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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-14

roora han double the present area ana ths ~ oa1'
tirol o,t of the oeston Much of the land now unooR
forest but capable Of producing crops Will nave 70 Od
cleared and titled to provide for an increased popu
tion All the evidence therefore is that the land u
der forest will during next so years be reduced ~
oOoO 600 acres and this reduced area will nave 10
proyide for a population almost twice as large as tne
present Nor will there much hope for covering the
shortage of our home production by importatons from
abroad.
The demand for timber is constantly growing al over
the world Ii increases the rate Of five per cent
annually If we compare the total excess of imports
over exports all woodmportng countries of Europe
with the total Of exports imports of all
wood-exporting countries shall find that there Is
deficit for Europe of 141 100000 cubic feet which Ia
met at present by imports from North America. Swes
den Norway and AustraIungary have already touched
the highest point exports. Russia could prob,
ably extent its exports from the norh
where still large of virgin Forest bue
growing scarcs of timber in the other parts OF the
empire make it very unlikely mat larger supplies o.
timber export will available Canada is still abN
increase its exports but the drain the Canadian
forests is growing and they will remain the
only of supply to satisfy the urgent needs Of the
cf the world for conifeTous timber after Austrat
Hungary and Russia to be exporting countFiegi
The growing demand for wood material must be met,
then not by an increase Of tho forest land by de-
pending imports from abroad, but by increase ~
productiveness Of the forest and decrease In the
waste TO which chiefly due the fact that the United
has che greatest capita consumption in the
world.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-14

America average yield less than IL
u farsghted national policy in the conservation of
natural resources is to make provision for an evern
creasing population then the greatest possibilities lie
IN the direction OF developing the in all its forms
held forest ana Notwithstanding all possible
economy In the OF the nonrenewabe resources they
are bound to decrease time goes on
One hundred years ago United States east of the
Mississippi river was almost unbroken forest
prising something 100000 square miles or about
ZOO 100000 Now after about century of settle
merchanabe forest land I'm the eastern United States
About $4,000 square miles been cleared for farm
land The remainder has been cued of its valuable tim
Der and devastated by fire else turned useless
brush land. With the growth Of population and the
greater demand for agricultural land the ratio
and forest land will change still further The
will be and crowded into the mountains
upon soils thin too poor for agricultural pur
poses may be safely assumed that in SO 100 years
proportion of land devoted to the different purposes
viii change almost much it has during the past
century These changes will especially in the
ern part the United States because there the
is confined. it is in the west to high attitudes,
where agriculture is generally mpracticable In the
west the forests with few exceptions in the low
country around Puget sound mountains which
rise In midst of semarid plains and their original
area OF 10000 square miles half OF which lies in the
Sierra Nevada and in the Cascades and half in the Rock
les changed but very little since settlement In the
west the increase Of agricultural land must be secured
chiefly through the irrigation of the semtarid land
II we take long look ahead into the future and try
to picture to ourselves what will be the ultimate proper
tion of farm forest range in this country 80
wears from now in the light Of the increasing demand
for agricultural land and Of approximate knowledge
Of the climatic conditions and the physical properties OF
the different lands in this country we shall get some
thing like the condition shown in the diagram.
rbe area devoted to agriculture in half century,
instead Of being q per Of the total area it is
nsT will be nearer so per cent. That this is not
ovsrsstmae is indicated by the TACT that during the
Ast 50 years the improved farm land in this country
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-14

mother of labor and the father OF all
products necessary to sustain human life
The richness and prosperity of country,
therefore, depend on the presence OF nat
ural resources within its borders, such as
water, minerals, forests and cultivable SOILS
on the one hand, and intelligent human en-
ergy on the other to shape them into the
forms necessary for the needs OF man. Of
the two elements the natural resources are
Indispensable, for in country like the des
ert of Sahara all human effort would be
Of but little avail. The growth Of nation
depends, therefore, upon the extent OF the
natural resources and upon the knowledge
Of how to use them with as little destruc-
ticn as possible.
The resources of a country fall natu-
rally into three groups-water, minerals
md lsnd-which represent, respectively, re-
sources which are inexhaustible, resources
which are exhaustible and cannot be re-
newed, and resources which are exhaust
ible but can be renewed. 1t may be ques-
ssoned, indeed whether there is such a
thing as an inexhaustible natural resource.
Even water through the denudation of the
drainage basins, may become irregular in
its how, or through the careless disposal
of refuse may become polluted so that it
cannot be used. Mines are illustrations Of
resources which are exhaustible and not
renewable. Gas, oil, coal and iron once
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-14

