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Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
SAVAGE ATTACK MADE
ON FORESTRY SERVICE

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA running
fire of criticism was poured into the
forestry service in the house today
when the agricultural appropriation
bill was under consideration. The en-
tire session was devoted to the Tor
estry schedule.
Representative Mondell of wyoming
and TAYLOR of Colorado were the chief
critics of the bureau of forestry, Whlch
found many defenders in the house.
Mr. Mondell replied to an inquiry
made by Representative Mann of Hi
nois as to why the national forests
could not be made profitable now, II
ever and said the reason was found
in the "scandalous extravaganza that
characterized the conduct Of the Tor
estry service.
Much of its money, he said, was
spent for objects in no way related
to the cutting of timber or to the
protection of forests from fire. Con-
yentions of foresters, held stimuli
taneously with gatherings in which
hostile criticism was likely to be
voiced, for the purpose of offsetting
such criticism, press bureau work, un-
necessary travelling expenses and the
maintenance of large forces of en-
pIoyes in Washington and elsewhere,
were among the items of extravaganza
enumerated.
However, in no instance was an ap-
preparation for the bureau of forestry
reduced today by the house.
Reason for Attack
Mr.. Mondel's attack was precipl-
tated by statement of Mr.. Mann that
if forest reservations ever were to be
profitable he could not see why they
were not profitable now.
THE forests are practically virgin
said Mr.. Mann, "and the timber is as
far advanced as it ever will be-
Representative Scott of Kansas, in
charge of the bill, explained that the
timber was cut at a profit, but. that
the profit was more than overcome by
the expense of caring for the forests.
Il can reply to that question" inter
iected Mr. Mondell. "The administra-
ton of the forest service is so scan
dalously extraVagant that it would be
impossible to pay the expenses from
the revenue from cutting the timber.
In response to questions Mr.. Mon
den said that in his state timber was
cut in the national forests only by the
great lumber corporations. These men
paid Sc for stumpage, he declared,
when stumpage on private tracts was
only ST. but they did not complain,
because they enjoyed a monopoly Of
such stumpage
Employees Get Permits
To make a good showing, he con-
tinued, great sheep herders made out
many applications for permits, each
of their employees getting permit
1t was by this method, he said that
it was made to appear that small
grazers were accommodated in the
forest reserves.
Representative Taylor of Colorado
questioned Chairman Scott as to the
reason for including in the forest re-
serve lands without timber.
Mr.. Scott said Former Chief For
ester Pinchot had claimed that such
land could be planted with trees.
DO you know" declared Mr. Tay-
lor, that at elevations of 1000 and
5000 feet it will take 500 years to grow
forest, and at higher attitudes the
time required will be longer?"
In his own state, he claimed, land
worth 5000 or $500 an acre was in
cluded in forest reserves.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
HENEY TO GRILL
HERMANN TODAY
PROSECUTOR BEGINS CROSS
EXAMINATION
Prisoner Gives Direct Testimony in
Detail-says He Trusted Men
Who Urged Blue Noun
tain Reserve
Associated Pressl

