The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-03

ous Ct meeting. in an Informal way,
with the distinguished visitor.
There WI be no social iaact;on
given IN Secretary Wills MS honor.
hut n is thought he viii meet with
come of the leading business men OF
the city during this evening
SccrotCTv James Wilson way born
IN AYRSHIRE. Scotland. AUGUST 16.
1885. end came to the United states
In 1851 With his "7 7--'-
Connecticut From there tho family
went 10 Town W2 ~.
gaged in He was c0ucatc9 in the
common schools OF that state. later
taking q collegiate Course in Cornell
college Mr.. Wilson served the state
Of Iowa In a public capacity for
number OF years and was selected TO
serve in the cabinet OF President Nc
Kinley. as secretary or agriculture.
March 9Th, 1897. which position he
has held since that time. He is known
throughout the country as an honest
officer. q friend of the farmer and all
the people.
What we want TO know I'm the
Forest Service IS how 10 plant trees
by the Wholesale. aud make them
that problem for us and viii see that
be gets the biggest salary in the de
partment Of agriculture"
So said Secretary James Wilson. OF
the department OF agriculture. last
evening in summing up the accom-
plIshments and aims OF the Forest
Service
Mr. Wilson is much perturbed over
the heavy loss Of timer which Is he
ing swept away by the great forest
flres that have been raging in the
Northwest for the past few weeks.
I'VE have had four. times as many
men at work nghtlng fires In the
Northwest this year than ever be-
fore" he added, and The loss already
is double that Of lasj year The rea-
son, Of course. is the extreme dryness
of everything in plant life. This Is
the dryest year We have had for
long time and the woods burn like
tinder / can see no remedy for these
great fires as long as railroad COM
panies arc permitted TO use engines
which throw out constant showers of
sparks while passing through tho
wooded districts
apprehensiye of the danger and VIC
are NOW trying 10 get together on the
subject with View OF reducing the
possibilities of forest flres by enforc-
ing the use of spark arresters on all
locomotives in the timer belt With
some of the railroad companies there
is an agreement relative to fghtlng
fires which are started by locomotive
sparks and nearly all the roads in the
Northwest employ men whose duty it
Is to keep the grass and brush cleared
from the right-of-way 10 minimize the
danger
The Forest Service has accom-
plished wonderful results during the
past few years in patrolling the gov
ernmcnt forests for FIRE. Each an.
nual report shows rapidly increasing
number Of fires discovered and extin-
guished by men in the employ of the
department"
Mr.. Wilson touched on the abuse of
the timber and stone act, the desert
land act and the communication clause
Of the homestead law. each of which
he declared were loopholes by which
vast areas of valuable government
land has been and Is being absorbed
into private ownership by Spectators
and others who wish to monopolize
the public domain for their personal
gain rather than allow the land to he
settled on by an agricultural popula-
tIon. er
The timber and stone act has ceas.
ed to be the source OF danger that il
once was, owing To the forest con.
seryation policy which is being pur-
sued by the government.