The National tribune., 1910-01-20
In Honor of the Dead
An Inspiration for the Living
LINCOLN
MEMORIAL TABLET
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CHARLES BURROWS
RUTHERFORD, N. J.


Mr.. o. L. Kenney, of Seattle, and one
of its prominent men. who has been
visiting in Washington. says that he
doesn't believe it is generally known
that forest rangers in Washington State
are allowed to take courses in forestry
land conservation work at the colleges
land universities of that section of the
country Recently he says:
Several hundred forest rangers were
detailed by the Government to study
forest subjects at the University Ot
Washington They are there now. TAX
ing special courses. Some of them came
from as far south as California. In fact
the forest students came from all sec
tions of the Northwest. The course lasts
for three months. and, of course, is
mostly practical.
THE rangers continue on the pay
roll, just the same as if they were at
work in the forests. The Government
believes that they will be better fitted
for their actual work by some theoreti-
cal instruction and the benefit of the
experience of older and experienced for
esters. While this is an experiment, it
is believed that it will become perma-
nent matter, and the rangers will be
sent to the university every Winter to
learn more of their profession"
once upon a time n prominent base
ball player excited the interest and ad-
miration of the feminine world, but
after football became the fad the foot
ball man became the onliest hero. If
we We're still worshiping the baseball
player, we might expect to see the wo-
men turn out in force to elect Hans
Wagner, of Pittsburg, to Congress from
the 32d District of Pennsylvania, for be
it known Hans Wagner is the great
baseball player, and his friends are
rallying around him and hope to pre-
vent DR.. A. j. Barchfield from becOm-
ing member of Congress from that dis
trict. Wagner's boom was started for a
joke in the first place, but il seems to
be no joke now.
President Taft has accepted an invi-
tation to be present at the ball to be
given by the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy and their friends at the New Will
lard Jan. 21. box having been re-
served for him. Secretary of War and
Mrs. Dickinson will also occupy a box
at the ball.
Five suspended Indian officials are
out of job. The Secretary of the In
terror and Superintendent of Indian Af-
fairs became satisfied that there was
some kind Of monkey business going on
that they did not approve of. The sus-
pelded officials are: John D. Benedict.
Superintendent of the Five Civilized
Tribes. and Walter Falwell, Calvin Bal
lard, Frederick Umboltz and j. Carter
Coons, all Indian School Supervisors.
The suspended men assert that politics
is responsible for the action against
them. Secretary of the Interior Bal
linger probably wouldn't have fired
them if he hadn't had something to
back up his action.
Thomas F. Walsh, the Colorado min
ing millionaire, is seriously i'll at his
beautiful home in this city. Two emf
nent physicians from New York and
one from Baltimore were called in cor
sultatiOn with two just as eminent here
in Washington, and all consider the
condition of Mr.. Walsh to be serious
The name of the disease is not known.
And now John r. Early is again de-
clared a leper. He is the man who was
declared a leper by a health officer OF
Washington first, then by the War De-
partment and then by an eminent Ger
man specialist. Then he was given
total disability pension, having served
in the Spanish War. After a year of
isolation in Washington he kicked like
a bay steer against being designated a
leper, and managed to tumble out of
very soft berth. He was re-examined,
and the Pension Bureau decided that
he was no longer a leper. and cut off his
pension. The people in Washington got
very tired of supporting him, his wife,
mother and two children in partial idle
ness, and he was cut off from rations in
that direction. Then he went to New
York City, and there was declared not
to be a leper. Then he went to a Vir-
ginia farm, where he was doing very
well, but could not be satisfied, and
came back to Washington, where he
was arrested as a leper and confined by
himself Finally ne got away and went
to New York, and there was examined
by another committee, and they de-
clared him a leper. Early can save
himself a good deal of worry and care
if he will just let it go at the last deci-
sion, have his total disability pension
restored and go into retirement. Peo-
pie are certainly getting mighty tired
of hearing about him.
Suggestions of cooperation with the
National Red Cross Society in the war
against the white plague are being made
by the Board of Directors of the Ma
tionaI Conference of the knights Of CO.
lumbus.