ports Apparent exceptions to this RTE appear in the
of Bulgaria Serva These countries. while az
present importing wood than they export possess
considerable of forest inaccessible. and, with
the development of of exploitation and the IN
creased demand for lumber they win in time become ex
porting countries.
From this may infer that country in order to %
sefsustaining regards it's timber supply must nave
Of about 100 Of forest land for every lV0
inhabitants The necessary to supply all the wcod
needed for home consumption will vary OF course wn
per capita consumpton and the 100 acres per 100
inhabitants be considered the minimum area, be-
it is based upon moderate capita consur'p
tion such found in densey populated countries on
Europe like Germany France,
The minimum area for every 100 inhabitants
necessary make country selfsustaning can also be
deduced in another way At present Germany imports
100000 cubic feet Of wood from abroad TO produce
this amount Of timber Germany would have to possess
forest area 100000 in addition to the $4,000
900 available. In other words, she would neeu
5200OOOO of forest in order to meet her own tim
ber requirements. 1872 for every 100 inhaDi-
tants. Germany is extremely good example WIN
which the productivity Of The forests Of all other coun
tries be compared, because her
forests be taken as a standard OF
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-14

gone are gone forever
or all the natural resources the
only one which contains within itself
the possibility Of infinite renewal is
land. The nation should therefore be
most vitally concerned with the con-
serFation and improvement of this re-
source. Human control over such nat
ural resources as minerals is limited.
The only possible means of conserva-
tion is the avoidance OF waste, but
their ultimate exhaustion is unavoid-
able With agricultural and forest
land, however. it is otherwise. Land
can not only be conserved, but con.
stantly improved and it's yield in
creased. While in England the iron
ores and the coal are becoming con-
stantly harder to get and their ex
haustion is threatened, the agricultural
land, after thousand years of cultiva-
tion, Is now more productive than ever.
The wheat fields OF England, under in
-tensive cultivation. yield 80 bushels to
the acre. while the virgin fields OF
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-14

In this country, where the per cap
ita consumption is six times as greas
as that in Germany or France ana tno
annual growth per acre may De es.r
mated roughly as one-third OF tnat IN
those countries, the forest area woulu
have to be 1900 acres for each 100 inf
habitants, or more than twice the press
ent area, in order to maintain tne press
ent cut. The present area OF 10 acres
for every 100 inhabitants at the pres
ent per capita consumption ana ant
nual growth per acre would pc sums
cient to meet our own needs II there
we're not present a supply OF virgin
timber. the accumulated capital on
centuries. to meet the deficiency. with
tbe exhaustion of this remaining VIZ
pin supply. which can last only about
% wears more. there must come a time
when not only all our exports OF th'
Der must cease, but there Will not ps
enough wood for home consumption
Even as it is, the total exports OF
wood from this country amount to only
five ner cent. of the lumber cut, while
the surplus of exports over imports is
only is per cent.-an nsignlhcans
amount. This shows clearly that we
nave practically ceased to be an ex-
porting country and the tendency VIII
ba more and more toward becoming q
wood-importing country.
How shall this shortage be met!
With an increasing demand for land
for agricultural crops there is little
hone Of increasing the extent OF forest
land. AS we have seen, the area nee
essary for this purpose would have TO
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-14

Y THE last anal
ysis al material
wealth. all the
comforts and me-
cessities of life,
are the product
of two elements
nature and la
Dor. 1t may be
truly said that
nature, or the
G earth. is the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-14

United States through
the growth of cities. the
building of railroads and
the general development
of commerce and non
agricultural industry. The
possibilities for increas-
ing the productiveness of
the 100000 acres OF
our public grazing land
are very great.
About two per cent. of
the total land area will
forever remain uesert.
There are but few areas
within the United States
which, on account Of the
intense heat, very low
temperatures. alkali or
lack of rainfall, are unfit
for the use of man and
may be truly considered
desert land. Such land is
found in
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c a lifornia.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
JEFFRIES' CONDITION SOUND
Physician Claims 8 Months Train
ing Will Do It.
Says Champions Present Condition
stamps Him as Ready to Fight
for the Honor.

