The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-28


a c=ourse that would throw discredtt
|uno-.n the usual and rs gular methods OF
ljud1-cial procedure In another court OF
! conz.-current jurlsdiction
| $3.50 .-=-.--==--=-----
LU--lBER AND FOREST RESERVES.
4 E@ach year the urgency Of compul-
sor--y lumber economy and Of govern
| meE-t reservations Of timber tracts
| bec=omes more apparent. The National
/ .Fo==estry Association lays particular
4 str.--ss on the need Of such reserva-
4 tio==as In the East. In recent bulletin
/ Of this association. interesting data Is
4 bro-ught to light on the relation Of lun,-
4 Der TO national prosperity. 1t Is shown
4 in @this bulletin that the overthrow oil
4 nat=ions Of antiquity followed closely
i upo@n the destruction Of their timber.
4 Thts-s was the case with Syria Her
/ pros- sperity and her industries fell toI
4 rui--1 when In 1850 3. c., her forests be-
4 ga@@ to disappear. Lebanon, the home
y OF the famous cedar, once supported
"A mil =lions In afrluence. but lansed into
y rui--1 with the loss of her trees So IN
Pa--estine OF forest timber were the
q prc@ps which upheld the proud cities
OF Uneven, Babylon and Carthage
Ane-d with these supports gone came
. nat=ipnal destruction.
==ut the National Forestry Associa-
4 tio=-a does not rely wholly academic
s hisE--orical arguments. AS concrete
4 fac--- the advanced price OF lumber is a
I mos cogent argument In favor OF
Il iscie-ntifc forestry. The apprehension
Il OF thinking men this question Is
: not ~ merely matter Of speculative
i pes-sirnlsm. There are In the West
= Imr--aense national reservations. There
are altogether nearly one hundred and
Il fift=y millions of acres OF national
h fors-asts. But these forests lie in SIX
II teel-@ States, which n combined popu-
. latE-=o represent slightly than
:, one--eighth the people OF the United
. Sta -ies.
T=hls is clearly out OF proportion, as
;, is rzhe fact that s4o,ooo.ooo is now be-
. Iing- spent In reclamation OF these
sta--tes containing natona! timber
ira Its. AS the association points out
1he- question OF forest reserve is and
= 5rnu st be one Of national concern, be.
; ca,-z@se the States containing forests
/, car-@not be expected to reserve them fol
. oth-=er States which are being denuded
: If his destruction continues the Who'll,
!, cou-ntry Will suffer and where all arr
: corl-cerned all should act. The ex.
). tel@sion of national forest preserves
- se--ms the wisest and only course II
!. lu,--,her famine Is to be avoided
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" cI~@IMINAL LAW, HERE AND I,
IN ENGLAND.
E=nglish expedition in matters erin,
=, in@-l was we'll shown In the Contra
&c CIR imnai Court Of London day d
!, tw--o ago in the trial OF Chicago May
CHI urchill. The entire proceedings, end
v. ing-@ in a fifteen-year sentence for III
~ wo7man and HE term for her accorr
- plE--ts took Just six hours. The erin
~ w@@s attempted murder,
.er This item, in the news columns, sit
a py-z-- side with the Boise dispatches al
RVS pe-ars somswha, disconcertng. He1
,ey we>----rs all tha eiemsnts OF sensation
In cas-lse. \ woman OF world wide not
no ris=-sty and OF considerable PICTURESQUE
rse ne-ss in evil was on trial Her vitti,
aer Ee@-5ward Guerrin, wes her quonda
ed p=i, against whom, she had turn,
ed. tt---rorsh jealousy,
her But these elements ala not opera
Ase o. clog the speed Of the wheels
ted ttE-ft'ee. The case waf not featured
cad TIE English newspapers, No dlh,cul
wer w-z--as encountered in selecting a iu,
al j. asst two minutes was required
tely tt--s operation The trial was not nee
try. ls@ssly prolonged by the cashing
Is ee--ounssl and by trivial objections.
or fs---ct, not single objection Was rais
.rr- irz-a The course OF the half days ri
ion s. 81 unnecessary witnesses ~
ersl n-ot introduced, The machinery OF p
cally c %dure reached the irrsduciblt MI
tie rE@lun'
and justice Vernon M Davis, OF the n
mia ! S=ork supreme Court, sat as a spec
go So or throughout the trial Ne was !,
ina, f=onndy suppressed by the sapidity
w.l1 I q ding al a.