The National tribune., 1909-04-01
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And there were seven lean years and
seven fat years, tho the statement
should be reversed to suit Biblical times.
But this seven years has nothing to do
with the Bible; no, indeedy! 1t just
has to do with politics and Ananias
Clubs. Senator Bailey. of Texas. called
on President Taft and took with him
some friends, and remarked that II had
been about seven years since he had
paced the White House paths. Bellamy
Storer and his wife dined at the White
House with the Tafts. and remarked
that 1t had been several years since they
had twisted the White House door bell.
Senator Perkins. of California, showed
up at the White House last week to
shake the Presidents hand, and said
that thru a Misunderstanding he had
not been there for many moons. (He
was in the Ananias Ciub.) Senator Nell
son. of Minnesota, was at the White
House last week, and it came out Incl
dentally that he is bound in the mystic
| seven also. Admiral SchIey also called
on President Taft, and said he had not
| had time to call at the White House for
nearly seven years. Heap of folk who
are seeing the White House for the first
time in seven years. So the "fat years"
are coming for some people-maybe.
Now. what on earth would any idiot
want with the ear and nose of a craven
image? Just answer that Z you can.
| The group known as "the Goddess of
Peace and Plenty" which stands on tine
| left side of the grand entrance to the
east front of the Capitol. suffered exact
ly this loss and more at the hands of
| some vandal during inauguration week.
The marble lady's right hand, fun Of
poppies and corn, In also lost, strayed
or stolen"
The goddess Is part Of one Of the
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the main east portico of the Capitol.
She is regarded as one of the silent sem
tineIs that guard the approach to the
big white building thru the rotunda.
But. as Capitol official expressed it,
she must have been asleep at her post
March 4. when some vandal with ham,
mer or chisel stole parts of her stony
anatomy. /.
AZ .his point there are groups in mar
BILE OF Persico's Discovery of America
and Greenough's Settlement of America,
with heroic statues of War and Peace.
Because of their gigantic size these fig
ures have been practically immune from
the vandalism of so-called relic hunters.
but in arranging for the Inauguration
events at the east front of the Capitol
scaffolding was built close to the desc
Grated goddess.
The vandals, who robbed her of her
hand. her ear and nose, no doubt
ClimDcu upon the ScdlOlu IN Oruer 10
commit the act. and thus, at great loss
to the Government, secured q souvenir
of the historic occasion.
A big reward will be paid for in
formation as to who committed the act
of vandalism, so IL is not possible for
anybody who committed the criminal
act to ever tell where they got the
pieces of marble, because the reward
would tempt anybody who ever hears
who has the relics to tell 1t.
Poisoned wheat is to be used to kill
the prairie dogs. the stockman's worst
enemy, that now infest Arizona and
New Mexico. and have become a men,
ace to the forest ranges there.
On ranch lands prairie dogs have
proved destructive to variety OF crops,
including wheat, grain, potatoes and
sugar beets, while on grazing lands
they destroy so much grass that the
grazing capacity of the land is reduced
so to IS per cent. The Forest Service
is employing every effort to prevent
range deterioration.
Last Spring a successful campaign
was made against the prairie dog, and
this year 1t will be waged on a larger
scale. The poison is prepared by coat
ing the wheat with a preparation of
strychnine, cyanide of potassium, anise
oil and molasses.