Minneapolis. July A-D. F. r. Cooke,
physical director at the University Of
Minnesota. this afternoon made a physi-
cal examination OF James J. Jeffries.
Next week IN New York Jeffries is ex-
pected TO post his forfeit for his fight
with Jack Johnson DR.. Cookies state
ment follows:
Il have examined Jenries twice. and
have seen him both before and after his
exhibitions.
4 give It as my opinion that he Is in
fine condition. and can go into the ring
with a months training and do himself
justice. do not think he has gone back
any. II ne has dissipated there Is no evi-
denCe OF il.
Frank Gotch, the wrestler. is the
only other man ever met who is so SYM
metrically developed. Jeffries IS not
habby and really has no paunch al all
His waist measurement Is 3S7 inches.
while his chest measure IS 45-3 inches.
just about the right proportion. His
lungs are sound. his heart action is nor
NAL. his pulse good and steady.
The only thing I can find TO be the
matter with him is not a serious defect
His nose was broken some years ago
while training by a blow from his op-
ponent's elbow. Consequently he does
not breathe through his nose easily. but
breathes with his mouth slightly open.
This makes him seeEI TO puff and wheeze
when exercising.
Here are the measures that 7 took:
Weight 90 pounds; height 7S6 inches:
neck. l7.5 inches: chest. forced expansion.
45.3 inches: chest. forced inspiration, 507
inches; chest, normal, 4S.S inches: waist.
SS.7 inches: hips. 422 inches; thigh. 267
inches: calf, us inches; upper arm. con-
tracted, l6 inches; upper arm extended.
l4S inches; forearm, contracted, 12S
inches"
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
JOCKEYS REFUSED LICENSES
Knapp and Redfern Turned Down
by Stewards.
Dusan Also Warned 20 Quit Rough
Tactics or suffer Penalty
of Blacklist

New York, July 24-Two well-known
jockeys. Big Bill Knapp and Arthur Red
fern, are unable to secure licenses from
the Jockey Club. Their applications have
been laid on the table. Knapp got into
disfavor two years ago. Il is said. be-
cause of a queer ride on the mare Gold
Lady, which caused no end OF gossip.
IL is also said that his handling OF sew
eral horses owned at the time by the
Patchogue Stable had something to do
with his retirement.
Redfern has not been in the saddle for
several years because Of his weight He
announced recently that ne intended 10
go abroad and for that reason he prob
ably applied for a license. The cause
Of his turn down Is not known.
Skeets Garner. who once rode for John
A Drake. and who went 10 Paris last
winter with Eugene Leigh. returned here
recently and was successful in getting
license. But his services, SO far. have
not been IN demand on the local tracks.
His young brother. G.. Garner. has been
making rapid progress
Dugan. because Of numerous com
plants. has been notified by the turf
governors that If he persists in his rough
riding tactics he viii permanently lose
his license.
If some Of the other Jockeys who are
noted for queer rides" received q similar
warning Il is believed that the turf would
be much benefited. HOTsemen say that
there should be the same penalty for
rough riders" and "queer riders"
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
CAPTAINS TEAM.
FORT ERIE RESULTS.

FIRST RACE-Five and one-half furlonFs: two
ycar-olds: purse 500. Western Lady. lo5 Burnsl.
to l. won; Ben X. Sleet lo3 HERBERT. 70 TO-
sccond Short Order l05 (Kenuedy). 9 to l. third
Time, liz is. sociable. MesmeTizer. Frosty. Ian
caster. and Hedge Ross also rRn.
SECOND RACE-Sx furlongs; selling: three-venr-
olds and. upward. Edgely. lo6 (Kennedy) to /
won; Rehsed % Davenport 10 20 l. second
Ras1nan. 81 ROSS. 10 l. third Tine ll9
Closteress, Teddy Hodge. Black Sheep Minot
Busy Man, and Minnie Bright also ran.
THIRD RACE-One mile; threc-year-osds; purse
500. Wooldsandal. 100 Davenport, 5 10 2 won,
Tremargo. 100 tKennedyl % to I. second: Dispute
100 tHerbert). to !, third. Time. l.is +5 Dare
tngtOn. Dc BurEOo steel. Claiborne Lazarus. and
Gwendolyn f. also ran.
FOURTH RACE-Fun course; Grand Canadian
stecpechase; purse. Sl.0oo. Bonnie Kate. 80 CPul-
locO. u to 5. won; Waterway I6l (Wiuiamsl 4 10
s. second; The Poet, l39 Ryan. IA TO s. third
Time. Sol Bonnie Kate and The Poet coupled.
Harrington and Easterioy also ran.
FIFTH RACE-One mile and a fIrlangy. three.
yearolds; handicap. The Minks. 100 Howard
10 5. won; VoI POpuh. 100 Davenport. 10
second All Red. 100 Ross. 70 70. third Time
z:i5. Three starters.
SIXTH RACE-One and one-eighth miles; three
yearolds and upward. Thomas Calhoun, l0i Dav-
enport). 7 to 10. won; The Peer s7 tFossl. even.
second; stolypin. lo2 Kennedy. 20 /. third
Tine, 81 Dr, Pillow and Bonnie Bard also ran.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
BITS OF SPORT.

