Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-12-11

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!" gress the secretary Of war said. The
: chief defect In the methods hitherto
!, pursued lies IN the absence or execu.
:, live authority for originating compre-
= hensiye plans covering the country or
: natural divisions thereof" In this
. opinion | heartily concur The pres
ent methods not only fail to give US
Inland navigation, but they are inju-
ri0us 10 the arny as well What il
virtually a permanent detail OF the
corps OF engineers to civilian duty nee
essarily impeirs the efficiency Of our
military establishment. Tile mllitary
engineers have undoubtedly done eff
Client work IN actual construction, but
they are necessarily unsuited by their
training and traditions 10 take the
brood view and 10 gather and trans.
NIT % the congress the commercial
and Industrial Information and fore
casts ppcr which waterway Improve
meat must always 40 largely rest I
Furthermore. they have failed 10 grasp
the great underlying fact that every .
stream IL unit from IFS source 10 It's 4
mouth aud that all its uses are inter.
dependent Prominent officers OF the
engineer corps have recently even gone
"a FAR as 70 assert in print that wa.
terways are not dependent upon the
conservation Of the forests about their
headwafers. This position Is opposed
20 al the recent work Of the scientific
bureaus ~ the government and % the
central experience Of mankind a
physician who disbelieyed ia saccina-
liou wonid not be- the right man TO
handie an epidemic 81 smallpox. nor
should We leave doctor skeptical
sis''it the Transmission OF yellow fever
BY the stegomyla mosquito IN charge .
~ sanitation al Havana or Panama. ,
50 with the Improvement of our riy-
crs. n Is n0 longer wise or safe to ,
ienre this grcnt work ia the hands OF A.,
men who fail 10 grasp the essential q
relations between navigation ana gen
eral Development and to assImIlatc and
use the central facts about our !,
streams
tutil the work OF river Improvement I
Is undertaken ia a modern way Il can !,
net have results that Viii meet the ),
needs Of this modern nation These I,
needs should be- met without further =,
or delay The plan which n
promises the best aud quickest results +,
y thai OF permanent commission au- =,
ihorized to coordinate the work OF all ~
he government departments relating a,
% waterways and TO frame aud super .,
Else the execution OF a comprehensive n,
llan. Under such commission the a,
lafHuI of 4. -
ntrusted TO the reclamation service or n,
o the military engineers acting with m
suificlenf number OF civilians to con
hue tue work III time Of war, or il mr.
Night DE divided between the rcclama- m
ION service aud the corps OF engineers ea
funds should be provided from cur m
rnt revenues II il Is deemed wise a.
rlerwise from the sale of bonds The ,r,
ssentlal thing Is that The work should m
o forward under the best possible an
Ian and with the least possible delay. or,
se should have a new type of work /
ld new organization for planning ini
nd directngjt The time for playing br,
i,h our waterways Is past The coun. net
y demands results mo
National Parks. an,
! urge that an cur national parks ad- we
cent to national forests be placed GOV
,Mpleiey under the control OF the be
rest service OF the agricultural de the
lrtmcnt. Instead OF leaving them. as Blu
ey are now. under the Interior de s
isiment and p0llced by the army. the
he congress should provide for SUI sec
With adequate corps OF me
81 class civilian scouts or rangers far
a, lurlher place The roud construc- act
~ under the superintendent instead ven
leaving Il With The war department. tiot
ch Il change hi park management bra
'uld result lp economy and avoid the
heuliies Of administration which
W arise rom having the response
~ % care and protection divided
.weca different departments The
ri Tor this course is peculiarly great Sho
The Yellowstone park This, Ike the
scGdte. ~ great wonderland and
'uld be Kept MS a national play
'uud Ia both all Wild things should ~
protected aud the scenery kept
OILS unmarried. A"''
aA happy to say that have been ~, "
= ~ FNt ANtNf ~ various DlftS or q
country small we'll chosen trncts 80
ground to serve as sanctuaries aud
series for Wild creatures.
Dsnatursd Alcohol. conf
had occasion 10 my message OF the
4. 1906 to urge the passage Of are
n law putting alcohol used ia the show
. Industries aud manufactures upon man,
free iist-that Is. To provide for the wheI
ldrawal frev OF tax OF alcohol giver
Cd Is 20 be denatured for those saviu
POSES. The law Of jane 4. 1000 Is L,
rs amendment Of March =. 1907, II Is
'mpilshcd what was deslr-d Ia that vast
est, aud the use OF denatured al brou.
J a. saiendcd Is making fair de. instr,
~ rregtesS anil Is entitled a. fur ngS
acknowledgement snd SUPPORT FROM savln
g"ngrr>s trolle
Pure Foed. posto
q pure fe.si legislation has already order