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asked where his summer home is located
he is prone to point to map on his
Office wall. 1t is Of the United States, and
upon 1t the national forests are pictured
in green. All that region west Of the
great plains is notified over with this
verdant color.
This is the summer home of Secretary
Wilson, though he is by no means in
different to the charms of his Iowa
farm. He travels about through Mon
tana, Colorado. Washington and Oregon.
He goes south through California, Arizona
and New Mexico. He talks with the
people of those states and with the local
representatives of the forest service. He
gets in touch with the questions of adj
ministration that exist in different sec
tons in order that the action from Wash
ington may be more wisely taken. He
goes into the wildS of the forests them
selves and smells the odor of pine
needles and dampness of the woods He
even penetrates to the lonely cabin of
the forest ranger. where this keeper of
Uncle Sam preserves watches over his
small principality He becomes familiar
with the needs of the service from an
intimate inspection of it. Then later
he will return to the old farm in Iowa,
where he raised corn and cows before
he began showing all the farmers of the
nation how 70 do it. Here he spends
few weeks in recreation and in absorb
ing the farm atmosphere of the produc-
tive middle west and returns in the
early fall to his desk
MI Wilson'S little loop of a nation will
however. sink into the roll of mere
junket. compared with the trip that is to
be taken by Mr.. Dickinson the Secretary
of War. This latter official sailed from
San Francisco June 2S westward for
the far east. contradictory as that state
ment may seem. July he was in
Honolulu, where he joined the American
residents and the kindly native born of
that isle of dreams in celebrating the
ne a i
Pearl harbor, which his engineers are
converting into Gibraltar of the Pacific
took stock of what is being done and
what may be done. From here this trip
led him to fiowery Japan, where he has
passed the last few days and just at
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here from England after the death of
the mother Putting the children in an
the father enlisted in the
Union army during the civil war, and
was killed. The woman stated that she
did not even know her mothers name.
Another case was that OF a southern
man who came to Washington to have
what he considered a wrong righted. and
who probably saved himself much useless
labor by appealing to Mr.. Copp. A small
southern railroad ran through the town
in which he lived A factory was erected
a short distance from the station and
negotiations for a siding were begun.
Some disagreement arose and the railroad
the station. 1t was to have this
station reopened that the man had come
to Washington. and it was his intention
to call upon the President and sundry
members of Congress in order to have
the matter Strengthened.
He assured Mr.. Copp that the difficulty
lay in the fact that the railroad company
had bribed every one within a radius of
many miles, and that they were all
working against him. After easing the
mind on that score Mr.. Copp
advised him to go home and make up
petition among the residents of the town
and to send 1t to the proper authorities.
Thus pacified the old man left, and Mr.
Copp imagined the incident closed. few
days later. however he received letter.
Il forgot your directions, wrote the
man; please tell me how to proceed
again..
Mr. Copp did as requested. but as Yet
has received no mere letters.
* *
"A man came here to see me from
middle western state" said Mr.. Copp.
He claimed the trouble all began when
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were in the Fendal building, their oc-
cupancy being donated by the rentee.
Mr. Copp in describing his furniture at
that time says it consisted of two chairs
and a glad hand. Since then, however,
a change has been made. and the Offices
are now situated in the Lawrence build
ing. the lawyer to whom they belong
generously donating them. Added to this
is list of lawyers who have consented
to give consultation when necessary and
to present the cause to court, either free
or at nominal fee.
Many employers have assisted in the
work by agreeing to give emergency EN-
ployment to persons in great need OF
work whenever possible. Already large
hearted citizens have been found who
are willing to defray the incidental eX
penses of the work. Prominent among
them is 3. Pickman Mann. an employee
of the patent office, who acts as treas
urer of the project. AT the expiration of
each month Mr.. Copp makes a statement
of the work done. Copies of this report
are sent to the President, the District
Commissioners and to both houses of
Congress.
