The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08


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and forest rangers that hereafter every
thing possible must be done by them
selves to aid settlers not only TO find
farms within the forest reserves, but to
acquire these tracts and become bona
fide citizens OF western eSpanses. Ac-
cording to the secretarys determination.
many OF the burdens heretofore imposed
upon settlers in demonstration to posi-
bilities OF farming tracts they have dis
covered within the confines OF national
forests are TO he lifted, and the forestry
employees are to be required to exert
every effort to people such portions OF the
reserves as exhibit any signs whatever
of being OF value for the raising of
products.
Colorado and the Tariff
Colorado cannot complain OF the new
tariff" said c. *. Canpfort OF Leadville.
Colo who WIS in this city recently.
THE zinc industry Is booming now as
II never doomed before. and there is no
telling no wbig the production will be
this year as result. Mining in Colorado
Is in a healthier state than 1t has ever
been before, More gold is being produced,
not only in Colorado. but In all the other
states where the precious metals are
the cost of living is so high is the pres
ent great production of all the metals.
especially gold l have noticed for more
than twenty years that whenever the
Of foodstuffs OF all kinds increase CORE
spondigly. In other words, the more gold
mined the higher the prices OF every
thing else in proportion. II Is the same
way with silver. II we havc n tremendous
output of silver In any one year, ad
vances In prices OF necessities OF all
kinds occur"
San Diego to Celebrate.
"San Diego will have a celebration in
honor of the completion of the Panama
canal whether II fhn aid Of cOnHreSS
for the project or not" declared II. II.
Miller Of that city. THE Panama COM
mittee already has raised $1,000 900 In
subscriptions for the celebration. and the
city Intends TO issue another million in
bonds. which will give enough capital to
carry out the plan successfully. whether
II makes no difference whether San
Frapclsoo also has a Panama exposition
We have decided in San Diego TO have
one. and we arc certainly going to have
It. or course, a strong effort to have
congress aid the plan with a big appro-
priatlon will be made, and we hope to
have some success along that line
though with so many competitors it may
be hard task to get help from the gov
ernment. Realizing this, we are going
ahead anyhow. All OF southern California
Diego in preference to San Francisco. 1t
is true that San Francisco easily
raise so.000,0 600 for an exposition. but that
Is not going TO scare off San Diego or
ton"
Seattle is Booming
P. Gahney OF Seattle a retired busI-
ness man. came here to place his daush-
ter in one of the finishing schools Mr..
Gaffney has been in Cuba on q pleasure
trip. Speaking about Seattle, Mr.. Gaff-
ney said that business is good, and that
| the exposition which not long ago closed
| successful geason had done much 10
advertise the town and attract capital
! and enterprise. There never had been
any japanese question in Seattle. There
| is no such thing as fear OF an attack
| on the Pacific coast II Is all nonsense.
We have about 1000 of them in Seattle,
| occupying all sorts of positions, mostly
| those of functionaries. They are useful
| and peace abiding people. or course, We
don't like them as we'll as the Chinese,
but we can't get the Chinese.
Withdraw Their Bid
| Washington and Baltimore have de-
| cided there has been 50 much backing
and wheeling about the International avia- =
| ton meet that they do not care TO sec
| the man brides fly and have hence with
drawn their bid for the meet.
Trees With Titles.
The department of the interior has
| adopted a. new policy which will fill the
forest preserves fun Of trees with sucl
| Cannon hickory the Richard Achilles Bal
! inRer redwood and the William Howard
| Taft mulberry. When Secretary Bsllin
/ ger gave permission TO name a tree In
California the "Pinchnt tree" he broke
u down the barriers which have been pre-
venting the department from naming trees
sftsr prominent men. Up to this week
only one kind OF tree bore q distinguished
\ title. That is the Roosevelt tree ir
the Mariposa grove in California.