was
termed not obtained without considerable
opposition and then only through the efforts
of the Premier. NJ Beernaert. As far back
1880 the subject Of annexation was discussed
in the Belgian Legislature, and on the strength
Gof her eventual possession of its territory Bel
gium loaned the Congo Free State S5.O00.O0O.
80 interest was 10 be paid for the money. but
Belgium was to annex the Congo in 1900. In
1895 II was suddenly discovered that the Congo
Free State, which had its seat OF government
at Brussels had secretly borrowed. without in
forming tne Belgian legislature. a sum of about
S2O000OO from Antwerp banker. that the
time limit about To expire for repayment.
and that falling such tbs banker in question
New-York tribune., 1907-04-28
ALL WELL QUALIFIED.

problems that will come up for discussion n
the preparation Of the report
New-York tribune., 1907-04-28

and soil matter carried in solution. This vast
load not only causes its channels To clog and
flood the lOwlands of the lower river. but renders
the flow CapriCiOus and difficult 70 control
Furthermore. the greater part OF the sediment
and soil matter is composed of the most fertile
material Of the field and pasture drained by the
smaller and larger tributaries ANY plan for
utilizing inland waterways should consider
floods and their control by forests and other
means: the protection of bottom lands from in
jury by overfOws and uplands from loss by soil
wash: the physics Of sediment charged waters
and the physical or other ways of purifying
them; the construction of dams and locks. not
only 70 facilitate navigation. but to control the
character and movement Of the waters. ana
should look to the full use and control or our
running waters and the complete Standardization
of our waterways for the benefit Of our people as
a whole.
It Is not possible properly to frame 80 large a
plan this for the control OF our rivers with
out taking account of the orderly development OF
other natural resources Therefore ask that the
inland waterways commission shall consider
the relations of the stream to the use of ALI the
great permanent natural resources and their
conservation for the making and maintenance of
prosperous homes.
ANY plan for utilizing our inland waterways
10 be feasible, should recognize the means Tor
executing il already In existence. both in the
federal departments of War. Interior, Agricult-
ure and Commerce and Labor, and in the states
and their subdivisions. and must not involve
unduy burdensOme expenditures from the ma
tiOnal Treasury. The cost will necessarily he
large in proportion To the magnitude of benefits
To be conferred. but il viii be small I'm Compari-
son with the S17. 600 OO000O of capital now in
vested IN steam railways IN Jne JilJeu STATES
an amount that would have seemed enormous
and incredible half century ago Yet the in
vestment has been constant source of profit 10
the people, and without II our industrial prog
ress would have been impossible.
The questions which will come before the In
land Waterways Commission must necessarily
relate to every part of the United States. and af-
feet every interest within its borders Its plans
should be considered in the light Of the widest
knowledge of the country and its people, and
from the most diverse points of view Accord
ingly, when it's work is sufficiently advanced
shall add 10 the commission certain consulting
members. with whom shall ask that its recon-
mCndations shall be fully discussed before they
are submitted to me. The reports of the COM
mission should include both general statement
of the problem and recommendations as to the
manner and means of attacking it
New-York tribune., 1907-04-28
PEOPLE WAKING UP.

When. however. soma Of the most distinguished
and universally respected men OF Belgium.
New-York tribune., 1907-04-28
10 RELIEVE FREIGHT CONCESSION by yBzXhSp BbEXythE6p,1zsr @r

.hO N Tribune Bnauw wannrm
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-09

