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During our conversation. the subject of
the forests came up and ! told the lieu
tenant governor that our authorities es-
timated that at the present rate of cut
ting our forests would all be consumed
within twenty years. The governor re-
piled that the Indian empire was doing
everything possible to preserve its forests,
and that they were steadily growing.
increasing in area. When he came to
Burma the state reserves We're less
than 1Jo square miles. In 1890 they had
increased in lower Burma alone to al
most 6uD square miles, and the govern
ment was then getting revenue of about
S1.Oc0,Uu3 a year from them. In upper
Burma the reservations have grown until
the government forests of the whole prov
nce are now more than 10000 square
miles.
The woods are watched 1t costs some
thing like million dollars per annum to
take care of them, but their gross income
is almost three times that amount. The
receipts are increasing steadily from year
to- year. The government has set aside
some of the best tracts of teak wood and
ii is planting teak seeds in suitable To-
calities where such wood is scarce. 1t
has also induced the villagers living near
the state forests to set out plantations.
paying them so much for every hundred
teak trees found alive at certain inter
walls.
The teak forests are worked with a
view to saving the trees. Those picked
out for lumber are girdled, under the
direction Of the officials. They are then
cut down by the natives at contract
prices and are dragged out by elephants
and buffaloes. The timber is shipped to
Rangoon or Mandalay and sold periodi-
cally at auction. The forests are also
leased to the natives under such
terms that for a term of years they
have the right to take out the girdled
trees at fixed royalty per ton. Such
parties use elephants, by which they
drag the timber to the streams where 1t
is RATED down to Rangoon. Under both
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ing of enormous rooms. twenty or thirty
feet high, wide halls and the great open
courts so necessary to ones comfort in
these hot lands. 1t is situated in
a rolling park, filled with palm trees, and
it's acres of closely cut grass shine like
green velvet under the rays Of the Indian
SUM- As I drove into the park ! went by
an orchid house filled with most beauti-
full flowers, and my way up 10 the man
sion was b0rdered with bushes covered
with blossoms.
At the door / was met by soldiers in
uniform--hlack-faced East Indians in tur-
bans and gowns. They had great knives
at their sides, and as / went in it seemed
to me that his honor was we'll guarded
l first registered my name in the gov
errors book and then a Burmese. clad
in bright silk, took in my card. mo-
ment later l was received by the private
secretary, and after chat with him be-
gan my interview with the governor.
His honor received me in the library
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telegraphs. In fact the machinery of gov
eminent is much like that of any large
country.
This city of Rangoon is the capital
of Burma. Handalay, as you know, was
the place where Thiebaw lived, but when
the English ousted him they removed
the seat of rule for the whole country
to this city. Since then big buildings
have gone up to accommodate the offices.
The secretariat, for instance, consists
of an enormous structure of two stories
running around hollow square of sew
eral acres. 1t has many rooms as
at Washington. 1t contains the chief
public departments and the place fairly
huns with the hundreds of Burmese and
British clerks who busy keeping the
books of the adm ..;stration
Another big building is that of the post
Office department This is situated in the
heart of the city. 1t Is a three-story
structure. with iron porches running
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around it's two upper stories. The post
Office department is under the director
general of the posts of India. and more
Immediately under the postmaster gen
eral of Burma. Some of its methods
are Anticipated. but the business Is enor-
nous and growing. For instance. the
mail comes in from the steamers and
railway stations in oxcarts. Neverthe-
less, something like 2S,000,0OO letters,
:O0O.00O books and 2,OO0.OO0 newspapers
go through the mails every year
Burma has the same postal rates az
India. The ordinary letter costs cent
and half of our money, and one weigh
ing an ounce and half is sent for three
cents. There is double rate to Great
Britain and the other colonial posses
sions, while the postage to other coun-
tries is about seven cents The post office
manages the telegraphs. and the larger
of the offices have postal savings BANS
connected with them.
Every city in Burma outside the CAPT
tai has its government establishment
There are courts in the principal towns,
and also commissioners and their depu-
ties. who act as district magistrates,
judges. collectors and registrars.
