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Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-26
AVIATOR EowLER AT YUMA

YUMA, Oct Z5.-FOwlcr left Meo ca at S:@5, and arrived here at fe:Ss Engine trouble. caused bis stay here He will leave tomorrow.
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NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR.

WASHINGTON. Oct 2f.-S. Alfred Szo. a graduate of Cornell. has been selected to succeed Chinese Anlbss- sador Chiang Yin Tang, here. The latter is now in Mexico.
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ntsrtzirment.

Mrs N. L. Buffers company Of the s-dies Aid Society of tho Baptist church viii entertain at the church this evening The program will be the reproduction of an old time camp meeting, with real camp fire, songs, speaking and refreshmcnt
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Products of the Chase.

John Benko. who made an excursion into the Sulphur Springs valleT In Sunday on a hunting expedition, re- turned the following day having hsgged a bunch Of ducks. a cotton tail and coyote.
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paneo Tnesdax Nlaht.

The dance Of the order of the Eastern Star will be held next Tues day night Halswe'en, ard not on Saturday night as was eroneously state last Sunday
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Brief Local Items
A 6isbee Apole

The superintendent of the Y. ". C. \. the other day picked from an aP
 pie tree on the grounds of the asso- ciaticn a specimen weighing a pound.
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Adams Returns.

II. J. Adams .auditcr for the Hoval A. Smith interests for number of years. who left Tor San Diego, Cal, several months ago, has returned to Bisbec.
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grOunder to Davis who threw Barry forcing IIerzog. Merkle scored on a sacrafice. Crandall sent to bat for Ames. On Murphy's throw to pl5ee Fletcher went to second. Coombs uu steady ,CraudaIl walked. Deyore cut to Davis to Coembs. One run. no hits. one error.
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The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
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At last there came a slow rise in
the river. and it was determined to
take advantage Of it With a margin
of only a few inches over the draugnt
of the vessel, the Falls were safely
cleared in November. not without
much anxiety and trepidation. Then
came the days of horrors Hardly
had the Falls been passed when the
great earthquake of 1911 convulsed
tbs continent.
1t had been year of sinister omens.
One of the most remarkable of these,
and one of the most inexplica BILE,
was the great migration of squirrels.
Vast armies Of these animals, obeying
some instinct or impulse beyond hui
man ken, left their ancient haunts
in the north and pressed southwark
in solid phalanx. Nothing could stop
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guests rushed pell-meu upon deck,
sure that the machinery had broken
loose and that all were heading for
the Falls, to meet certain death To
theiI utter amazement they found
they were ascending the stream. Mr..
Roosevelt had chosen a short and sure
way Of convincing all doubters-
AS the water was too low to permit
the New Orleans safely to pass over
the Falls, Roosevelt, while waiting for
a I1se, made return trip to Cincin-
natl, and also convinced the doubling
Thomases Of that place.
Some Ominous Signs.
Returning to Louisville, they waited
in vain for the rise. Strange portents
multiplied. The air seemed molten
lead; the sun ball of blood; the
moon a yellow nist-bubble; from the
cloudless sky without a star. even the
baleful comet had disappeared. At
the foot of Aetna or Vesuvius, such
signs would have been better under
stood.
Meanwhile the number of passen-
gers aboard was increased by one
name. Roosevelt; weight, somewhere
about eight pounds. Perhaps no 9TH
er child has ever been born under
similar auspices
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try by ''homesteaders' or home
makers. Along with these specific
aims are purposes to IN a general way
diminish sickness, prevent accidents,
preserve the fertility of the soil In
order that the future food supply
OF the people may be protected. en-
force stringent fish and game laws
and finally to prolong our coal. oil
and natural gas supply by reducing
the waste in mining.-incidentally
bringing about better safeguarding
of human life in the mines.
The oonservationists point to the
probability that by the middle of the
present century there will be not less
than one hundred and fifty million
people in this country. Therefore, they
say, it is high time to realize that our
responsibility to the coming millions
is that of parents to their children,
and that in wasting our resources to-
day we are wronging our descendants.