The dates for playing the English and
American matches in the Davis ChaI-
lenge Cup tennis series have been set for
September H. 13, IA, and Is.
Barney Oldheld. holder OF many auto
records, IS suffering from injuries recelv-
ed IN being knocked down by a racing
car on G Chicago street knowing things
these autos.
Looks like a great season for the har-
ness geegees. After being retired six
years the thlrteen-year-ol Country Jay,
2:loiz. came out at Windsor the other
day and lowered his record 10 2:09A.
The monkey mascot of tho New OrleaA
team. infuriated by taunts OF the Mobile
players. broke its leash and. getting into
the grand stand. caused a stampede among
the spectators. Here most OF the stamped
ing Is done by monkeys in the game
"Corhett's defeat by Frayne means the
end OF his ring career" is d headline In
2 Western paper. Corbetts career ended
February %. 1906. in the fight with the
Battling One, Il our dope book Is correct
Since that date he has been trying to
come back"
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
VETERAN jim O'ROURKE
BACK IN GAME AGAIN
Connecticut League Boasts Sixty-year-old Catcher
Able to Hold His Own With Youngsters.
Special to The washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Hetald
Bridgeport. Conn. July 24-Jim O'Rourke
is back in the game. The Oldest player
in original baseball, he this week began
his thirty-seventh consecutive season IN
the game lie owns the Bridgeport club
OF the Connecticut League. and has gone
behind the bat for II and viii alternate
behind the bat on it the remainder OF the
season or as often as he feels like play
ing.
When Jim wound up his big league ca
reer and left the New Yorzs in in 1894 he
came TO his native town, Bridgeport. He
organized the Connecticut League and Is
It's secretary and treasurer He owns the
grounds en- which the Bridgeports play,
as we'll as the Bridgeport franchise.
O'Rourke's father owned the farm on
which the present grounds are located
and Jim pitched hay on them when ne
was a boy, before he got the baseball
craze He owns several or the largest
blocks in Bridgeport and IS one OF the
richest men that ever went into big
league baseball.
Jim never tells his age, but he Is some
where in the vicinity OF sixty. yet he nips
the best base-ruhners in the league when
they try to steal second and is always
close TO the top of the Connecticut
League as a batsman. He led the Ma
tional League IN batting in 1882.
Jim and his son, Jimmy. jr. the old
Yale player. were together on the Bridge
ports It'll last year. when Jim sold Sonny
Jim to the New York Americans The
Yankees turned him over 20 Columbus. OF
the American Association, and they have
sent him to Lynn. in the New England
League
They were the first father and son to
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25

The fierce rivalry between the long
distance runners Of Baltimore and Wash
lngton will have a renewed test on the
afternoon Of Saturday. September Is,
when the stars OF the two cities meet
In the track and field games to be held
by the Young Mems Glass Of the First
Presbyterian Church at Union League
Park, Washington.
Manager Stratton yesterday received a
letter from Capt. f. NJ. Elphinstone. OF
the Baltimore Cross Country Club. IN
which the Oriule leader announced that
every runner his club can muster will
be entered. in the two-mile run in the
Young Mems Glass games. with the in
tention OF making a clean sweep, and
getting even for some Of the recent de-
feats administered by the local athletes.
Washington win be formidably repre-
sented in the distance class. however, by
the entire Marathon squad OF the Young
Mems Christian Association; by Louis
Connor, who has done some good work
at Wesleyan University during the past
two years; by r. f. Fleming. now a
member Of the Cornell University track
team, and who was formerly the main
stay OF the George Washington Uni-
versity squad in the one and two mile
runs, and by half a dozen lesser lights.
Call for Candidates.
capt F. ?. Enzor. Of the Y. M. c. A.
team. yesterday issued a call for the
members Of the Marathon squad to re-
port for training on Tuesday. in prepara-
tion for both the Washington Grove and
the Young Mems Glass games. All these
men have had three weeks rest, and will
be given only very light work until the
middle Of August Seaman. the South
Atlantic twO-mile champion; Enzor.
Stecker, and Shaw are the men who are
expected 10 dlsappoint the Oriole contin-
gent.
1t Is expected that Shaw will be particu-
larly troublesome 10 both the Baltimore
and local runners. He has shown i'm
proyement In every succeeding race in
which he has competed, and will he es-
peoially worked for the one and two mile
runs in the fall games.
The Baltimore City College boys. who
continue regular training during vacation.
VIII enter relay team probably in each
open relay race, besides sending several
tNlA fNNAtdAlNfn ANA Allt AnulNluQaA events.
They are particularly strong in the sprints
and hurdles. and except to have enough
good performers in other events to give
them a sufficient number OF points to
win the club trophy. The Petworth Ath-
letic Club fremont Athletic Club. and
Advent Athletic Club have also announced
that they VIII enter relay teams and IN
divdual competitors.
Donates Silver Cup.
Andrew Johnson. a member OF the
Young Mems Glass. has donated pretty
silver trophy 10 be presented to the club.
school, or college team scoring the great
est number Of points In individual events,
and a trophy will also be given the in
dividual athlete who makes the highest
point score.
Managers Of relay teams desiring to
have races arranged for their teams
should communicate with o. W. STRAIT
ton. manager Of the gaines, 7O9 Four
teenth street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
FEW SYNONYMA FOR
BATTER GETTING A HIT.