Among the clients who have applied
for help TO Mr.. Copp are several whose
cases have, properly speaking. come I'M
der other headings than those which he
expected would be his field of work. Not
only have the citizens of the District
come TO him for aid. but as far north as
Connecticut and as far south as Florida
there have come calls for assistance.
One of these distant pleas for help was
quite unusual. woman living in the
north wrote TO ask If ii would be posi-
BILE to locate any of her relatives. She
was of English parentage, the father
having brought herself and little brother
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Newport and Atlantic City know him
well. Hamilton is but twenty miles out
of Boston. and even here he is by no
means lost to the world Of which he
part IN the outdoor HE OF a summer
place and rides. drives and goes boating.
But all these are done in the best &C
credited manner and with none Of the
crude, back-to-nature extremes.
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Mr.. Nagel, Is to have one of the most
interesting vacations OF them all. He
will push back into the arctic circle along
the coast Of Alaska. There are a num-
Der Of interests in Alaska that will call
for a personal inspection by the Secretary
of Commerce and Labor One of these
is the fishing interest. The hordes of
silver salmon In the Alaskan streams
are increasing in Importance each year.
The bureau of fisheries is under this Sec
rotary, and the fishery question in
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But a more fascinating problem that is
to occupy the attention of the Secretary
is that of the seal herds on Pribilof Is
lands. These islands are in Bering sea,
where Alaska approaches most nearly to
Siberia. They supply more than half of
the sealskin coats that the fashionable
women of the world wear and they are
threatened with determination. The is
lands have poured enough money into the
United States Treasury to pay for the
whole territory. But today about the
barren rocks that the seals have
selected as the place upon which
they rear their young there is Gordon
of Japanese fishing vessels just outside
of the three-mile limit. Whenever a
mother seal. leaving her young on the
rocks, goes to sea to feed, these fisher
men shoot her and the young one ashore
starves to death. The herd is in this
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doubtful if there is more successful re-
cuperator than Mr.. MacVeagh. A vaca-
ton to him means a rest and there is
nothing of strenuosity about 1t.
Secretary Ballinger of the Department
of the Interior is also spending his vaca-
ton In the west looking into multiplied
ty of detail in connection with the ad-
miniStratiOn of the public lands and the
reclamation service. Congress has just
given him an additional $40. Zoo 600 to
spend in completing the projects already
under way in the task Of making the
desert bloom as the rose. He is to de-
termine where to apply this money. Also
he is to take look at some OF -the great
projects that have been brought to COM
pletion within the last year. There is the
Shoshone dam in Wyoming which is the
highest in the world. The Roosevelt re-
servoir in Arizona is just now being fin
ished up and is to be formally declared
complete. probably at the time of the
SecretaryS visit. Here again is world
record broken. for never before has SD
much water been artificially stored. Then
there are in all the states between and
farther to the west score Of other prof.
ects approaching these in magnitude and
rivaling them as engineering accomplish
ments.
In connection with the work of the land
office there is additional work for the Sec
rotary. Congress has passed some I'M
portant legislation which will affect large
ly the administration of this branch of
the government service. 1t has legaliZed
the withdrawal of lands on the part of
the President, and it is the province of
the Interior Department to recommend
these Withdrawals.
1t has segregated the surface or home
stead rights of the land from the min
eral rights so that a man who files
homestead does not prevent the location
of a mineral claim on the same land
In fact. there have been big things do
ing in legislation with relation to the pub
lie domain that have escaped general
notice in the mass of legislation that has
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ington and the man tried to interest
Congress in his cause by having hand
bills printed on which he unfolded the
history of his life. | interested myself
was some land. but that there was a
cloud on the title Legal proceedings
were instituted, but as yet l am. still
awaiting the decision"
Sometimes, continued Mr.. Copp. the
people who some to me for aid are not
willing to leave their case in my hands.
and the matter is oftentimes made
worse. L know of one instance or that
kind which ended badly for the man WHO
was in trouble. He had been drugged
and robbed and while under the influence
of the drug assaulted some one. He was
sent to Jail for six months and appealed
to me for release. / looked the matter
up and started the machinery moving by
which l would have secured his release
in due time Not giving me credit for
doing the best l could however. the man
became impatient and broke jail. He was
captured, of course. and now has to
serve out the remainder of his sentence
without any hope of pardon
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Life saver to the wouldbe suicide
is role which might be supposed
would seldom be filled by Mr.. Copp.