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 1.-Former
Congressman Binger Hermann finished
giving direct testimony in his own be-
half in the trial of the conspiracy cases
against him in the United States dis
trict court, and late today his cross
examination started.
Prosecutor Heney had barely begun
when court was adjourned for the day.
Hermann having merely testified that
Cornelius n. Bliss was secretary of
the interior when Hermann was ap-
pointed commissioner, and that MT
Hitchcock was not made secretary
until two and half years later.
throughout the day Hermann had
gone into great detail as commissioners
Of the general land office, especially as
concerned the creation Of forest re-
serves.
He denied all knowledge of wrong
doing in the Blue Mountain reserve,
told Of the high esteem in which, at
that time, the men who recommended
it were held.
He declared he never had known in
timately f. p. Mays and had no ac-
uuaintance whatever with w. n. Jones,
alleged conspirator.
He declared that he never saw the
MANS ielLGEEg uIBhl5 NlAeAI tiiD ''@NAA
draWal of the reserve be expedited.
The defendant placed little Importance
1lpon a telegram notifying Mays that
he had recommended the withdrawal,
declaring that the information con-
tanned in it was matter Of record, and
as such had been given out as news
to the press.
Federal Contention
1t is the contention of the govern
ment that the withdrawal OF the re-
serve was the direct result of the Mays
letters and that the telegram to Mays
was advance information
Reverting to the subject Of the Blue
Mountain reserve, Hermann testified
the petition for it came through the
late United States Senator John Fl.
Mitchell The men who recommended
It, Hermann said, We're at the time in
dividuals of the highest standing in
Oregon.
SO far as F. P. Mays was concerned,
Hermann said he was acquainted with
him. but not intimately, and that he
had given a decision adverse to Mays
clients in one land case. Jones, he
testified, he never knew.
Hermann never saw any letters from
Mays recommending the withdrawal OF
the Blue Mountain reserve, though he
did hear the letters were in existence
some time later.
The defendant said he had no recol-
lection of telegraphing to Mays that
he had recommended the creation OF
the reserve. The news had then been
printed in the Washington Post and
the Morning Oregonian.
The witness denied that he ever de-
clined to sign three letters introduced
by the prosecution. signed with the
word "COmmissiOner.h
Hermann denied emphatically the
testimony of Emmett Callahan, a
Baker City lawyer, who swore that
when he had told Hermann the objec-
ton. in Oregon to the creation of the
Blue Mountain reserve could be re-
moved by eliminating the school lands
from the reserve, Hermann had told
him not to be so insistent on this
point. that there are only few acres
of school land, and they are held by
our friends"
The prosecution took Hermann over
for cross examination just before court
adjourned.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
COST OF LIVING
WILL Be PROBED
CONGRESS PLANS TO INVESTI-
GATE PRICES
Resolution Is Introduced by Payne of
New York to Inquire Into
Methods of the
Trusts
ASSOCIATED Pressl

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The cost
of living in the United States is to be
thoroughly inquired into by the house
of representatives through its most
powerful committee, the ways and
means.
Representative Payne of New York,
chairman Of that committee, today in
troduced his resolution providing for
an investigation along the broadest
lines.
The resolution, which will be re-
ferred to the ways and means commit
tee, and doubtless reported back for
passage. authorizes the committee to
make a thorough investigation of the
cost of living in the United States to
ascertain costs of production and
wholesale and retail profits, to inquire
into the cost of living in foreign coun-
tries and to recommend such legisla-
tion as will contribute to restore prices
to the normal level.
The resolution authorizes the COM
mittee TO subpoena witnesses, to en-
ploy experts and TO send for records,
papers and all other needed evidence.
a thorough investigation Of the so
called beef trust is provided in a resO-
luton introduced today by Mr.. Coud-
ray, Republican, Of Missouri. The res
OlutiOn apprOpriates 100000 to be used
in getting at the facts Fines of
$4,000 and Imprisonment for five years
is provided for witnesses who decline
to reveal information TO the commit
tee.
The resolution provides for a thor
Ough and complete investigation of the
present unreasonable and unnecessary
advancing prices made by meat pack
ers and of the reported boarding of
live stock in western yards; of the re-
fusing Of large orders and the holding
of supplies in freezers to create the
impression Of a shortage.
The committee will consist of six
senators and six members of the
house, and must report to the present
copgrpgg
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
VOTE APPROPRIATION FOR
IMMIGRATION COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, Feb. Funds to
carry on the work of the immigration
commission are provided by the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill reported
to the senate today The item of $685.
coo which was stricken out of the bill
after heated debate in the house, when
the efficiency of the commission was
questioned and extravaganza charged
has been restored by the senate COM
mittee on appropriations.
This fund will be available only
until December 5 of the present year
and it is the intention that the work
of the commission must be concluded
and the organization abolished by that
time
The urgent deficiency bill carries
S5.713,124, a net increase of $596,799
over the amount of the measure as
passed by the house.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
WANT SHORTAGES REPAID

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Two sub
treasury shortages are involved IN
hearings that have been arranged by
the house committee on claims. The
committee will give hearing tomor-
row on the bill to reimburse former
Republican National Committeeman
Thomas ]. Aiken of Missouri for $6l,-
500 stolen from the st. Louis sub
treasury while he was in charge of that
institution. February the committee
will hear those interested in the claim
of Mr.. Curtiss of Boston for reim-
bursement of $4,000 taken from the
Boston sub-treasury while he was in
charge.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
NEVADA PIONEER DIES

LAS VEGAS, New, Feb. 1.-Judgt
M. S. Beale, a leading citizen ano
promoter of various enterprises that
had to do with the founding of this
community, died last night Of pneu'
monia, contracted several days ago
Judge Beale, while a pioneer here, was
formerly prominent as an attorney il
san Francisco, Topeka, kan, and New
York. He was a member of Denver
Lodge No. 7, of the Masonic fraternity
and a member of the Union league
and Bohemian clubs of San Fran
cisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
Ask AID EoR PROCLAMATION