As indicating the need for the gospel
Of conservation 1t is pointed out that
the waste of our mineral resources
alone amounts to nearly $500, 900, 900
a year, aside from the hundreds of
lives that, under present conditions,
are lost annually in mine accidents
SuCA dS WOuiQ not De tolerated IN
European mines. OF natural gas
alone,-the most perfect known
fuel,-there is declared to be a daily
waste. sufficient to supply all the
large cities in the country, while in
the case of coal the mine waste av-
erages half the amount saved. OF
course, this latter indicates a great
improvement in mining methods, for
in the early days of the industry in
the United States two or three times
as much coal was abandoned in the
mines as was taken out and used. The
need of better fire protection has long
been a crying one, and is receiving
the attention of the conservationtsts.
Our direct and indirect losses from
fire reach the appalling total of nearly
half the value of the new buildings
erected in this country and the ex-
perts figure that if we did as well as
our European cousins in guarding
against fire we could reduce our fire
losses four-hfths and thus save a
round million dollars a day.
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operation between the national and
State governments on the one hand
and the private corporations and in
dividuaI owners of timber on the other
hand Yet another subject of concern
to these soldiers of the common good
is the prevention Of the pollution of
the rivers and streams of the coun-
try in order that better and purer
water may be had for domestic and
industrial use.
Much of the missionary work. of
the conservationists is frankly direct
ed toward our national lawmakers and
the administrative officials of the Fed
eraI government, for upon these men
must the crusaders depend for that
authority and action witch is SO es-
sentia1 for the realization of con-
servation ideals.
There are no less than half a dozen
legislative and executive projects
which are now being agitated for the
furtherance of the peoples cause.
First of all, there is the scheme for
the protection and Improvement of
navigable rivers by forest conserva-
ton on their watersheds through the
purchase or control by the nation of
the necessary land in cooperation
with State and private action to the
agitation for the preparation by a
commission to be appointed by the
President Of the United States of
comprehensive plan for inland water
way improvement, extending to all the
uses of the waters and covering all
sections of the country.
A third project that will require
legislative action is the public regula-
ton of timber cutting on all forest
lands whose conservation is essential
to the public welfare Ono matter
whether the land be government prop
erty or privately owned); the taxa
ton of the timber crop of the coun-
try on the basis of yield, separate
from the land on which it grows; and
the support and extension of practi-
cal forestry by whatever means may
be found serviceable. A kindred am
bition seeks the conservation and con-
troll of the unappropriated public
grazing lands by the government in
the interests of the stockman, but
subject at all times to homestead en-
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their march-or was it panic--not
even the broad Ohio. in whose waters
tens Of thousands perished-
The first shock Of the earthquake
came in the night. To add to the ter
ror of the situation. canoes of Indians.
far out-numbering the crew. gave
chase. Steam won the race over saw
age muscle and endurance. It was
later learned that the Indians along
the river saw in the fire canoe" of
all their woes the direfuI spring. They
thought it must be some earthly coun-
terpart of the comet, and nkened the
sparks from its stack to the luminous
name of the uncanny thing in the
skies. The thick haze Of the atmos-
phere was thought to be due to the
steamers smoke. and the earth's
trembling to the movement OF her
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Our farmers. too. might with ad-
vantage become converts to conserva-
ton. for they average only half as
many bushels OF wheat per acre as
they do in Germany or England.
where soil fertility is maintained on
scientific methods. The abandoned
farm" is another evil O. our system
which conservation will aim to cor
rect just as It will try to repair the
damage done to the interests OF the
country at large by the virtual ex-
termination OF many valuable species
Of birds and OF wild game and fur
bearing animals such as the buffalo
a tragedy that has all but been du-
plicated during our generation in the
case OF the precious fur SEALS though
the salvation of these latter may yet
be secured through the international
conference recently held in Washing
ton. To turn to yet another phase
OF the subject perhaps the reader may
be convinced that there IS need for
conservation when IL Is pointed out
that we take from our forests every
year, not counting the loss by fire.
three and q half times as much tim
Der as Is grown in that same period
Furthermore we consume, per capita.
ten times as much timber as do the
their foresight. thrift and good Judg-
ment.
