The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-04-25
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ineffJ. said joseph n tedl or portland,
Greg, who represents the Northwest On
the joint committee on conservation
Mr Teal. who is chairman Of the Ore
gon conservation commission. came to
Washington 10 see the President with
regard 10 rumors in the West that tho
present administration Is not in accord
with the policy Of conservation
Vigorous support OF conservation &
20 vital to the West" said Dir. Teal,
that I regarded the word Of the Pres
i6ent himself as necessary TO aIay thess
rumors-
After talking with the President I
make the statement without reserve that
the West and the country generally need
have no concern as 10 President Tafts
attitude toward conservation. For some
reasons an attempt has been made 70
create an impression 10 the contrary.
out it is absolutely without foundation.
The President not Oaly recognizes ths
vital importance Of the movement, and Is
not only in sympathy with its purpose.
but he viii give II his active aid and
hearty support This can be depended
on
Discussing Indians, William F. Sperry,
Of Los Angeles. Cal, who is at the New
willard. said the Mesa Grande Indians OF
the old San Diego mission have dWindled
down from a fairly numerous tribe OF ths
old mission days 10 small number
Their present state" continued Mr.
Sperry, who IS making the red man a
special study. religious. social. and nor
al. is such as certainly would shock ths
soul OF that good leader Of the old Fran
ciscan friars. Father Junipero Sierra,
were he able 10 pay them a personal visit
to-day.
They are found settled IN small groups
and families all over the nesas and
along the canyons. dwelling IN mean lit
tie huts, or shacks.. and breathing a
general atmosphere Of squalor and degra-
dalton, along with CALIFORNIA; 'bracing
mountain air They own and cultivate
little plots OF ground around their dwell
ings. while some own cattle and horses.
Others engage fl fruit raising, while
many go out IS DAY Iaborers on the
ranches hack IN the mountains Sons
older Indians earn q precarious living as
wood CATERERS
Many Of the Indian girls leave home
% work as servants IN neighboring towns
and villages. and quite number OF the
children are sent away 20 boarding
schools sustained by the Roman Catholic
Church Most OF these mission Indians
are professed Christians OF the Roman
g..
religious heritage handed down from the
days OF JuniperO Sierra their state to-day
would doubtless be depl0rable
The management Of the government
school az Mesa Grande is one Of the
most excellent in the United States Be
yond the classroom education. the Indian
children are taught 10 care Tor the sur
rounding grounds and buildings. while
( the practical Use OF all kinds OF tools
( and close attention 70 gardening ara
among educational requirements al Mesa
/ Grande- Cooking and lace making also
/ are taught
/ G. W Wells. lawyer Of Clinton. II.
who IS at the Shoreham. said last night
I that race-track gambling. as compared
{ with stock gambling, was small.
nation to-day continued 1Ir. Wells. Is
the monstrous game Of chance going on
n Wall street Il IS q citadel OF So
/ called respectable citizens who ply a
criminal livelihood. Tor they make the-r
money without any value behind It
The Louisiana LOTTERY was infinites{-
mslly uuimportant alongside the evils n
/ Wall street" added Mr. Wells. ''Ths
lottery was played fairly; there were 10
stacked cards or loaded dice. and K did
/ not impeTil the legitimate business inter-
es1s Of the country as does wall street
An old college friend Of mine Oncs
I wished 10 borrow IS OF me with which %
/ buy wheat In our college days this
same friend used to read a brochure en-
titled. How 10 win in q poker game,
written by a man now IN the pOOrh0use-
Such literature should not be published.
i constitutes a Yeruable school for crime.
[ and the display OF such edifyiuE stories
/ as Diamond Dick, or. The Gambler OF tbs
West IN the book stalls should be sup
pressed
In The many clUbrooms young men are
furnished free instructions n the way Of
gambling and its C0nC0miJant vices. The
propensity 10 gamble makes public off,
Gals betray their oaths, makes eubez-
zleTs OF trusted employees. makes the hus-
band forget his marriage VOWS. and the
( boy an outcast. The life Of the gambler
Is one Of deception, and its bondage costs
/ his self-respect Il either wrecks his life
OF his home sooner or later.
Gen. Sherman said War Is hell No:
/ general. its gambling
Speaking about the prohibition law IN
Maine, Robert F. Glenn, OF Richmond.
Ne. who Is al the Riggs. said that he Old
not believe IN the prohi5itory law. nor IN
the state maintaining liquor agencies
ct seems 20 be a growing belief OF the
professional men Of the state that the
/ prohibitory law is a failure. contin-
( ued Mr.. Glenn, and that it should be re-
/ pealed. am strongly against the main
I tanning Of liquor agencies. and I am in
favor Of the repeal OF the prohibitory
! constitutional amendment don't believe
there are five men Of the learned pro-
I LESSONS In Portland who really believe
in prohibition
''Ninety-nine per cent Of the liquors sold
in the Portland agency are dispensed By
card Cor medicine added Alr. Glenn. "a
well man doesn't need stimUlants Of any
kind, and sick man isn't capable OF
| Judging what he needs. Therefore. II IS
a bowling farce TO have a place where
men can so and set liquors for them
! selves Alcoholic stimulants. Ike drugs.
should be prescribed by physicians When
a man undertakes TO prescribe for him
self. AID goes 10 the liquor agency and
gets quart OF liquor under the guise OF
medicine, II is a case where there IS a
fool for a patient, and he IS doing a
thing which he has no right to do"
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler. former
Lieutenant governor Of New York. has
practiced for a dozen years in criminal
courts" said Henry F. Kennedy. a law