ST. LOUIS, Feb. Eighty thousand
farmers of Arkansas, acting through
the Farmers union, will urge the red
eral government to cooperate IN the
drainage and reclamation of 6,OOO,OO0
acres OF Arkansas land. The move
ment will, it is expected, not result in
the conversion of this immense area
into agricultural activity, but make
most if not all of the states water
ways navigable.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
sTALwARTs IN SESSION

HURON, S. D., Feb, 1.-The state
convention of the so-called "stalwart
section" of the Republican party as
sembled here today to hear the reading
of the report of the committee on reso-
lutions. The resolutions emphatically
indorsed the state and national admin
istrations. 1t is expected that before
the convention adjourns former Gov
einor Elrod will announce himself as a
stalwart candidate for governor against
Nessey,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
NO DECISION ANNOUNCED BY
NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVES,

WASHINGTON, Feb. Republican
members of the New York delegation
in the house at caucus today voted to
support President Taft's policies, but
refused to commit themselves on the
question of the speakership and the
rules. Party leaders sought to have
the CAUCUS indorse the present rules.
Had the New York delegation sus-
tanned the rules, it is reported, an eff
fort would have been made to have
the same action taken by all state
DELEGATIONS:
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
NEW APPOINTMENTS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The presi-
dent sent to the senate today the nom
nations of Edward II. Archer of Mad
ison. Cal, TO be surveyor Neneral of
California and Charles d. Ford of Den
yer, Colo. to be register of the land
office at Denver.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
ISSUE OF BONDS APPROVED

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA bill to
enable the city of Douglas, Ariz., to
issue 1925 900 bonds to acquire and con-
struct water works plant was favor
ably reported to the house today by
the committee on territories.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02

This is the most expensive theatrical advertisement
ever printed in regular edition of any Los Angeles
paper.
This advertisement appears this morning in The
Times The Herald and The Examiner. 1t will take the
entire proceeds of onghs performance at the Belasco
theater to pay for this one days advertising.
The Man of the Hour" George Broadhursts enor-
mousy successful play, is the expensive play that
has ever been offered by any stock company anywhere
in the world 1t is the best American play that has been
written during the past ten years This week, at the
Belasco theater is the first time Thc Man of the Hour
has ever been played by stock company. 1t is still
being presented in the twodoar-a-seat Syndicate the
aters OF the east and will be again, next year.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02

At the Belasco theater this week you can see The
Man of the Hour at the regular Belasco prices This
means that the that costs you dollars in New
York costs you only seventyfve cents here It's by all
odds the biggest and most attractive bargain in thear
Gals that was ever known anywhere.
Even with the house crowded at every performance
the Belasco theatcr cannot make dollar with The
Man of the Hour" This is simply account of the
enormous royalty expense-the legal right pro-
duce the play.
Still, it's worth offering to the people of Los An
gees really great big vital play if for other reason
than the distinction and honor of being the only stock
company in the world that has been deemed OF sufficient
worth to entrust with this famousplay
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02

"The Man of the Hour" is perhaps the best acted
play the Belasco theater company has made known
Theodore Roosevelt while president of the United
States said of The Man of the Hour" It's bully
it's the best play saw
And bear in mind that Mr.. Roosevelt never saw
The Man of the Hour we'll played it is at the
Belasco theater this week
That's why the Belasco is crowded at every per-
Torrance and why there is line of ticket buyers
stant1y in front of the box office.
You'd better join this line of seat buyers right away
this morning Then you're pretty sure to see what is
the best American play ever written and the best per-
formance the Beasco theater stock company has ever
given.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02

Among the more elegant suit
ings we wish to call special at
tention to the English, Scotch
and Belgian fabrics, of which
we have an unusually large
assortment, at $3.50 to $3.50 a
yard.
Plain serge weayes in every
weight from the fine French
twills to the clays and chew
lots, AZ to So inches wide, at
75c to $3.50 a yard.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02

Showing some uncommonly
nice stuffs in plain cream,
matte, serge, diagonal and
cheviot twills, either plain or
self-striped, Sis to $3.50 a
yard; "a and 58-inch widths.
Broadcloths and Satalaines
in all the new spring shades,
as we'll as the staple colors.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

