Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-10-01
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cudes some of the greatest scientists of the
United States, and in its nonresident member
ship, of the greatest scientists of the world
There botanists, astronomers. ornitholo-
gists and. in fact scientists of all kinds and de-
scriptions. to be found nightly in the great.
sweeping parlors of the clubs quarters. There is
just as much hospitality and jollity in the club
to be found in the rooms of any social
organization in the world-and learning besides
there. also. In order to be member of the Co.'S
mos club you must have something besides
money and social standing 1t is probable that
there many members of other organizations
in Washington, who would be willing to throw
their memberships into the deep sea, if the act
would Guy for them admittance into the club
of these scientists
The headquarters of the Cosmos club in
the old Dolly Madison" residence. 1t was there
that the widow President Madison lived and
held social sway for years after the death of her
husband During the Civil war for a time, Admi
raj Wilkes lived in the Madison house. 1t
Wilkes who took Mason and Slidell from the Brit
ish steamer Trent" and thereby nearly brought
between the United States and Great
Britain at time when such might have
insured ultimate victory to the Confederate arms
The biological survey of the United States
government has lost the services of Dr. C. Hart
Merriam. who for years the surveys chief
and who in the early days worked hard to
make theservice what he succeeded in making it,
of the most useful departments of govern
ment. DR.. Merriam has accepted the direction of
the Hartman Foundation for Geological Re
search Mrs. Hartman, the widow of E. H. Har-
riman the great fnancier and railroad man. has
carried out the wishes of her husband. and has
aside a large money be used
purposes of geological study. Acting unquestion
ably in line with her husbands wishes. Mrs Har
riman requested DR.. Merriam to take charge of
1t is probable that former chief the bio
logical survey is the foremost authority in the
United States In matters pertaining to certain
lines of natural history work 1t was DIR. Mer
riam, than any other man, to whom Theo
dore Roosevelt went for advice about the scope
of his expected work in Africa The doctor and
the colonel have been friends since boyhood;
xvho in York TAFT hot wei ming bird
jects of natural history.
These words about DR.. Merriam and the Har-
riman Geological Foundation lead to tell
story about the late hnancier. which perhaps
corning which most people probably know little.
One year ago last winter I went south from
washington, bound for Augusta Ga. with a
friend. e. H Harriman's private at
way It happened that my friend a close per
sonaI acquaintance of Mr.. Hartman, and he
invited to dine with the iaancier his private
car and was told bring his friend with him.
provided the friend would like to come
There were several men of large affairs at
that little dinner party one of the guests being
the president of of the greatest railroad
systems in the world. The conversation. natu
rally about big affairs of the financial world
concerning which Knew very little. and l am
free to confess, cared much less. After hearing
a good deal about certain things concerning
which the discussion was more or less unintelli
gible to me- ventured to break into the CONVEX
sation and tel: MIR Hartman that had such
of the Journals of the Hartman Alaska Expedi-
ton" as already 4ad been published. and more
over that had read them
For the next two hours had ample evidence
that E H. Hartman cared for something besides
railroads Ten twelve years before he had