manded to unlock the door as soon as
he can. His rate per day for work in
creases according TO his grade, Time
spent in military drill is credited to
him at grade rates, and is increased as
he is promoted to an officer If he
makes an average less than seventy
five for two consecutive months he
drops TO a lower grade. while a mark
above seventy-fve for six months
such work in the highest grade earns
him his parole, and six good months
on parole earn his complete liberty,
He rises at 5;4o a. M, goes to the
shops at 7;40, has military drill from
$40 until rest before supper, and after
supper goes TO a trade school or
"school of letters until bedtime, at
s:35. Lights are out at 9:30, and thus
he is sent to bed tired enough TO wei
come sleep. II requiring physical
training he is exercised systemati
cally in gymnasium, where he may
have even massage and vapor baths.
The detectives at Elmira are grouped
into three distinct classes. 'Mathe-
matical detectives are given special
physical training and special manual
training work illustrating mathemati-
cal problems "Coptrol detectives, -
who lack power of self-control, are
occupied with mechanical drawing,
pattern making, wood turning, geo
metric constructions and special ath-
letics-all choseh because best de-
veloping sclf.control. General de-
fectives,' isolated from the other in.
mates, are the lowest class of these
abnormals. They are the products of
bad heredity for generations back,
and correspond TO those born
criminals" whom criminologists esti-
mate at 10 per cent of our criminal
population and classed as hopeless.
Bur they are not hopeless from the
Elmira point of view, Their char
acters are built up by special
courses in physical culture, baths and
massage; in free.hand drawing, clay
modelling. mental arithmetic, sentence
building and sloid-a Swedish system
of manual training developing both
the mind and body. Detectives, as
soon as marked susceptible to gen
eral treatment pass into the regular
classes Thirty-fve different trades
are taught in these, and the graduate
is turned out with sufficient knowl-
edge of one 10 commence an honest
living. All punishment is meted out
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erty. First to meet his eyes is the pub
lished announcement of his discharge,
supplemented by review of his crime.
Even escaping this shock, his nervous
demeanor marks him as an object of
suspicion. To his unaccustomed ear the
street is a roaring torrent and every
pedestrian appears TO be bent upon
colliding with him. His eyes are daz-
zled by the unobstructed glare and his
face is blanched by the tell-tale ''pris
on pallor. - He imagines that every
one met upon the street can tell
whence he has come. lnstinctively he
folds his arms when spoken 10, and
perhaps about his legs still chngs the
shuttle of tine lock-step. He cannot
fully meet the gaze of his fellow man,
because month after month penitentiary
discipline has demanded that he either
drop his eyes or face the wall when
any one has passed him in corridor,
shop or yard. His long enforced silence
has resulted in hesitation of speech. The
ever-faithful Javerts of the law, learn
ed in all of these prison signs, have
their hawk eyes on him wherever he
goes He knows that his face is card
catalogued in the rogues gallery at po-
lice headquarters and that no matter
whether he wipe out the past or not his
portrait will never be erased from the
Bertillon card.
Born and Made Criminals.
To the police force there is but one
class OF criminal. To the criminologist
there are two classcs-the born Grim
inals and the made criminals. For the
"born" class, constituting about a
tenth Of the whole criminal population,
there is little hope Of rcform-so sci
ence teaches. For the other nine-tenths
the made" criminals-there is some
hope. Another classification divides all
moral ipvalids into habitual criminals
and single offenders, and the convicts
in the penal institutions OF the world
are said to be equally divided between
these TWO classes The habitual GRIM
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For Over Fifty Years.

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Moral Hospitals VS. Penitentiaries-
Up-to-Date Penalogy Regards Latter
as Crime Incubators- Moral
Hospital Where Jean Valjeans Are
Turned out by the Thousands-Each
Has Prison Key in Own Hands
Massachusetts, Asylum and the
"Hope Halls''
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| yEtntage Of our convicts
''r.a out Jean Valjeans were
r,isl The chastity fact is
.te1 is not made save in as
ID I.aal Institutions as may
oa our fingers. In these,
taventional crime incuba-
he prison or penitentiary
placed by the modern hos
nal disease, the percentage
ns from crimlnality is con-
tsser than the percentage of
aun typhoid fever, in our
y physical disease.
vuy safe to say that few, if
p. Jean Valjeans now in the
-,,d since the January Incl
Ays sprung up faster than
1p q dragons teeth-would
: Jean ValJeans at all had
taed the law and escaped
Ezb; that threatened their
Ndshon. Our sacred crime
HAeme-Or penitentiary
~ choose-met its first re-
.Pennsylvauis system" +" of
sHnsnent without occupa-
@ or body, The next re-
y Auburn SYSTEM - al.
ss to work together in the
" 70 speak to one another.
Es have been some peniten-
10 recent years. Several
.9lished the ock-step and
na some have introduced
Hslsn of promotions for
HeL But The penitentiary
1:'ceration without syste-
avon, instead of curing
still makes it chronic.
luing to Reform.
's ,..I,,' q the typical peniten.
s, sy becomes a Jean Val
F.@gy, and small wonder.
,.iss ;iucated to no occupation
4. ,@sn , brought him TO pris-
49, "a! majority of cases tho
q 6~ssicl s.s must either steal or
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a bottle OF the Non-Secret
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cured for do moi 10 waste the remedy and Incur
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interesting book OF partiGas aso sent free Positively
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Ing Will this of
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Last year 1lSS per-
sons iourneyed to
Denver for the sole
purpose of having
brain power, will pow
er and bodily health
restored to them
(Which had been lost
or weakened by liquor
drinking) by taking
h @ Commonwealth
Institute treatment at
the institute where IL
Is administered. Each
and every one was
cured - there never
was a single failure
during the entire
year, nor was there a
single failure for five
years prior to last
year. and my sworn
statement before q
notary public verifies
this Each one of
these persons paid
railroad fare to and
from Denver, their
board and room rent
while here, incidental
expenses, and one
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or WITHOUT His knowledge or consentoRead Be-
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Famous Institute Cured Thousands
Now Within Reach of Every One-113s Treated
and Cured In One City Last Year With
Never Single Failure.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-12
WERE MANY VISITORS.

DOUGLAS, Jan. 11-(SpeciaL)- Visitors to the Young Mems Chris tian association building last evening were greeted with the figures '500'' which were found in all conspicuous places about the building. To several no interpretation was needed, but the signs provoked the question from many as to it's meaning. They were soon informed that the sign was the slogan for the next fifteen days, which 1t was proper for the members of the association to use. That all who would join in the campaign for rais- ing the membership to the five hun dred mark were welcome Many of the men promised to do their best to secure one or more members.
 The buildings during the cool even ings is becoming more than ever the rendezvous for tho men in the city away from home. Monday evening last, when the weather without was so unpleasant that one would think that few would venture out of doors, the building was filled with men who were using it's features to their evi- dent enjoyment.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-12
NEW CHURCH FOR DOUGLAS IS
 BUILDING
Seyenty-FNe Members Now To the Faith of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and More Expected.