Probably few people who have not
looked into the subject carefully real
ize that one of the objects OF the
conservation movement IS to battle
with the white plague" and yet such
is the case. The leaders OF tho move
ment declare that in the case OF
the half million consumptives IN the
United States fully three-fourths OF
the loss Of life from this cause Is
preventable and that by reducing the
deaths from this and other prevalent
and preventable diseases such as ty-
phoid the average length OF life in
the United States could be increased
more than 15 years As a means to
the end of lengthening and strength
ening life the conservauo onists urge
home, school and factory hygiene. the
restriction of labor by women and
children and the Improvement OF the
public health service. municipal. state
and national.
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- HE last week in September will
A find the southwestern metropo-
Hs.-Kansas City, the objective
~ of many of the nations most
prominent citizens and the focal point
OF the interest Of the millions of peo-
pie IN all sections of the country who
are manifesting a constantly increas-
ing interest In the most advantageous
use of our vast natural resources.
The occasion is the annual session
Of the National Conservation Con-
gress, September rs. 2e and 27, incIu-
sive.
The President of the United States
IS always first on the list of prouai-
nent men to whom invitations are ex-
tended to make addresses at the an
nual Conservation Congress and our
only living ex-President is regarded
as all but an Indispensable at such
gatherings since it was Col. Theodore
Roosevelt who. while in the White
House, gave the cause Of conserva-
Gion its greatest official impetus. OF
course. Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, who
might justly be denominated the ia
ther OF conservation" will be the
moving spirit of this years conserva-
ton gathering, as he has been OF ell
similar enterprises in the past and
he has the ablest OF field naarshals
in the persons of Overton W. Price
and Thomas R. Shlpp, the latter of
whom, as Executive Secretary of the
Congress. has been in Kansas City for
some weeks perfecting arrangements
for what It is believed will be the
most largely attended conservation
congress yet held.
Mr.. Henry Wallace, who 81 known
everywhere west of the Mississippi as.
the farmers friend VIII preside
over the sessions of this years gath
ering by virtue of his position as
President Of the Congress- post to
which he was elected at the Con-
grezs held at St Paul last years-a
great confab which illustrated, by the
way. through the lively discussions
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precipitated. what a really important
factor in our national life this yearly
Conservation Congress has become.
The part now being played by men
such as Mr.. Wallace is doubly sig
nificant because it indicates that the
movement is being taken up by the
farmers who are, after all, in a bet
ter position than any other class of
the community to make conservation
mean something in a practical way.
The gathering at Kansas City will
undoubtedly take on to some extent
the character Of jollihcation because
of the more promising outlook for
conservation which has recently de-
veloped in American administrative
and legislative circles. For a time
after the retirement from the White
House of Theodore Roosevelt,-an en-
thusiast on conservation,-it looked as
though the cause might not advance
at the same rapid pace that had been
maintained previously, but the lapse
of activity was only temporary. Now.
of the Interior (the cabinet officer
who has the greatest opportunity to
further conservation policies) in the
hands Of man who is in hearty sym
pathy with the crusade the status
more nearly approaches that when
James r. Garfield and Clifford Pin
chot were ''in the saddle in Wash
fngton of1cialdom as the conserva-
ZIONIST aids of Roosevelt. Moreover,
through the legislation looking to the
Of the Appalachian Ma
-tfonaI Forest, and other similar ac-
tons the national law-making body
has attested its allegiance to the new
cult
The past year has also witnessed
the Inauguration in real earnest of the
work of the new National Conserva-
tion Association. And, just here. it
should be noted that there is error
in the suppositton of many people
that the Conservation Congress and
the Conservation Association are one
and the same thing, or that the Con-
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erals of this country, Alaska. and
Uncle Sans other domains. The re-
lation of all these factors to the health
of the American people Is embraced
and so likewise is our wild life
seeking to preserve to the people all
these various sources of health and
wealth the conservationists have
specialized on some subjects which
have thus been, for the time being,
brought prominently before the pub
lie. For example, this solicitude has
been especially manifest in connec-
ton with the development of water
power which has gone on apace these
past few years. The alert conserva-
tionists believe that it is of the utmost
Importance that the rights and in
terests of the people should be amply
protected in connection with all Fed
eral or State grants or franchises and
their efforts to insure this have help
ed, directly or indirectly, to precipi-
tate controversies such as the IA
n7ous Ballinger-Pinchot case.
