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The San Francisco call., 1909-07-18

=" MOTHER OF the big elemental
forces Of nature is TO be bent q
the viii OF man and set to per
forming his tasks The sp.
petite OF the goat is TO be brought un-
der his control and set TO doing his
work The discovery of the applica-
ton OF this latest force long known "a
exist yet unrecognized as a power tina,
might be applied TO the accomplishment
OF the worlds work has come with the
audiences OF all great discoveries.
As Ben Franklin, practical enthusiast
found way 10 draw electrical force
from the heavens; as Fulton put steam
20 pushing q boat up the Hudson. so
have the willing workers of the govern
r1ent forest service. under the influence
Of g stroke OF master genius. set the
goat 20 eating wide lanes through the
trsckless thickets that beset the na-
tional domain. So at about the same
time and with the tendency that great
ideas have OF turning up simultaneously
in different places, have the land own
ers OF Iowa and Texas discovered that
the goats viii clear their land and pay
tor the privilege. while the. stump dig
gers would demand from slz TO $40 an
acre for far less efficient work.
The discovery all came about through
the impetus given the. times by the-con-
servstion movement and the tendency
70 take stock OF the forces that were
wantonly going 20 waste in the country.
The commission appointed by the presi-
dent reported upon those obvious
wastes that might be seen by the man
on the street. but who overlooked the
Amer points in the game. The goat ap-
petite was called 70 the attention Of the
retiring president al the very moment
81 his giving over the reins OF ONCE and
escaped & special message by an eye
lash.
The first application Of the new idea
ls scheduled for the brush covered foot
hills OF California and is TO be tried
under the supervision of Uncle Sam
himself Three thousand Angora goats
have entered the. government service
under civil service rules and are al
ready al work They are under con-
tract for two years. and when that time
expires the government has the privi-
lege OF renewal
Goats as Road Makers
These goats are road makers and fire
fighters. Their versatility is not great
sutsioe Of the wide range taken by
their appetites. But II Is this appetite
that does the work The world has
always known two things about the
goat--the force OF its appetite and the
force OF its butt" The latter had
rather been exaggerated. but the for
mer II Is impossible to exaggerste. 1t
Is insatisble and stops at nothing.
Il is this indiscriminafing appetite
that Is TO be made TO cut roads through
the chaparral thickets that viii furnish
psssagewsys for the rangers and that
viii block the advance OF fires that
may come roaring down the hillsides.
oevouring the vegetation as they come.
This present band, for example. Is to
set 10 work in the Lassen national for
est Here there Is a great quantity OF
underground. chiefly chaparral. This is
almost impenetrabIe 10 the horseman.
and in the dry season furnishes q FIRE
trap that at any moment is likely to
precipitste a condagra tion.
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The owners OF the herds played rou-
lette in Denver and made love to the
Chile queens IN San Antonio. The
docks grew.
Then with one OF these freaks for
which she is so famous. Dame Fashion
decreed that mohair was no longer the
thing chic and debonair and her votar-
les turned a fckle allegiance to other
things. There was slump in the mo-
hair market and the status OF the large
and rapidly increasing herds Of An
CORA goats was a matter OF anxiety.
II was in this crisis that the great
discovery has come The goat is by
nature fitted as laborer in the thick
ct and the pioneer in the tanning Of
wild lands. There are $4,000. 600 acres
Of land in the United States that are
overrun with thickets and Is now
valued at $40 an acre. With the brush
cleared of It would be worth twice
that money. This makes billion dol
lar contract directly facing the goats
Their owners are turning rapidly TO
the task of clearing land. The con-
tract with the United States govern
ment to cut trails through the forest
is one of the first great contracts.
Others are to follow. In New Mexico.
II Is said the owners OF great herds
are dtfidinS tneIn into oduoS OF suit
able size and starting out for new
lands to conquer. They viii contract
to eat up anything from saw dust
pile to an Amazon jungle They prom
ise to become nomads wandering hers
and there at the will OF their masters
bringing order out OF chaos and clean
fields out of wanton wastes Their
ambitions are to get themselves taken
seriously and to escape from the comic
supplezents - aonvince the public
that their cast OF courte7=ace Is patrf-
arehially solemn instead of frivolousTy
gfddy. They hope TO eat their way to
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-18

