davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

of an expert. Senator Borah possesses a
romantic interest relating to his thrilling
adventures in the stirring events con-
nected with recent Idaho history and to
the fact that he had already won his
spurs in political fame and administrative
ability before he was called to the upper
house. Mrs. Borah Is the resourceful cul-
tured and llberal-minded woman that one
10 accustomed to expect from the sturdy
mountainous northwest. She Ia among the
youthful and vigorous hostesses in the
senatorial set. and has taken her place In
oficial society with graceful ease and the
commendable idea Of performing her
whole duty.
II am now enjoying my fourth sea-
son In Washington" said Mrs. Borah.
and ] am, so TO speak. getting all my
obligations systematized. When q woman
oemes to Washington first, she Is over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

bear came home in due time and l could
have wept. Instead Of a nice little rug
with head and claws well preserved my
little bear was standing coquettishly on a
twig, and he wore as many parti-colored
ruff1es as a Ballet dancer. l paid big
bill to have the skin ruined and then g
friend came one day to go calling with
me and she was complaining that hel
dog had followed her. So We decided to
shut the dog up in my house while We
went on our visits. When We returned
dancing bear had been decided. The dog
had eaten the bear, ruffles. bow-knots
and all. and, really. felt relieved.
Living as We do in great fruit coun-
try. we are devotees of apples, and the
hardy varieties are among our staples OF
food. We are proud that our apples go
all over the world, and very periodically
we endeavor to obtain Idaho apples
wherever we are. Mr.. Borah eats apples
with the regularity that he drinks water
or eats bread, and think they are re-
sponsible for his excellent health. He Is
a firm believer in the eating Of onions to
preserve ones VigOr, but this habit is not
so agreeable as that of partaking of our
fragrant mellow russets and pippins. We
have the most wonderful vegetables in
Idaho of heroic size and SO delightfully."-
favored. We claim that our state is the
most resourceful In the Union.
Our grain lands are superb and offer
field for the tens of thousands of set
tiers. Indeed, We hope to maintain our
own against the Canadian grain pro-
ducers. Our mines are another at
traction to the seeker OF fortune and
they offer brilliant future for our state.
Then we are one of the gateways into
the Yellowstone Park. We have few
railroads yet, but these will come in time
Meantime the vast mountain ranges are
covered with stock and the valleys yield
crops in grain and fruit and vegetables
which are large factor in feeding the
world
Mrs. Borah is college woman and be.
lieves thoroughly in the higher education
of woman. She is a native OF Humboldt
county, Cal, and attended Mills College
in San Francisco, and afterward COM
pleted her studies at the college in FL
mira, n. Y. Her father. William John
Mcconnell, was an early settler in Cali
fornia. He came to the golden west from
Lansing, Mich. Later he moved to Ore
gon. and was prominent politically in that
state. He removed to Idaho and has re-
manned there, and from the beginning
has been one Of the potent influences for
the upbuilding of the state. Mrs. McCon-
nell was born Louise Brown, and is ma
tive of Columbus, Ohio.
The romance which ended in the mar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
LOCATION OF THE APPALAcHIANS g.
% AND WHITE MOUNTAINS FORESTS