The Grand Junction News had
representatives in Delta Monday.
VIM. Stout, old timer of Ouray
died in Cripple Creek this week.
Paradox valley ores are said to
carry a high percentage of vanadi-
um.
The Mineral Springs hotel at
Placerville was burned Sunday morn
ing.
A Greeley man recently got a fine
of $3.50 for tying a tin can to
a dogs tail.
Tony Mcneil of Montrose, says
this is to be a bumper crop year for
the Western Slope.
Register B. p Blair of the Mont
rose land Office made a business trip
to Grand Junction last week.
Brand Inspector C. C. Sampson
Of Delta, had business in Montrose
the latter part of last week.
! Mrs. John j. Mccarthy was made
seriously ill in Montrose last week
by taking an overdose of tansy oil.
jeremiah A Copeland of Ridge
way, died of typhoid fever in the
hospital in Montrose on Thursday
of last week.
E. l.. Mckee, a former post Office
inspector, has been appointed by
Judge Lewis, United States Com
missioner at Redvale in Montrose
county.
Mesa county is figuring on an ap-
pie show at Grand Junction for the
Western Slope, the show TO event
ually take the place of the Mesa
county fair.
There is a very laudable move
ment now in progress among the
shippers of fresh fruits looking to
the uniformity of packing and the
standardization of fruit.
A colored girl in Denver takes
the ribbon for titles. She claims the
title of admiral because she has in
charge all the vessels on the second
floor at the Brown Palace hotel.
Walter Hayes was arrested at
Montrose last week on suspicion of
pilfering. Dress goods, surgical in
struments and many kinds of goods
supposed to have been stolen were
found in his possession.
A Montrose paper tells of woman
who wore a rooster on her hat and
the rat reached up and bit the
rooster on the leg. That made the
rooster mad and he reached down
and pccked the rat onxths ear-[Then
the switch got turned and both rat
and rooster fell into the MARCEL wave
and were drowned.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
From the sherin's once.

Charles Strieby. who has been
serving a fifteen days sentence in
the county Jail for beating Il board
bin at the Commercial hotel, Delta.
will have served his time today. He
will Immediately be re-arrested on
the charge of forgery and it is said,
will plead guilty to forging Peter
Mundry's name to a check for $500
which he passed on Allan & Son,
jewellers. Strictly is 19 years old
and had worked for Mr.. Mundry. He
will probably get reformatory SEN
tence.
Martin Slower is in Jail at Delta
for holding up and robbing a man in
Hotchkiss Saturday night Stover,
We understand, will plead guilty to
the robbery. He claims he got about
81. but his victim Claims that he
was robbed of $50.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
Girl Rescues Drowning Boy.

On Sunday afternoon at the Frank
STRAIN place near Clifton, Mrs. John
Rigg rescued from drowning, IL
year old Demmet Simms, son of d.
c. Simms the prominent real estate
dealer of Palisade and Fruita.
The two families were spending
the afternoon in the shade of some
large trees, and being over persuad-
ed allowed the boys of the party
to go swimming in the shallow water
near the bank where the current
would not effect them. But tiring of
such tame sport as the shallow water
Afforded, Demmet Simms swan out
beyond his depth, and letting down,
thinking he could touch the bottom,
and being unable to do so, was so
frightened that he could not recov-
er himself.
He called for help, but his COM
panions thinking he was joking, paid
no attention to him. Mrs. Rigg who
was near, seeing his danger, and be-
ing herself n fearless, though not
an accomplished swimmer, called to
him TO fight on" while she hnr-
ried to his rescue. The undercur-
rent caught both and it was with
great difficulty that they fought their
way to shore. Other sw.mne' on t. e
river nearby, fastened to their as
sistance. but they. were out of dan
ger before their arrival.
This incident has brought to light
the fact that Mrs. Rigg, who is So
cial leader of Palisade and Clifton
and woman educated beyond the
ordinary, as a girl of sixteen, figured
in the rescue of n sleigh full of
children. eight in number, whose
nors>s became ertcnglod in wire
fence on the plains of Nebraska du-
ring one of the worst bhzzards ever
experienced in that state. She broke
down the wires, and dlscnsangling
the horses, conducted the children
to place OF safety and was consid-
cred one of the hcroines of the big
blizzard of 1856. as she is consid-
cred today by her host of friends
for her recent achievement.-Gran
Junction News.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
Ec,ta In n sale Harvest.