The prevention and control of for
est fires is another means of conserv-
ing our natural resources which is
receiving much attention,-but GER
tainly not more than it deserves when
we stop to consider what appalling
destruction of life and property re-
suits from every extensive forest
fire.-for instance, the one in Canada
a few months ago. The remedy pro-
posed in this instance is better patrol
systems and equipment for fire fight
ing, combined with more stringent
regulations, and it is hoped to bring
about the desired result through CO.
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town had been partially ongulfsd;
houses and their inhabitants swal-
lowed by the earth Many people
begged to be taken aboard; others
were as badly frightened at the
steamboat as they had been by the
earthquake. Apart from these COM
munications. not a word was some
times spoken for hours. The situR-
ton weighed upon all. subduing even
Captain Bakers effusive gallantry to
ward Mrs Roosevelt's buxom maid.
The world seemed turned topsy-
turvy; the pilots knowledge OF the
channel was almost useless, such
were the changes wrought By the
earthquake. Sandbanks were IN the
place OF deep water; islands had
changed In shape: old landmarks had
disappeared Trees would toppIe over
and fall into the current as the eye
looked at them. One evening the
boat anchored at the foot OF an
island which was to serve as a break
water: in the morning the island was
gone.
Ended With wedding Bells
AS they passed down the Afissis-
sippi. reaching Natchez and New Or
lea. without further accidents. the
cloud Of apprehensive dread gradu-
ally lifted. At Natchez the romance
Of the voyage came TO an end. as all
romances should. with a wedding. A
parson was brought aboard. and Mrs.
Roosevelt's maid became first mate
to Captain Baker.
The boat which made this memor-
able voyage ran between New Or
leans and Natchez until 1915, when
she sank. Only a few months pre-
viously she had served the nation
nobly by carrying men and munitions
to General Jackson to fight the Brit
ish.
The second steamboat built In
Pittsburg. in 1912. was the Comet;
the third was the Vesuvius; the
fourth was the Aetna. The expe-
riences Of that first cruise seem to
have had some influence upon the no
menclature. BY 1918 twenty-five
steamboats, piled on the Ohio. and
twenty-three more were in building.
All were the outcome Of that memor-
able trip made by the Rough Rider
Of a century ago, a trip which linked
his name and fame with those OF
Robert Fulton and Robere Living
ston, and a trip which Is to be re-
peated in honor of its centennial eel
ebration. but without the spectacular
and thrilling features which made Il
like the expedition OF a new Argo-
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AN September 26 there will start
from P1ttsburg for New Orleans
a replica of the first steamboat
" that ever rode on the western
waters. the famous craft built by
veIt after plans furnished by Fulton
himself 1t will be just 100 years
since the original New Orleans start
ed on the most romantic and thrilling
river voyage perhaps ever made by
man To mark the event there Will
be a three days celebration, during
which, under the auspices OF the Ohio
Valley Historical Association. the re-
incarnated first steamboat will make
the same voyage that it made a CEN
tury ago, though it Is safe to say that
it win not be nearly as exciting.
Nicholas ]. Roosevelt was a brother
of our Rough Riders grandfather.
To many students of the early his
tory of steam navigation, he appears
to have a claim to the invention of
the steamboat prior to Fulton's- He
experimental with some success sew
eraI years before Fulton did, but never
produced a practicable model.