Nevertheless, two cases OF. this char
acter have come under his notice, one
Of which he candidly admits was the
hardest he has ever handled. This was
hard. not so much on account Of the
nature Of the trouble, but from the
fact that the applicant was deaf and
dumb. Thus afflicted he believed there
was no place for him in the world.
ut was mighty hard for me to help
that man. OF course. I had to write
everything out, and that crippled my
ability to help him in a spiritual way.
Things said with feeling seem 20 lack
force when put down in black and
white. did finally turn the man from
his evil purpose and made an effort to
secure employment for him. While l
was not able to assist him as I should
have liked, at least / believe he de-
cided not to consider the idea Of taking
his own life.
Tho other case OF this kind was that
of q woman. When she came to me
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: ietteTheads bear the following
Inscription: 'Iegai counselor. first aid to
the unemployed, mutual friend to the es-
ranged. spiritual guide to the nom
.Ihurched, special adviser To distressed
parents and iife-saver TO the would-be sui
eide" Such list of offices filed by one
man would in itself be sufficient to place
Mr. Copp apart from Ais fellow-workers
but what makes his position still more
unique is that he positively refuses to re-
eeive any remuneration whatever for his
services. In addition he is assistant pas
tor of Bethany Chapel
The office of public adviser as Mr.
sS;opp chooses to call his position is one
which he has long seen the need of He
has been a socioogist for many years, and
his work chief probation officer of the
Juvenile Court has afforded him opportu-
nifty to broaden his knowledge in this
.field. Feeling that 1t was for him TO
remedy the need which he had discovered,
be studied law at the Georgetown Law
School and, graduating with the class OF
roo, was admitted TO the bar few
snonths later. Then. ready for his work.
ne opened his office on the LIST of last
March.
Mr. Copp. has brought me in touch with
riany and varied sides of life. II did
@rlot take me long To realize that much OF
The trouble. and even evil III tGiS world
is wrought as much by lack of knoWl-
Sffge concerning citizens rights, or
7alabiity - secure them. as through any
Tt$zilc to commit sin crime. OF al.
the cases which came uader my notice
Before l commenced this work, there are
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WITH TIE z2A7VzIEI2S IN
THE ZK4W0z1N El72EsZ

\ LII of Them Leave the
n City Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock Sails for Eu-
rope = Secretary Wilson in
the Mighty Domain of the
National Forests-Secretary
Dickinson Takes Longest
Trip, Going to Philippines
and Returning Through Eu-
rope-Secretary Meyer Fits
Between Hamilton, Mass,
and His Canadian Fishing
Club-Secretary Nagel Will
Go Into the Arctic Circle
Secretary McVeigh Has At
tractive Summer Home in
New Hampshire - Secretary
Ballinger Visits the West
Secretary Knox Spends Sum-
mer Days With His Fine
Horses. and Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham Is at Bev-
erly, Mass, Going Later to
Alaska.
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been ground through Congress. All this
will require vast activity on the part OF
the head Of the Interior Department
Therefore the Secretary is scheduled for
much travel. His home is in Seattle,
and there he may rest for a few days
when his duties bring him into that Sec
ton. but the vacation is being mostly
spent In travel.
Secretary Knox of the State Depart
ment has retired to the quiet of his mag
nificent country place at historic Valley
Forge, twenty miles out of Philadelphia.
He is ION the main line" as they say
up in Philadelphia. which means that he
is in the midst of the most highly de-
Veloped stretch of country homes in
America. There is nothing else in Amer
lea like these country places. and there
is a doubt IL anything in England equals
them. They are. however. built upon the
English plan. Vast sums of the wealth
of Pennsylvania have gone into the i'm
provement of these places.