this region every year, for no precaution
Is taken to prevent IT.
The southern Appalachians now produce
half Of the hardwood Of the nation. 9th
or great sources such aslthe Ohio region
and the great lake region have been eX-
hausted. The supply OF the future must
come from the Appa achians. The other
lands have been turned into farms. This
land is valueless for other purposes and
should properly remain forest. The men
who know say that this region should
produce a given number OF feet per acre
in hardwood. Their estimates are based
on what has been accomplished in other
countries. Upon such basis there is
enough hardwood land to supply the ma
ton abundantly and forever if II is but
properly conserved.
The masses Of the people are more in
terested in these forests than any that
have heretofore attracted the interest OF
the government. They are within easy
reach of the great mass Of the people
who live east OF the Mississippi They
promise breathing spaces in the midst or
the population. They are to the nation
what Central Park is to New York.
All these tracts will be put into the
proper forest condition. They will be re-
planted where the timber is all gone
Fire will not be allowed to damage them.
They will return in time to the forest
primeval Wild things will run through
their solitudes. Game may be restored
to them. Their streams will always
abound with fish. They will always be
open to the public for use, and precautlon
will be taken against abuse. In sense
they will be great national parks. With
reference to the administration OF such
things as game laws the various states
will be responsible, but the national gov-
eminent will point the way
x X
individuals selling forest land to the
United States may retain the mineral
rights. Standing timber may be reserved
to be cut under the proper regulations.
Even hOmesteads may be retained in the
midst Of the great reserves.
Upon the hillsdes of the southern APP
palachians are the cottages of that race
which descends from the best blood that
America ever knew, but which has, In the
face of generations of misfortune, come
hundred years given family has lived
in a given cottage. Poverty has been so
intense that they have never developed
the energy to move. They are people
rooted to the spot. They love their
homes by instinct and know naught or
other things. They have no appreciation
of money. They have never had any OF
people will not sell their homes to the
government. The cabins and the little
cleared land about them will remain
private property and these people Will
continue to dwell where their fathers
have dwelt. But the timber lands will be
bought and the homes of the poor be left
to dot the otherwise unbroken forests.
Mayhap in the administration OF these
lands way viii be found to help the
men who have become part of the re-
gion's landscape and whose uplifting has
baffled the sociologist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

riage Of Senator Borah and Miss Mary
Mcconnell may be in every sense termed
a political one. Mrs. Borah says that. hav-
ing been reared in an atmosphere where
public affairs held sway. she had made
a vow that, even If she died an old maid,
she would never marry a politician. She
felt that she would like a change of oc-
cupation. so to speak. When Gov. Nc
Cornell was making a campaign tour be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

III z n, near the
close Of the recent
regular session
Of Congress. that
b dy, after s j x
years delay, pass
ed a measure pro-
viding for the &C
QUESTION OF forest
lands in the Appa-
lachian and White
mountains, It laid
down q govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

powered by the multiplicity of her duties
and even inclined to be discouraged.
was impressed with the solemnity of the
etiquette and inspired by the fear that II
i did not comply with the very letter OF
the law. the political future of my hus-
band would be jeopardized l called and
called. attended all kinds Of functions and
kept my visiting cards moving energet-
icaliy a commercial travellers. 1t was
somewhat trying, but l got considerable
amusement out of my rounds. For in
stance. i was almost tempted to keep
the fact dark that I came from Idaho
u
Not that 1 do not love every inch Of
ground in that dear state, but it seemed
to cause such a sensation when I was an
nounced as coming from that particular
mountain realm. One dear old southern
lady. when she heard l came from Idaho.
lifted her lorgnette and gave me thor
ough inspection. Well. my DEAR she re-
marked, and so you live way out there.
and really you look exactly like any other
ance told me confidentially that she was
glad that ] was well informed enough to
make my calls. Very few women from
the west do know their social Obliga-
TONS was her encouraging observation.
But now / get OF famously. 1 call
where l know sthe people personally, or
where there is established precedent or
imperative social obligation. Elective
social intercourse Is so much more repay
ing than to rush about Unfortunately.
1 keep my Thursday at homes, and
find this occupation not only pleasant.
but exhilarating. There are more inter-
estiug people to meet in Washington than
any other American city offers. AS am
more concerned about my own country
people than in foreigners, the National
Capital seems the center OF all good
things, and the old world cities do not
enter the lists.
Il am entirely western, however. and
life in Washington figures merely as an
episode. When one lives in the heart of
great mountains close to nature, with q
magnificent panorama of lake and river,
even the most brilliant existence in the
city seems Imprisonment II it continues
long. In Boise, we still have the stage
coaches bringing our mails. and the great
foothills of the Cascade division of the
Rockies shut US out from a world which
seems to have nothing I'm common with
us. But We have the ideal city. in my
estimation, though We still lack the iron
horse to awaken the echoes In our quiet
environment and to bring the attendant
hustle and strife into the peaceful valley.
sfr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
By Margaret B. Downing.