tunity for the planting of grasses that
would be excellent grazing for other
livestock. A woods so grazed would
soon come TO have the appearance of a
well pruned orchard, clean of all down
hanging branches, or of an open park
way.
In Oregon it has been figured that
the average cost of clearing an acre
of brush land was $40, but the goats
did 1t for nothing and boarded them
selves. In Ohio. Maryland, West vfr-
ginia and farther south. the cost of
clearing was estimated at s12. while
the goats toiled gratis. The work Is
better done than when men do 1t and
the soil in the meantime Is enriched
The larger trees need only be felIed
and the goats will devour every sprip
of their tops, leaving only frewood. A
slight grazing the second year will
remove the sprouts without grubbing.
and the task is complete. In Virginia
broom sedge. which will not be toncbed
by other livestock, Is eaten uu to tbe
Very last bit. CockIeburs In Teras.
lantana. the curse OF Hawaii; sunnov-
ers in Kansas, all fall before the on
ward march of the Unsuitable goat.
Any old, goat will do the work. The
appetite is common 10 them But ths
aristocrat of them ali--the Anrora
goat--ls the member OF the family that
is most commonly set TO the task. This
is because the Angora goat exists in
the largest numbers. having been de-
veIoped in great herds because Of the
profits in it's fleece. This goat comes
from Angora in Asia Minor, where it
originated The famous Angora cats
with long hair also come from this
section. There is shaggy greyhound
that is also from Angora. Seemingly.
there is some popularity In climate
that causes animals living there to
grow hair In abundance What 1t is
that causes this strange result is not
understood hv scientists. as the clinata-
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Clearing Fire Gaps

The men of the forest service have
for years been industriously cutting
and grubbing out these fire breaks.
The task is tedious and each year the
ground has to be again gone over to
remove the new growth. When the
goat force has been developed to its ul-
innate efficiency herd of them VIII
merely be started down one of the fire
breaks and allowed to devour whatever
comes in its way. This young growth
will be easy meat for the goats and
they will again sweep the fire break
day after day along these fire lines
and as they Craze and wax fat thew
will leave lines behind that will stop
the fire demon whenever he comes roar
ing through the woods.
DIR. ]. r. Standley of Iowa first hit
upon the idea of clearing up brush land
with goats. He was the owner of "a
tract that was practically useless be-
cause OF the fact that IL was overrun
with brush. He secured a carload OF
these animals and started them in on a
40 acre field. From a waste thicket
in two years they had converted ii into
an open field entirely clear of weeds
and brush. In the meantime they had
proved themselves profitable invest
ment from a livestock standpoint and
had made him money. He increased
the herd and set them 70 clearing up
other tracts. On lands that were COW
cred with large timber he found that
they would entirely destroy the UNDER
brush and weeds nd make an oppor-
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-18
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put in an appearance with the fencing
and settlement OF the country and the
discontinuance Of the fires. All that
great stretch of country west of San
Antonio where the cattle king once
held sway and the cowboy roamed free
as prairie viking the chaparral has
encroached. Today II stands as high
as a mans head on horseback and in
a dense, unbroken thicket in which
view reaching not far beyond ones
horses ears can be had. On the heights
OF Harlem the same chaparral is to be
seen. converting the vacant lots into
thickets that harbor IA year old bandits
in the planning of dire deeds to be
perpetrated upon the 1000 900 people Of
New York
When the goat and the chaparral
meet there ensues the battle royal. The
errant appetite of the goat wanders
from sprig to sprig and from leaf to
leaf of the plant He strips it of every
vestige OF green that is within his
reach. He stands on his hind legs and
does wonders among the taller
branches Then finally he gets astride
of those bushes that are not too stiff
TO Withstand his weight and rides
them down When they are bent over
he stands upon them and devours them.
When he has finished with the bush
there is nothing left of ii but stiff, bars
limbs. The effect upon the bush of
losing its leaves is peculiar. The leaves
are the lungs of the plant and. with
out its lungs it smothers to death
If the goats are held upon the brusl,
patch a little longer they fall to and
eat the bark off the trees. This is the
manner of attack on saplings that are
too large for the bending process The
foul weeds that are likely to exist in
the thicket have fallen with the un-
derbrush and there is not a yestige of
life or growth left in the path A fire
could no more be started than In the
middle of San Francisco bay
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tarnessln@ the Appetite OF the Goat