Secretary Knox here breeds the best Of
horses. Hunters are the popular steeds,
and the neighborhood is studded with
hunting clubs that go riding over hedges
and streams In the best accredited Eng
lish gentleman style. Likewise, through
the summer and fall these hunts hold
meets, and all the steedS are matched
against each other in all manner of
events and ridden by gentleman jockeys.
Secretary knoXs horses win many hon
ors in these events. His chief pride,
however. is in his trotters OF these he
is the owner of number with excellent
records. including the fastest double team
in America.
Secretary Knox is not so far from the
National Capital as to tie entirely out oil
touch with affairs. and should interna-
tional complications arise he will handle
them over the telephone or go Scurryins
back to Washington. This summer he Is
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there was no intimation of her inten-
ton. 1t was only after extracting her
pitiful story that that fact came out
Hers was a case of mental depression.
brought about by financial difficulties
and a streak of hard luck. / believe
that in this case. too, | was able to
turn my client from her suicidal in
tentionS, for after L did what L could
to alleviate the immediate distress she
took courage and began the fight
anew"
The ordinary cases which form the
lot Of any lawyer fill a goodly portion
of Mr.. Cops time. Sometimes he is
called upon to do services entirely out
Of his line Not long ago colored
man sought him out, and when asked
what his trouble was, replied:
II want to know if you all would
send a telegram for me. My wife's
dead and / want to let my daughter
know"
The man was ignorant of both the
method of making out a telegram and
Of sending it, and this service MI.
Copp readily performed.
II have received several appeals for
removal from Jail. the workhouse and
even st. Elizabeth declared Mr.. Copp.
land have administered the pledge to
several applicants.
In the monthly reports which Mr. Copp
makes he includes a recommendation
for some reform which, throughout his
months work. he sees the need OF. Among
these he cites the need Of an inebriate
hospital. This. he claims, would not
have to be very expensive. and could be
fashioned after the one in New York city.
which is working wonders with victims
Of alcohol and narcotics. Another insti-
tuition which Mr.. Copp strongly feels the
need OF IL a home for young women. In
speaking Of this he declared that:
While there are places already estao-
lished In tho city which cover that fleld.
they are for girls who are earning
fairly good salary. The girl who has 70
work for little or nothing Is stu left un-
provided for. AZ IL ID. she 10 COM
PEELED to seek shelter In some cheap
boarding house. Here she Is unable to
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ITH the vacation
season just coming
to the fullness OF
its fruition it is
interesting to know
what manner of
thing is being done
the men who sit
around the counsel
table and advise the
chief executive of
the nation. The
{ a b j n ct officers
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have all left the city for their summer out
ings. They are louneing in old home haunts
losing themselves in the wilds of mighty
mountains. blowing the briny deep in
world cruises. and even hunting the six
month day beyond the arctic circle.
Each is following his special bent or
call OF the task to which he has set his
hand. As strong men with capacity
for doing things. all are having vacations
that are worth while and that may be
set down at worthy of emulation.
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entertain the young men whom one can
not expect her to exclude from her life
If she does ask him in she has no place
but her room. IT, on the other hand SHE
refrains from such a course, the evenings
must be spent outside. Here the MOVING
picture theaters come into play. They
afford amusement, but eventually they
lose their charm. Then other attraction
must be found. OF these there is no
lack.
After a time the beer gardens. with
their atmosphere of gayety and music are
resorted to. and when this stage has been
reached il is but short step TO disgrace
And yet at the start the girls idea nigh
have been simply for innocent amuse-
ment If she could find shelter in some
home where there was a place for her TO
entertain and yet be looked after by
some one competent il would do away
with this phase of life. I do not advocate
having a spying chaperon, but simply
some one who would serve as a head, ana
who could act as protector for the
young girls who are so often thrown out
on the world TO earn their living.