ENATOR and Mrs.
William Edgar b.
rah Of Idaho rank
among the interest
ing Official residents
OF Washington.
They are popular
dinner guests and
If they accepted q
1.-THE OF the cards
bidding them dine
they would both
need the services
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

bodies Of agricultural lands. These
areas. though they contain only 40 per
cent Of the timbered land Of the south
ern Appalachians. include almost all of the
virgin timberlands. because the virgin
timber which remains Is mostly situated
on the high mountains. Even though
these lands do produce an inferior grade
of timber, their sole use must be for tim
Der production. There is no other crop
which will hold the gravelly. stony soil
in place and keep it from cloggtng the
channels OF streams and covering the
agricultural valleys which lie below.
lands. approximating 100000 acres.
give rise to all the important streams
which have their source In the southern
AppalachiaIls. They are therefore the
ever work Is done to protect the south
ern Appalachians must center in these
areas.
This White mountain region, mostly in
%' the 1o New Hf En:s IS
the source Of practically all the inn
portant streams Of that part Of the
world. It is the wild land. the play
ground OF those far eastern states as we'll
as OF many people from New York.
The White mountain region Is drained
by five large rivers-the Connecticut, the
feuuSeWd6Sct, the 08CO, inc AnOfOSCOS-
gin and the Kennebec. The watersheds
OF these streams form q very rough and
rugged region broken up into many short
mountain ranges. separated by deep, mar
row valleys. The White mountains prop
er, the most rugged and elevated portion.
cover about $1,000 acres. Seventy-four
peaks reach Q height'of over 5000 feet.
and OF these eleven are over 5000 feet.
The tallest, Mount Washington. rises to
an altitude OF $3.50 feet, and is among
the tallest peaks east Of the Mississippi
river.
The lands that it is desirable to con-
serve as national forests in these regions
are. as a whole. entirely beyond the
reach OF the government at present, and
IT is hoped that with proper encourage
ment they may be so cared for pri-
vately that it will never be neces-
sary for the government to take charge
of them. In all there are some $4,000 900
acres Of this land. The present appro-
priation is but 600 for a period of
ten years. This money will buy about
100000 acres. or one-sixth Of the area
that should be covered.
under the advice Of the forest service,
has hit on the plan of acquiring small
areas in all the watershed regions ana
SO administering these as to make them
demonstration to all the states and to
private owners in all the sections. Au-
thorities are in possession Of facts that
absolutely prove that thorough and eff
cient forestry pays as q business propO-
sitfon. There are scores of nations that
are today deriving handsome profits from
their forests. The United States gov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

mental policy that will last through tne
centuries and will probably have moro
effect upon the future Of the nation than
any legislation formulated In decade.
1t laid the foundation for keeping tho
streams Of the east navgable. IT took
the first step toward preventing tho
farms which grow the nations food
from washing away. 1t started toward
the growing Of q crop Of timber against
a time when there will be little wood
left.
The bill provides s.. 900 q year for
five years to be used for buying lands
as q nucleus for greater forests that are
to be added later through the continu-
ance Of the policy. 1t created a commits
sion 10 handle the money and buy lands
with it. 1t provided for the cooperation
of the federal with the various state
governments in a campaign against forest
fires which unnecessarily take toll OF
many millions Of dollars worth Of timber
and many lives annually.
4
The commission which is to carry out
the provisions Of the bill consists OF the
Secretary Of Agriculture. the Secretary
Of War. the Secretary Of the Interior. two
senators and two members OF the House
OF Representatives. The President Of the
Senate has appointed Senator Gallinger
of New Hampshire and Senator Smith OF
Maryland as the representatives of that
body. and the Speaker of the House ap-
pointed Representative Lee of Georgia and
Representative Hawley Of Oregon. The
commission has chosen Secretary Dick
inson of the War Department as Its
president and is ready for business.
The main centers for such mountainous
and non-agricultural lands in the south
ern Appalachians are. first. the Blue
Ridge and Great Smoky mountains OF
North Carolina and Tennessee. South
Carolina and Georgia: second. the Ale
gheny mountains of eastern and south
ern West Virginia and western Virginia,
and. third. the C,flberland mountains OF
eastern Ken = ky. Tennessee and north
ern Alabam; These lands include the
main mountain ranges and the rough
est. widest lands of the region. Natu-
rally they embrace a smaller proportion
of agricultural lands than other parts
of the region. and those which they do
embrace have for the most part been
eliminated. Regardless of these elimina-
nations they still include some small
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