UNCLE SAM HAS SET ANGoRA HoCKs TO CLEAR
PUBL &c LANDS OF CIAPARRAL AND TO EAT FIRE
GAPS THROUGH CALIFORNIA FOREST RESERVES
New-York tribune., 1909-09-11
FOR DESTITUTE CHILDREN.
Charity Organization to Have Building in
59th Street

Better half LOAF than loaf At all is what
the officers the Chidren's Court are thinking
just They haven't the building they
need, but they going TO have the whole of the
building at No. 65 Third avenue which up to
now they have shared with the Charity Depart
ment's Bureau for Dependent Children.
This bureau is to have a home TO itself in the
four story building al No 14 East 59th street,
Joining the New York Orthopae1ic Hospital, and
Commissioner Hebberd, through William Flanagan.
architect has just filed plans for the making
over Of the edifce. The Commissioner kens well
the Board Of Estimate and Apportonment and
therefore does not ask for buildings. His
method is when he finds a piece OF property which
the city owns and isn't using, and which is
suited 10 Of his plans. to ask for il. Later on
If he finds that money is needed fix the property
up he asks for thar, and thus the powers that be
are led gently along.
According 10 the plans OF Architect Flanagan
the first and second floors Of the 59th street build
ing will contain the offices. Investigators quar-
ters and a hreproof room for the records The
whole building, however, will he freproot on
bows dormltory FOR the children whom It is neces-
sary TO keep overnight before sending them 10
whatever institution they are destined IN go The
fourth floor will have the caretaker's rooms a
dining room for the children and a hig kitchen
In the course Of a year several thousand children
are brought n Superintendent Bauer of the hu
reau for disposal. and naturally the work is
cramped In its present quarters
Immediately on its removal work viii he bepun
the remodelling of the Third avenue hrldine
for the purposes Of the Chidren's Court The
courtroom. the detention rooms ETC. win all be
enlarged
New-York tribune., 1909-09-11
HUNDRED CAN'T DECIDE
Instead of Reducing Mayoralty
EHgibles Committee Increases Them.

It begins to look as II the committee candi-
dates of the Committee OF One Hundred would
have to advertise soon for headsman. With the
Republican City Convention only twelve days off
and with no call for a conference out vet. the
committee IS struggling with a surplus of candi-
dates.
Last night the committee abored until after mid
night, and when It got through the cabinet Of
eliGbles" was just full as ever. In fact. in
stead Of whiting down the list. the committee
actually took in two three new names.
week ago the process of elimination had weed.
ed out the names Of Seth Low. William NJ. WINS
and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. This due TO
the fact that the ant-capitalistc members OF the
Committee Of One Hundred had filed the air with
appeals for. candidate to represent the plain
people Furthermore. ex-Mayor Low and William
NJ WINS had been heard 10 say that they would
not accept nomination.
After the committee on candidates read Yesterday
of the dwindling list some OF the members said II
was shame 10 eliminate such names
J.ow. Butler and Wins, they might he
PEELED 10 run in an emergency. Last night their
names were restored TO the list Of eligibles. and
then the committee once more tackled the Job of
canVassing the names
1t will be about the middle Of next week before
we shall have deinitive conference" said Pro
fessor Franklin H. Giddings. OF Columbia. uem-
her OF the committee candidates I'VE are
working night and day investigating every feature
Of every mans record whose name has been serl-
ously suggested The list includes more than seven
names. In fact. it can be said that any name is
still open 10 discussion
Inclnding that OF Justice Gaynorr' he vas
asked.
Yes" said Dr. Giddngs. ''r would not say that
Judge Gaynor's name had been definitely eliml-
mated"
Dr. GtddinEs said he did not expect that anything
definite would he done before the middle Of next
week. The call for the conference will be issued
either to-day or Monday After that the Reprlb-
hcan County Committee win meet I'm special session
TO appoint its cOnferrees. Soon after the middle
or the week the formal conferences will take place
, ne informal ones are going every day. said
~ Giddlngs- We are making progress, and when
the formal conferences begin II ought not IN taLe
long TO get fusion under way
L tIiddlngS said II fair assume that thosa
organizations which had made 4 enecifc stand
against Tammany misrue and in favor Of reform
would he invited 10 the conference. but he would
nor indicate how many such organizations there are
New-York tribune., 1909-09-11
Nes0S of the Markets