DOUGLAS, Jan. 11.-( Special. )- Some time ago il was stated that the Douglas branch of the church of Je- sus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. bet ter known as the Mormon church, had secured a lot in the North Douglas ad- dition to the city. Work was begun this week looking to the erection CT a church building on this lot which will cost sZ50o The work of raising mon ey by subscription is now progressing, !, five aiflerent subscription papers be ing circulated among the citizens of Douglas.
 Yesterday J. P. BigeloB, who is at the head of the Douglas branch of this church. stated thst the result so far had been very gratifying and that he was encouraged to believe that the money desired would be easily raised. More than S409 has already been sub scribed and if Is expected that the mining companies operating here will give substantial assistance. From the church building fund it is expect ed that $500 will be obtained. besides Mir. BigelUw has the assurance cf President Kimbail. of the St. Davl stake, that the stake vii give assist ance in the matter of providing a church building for the Aiormons in Douglas.
 There are now seyenty-fve members of the church in this city and they feel that it is time that they should have a church building in which to cont duct their religious services.
 The Mormons have done great work in this territory, being the real pio- neers in the matter of retaining the desert valleys and making garden spots Of them. They have made good citizens and as a class have always lent their assistance in building up Arizona. They have never tried to force their religious ideas on anyone, but claim the right to worship God in accordance with the dictates of their own conscience.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-12
FROM TRIP THROUGH
 ARIZONA
Fifteen Days In Saddle and Trip After Band of Horse Thieves Was the Worst He Ever Made,

DOUGLAS, Jan. 11.-(Special. )-- Ranger Jesse Rollins returned this week from | trip into northern Arl- zona, where he was called to follow up a band of horse thieves, which was known to be operating in COc0ninc county. Mr. Rollins was accompanied by Ranger Tip Stanford and they were fifteen days constantly in the saddle.
 From here they went direct to Flag staff and learned that the band of horse thieves was operating in what is known as the Bull basin, northwest Of that city. The rangers lost no time in heading for that section and scoa struck tne broad trail of no less than -l59 head of horses. h the gang which was carrying these horses out Of the country were supposed to be seven or eight men, judging by the tracks around the camps which they made. The trail was followed for six days when the band of horses were overtaken, having been abandoned by those who had rounded them up on the Coconino county range.
 After the horses n5re overtaken the rangers continued on the trail Of the thieves for two days, but were un- able to oyertake them.
 Speaking this morning about the trip Ranger Rollins stated that it was one of the hardest he had ever made since he joined the service. He was GfJesn days on the trip and for sev- eral days but little sleep was ob- tained, owing to the anxiety to over- take the band O. rustlers.
 The horses were. returned to the range from which they had been talk en and Ranger Rollins returned home. He says that had the horses not been recovered they would have been taken to Utah and there sold, and that it is no uncommon thing for thieves to gather up stock in northern Arizona and take it to that state for disposal.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-12

Pioneer Leaves Douelas-H. F. Banta, one of the pioneer citizens of Douglas, will start tomorrow with his family for several points in Arizona with a view Of establishing a new home. Mir Banta sold his property here two weeks ago and since then has been closing up his business af- fairs. Mir. Banta has been a resident of the territory of Arizona for twen- ty-seven years. He will take look at the San Pedro valley and then, after a stop at Tucson, will go to Buckeye. where he thinks it would be nice to own a farm and belong to the gTang- CTS
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-12

Lundy's cruelty.-It was ascer. taiaed this morning that the pass business. outside of employees and aside from the definite contract sys- tem, is a thing of the past. A ranger, whoShas always enjoyed the privilege Of rlSshg without money and without script" vas promptly held up by his amp1eness. Jack Lundy, and had to dig ID all of his tobacco crumbs and sift out the nickels to pay his fare or else grind the low grade slag ballast beneath his hob nails for twen- weight miles. The interstate com merce business, however, does not positively prohibit walking on the track so there is a chance for the poor newspaper man yet.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-12
MINING NOTES AND PERSONALS

Bert Grove, Col D. H. Johnson and Billy Neal have suddenly turned min .ers, They have a property embracing twenty-four pertenencias situated foul miles nortwest of the Santa Rosa three miles from the San Marcus, fom miles from Cabullona station on the Naeozari railroad. and a half mile from good wagon road leading to Cabuilona. On this property they have a forty-foot shaft. This shaft started out on a rich ledge of copper ore about a foot wide. It subsequent ly lost the ledge, but within a few feet of the bottom the shaft caught up with the ledge in a richer and larg- CT form than before and it would ap- pear to be permanent. The ore, sam ples of which are on exhibition at ti.s Pullman cigar store, runs as high as 40 per cent In copper. with decent gold values on the side. These gentlemen propose to commence systematic de- velopmnt work as soon as the weather sobers up.