CONGRESS Has Appro-
~ priated Ten Million Dol
lars for the Purpose of Buy
ing Lands on the Watersheds
of the Appalachian and White
Mountains-This Brings the
Forestry Policy of the West
to the People of the Eastern
States-It Also Lays Down
the National Policy of Tree
Farming, Which Has Been in
Operation for a Century in
Europe, and Which Yields
Great Profits Aside From
Conserving Waterfowl and
Farm Lands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

blessing. Living as we do not far from
the grand Yellowstone Park. Boise gets
all the benefit of the boiling water from
the geysers and 1t is piped from artesian
wells into the city for domestic purposes.
Our homes are heated with the boiling
water and We pay for 1t by the year or
the month II you desire, just as other
residents pay for gas and cold water
eXhaustfble supply of boiling water Is a
luxury which only a homekeeper can ap-
preciate. After coming a mile and more
you can drop an egg into It with the
process on a coal range.
strangers are astonished to see our
water carts In Boise. Boiling water is
used to allay the dust, and the steam
issues in such volumes that the driver
and even the horses are often hidden
from sight. Boiling water Is, OF course.
more easy to obtain than cold water,
and SO the streets are thus cleansed. 1t
knows how much more readily anything
Is kept clean by hot water than by the
cold. We can use the boiling water from
the geysers for nearly all kinds OF do
mestic purposes 1t is. however. strongly
impregnated with sulphur. and silver or
metal ware cannot be cleansed with 1t.
But the labor-saving device of having hot
water pumped into the home must be
enjoyed to be fully appreciated.
Last summer counted one of the
unique experiences Of my life in spending
the entire three months in the heart of
the mountains, in the bungalow Of a
friend. My mother and sisters accom-
panied me. for Mr.. Borah. like all the
other public men, spent his vacation cam
paigning This bungalow is near Lake
Pen d. Erelle. and this pretty name Is a
half-French. half-lndian term which
bungalow bore the Indian name Of Kla-
hanna. which Is the word for home /
cannot paint the beauty Of this place
and the absolute rest which such an out
ing must bring. The bungalow is built
in a small clearing where beautiful fiow-
ers OF every sort have been planted
about the house in a bed about three
feet wide
1.-THE grand primeval forest was at our
door and an exquisite. mountain ytream
clear as crystal murmured by within
fifty feet. The house is the conventional
style for the forest. made Of rough logs,
rough within and without and unplas-
tered. with a huge red brick fireplace
where you could roast several oxen IL YOU
felt SO bloodthirsty. We brought our
provisions in canned stuffs. but with our
gun and rod we had many a delicious
meal. My sister, Mrs Mox Lueddemann
or MOSCOW, is an expert shot, and she
winged us dainties by the score~b,rds
and wild fowls and the smaller game in
which these forests abound. / can use 4
gun also, but cannot claim to be an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

hunted for our dinner. and such appe-
titles as We did get In consequence!
would recommend three months of such
existence to the weary man or woman
and If it does not prove soothing to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
TYPICAL SCENE IN. The ArRA1AcA1ANs