cucumbers are cents each Rocky Ford cantelcupes
are 10 cents each. 6nd cooking apples are 10 cents
quart. White turnips. beets and carrots are
cents bunch; ParsnIps. 10 cents a bunch. and
radishes bunches for cents. Spanish onions are
cents each; pickllng onions. % cents quart. and
Bermudas, 10 cents quart. Green peppers are
for cents; finger peppers, 10 cents dozen; white
cabbage, cents head. and red and Savoy cab
bages 10 cents each.
The early fall herbs are all coming in. Summer
savory is . cents for . lunches: new thyme is the
same price; fresh mariory and sage are also
punches for 8 cents Horseradish Is 10 cents
pound tarragon. cents bunch: chevril, 10 cents
a bunch: chive. 3 cents bunch romane. 10 cents
n head. and lettuce also 10 cents head EscaTole
is 10 cents head.
BUTTER AND FISH.
Butter is rising steadily in price. being excep-
tonaly dear for this time of year. Fresh bUtter
IS So cents. and sweet butter 80 cents a pound
Eggs 50 cents dozen.
Fish has come hack from its hGh jJmp to a more
reasonable figure Weakdsh, haddock and cod are
10 cents pound. Bonito mackereI 12 cents: houu-
ders, cents; buedsh. porgies, halibut ard butter
fish. 10 cents; bass. IS cents: California salmon.
% cents and Spanish mackerel 30 cents. Fresh
mackerel are 90 cents each. Holsters % cents
pound. scallops 60 cents quart soft shell crabs
81 30 for large sizes and - cents dozen for me
dunn. and oysters 81 % a hundred for the best fry
ing and % cents dozen for stewing. Whitehsh are
% cents. yellow perch 10 cents, yellow pike 20 cents
carp 10 cents and eels Il To - cents pound.
POULTRY AND MEAT.
Fowl is % cents pound, Capons are 80 cents a
pound roasting chickens and broIers are % cents
pound and celery fed duckIingst22 cents a pound
Squads 81 20 dozen. guinea hens 50 a pair
and stall fed pigeons 10 cents each.
Veal outlets p cents pound veal chops 20
cents. legs 20 cents. hind saddles Is cents and
shoulders IA cents. Hind saddles of lamb are
II cents. legs IS cents. racks q cents. Ioins q
cents. chucks IL cents ana forequarters Il cents
pound Sweetbreads are >5 TO 80 cents a pair
brains 10 cents pair. hearts cents each and
calves Hvers 20 cents a pound
New-York tribune., 1909-09-11
SEEN IN THE SHOPS.

white broadcloth coat. lined with white satin
and trimmed with white silk bralding, with cufrs
and collar Of beaver. is designed for two or three
year old and costs SIS 20
Muslin pokebonnots with bg satin bows for tvvo-
year-old girls. cost s. 80
pale blue felt mushroom lat trimmed Win.
satin rosettos and forget sells for S6 ~
and is another addition To the thrce-year-old.s
wardrobe.
fronch giquc e.Etans for he baby carrial4 EN-
broideled and riboon run. cost from 81 % up
sell for u cents ana loving Guns for IL cents ana
upward.
Old English pottery eandlssticks in.auain, shapes
Glass to"eilins makes the most durable kitchen
aprons for rough wear. and MAY he purchased f,oro
Il cents yard up. Some women buy rlain linen
the color Of the toTellinE stripe and cut out
border for the hem, pockets and bib.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-11
MIGHT CONSIDER PUBLIC DEMAND.
So Says Controller Metz, but Adds That He
Sees Nothing of It Yet