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he secured a quarter section of land.
Later. through industry. he succeeded in
buying up the adjoining ground and got
an entire section. Then some people,
becoming envious. tried to get his land.
1t ended in his being confined to an insti-
tuition for the insane. After several years
he secured his release on the condition
that he and his family leave the state
and never return. They came to Wash
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There is the venerable Secretary of
Agriculture. for instance. who is IN the
mighty domain of the national forests
over which he holds sway as the high
mogul. For several years he has made
his pilgrimage during July and August
to the mighty west for the study Of
matters pertaining 10 forestry. When
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planning quiet time with his horses
circumstances will permit.
MIR. Wickersham OF the Department OF
Justice Is somewhat fretful against CIV
ing over his custer mary Iri1s 10 Europe.
For many years prior 20 his acceptance
Of his cabinet position he had each year
gone abroad Last summer he remained
on this side CT the big7p pond and is fear
full least the program VIII repeat itself.
He will, however, vigiantly W ltch an OF
portunity to steal away. 1t is said that
he contemplates accompanying Secretary
Nagel on his trip to Alaska In the, mean
time he will go to his home near, Cedar
hurst. Long Island. after a brief sojourn at
as "Marshfield'' and it deserves the
name 1t is an DID, rambling, wooden
structure with world of 70 m ard quiet
and mosquitoes. Here the nations chief
advocate retIes to absolute quiet and de-
votes himself to his favorite light diver
sion, that OF porting through his books
OF law
The last of the cabinet officers to leave
Washington was Postmaster General
Hitchcock. This young man Of the gum
shoe and the clam-like silence suddenly
folded his tents the other night and, like
the Arab. stole silently away TO Europe
In the latter part of August he will
make a run to the west. He will visit
the Rockies. Then. finally he viii join
Ralph Cameron, the delegate from Ari-
IONA. on the banks of the great gorge
that cuts almost to the core of the word
and the two will rapble about in the
big mountains and, little towns.
This Arizona habit has become chronic
with Mr. Hitchcock. He began il several
years ago and has followed il since. IL
was these trips that are said TO have
developed an interest in the admission OF
the territory as a state. At any. rate the
athlete of the cabinet may be seen doing
stunts in the Grand Canyon in the early
autumn.
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two which are representative of the class
/ hope to help
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r. TASHlNGTON has feeless
lawyer He is the Rev. Zed
NJ Hetzel Copp. public adviser
and attorney-at-law, whose
letteTheads bear the following
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present, if his schedule is holding true, h.
is on his way to the Philippines.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-03-10

John Nash of Cottonwood was in
the city over Sunday.
Auctioneer Ralph of Nez Perez was
in the city the first of the week.
Fred johnson of the Ferdinand
country visited the county-seat last
Monday.
Adolph Hinkleman of the Green
Creek country was in the city the
first Of the week.
Rich Nash of the Salmon River
country spent several days of last
week in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jack returned
Fridry from a honeymoon trip at
Portland and other Coast points and
have taken suite at the Imperial.
Frank Vansise, the mayor Of Win.
chester came over from that lively
little town Saturday for visit il
Grangeville. Frank says the town i,
hummer and nobody interfears with
anybodys' business.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-03-10

Mr. and Mrs. M. l.. Derrig are the
proud parents of bouncing baby boy
who arrived at their home February
26.
VIM. +. Sage and son, Harry, left
Tuesday morning for Portland. Mr..
Sage will 60 from there to SanFran-
cisco from which point he will travel
out Tor a leaf tobacco house.
VIM. VonBerge Of this city has
purchased through the Pangborn Il
Howe agency two lots in Fem or
what is now known as Tharp. Mr..
VonBerge will erect warehouse in
that thriving little town.
The fire alarm was turned in Mon
day afternoon and the boys given a
little practice. They were on the
ground in short order and made a
dash through main street at rate
that struck terror in the hearts of all
the youngsters who were unlucky
enough to be on the streets at that
hour.