He stung, siugRed, lined,
smOte, Emsci<ed, spanked, soaked,
smenred, swatted, slammed,
scOrched. knocked, crashed, club
bed. damned, IunEed, laced,
burned, bored, nayed, punched,
peIted, pasted, pronEed, thump-
ed, hammered, pounded, pum--
meled, wniloPed, hanged, whack-
ed, whaIed, EDlashed, spIIIed,
slapped, dumped, dinged, pIunk-
cd, pIastered, planted, pumped,
plugged, swung, sunk, shot,
swept, switched, pulled, pereo-
lated, brushed. landed, laid.
whipped, thrust, carved, car
onied, careened, uncorked, pro-
duced, discharged, put, cut. en-
blnEoned, elected. emptied, fes-
toOned, picked, aimed, register
ed, heaved, rolled. divuIged,
poured, scratched, siEEIed, skim
ed, sandwiched, slipped, drIbbIed,
bounced, glanced, hicIced, dipped,
bumped, penIed, crowded, jam
med, trundled, tricIZIed, forced,
sailed, scared, lifted, iobbed,
arched, fOrked, popped. pushed,
winged the pellet.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
LOCAL CRICKET TEAMS PLAY
Captains Team of Washington Club
Wins.
Rock Creek Field Rapidly Growing
in FavOr-Big Crowd of Inter
ested Spectators.

Two teams comprised OF members OF
the Washington Cricket Club, and styled
the Captains team and the Treasurer's
team. played a practice game on the
new field OF the club in Rock Creek
Park yesterday afternoon. resulting IN a
victory for the Captains team.
The best batting was done by Bob Barr
and Jim Quinn. and the bowling OF Quinn
r. W. Roberts. and John Roberts was
effective in spite Of the fact that the
dryness OF the turf favored the batsmen
A number of novices, who are crack
amateur baseball players. tried their
hands at the game and made good. as
baseball experience is valuable 10 a
would-be cricketer.
Practice games will be played on We'd
nesday and Friday afternoons OF this
week, and the regular team will meet the
second team In a contest on Saturday
az 2 p. m. The score:
CAPTAINS TEAM
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
BAN JOHNSON FAVORS
SUNDAY BALL IN WASHINGTON.

American trip
following interview;
Tho baseball question hobby Of nine
believe have
Washington. Pitsburg
{ shall
baseball Cleveland taking
opposing kinds OF Sunday baseball
ordinary games
is
game Sunday
concc IS iferen roma a
baseball by
opposing
Sunday"
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25

James Conroth has his lines out for a
battle between AL Kaufman and PhiIa-
delphia Jack O'BrieE at Colina next
month. o'Brien cut Kaufman 20 ribbons
and knocked him out IN seventeen rounds
several years ago. which was Kaufman's
only defeat O'Brisn has gone way back
since then, and IL Kaufman Is any good
at all he should win easily
The Washington herald., 1909-07-25
Britt Meet. Summer.

Fight fans in London are on tlptoe be-
cause OF the coming nght between Jimmy
Britt and Johnny Summers on July 81
They will meet in the open air, and the
manager OF the mill. who halls from
Frisco. has caused a sensation by an
nolfncing that the cheapest admission
rate viii be one shilling. The mill will be
pulled or on football field. where there
is room for $1,000 spectators.