In addition are the village headmen.
who form the foundation of the whole
governing system. They We're a part OF
the administration of the past, and they
still come into close contact with the peo-
pie In the larger towns there is a head
man in each ward. and INF some sections
he is assisted by certain others called
elders. The headmen are appointed by the
people themselves and they have the right
to call others to assist them. They act
tax gatherers and local mag
istrates. Each is responsible for good or
der In his ward or village, and he has
certain rights of punishment No one
can take up residence in village with
out permission Of the headman. and bad
characters may BE ordered by him To
leave. II he wishes. he can report them
to the district magistrate. and direct the
latter to Dust them.
When the English first came into Burma
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Good Criticism.
WITTY criticism of Senator Hughes
Is being ren.,ated in Denver.

WITTY Criticism OF Senator fugnes
"a is being repeated in Denver.
Senator Hughes. discussing those men
who advocate, first. unconstitutional laws,
and second changes in the Constitution
to make 1t, fit these laws, said:
Such men remind me of the portrait
painter who wrote:
Dear Madam am sorry that you do
not like my portrait of your little girl.
and that you FIND the nose too thick. l
am afraid l cannot alter or take back my
portrait. You must thicken your little
girls nose
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the taxes were farmed out to the head
men, but later on the revenue was fixed
by the government and the headmen re-
ceived percentage for collecting 1t. In
addition to this tax, there Is poll tax
of $165 on all married men and about
ND cents on bachelors. At present
the lands and property of the country
are fairly assessed by the government
and the taxes are justly collected. \
large number of the people are landed
proprietors, and all are far better treated
than they We're during the days when
they had their own kings.
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NnecdOfe3 Concerning
Well-knOWn PEOPLE.

carefully. my excuse is that, sir. on the
way home with demijohn Of whisky for
my wifes rheumatism. / fell on a cake Of
ice sir. and the demiJohn busted, and the
good liquor all ran out 1t lay in little
pools and puddles between the frozen
ruts l got down and Tapped up all !
could, sir. That's how / got overcome.
You swinish scoundrel,' said the
aster. how much did you drink?
well, sir, said Pete. I guess ] must
have saved close onto quart and
pint ;"
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Bv Herbert Kaufman

Success is the blossom of the Hardknocks plant thorny
grows among the rocks and oushes only under the
most pertinacious effort You buy the seed
your can't cutting must breed
brain and cultivate with persistence 1t won't
take doubt dies among the weeds of caressness and
shripes al the frost of neglect.
you purchase property where it is in full hower
you haven't ability plant Of your won't last
This is day in which create for Themselves We
passed through the this the of practical
beings-we have a standard-and it's individual
There fixed by which classify great
each of us must stand for himself and by himself
We adopted Natures Of eection she forces
the and the weak fruit fall the ground where be-
longs order that the best may have better chance
The that hope for society the greatest
possible percentage Of the highest type.
civilization of sturdy, sane forceful vre beings the
ultimate goal of human organization
every else this American continent
proue the prop of privilege the crutch of
horifv
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you physical mental cripple step to side and
we dutuy provide for you public institution. But so long
you're and insist the right to competition
you can't have odds in your favor.
you believe yourself fitted and fit for the heights it
prerogative go ahead and climb Find road No
hold you back you're and square, opposition
anent check you You have all that your DUE but
it in a clean way.
You can't possibly be cheated So if pause at
any don't rail all creation because isn't the location
,oished occupy but calmly accept the truth that ambition
based upon desire and achievement
capacity and endurance.
isn't easy thing above the a0eyage-only unusual
acquire than norn7a and therefore nominal
centage Of weakh reputation.
Equality Of opportunity by standardzes
who nteprets the spirit the republic
thing other than the removal Of placed the
majority for the sake of the fe.u, is a blatant
Don't confuse the itch of envy for the fire Of the Mighty The
CroOn of Laurel destined for the strongest wN and
1Disdono.