eminent proposes to demonstrate upon
these forests the business principle Of
caring for forests and making that care
pay. Each forest will be a demonstra-
ton farm for its section. If 1t Is made
a financial SUCCESS it is reasonable to
suppose that the states and private indi-
viduals will follow the example given.
Making a thing profitable is the surest
way Of getting it adopted
It Is upon these grounds that the
United States Is now taking up forestry
on a wider basis. This government knows
that Prussia has 100000 acres of forest
land. 1t knows that sixty years ago that
land yielded twenty-eight cents an acre
net. 1t knows that this yield has been
brought up to $3.50 per acre per year.
clearing Prussia the neat little sum Of
$17,bO0.0OO a year as a direct income
aside from the indirect benefit to farm
land and stream flow. This country
knows that Saxony has state forest of
$4,000 acres and that every acre yields
every year a net profit Of $3.50 and that
the yield is increasing. It knows that
the private forests Of Germany yield as
whole a net income Of $3.50 an acre
sought by the strong financial interests.
The government has found out that
France gets a return of $1.75 an acre on
her forest land and that as her system
develops the floods from which Paris suf
fers are steadily decreasing. 1t is an
established fact that the forests of Swift
zerland, which have been cared for dur
ing q longer period, produce a net profit
of from s. to 50 an acre. The city forest
OF Zurich produces annually q net profit
Of $12 an acre. In Switzerland all for
ests, public and private, are under the
control of the government and must be
tons. There are no fires and there is no
waste Of valuable timber.
These are but few of the proofs upon
which are based the adoption Of the gov
ernment's advancing policy Of forest con-
servatton. There are on the other side
OF the picture examples In plenty of the
penalty of refusing to take care of the
forests. China is the most pronounced Of
these and is the one civilized country
that has persistently destroyed its for
ests. The forests are cleaned of down
to the very roots. There Is no timber
with which to make even collins in WHICH
to bury the dead.
A dearth Of wood Is not the only for
lorn result Of forest devastation; a dearth
Of water and the ruin Of the soil follow
in its train. In western China, where
forest destruction is not yet complete,
enough vegetation covers the mountains
to retard the run-on Of the rains and re-
turn sufficient moisture to lower levels,
where it can be reached by the roots of
crops and where springs are numerous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

I'VE have fine streets, excellent busi-
ness houses and abundant good things
from the rich grain and fruit land which
makes up the northern part of the state.
One thing we have seems an inestima BILE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

Copyright, 1911. by ". A. Du Puy)
The Washington times., 1911-06-08

he did not have chance to look long
at time. Then the horses had to be
taken back.
Come and eat supper" said the man
he was helping; we've got to rub all
the horses before the evening perform
ance."
But I have not seen the show"
said Howard ready to cry from dis
appointment.
THE afternoon show is over" said
in for the little you did. did you? You
can go in this evening"
When night came IL was the same
thing over again, leading the horses
to the big tent and back again, and
Howard was so tired that he lay
When he awoke II was with a start
and he looked around him. He seemed
to be moving. and after a while he
knew he was on train, but how did
and saw huge bundles which looked
like tents and men asleep upon them.
Then he knew what had happened.
the circus people had taken him
while he was asleep and put him on
the train. He was on his way 20 the
next city. He did not sleep again, and
before long the train stopped and the
man whose helper he had been call
ed to him to hurry along. His coat
was gone and his feet sore and lame.
but he did not dare complain for
everybody was cross.
Howard had never seen anyone work
so hard or fast as the circus people, and
he was pushed about and told to hurry
In anything but a pleasant manner.
Poor Howard was ready to cry by
breakfast time, but all the horses were
to be made ready for the parade, and
he had to work again.
That night he wes so lame he could
hardly walk and the food was so poor
he had not eaten. The second time he
The Washington times., 1911-06-08

Put this into stone jar that holds six
gallons Of liquid, and let 1t stand three
days, skimming it each day. When that
time has expired. put 1t into a ten-gal-
Ion keg, and, If not full, add enough
water to make up the deficiency. Lay
the keg on blocks of wood, and leave
the bunghole open; fill the kee every
morning with cold sugar syrup. which
Is made by mixing one pound of sugar
with one pint of water Cover the bung-
hole with piece of cheesecloth, to keep
OUT the Insects, and let the mixture lie
nVe or six weeks, or until fermentation
ceases; then bung the barrel UP, let 1t
lie four months, then draw the wine off
INTO clean barrel, and bottle It after
eight months.
Blackberry cordial-Sweeten the ber-
rles a little sweeter than for table use,
ana let them stand over night. In the
morning lay hair sieve over the bowl
ana strain them, letting them remain
until evening. so as to thoroughly drain.
Then put the juice into a flannel bag
and allow 1t to drain over night, being
careful not to squeeze it, as this takes
out the clearness Of the juice. To each
pint Of blackberry juice add one-half
pint of French brandy and sweeten to
taste. The dose is a tablespoonful. This
is said to check any slight summer COM
plant, and will arrest dysentery II Civ
en- in season. 1t is a pleasant and safe
remedy.