Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-09-22

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ard re-easstsr,y wseful IS weN sevr
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a. weNd
-ss sctas resident f>aF.Hls sicn q she
nnttoua, so-eses i shout & eus-te- a.
million. wsssieh Is aa-ses thar ne pop-
usa :tos q >e-eaia s,aeeS
No-s sAar 1900 acres AZ aS-icnl-
fu-aa land sls~e eeea patented a. Isl
ea .os ratezs within he forests md
~ -eNa-.s ~ 10 so~ess oiscc-s show
sAas Rlo-e sass $1,000 people : year
rSe re forests 70 -A7-eat nor. ca nasai-le.
hunting. fiSt,!Iss ana ssrsilsss purposes
~ this Is dare 81 9eu-so. without in
su-y u she s.nas.o. vssscA has vaane
az at leas, $ 40 600 M
Mo-eove, shs nasse.1sl forests pro
text tic wstes suaa,y a thaas.-,s.
cities sna ,swns sNoE; sac sloz.
protests and more .ha2 800 power
Projects pa. csnrs5-s ,os use D. water
tos these and ether purposes ~ Ind!
vidna settlers
! think thar hereafter We may safe
y diseeSs-s MY statements tbs. the
National ea-eses a-s vi.Ad-avn tra-n
sesslsrnan; s1,d U.s.
ca.rs-, Ire i-sssc.e,
The Investigations u. the country
re COMMISSION hare led The farmers
g. this ccssae.v Il realize tbs. they
have moi been getting ttsasr fiji SHARE
o progress a-d IL ,hs. i brings
Sa-ae q on. farming Communities Il
he MISSISSIPPI vsasy and il the nd
ale ives. asvs made marvellous Prog.
-sss re; even The best 81 them, Ike
/ co-- -1s.--i,ises g. sva-y other Kind. :l-a
no, tayond .-a--s ve-aens, while nrcA
needs . hs doas L some ether SEQ
hons 10 improve couaa-y Iise
As yss We knew comparatively III
lie Q. he aaac sac.s .. rural civiliza-
-io- The nsaas Il. better farming
We have seudiei with care In. %
better living q the farm and = better
business o. Tie farm ,hs farmers
themselves have given sca1t attention.
Las, sT-l-s While visiting tie esp
sta q aunsary. Ruisr.as- was i'm
-lseassl-y impressed hy he Museum of
Country Life, CONTAINING al e1t-aa-ts..-
us-s series q studies il agricult a-e. IN
stock raising il forestry. in mining
The exhibits were q HE utmost I,ra--
ucai Importance sad were also intense
r Interesting and instructive
! greatly wish ne had such uu-
scum n WASHINGTON, and some e your
farmer congressman ought 10 &c, . fun
and detailed rene-. q this Rndares.
museum 70 ae printed for distribution
n pubic document,
h1-z- E@icieney.
AS { people We have not ye. learned
70 economic One If tie virtues We
Americans most need Is thrift. i, is
mere .ruisn 10 say that luxury and
! extravaganza are not good for a ia
ton So far IS they affect character,
the loss they cause may De beyond
computation Bul IN the material
sense tha-e is & loss greater than Is
| caused By both extravaganza apd lux
! ury put together.
! mean the needless, useless and ex-
eessive loss 10 our people from prema-
ture death and avoidable diseases.
Wholly apart from the grief. the SUI
ferins and the wretehedness which
they cause. the material loss each year
has been calculated at nearl! twice
what it costs to run the federal gov
eminent
In addition 10 the state and city
health officers and organize tons. there
is urgently needed federal bureau OF
health. to act, so far as the national
government properly may. to relieve
our people from this dreadful burden
The National Conservation commis-
sion.
One Of the most important meetings
in our recent history was that OF the
governors in the White House in May,
1905, TO consider the conservation
question. By the advice Of the gov
ernors the meeting was followed by
the appointment OF a national conser-
walton commission. The meeting Of
the governors directed the attention of
the country to conservation as nothing
else could have done, while the work
of the commission gave the movement
deiniteness and supplied it with
practical program. But at the moment
when the commission was ready to be-
gin the campaign for putting its pro
gram into effect an amendment to the
sundry civil service bill was introduced
by Il congressman from Minnesota
with the purpose of putting stop to
the work SO admirably begun Con.
gress passed the amendment
1t deserves the confidence and sup
port of every citizen interested in the
wise development and preservation Of
our natural resources and in prevent
ing them from passing into the hands
of uncontrolled monopolics 1t joins
with the national conservation con
gross in holding this meeting | am
here by the joint invitation of both
State and Federal Control.
But. while we Of the United States
ore anxious MS l believe we sie able
to be of assistance to others, there are
problems of our own which we must
not overlook. One OF the most i'm
portant conservation questions of the
moment relates to the control Of wa
ter power monopoly in the public In