Roosevelt came to Pittsburg in
and Mississippi rivers. Fulton's
steamboat was to be given a trial on
these western waters, having already
proved its practicability on the Hud-
son. Roosevelt built the New Orleans
on the banks of the Monongahela, and
he was SO sanguine OF success that,
even before the keel of his vessel was
laid. he caused fuel to be heaped up
at various points along the Ohio. in
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The New Orleans. when completed,
represented the, for those days. mag
nifcent investment of $4,000. Full
ton had furnished the plans and $500
of the cash. She was craft of 500
tons burden, was 116 feet long, with
20 feet beam. and her engine had a
34-inch cylinder. The ship-builders
and machinists had to be brought
from New York.
On September 26. 1911. the New
Orleans set out for New Orleans. at
the amazing speed of eight miles an
hour. Roosevelt's young wife had de-
termined to accompany him. which
created q great sensation. He was
roundly denounced for permitting her
to tmperil her life, however reckless
he might be of his own. Good people
became almost hystericaI over the
matter. Besides Mr.. and Mrs. Roose-
velt, there were on board Captain
Baker, Pilot Jack. six liable seamen.''
four servants, including Mrs Roose-
velt's maid, who was to furnish the
romance of the try. Nor should we
forget the large New Foundland dog
Tiger.
Pessimistic Predictions.
All Pittsburg lined the banks Of the
river to watch the strange new craft
Sc. out down the river. On the sec
ond day after leaving Pittsburg, the
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gress is merely the annual convention
of the Association. AS a matter of
fact the two are separate and dis
tinct, their only connection being the
sentimental bond Of a common cause,
but on the other hand the same men
are behind each movement. Mr.. Gif-
ford Pinchot, the millionaire bache-
lor who has made conservation a life
hobby, is the life of every Conserva-
ton Congress, as he is likewise the
executive head of the National Con-
servation Association. That other hu-
man dynamo, Mr.. Thomas R. Shipp,
is Executive Secretary Of the Con-
gress, as well as Secretary of the
National Association. Indeed. to sum
it up, it may be said that the Asso-
citation simply does quietly all the
year what the Congress does spec
tacularly three days out of the $685.
The word conservation" as used in
connection with this continent-wide
crusade means the use of our natural
resources wisely and Judiciously for
the benefit of the whole people and
not merely for the profit of the few.
The purpose of the organized move
to have this principle put into prac-
teal effect. The conservation lead
ers advocate definite and practical
for the prompt and vigor-
GUS development of our natural re-
sources and for their fullest utiliza-
ton in the interest of all, without
waste and without monopoly.
1t need scarcely be pointed out that
tho field of conservation is very broad.
Tt concerns itself with the forests,
the waters. the lands and the min
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New Orleans reached Cincinnati.
which used to be known as Losanti-
vile. So far, steam navigation on the
Ohio was an unquestioned success.
Even the hatboat-men had to admit
this. though they were sure they had
seen the venturous mariners for the
last time. Your boat may go down
the river" they said. "'but as to COM
ing up again, the idea is absurd"
1t is characteristic of the times that
exactly four lines in the Cincinnati
newspaper Of that day.
At midnight on the fourth day af-
ter leaving Pittsburg the New Orleans
dropped anchor opposite Louisville.
The full moon made everything al
most as light as day, and as the roar
of the escaping steam was heard hun
dreds of the inhabitants rushed to
the river bank, curious and frighten-
ed. Some thought it was 1.-The Brit
ish,'' the famous Embargo having
just been declared. The great comet
of 1911 was then visible, with its head
larger than the sun itself, and many
people thought 1t had fallen into the
river, causing the uproar.
On the next day the leading citizens
of Louisville rendered Mr.. Roosevelt
8 public dinner, and he in return gave
one aboard his vessel. The good folk
of Louisville agreed with, those of
Cincinnati that the boat would never
come up the stream again-the idea
was absurd. Now a most remarkable
thing befeI while the company were
banqueting in the cabin. A series of
rum blings and jerks; then q sense of
swift motion; and the panic-stricken
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Pessimistic Predictions.
All Pittsburg lined the banks of the
river to watch the strange new craft
Sc. out down the river. On the Sec
ond day after leaving Pittsburg, the
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Of wireless teIegraphy that needs no
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