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LIE Speaks of the Country
L i and People-Says There
Is No Unrest in His Province
How Burma Is Governed
A Look at the Public Offices
The Villages and Their
He d m How Burma
Takes Care of It's Forests
The New Railways and Pos
sible Trunk Lines to China
and India-The Gokteik Via
duct Built by Americans
Something About the Water
ways, Monopolized by a
Trust.
Copyright, 1910, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
Special Correspondence of The Star.
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and our conversation lasted an hour.
We talked of the present condition ana
prospects of the country. and especially
of the Burmans and their attitude toward
Great Britain You nave al lisaI ~ VI a,,e
great unrest which now prevails through
out India The people of Hindustan are
dissatisfied with the English and many
of them would like to break away
and govern themselves, There nave
beer assassinations, bomb throWings
and all sorts of anarchistic demon
STATIONS Many of the government Of
ficials are going about in constant dan
ger of death, and the author tiles at Lon
don are afraid of the consequences. l
asked the lieutenant governor whether
such a state prevailed in his realm. He
replied that II did not. saying that Burma
is peaceful throughout, and that its RAPID
growth is an evidence of the quiet con-
ilitions He says that the better class
Burmans are loyal to Great Britain. and
that they appreciate the fact that they
are better off now than they had been
in the days of King Thiebaw or at any
time in the past. The governor spoke
of the Burmans as men. saying that he
held them in the highest respect.
At my request his honor told me some
thing about the government of the coun-
try Tho lieutenant governor is assisted
by legislative council of nine members.
of whom four are non-offcials selected
from the mercantile community and ma
tive chiefs. The others are chosen by the
governor himself. This council aids in
making the laws and 1t will be seen that
the natives have an important part in 1t.
Sir Herbert tells me that many of the
highest offices are held by Burmans. and
that the under officials are usually ma
tives
Outside the council. the lieutenant gov
ernor has n abinet much like that of
our President lie has secretaries OF
the treasury. of public works. of railways
and Of irrigation. He has a police depart
'ment, an educational department and
commissioners of post offices, collectors
Of customs and a superintendent of
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Rangoon, 1910.
BEGIN my letters
on the great en-
pire of India with
the description of
an audience ] have
just had with the
Ii e ut enant gov
erncr of Burma.
This is the last of
the provinces to be
added to the white
mans b u r d e n
which John Bull is
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systems the forestry department supern-
tends the girdling of the trees, and none
but those it selects may be cut. As it
is now about One-tenth of Burma is in
government forest reserve.
/ asked Sir Herbert White to tell
me something about the railway move
ments going on in the country He re-
piled that a number of roads were in
contemplation and projection. saving that
the day would come when there would be
one through railroad line to China and
another TO Calcutta. The building Of y
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The lieutenant governor tells me that
the good roads movement is in existence
and that the highways are being
steadily pushed by the department of
public works. There are now more than
eleven thousand miles of we'll made roads
in Burma. and the government is spend
ing something like 81 .3s,, 900 year on
maintaining and extending them The
average country road made under gov
ernnent direction. has a width of from
sixty TO one hundred feet, with Il path
sixteen feet wide in the center. The
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road to connect with the lines now being
pushed northward from Bangkok is an
other possibility. and all farther India
will eventually be accessible from this
point. Already more than 1.50O miles of
line are open to traffic. and one can go
almost to the Chinese frontier by rail.
There are trains leaving every night from
Rangoon to Mandalay. The journey takes
eighteen hours and from there one can
travel on to katha, and by river to
Bhamo, on the edge of China, or he can
go farther northward by rail to Myitk-
yina, on the upper Irawadi near the Chi
nese boundary.
Dnamo is on the trade route to China
and a considerable traffic passes through
it. Surveys have been made from Myitky-
ina through Yunnan to Chunking on the
Yangtze This is the capital of
Szechuen and is one of the most impor-
tant cities of western China. The rail
road, for the building of which the United
States has recently loaned millions of dol
lars, is to go there and the extension OF
the Burmese road will bring this country
into connection with the whole Chinese
railway system. The road will go through
Yunnan, one of the most fertile provinces
of Ch.->a. 1t will tap the French line
which is building westward toward yum
nan, and it's trade will be enormous. This
road will probably be England's great
trade route to western China and 1unnan
will then receive it's British cotton goods
by way of Burma. When the Burma
and Chinese systems are connected. one
will be able to start here a t Rangoon
and go to Paris or Berlin by rail. and
the trip will probably be made in less
than twenty-five days.