Herman A. Metz independent candidate
for Mayor a pleasing probability with the
Controller yesterday forenoon At the Finance De
partment but somewhat remote possibility in
the afternoon when he was surrounded by heads
Of departments, city officials and newspaper men,
all wanting talk 10 him at the time.
rs ii true that you going 10 announce your
position a mayoralty candidate" asked.
Position" snorted the Controller Position
Why. / haven't any position-Tve got job A
position yields you income. A Job merely pays
salary"
That got the crowd going" and the Controller,
who feeling fine followed It with this:
"Of course. if the people should rise in their
might and come TO Broadway and Chambers street
and surround the building, demanding that l
for Mayor, then / might consider it. But" said
the Controller. glancing at the window, Il don't
see the streets crowded with people demanding
any such thing. I'm not anxious 70 stay IN
public Office that I am willing 10 run as candi-
date any old ticket"
New-York tribune., 1909-09-11
METz WISDOM FoR AcoRNs.

Controller Metz the headliner tlie usual
Friday evening smoker and vaudeville entertain
ment OF the order Of Acorns at its headquarteTs
In West 31th street. last night Among the topics
touched by the Controller were Wana wana
and the debt limit, but throughout the talk leaves
of optimism TO the present and future or New
York fell from what Great Oak Joe" Johnson
and the other Aoorns think is pretty sturdy timber
IN the political grove
Mr. Metz has heen abroad lately. SO all the
Acorns cheered him who knew when be
again made confession OF faith that NV York
Was the hest town earth. Give II decent
charter and good laws that u-iII he clear On the
face ~ them and let Albany stop -nleddIine and
the CITY would pan out pretty we'll he thought The
Controller even went as far as 70 saw that the
ponce force didn't need reforming. any rate II
II do good laws and not reformers would do IT,
New-York tribune., 1909-09-11
UNION SHY H C4NDID4TE.
But Democratic Rcformers Turn
Dozen GdynOr and Jerome

The Committee ~ one Hundred Of the Demo
cratic Union met IN fun force at The Hotel Astor
last night and further discussed its work for the
Inayoralty campaign and the responsibility of tho
organization 10 depose Tammany Hall from power.
The favori;e candidate of the Democratic Union
:or Mayor did not develop at the meeting. as It
was suggested he might, but there were unInis-
taxable signs Of dsapprovaI OF Justice Gaynor and
District Attorney Jerome as candidates
Folice Magistrate Matthew P. Breen, formerly
head Of the Voters Federation was the guest OF
the evening and the principal speaker It was his
speech that gave opportunity those present
To express their sentiments regarding the Brooklyn
Jur1st and the Manhattan prosecutor. Magistrate
Breen spoke Of the two men in a satirical vein.
against Tammany he delivered p strong indictment.
He spoke of the ethics Of a judicial oficial taking
part in political activity and added that any inn
propriety in his course might be condoned because
OF the presence also of Justice Mayo. OF Special
Sessions. The magistrate spoke of the enormous
expenses of city government under Tammany and
of the 'compounding Of felony from high sources.
Magistrate Breen referred 70 the discoveries Of
Commander Peary and DR.. Cook in leading up 10
Justice Ciaynor and Mr.. Jerome. and said:
And in this city We have race between the two
the first 10 reach the Murphy zodiac OF 18TH street
And whoever gets there first wins. II Is interesting
in all their virtues, which none OF us nave ana
none OF us care 10 have. TO get under one roof.
d1 ees Eae ere a oos fo smr 9%I q besnf
could come into contact without producing Spon-
taneous combustion. q
Magistrate Breens remarks created great laugh
ter and applause. He continued. saying that the
next Mayor must be who will not the
collar Of boss and who cannot be catoled in
timidated.
Colonel Robert Townsend presided Other speak
Ernest Harver. Brigader General Ed
ward Duffy and ex-Assemblyman John J. O'Con-
New-York tribune., 1909-09-11
De Lancev School for Girls

sol West 9Sth St. Cor. West End Ave
2S-h begins Oct 4th. Elementary,
College Prepare school for careful education
OF girls and the cultivation OF the higher qualities Of ssf
reliant manhood. kindergarten Department Classes
for small boys Afternoon study Hour ff desired.
Year book request