For the past week Delta has been
in the throes of sale harvest.
The sale eriden ic was proc, ,pitaso
when A. Jacobins CT tho New York
and st. Louis Salvage Co. struck
Delta and ari nnged with the Rams y
Dry Goods Company to put on n
sale here.
About 5000 copies OF special
paper were printed announcing the
sale. and other advertising features
INDUCED. No sooner had an inkling
of the announcement been obtained
than pretty nearly every store in
Delta announced n special sale One
real estate firm advertised n mid
summer land sale. and in feed
store was displayed bale of alfalfa
on which was the flowing announce
ment: Alfalfa. first cutting, special
sale with music"
All In all the sales have not been
bad thing for the town. The one at
Ramsay's has certainly been n sue
cess, while the other stores have
come in for proportionately increas-
ed trade. The people simply saw
inducement to buy and responded
accordingly. for to them bargains
ever appeal.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
Real Estate Transfers.

Warranty Deeds recorded for the
week ending Tuesday. furnished by
The Delta County Abstract Com
pany. Byrum Luce, President.
Anna Belle Fauss to Harry E.
$4,000.
Leroy S. welch to l.. r. Head,
1928 acres near Cedaredge, $4,000
]. d. Harper & to Ben Bergerman
&, 22.3 acres near Hotchkiss ,s15,-
500.
R. E. Mehaffey to Gertrude L.
Hick. 4 lots Delta, $50.
Adam ]. r. Seager to H. w. Hunt
so acres near Hotchkiss, 81.
Louie B. Dorman to Charles
Schwarz q, 40 acres near Cedaredge
$4,000.
George II. Duke to Jessie R. Hy-
land. 20 acres Payne mesa, $4,000.
Leopold Grasse to C. C. Hawkins,
lot Paonia, 81.
VIM p. Clark & to Robert Pitman,
9 acres near Paonia. s25.00
Charles II. Dorsey to G. G. Thayer
lots Delta. $500.
Thomas w. and Verda Griffith
to T. l.. Beardsley, Is acres near
Delta. 81.
Delta Dressed Meat Co.. to John
Hansford. lots Delta. $50.
Bertha NJ. Garvin to j. Earnest
Lewis. loss acres near Paonia, SS.-
$50.
Zena D. Milelr to Ada Beckman.
10 acres near Paonia, 81.
c. G. Hawkins to w. A. Drake.
lots Paonia. 5000.
G. II. Doughty to James R. Plast-
ers. lots Delta, $500.
Lyman l. Henry to ]. Welland
Jeffers. so acres near Delta. $6.500.
Spot Cash Loan and Mercantile
Company to ]. welland Jeffers, /
lot Delta, $4,000.
Joshua Sandifer to Eugene Frouk
S acres near Juanita. $1,000.
Elizabeth ]. Baker to VIM B. Os-
boldstone &. lots Paonia, $4,000.
VIM. b. Osboldstone & to Henry
Roberts. acres near Paonia. s4.-
500.
Abraham ID. Ward & to Henry
Roberts. ll.35 acres near Paonia
$4,000.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-01
Thinks Hcadden in Error.

The Western Slopers are not in
accord with the theory of Profess
sor Headden that there Is extreme
danger from arsenic poisoning in
eating apples grown in irrigated sec
tions, and 1t does look ridiculous for
fact Formal protest has been
made to Professor Headden and he
has been asked to either prove or
disclaim the statements attributed
to him. but he will probably do
neither, as he is accountable to no.
body. While arsenic spray is used
H. our orchards the fruit growers
declare the college professor does
not know what he is talking about.
DR.. Headden asserts that he eN-
perimented with his own family and
found that they had eaten one
twelfth of grain and that one
fourth grain was deadly in some in
stances. S. b. Sturtevant. a Grand
Junction chemist, laughs at Head
denis statement. ~ have found so
much arsenic in one cigarette paper
that the crystals could be seen with
the naked oye," he says. I'm the
first place. the amount of arsenic
found by DR.. Headden is not enough
to cause alarm, even considering the
fact that arsenic Is accumulative
poison. Would the people rather
eat spNflcss apple containing
6s-100 OF a part of 1.3 parts in a
million OF arsenic or spotted apples
plus three or four worms. Tho ma
jority of orchardists use arsenate Of
lead in spraying. and this substance
is absolutely insoluble in water and
therefore could net be absorbed by
either tho tree or the fruit. -
Fiald and Farm.