The Burmese railways are all narrow
gauge lines built of rails weighing about
fifty pounds to the yard They are most
" single track. The materials used in
their construction have been imported
from England, with the exception of the
great viaduct at Gokteik gorge. which
was built by Americans. This viaduct is
alo feet high and it stands upon a nat
ural bridge which itself is several hun
bred feet above the stream. The viaduct
is a haIf-mile in length. 1t was awarded
to the Pennsylvania Steel Company in a
competition In which both German and
English bridge builders took part. The
railways We're all constructed by the state
until Il few years ago, when they were
handed over to the Burma Railways Com
pany which manages them under
government regulations. This company is
now making surveys for extension. As
far as l can learn the roads are well
managed During the past year there
have been only thirteen ccidents and no
serious injuries to speak of.
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carrying In this part of the world, and IT
is like nothing / shall find on the Hindoo
peninsula. Burma and its people are OF
their own kind. and, like the rest OF the
continent of Asia, they are on the eve
OF change. Sir Herbert Thirkell White
has been connected with them for more
than generation and for the past four
years he has been their absolute ruler.
He had to do with the overthrowing OF
Thiebaw, the bloodthirsty emperor, and
with the annexation of Upper Burma to
the British crown. He has held all sorts
Of positions, beginning as young officer
on the governors STAFF at about the time
that President Grant stopped at Rangoon
on his way around the world. During our
chat today his honor referred to that
visit. He tells me Grant was greatly In
terested in all that he saw. He believed
in the future of Asia, and said that Ran
Coon would some day be one of the great
ports Of the far east That prophecy has
come true. Rangoon has steadily grown,
and II now ranks with Calcutta and
Bombay one OF the commercial centers
of the far east.
But before | go further let me tell you
something about the rulers of these
East Indian provinces, of whom Sir Her
bert Thirkell White is one of the best
almost absolute. They have more power
than our President, and like the centurian
of the Scriptures. they say unto this
man. GO and he goeth. and unto that,
DO this" and he doeth it.
4
Sir Herbert White has principality to
govern and millions to rule. Burma is
bigger than the whole German empire ana
IL mas a population of more than 10000
ooa Its people comprise a half dozen
races and some of them are semi-savage.
1t is his business to keep all in order and
to bring them under the white mans
civilization.
These governors are we'll paid. The
salary OF Sir Herbert ia equal to about
So, 900. of our money, and he has in addi-
ton an allowance for entertainment. He
Is given retinue OF servants and has an
army at his command. He lives here in
the government house which, with the
buildings and grounds about 1t, goes
by the name of The Camp. When asked
where I should present my letters. ! was
told that must take them to the gov
errors camp. and the coachman drove
me outside the city TO the gubernatorial
mansion.
During my stay here have paid sew
erai visits TO this place. The governor
house compares favorably with the pal
aces Of Europe. 1t is three-story ouiio'
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Copyright. 1910. by Frank G. Carpenter.)
Special Correspondence of The Star.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-20
.[YNCH|NG FEARED,
TRAIN MOVES
Porter Accused of Insulting
Daughter Of u. S. Land
Commissioner.

Medford, Ore, July 20.-Laura
Moss, Is, married, daughter of JO-
seph Moss, United States land COM
missioner at Grants Pass. was the
victim of an attempted assault at the
hands of J. X. Saders, a negro pull
man porter, this morning on train
No. Is, between Eugene and Rose
burg.
The girl did not tell her story un-
til she left the train at Grants Pass,
and then only to her father, who i'm
mediately notified Sheriff Russell of
Josephine county.
A large crowd of men at the depot
learned of the affair and upon their
making threats of lynching the negro
was not taken off the train by the
sheriff until James creek, four miles
from Grants Pass, was reached.
According to the girls story San
ders came to her berth in the early
morning hours and offered her some
candy. This she refused and then
she says the negro insulted her
Further than this the girl will not
tell her story. Her threats to arouse
the other passengers caused the ne
gro to leave her.
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SuuiIlchuck.

| Don Chestnut and friend, Mr.. Pur-
dy, of Seattle, are visiting at the
home of the formers brother, Vivian
L. Chestnut, and wife.
Harlan Ray, who has been at work
on the Compton ranch. is taking a
few days vacation, until the april
cots are ready for marketing.
Ed. Cain and son Roy harvested
his wheat crop the last of the week,
Recently purchased of Ed. Smith.
Henry Feukes and Fred Landon
were guests at J. T. Compton's last
Sunday.
Charles Kyle is very i'll at his
home on the creek.
Carl Ray made a business trip to
Leavenworth Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs J. T. Compton and
son Ivan, Frank Compton, Harlan
Ray, also Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Smith
attended a meeting of the county
grangers, held monday last at 2 p.
M, at Cue bcdCOl Hill biduSC udli'
Owing to the busy time of the year
small crowd was in attendance.
Nevertheless the afternoon was spent
talking over grange subjects, etc. j.
A. Kirby, of Peshastin, was chosen
as the delegate from this district to
attend a meeting of the county
oranges to be held at Labor Temple,
Seattle, July 25.
Packing apricots is the order of
the day up in this neck O. the woods.
F. S. Compton accompanied by
Harlan Ray and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Smith, took a nice little pleasure
trip up the Little Wenatchee river
Monday last.
In the absence of Rev. S. A. Pool,
who was to have preached the Sun
day morning sermon at the school
house, Rev. Hardman filled the pull
pit. Rev. Holmes will preach next
Sunday. He conducted a series of
meetings at the schoolhouse last
winter.
C. NJ. Bellas and Will Hampton are
busy hauling wood to town these
days.
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REVOLUTION NOW
ON IN SPAIN
Country Appears to Be on
Eve Of Greatest Upris-
ing in Her History.

San Sebastian, Spain, July 20
Scores of bloody riots in which
rioters and police alike suffered.
swept Spain yesterday and today.
Although dispatches from Madrid
information has been received that
Spain is on the eve of the greatest
revolution in her history. The
forces at work against the Spanish
crown and cabinet are similar to
those of the great French revolu-
ton.
Already in Barcelona, Bilboa,
Corona, Santander, Gigon and Sara
gossa, strikes have been declared.
The military authorities have thrown
heavy bodies of troops into the cities
to stem the revolutionary tide. The
general opinion here is that Spain
is aflame with revolt and that the
king and cabinet, after yesterdays
conference, are preparing to suspend
the constitution and to declare mar
tial law
San Sebastian, on the northern
coast and Barcelona, on the Medi-
terranean, both adjacent to France,
have been made the headquarters of
the plotters, it is said. Barcelona
owing to the strong garrison placed
there last week by General Weyler
was reported quiet today. Fighting
and bomb throwing is general in
other parts of Spain but the govern
ment is active in suppressing the dis
orders.
Underlying the demands of the
populace for the curtailment of the
powers of the church in Spain is the
rapid growth of the republican par
ty with it's desire for the abolish
ment of the crown and the cortes
and for the establishment of a rep
resentative body elected by the peo-
pie.
The republicans have been aided
by their brethren of France and by
socialists and anarchistic societies in
other capitols of Europe. They
have supplied the Spanish agitators
with funds and many prominent So
cialist leaders have promised person
al aid IN the approaching crisis.
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BIDS WANTED.

Bids wanted on both construction
and material for the construction of
a school house in District 33 on Ste
milt creek. Plans and specifications
may be seen at the office of the
County Superintendent at the Court
House. Bids will be opened Satur-
day, July %. at o'clock at the
court house. The right is reserved
to accept or reject any or all bids.
Address Morse Tyler. clerk, Wenat-
chez, Wash. $3.50