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Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-20
PINCYOT TELLS OF THE BATTLE
Former Forester Says Conservation
Has Won Many Victories.
SUCCESS IN PROGRESSIVE MOVE
Atfributes Notable Achievements in
warfare for Rights of People 10
work Done DurfnE Last
Few Years.

NEW ROCHELLE. n. Y. Feb. la-Gif-
ford Pinchot president Of the National
Conservation association. whom President
Taft removed from the office OF chief for
ester OF the United states. today before the
Peoples Forum Of New Rochelle delivered
what he entitled "A Report OF Progress.
In the course Of his remarks he summar-
lied the achievements in the conservation
Of natural resources. which he attributed 20
the progressive movement" paid tribute
TO the Roosevelt administration. crediting
Il with enormous influence I'm awakening
the people TO their rights and opportunities.
and said the Payne-Aldrich tariff was the
most powerful single factor in breeding
popular distrust Of the old line politicians
and their methods. To that more than all
else he said was responsible for making
the last two years the most formative
since the civil war.
In his summary Of achievement Mr.. Pin
chot placed first. the great doctrine OF
the conservation Of natural resources,
which he said has been adopted by the
people of the United States once for all as
the rule for their Judgment and action.
we have checked the Guggenheims in
their efforts to absorb Alaska and have
opened the way for the use OF the vast
resources in that territory mainly for the
benefit OF the people OF Alaska and the
United states" In that connection. the
speaker Landed the services OF that sol
dier Of the common good. young Claws 20
and declared IL his belief that I'VE shall yet
save the coal and all the rest
Blow 20 water Monopoly.
within the last two years. Mr. Pin
chot continued. an effort Of the water
power monopolies 10 turn the water powers
OF the nation over to the control of the
states. whence they might more easily pass
into the hands OF the men who always
know exactly What they want, was born
nourished and has disappeared.
cts death blow was an announcement
from the White House that wise federal
water power policy had been adopted by
the administration The position thus
taken By the president along the lines Al
ready Isid down By Garfield and ROose-
welt. deserves. ana / doubt not. win re-
D
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-20
THOMAS REPLY is NOT FINAL
Postmaster's Denial Fails to Convince
Office Employees.
SEAL OF FEAR on THEIR LIPS
Hesitate 20 Openly Expires. views In
the Matter for Fear They May
Come Under Officiars
DispIeasure.

Postmaster Thomass flat denial OF the
charge that he had been shaking down
postoffice employees for political contribu-
tons. and his explanation that his arbi-
trary transfer OF Letter Carrier Tilitson
from the route he had served so satisfac-
t0rily for years TO a cornfIeid district on
the outskirts Of the city. are not taken to
be the real final word In the matter by the
postOffice carriers and clerks.
All postOffice employees with few eNcep-
lions are intensely Interested in the develop
ment OF the charges that have been pre-
ferred against the postmaster. but they are
also afraid to open their mouths TO say a
word unless with the strictest injunction
that the source OF Information win be kept
confidential, pointing. as they say to the
fate that has befallen Tillitson as warn-
Ing OF what would happen n the postmaster
should for any reason get IL In for them.
Speaking with the assurance that his
name would not be used. one Of the best
known carriers said 1T Is notorious
among all OF US that Postmaster Thomas
got his appointment for himself purely by
political wire pulling and forcing the sena-
tors TO promise TO support him in exchange
for his voting for them as a member OF the
legislature. Coming in this way he had the
idea that the postoffice was TO be used for
politics only. and that every man en-
ployed under him was subject 20 his or
ders politically. as well as for postal busl-
mesa
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-20
Unique Decorative Scheme is Made
Effective.
LAm IN sPEED w FORM
Vehicles Arranged in Great Eclipse
on the Floor
HEAvY rRUCKs IN BAsEMENT


But few more nnlshing touches and
oyushs's sixth annual automobile show
stands ready for the opening ot tho Audi
torium doors and the admittance Of the
public to the exhibition This afternoon
will see the show in readiness Tor the
grand opening a. 7,0 O'Clock Mondn,
evening.
a fairyland OF color and light embowers
cars 70 be shown. The color scheme 10 in
green and white nlumlned by complicated
system OF electric lighting.
a long promenade the shape of an auto
speedway extends around the Whole OF The
main floor Of the buiidlng. ON the rignt
and left will be the exhibits OF the pleasure
cars and running from the west entrance
door straight down the center Of the dis-
play is a wide promenade with two more
rows Of cars on either side On the stage
will be the exhibits Of siE accessory firms.
This display faces the main floor.
The basement is given up 10 commercial
vehicle exhibits. Bere instead OF the uneis
upholstered pleasure cars anu tncir shln-n &
brass rinishmgs. wrii be the plain u,hit.
machines. There viii be the heavy TRUCKS.
carrying two aud three ton loads ana the
hghter delivery cars built tor quick servne
IN merchants city trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-20

He started to play favorites az the out
set and gou ntO trouble BY promising the
same place OF promotion 70 more than one
person at the same time. - I had a dollar
for every broken promise the postmaster
has made to clerks and carriers would be
a great deal richer than I am Had he been
content with only falling 70 keep his word
as TO promotions Postmaster Thomas might
have skidded along on thin ice, but when
he undertook 20 wreak vengeance on a man
like Dan Tiilitson because Tnlitson Insisted
on his own rights and refused 70 do his
bidding In politics and 20 MAKE Tlllitson an
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-20

An dav Saturday the workers we're hard
Al Il al the Auditorium anu II was found
necessary TO take a part of the sunday 10
complete the arrangements Tor the show
Each OF the individual dealers has entered
into friendly rivalry that comes up eacn
year-which booth viii be the mOst al
tractiye, Pennants, rugs. and other dev-
oratlve features are to be found in different
parts OF the show.
The usual contest is on % see which
dealer can sell the first car from the
Omaha Automobile show. several 0f the
local men assert ihat they afs asresas
eniailcd ~ the nonor heeauze tnes nste
sold TIE ear shieh tines are pacing on
exhibition. but the nisjonls tecarctrsis
contest is moi ~on- until me sikth annbaf
show is officially opencd
The Omaha Automobile Dealers assoel-
alton has put mere time wOrh and
more money on the show OF TINS year tnan
ever before anuIhe results sltaIned wnl
probably show up accordingly The num-
1 Der of out-of-town visitors 20 Omaha 80
see the show OF 1871 viii double ana per
haps treble the numbers seen here in each
former year. the association members de-
clare reports from towns IN Iowa and
Nebraska Indicate that the people OK the
smaller towns and the farmers nave COME
10 recognize the Omaha event as their SHOW.
There will be more Than 19 different
styles Of automobiles shown this year
There will be more than sixty special
/ representatives from the factories repre-
sented TO demonstrate these machines to
the visitors.
/ Orchestra programs VII be given each
afternoon and evening and Il ~ probable
that some special features will be put on
during the latter part OF the week.
Those who atenu-d the omaha automo-
/ bile show last year will not forget the
unceasing noise OF horns ana buzEers kept
up By the exhibitors Of accessories In the
show. But this year there viii be no
such an attraction for the small boz.
4 Rising In its wrath the Omaha Automo-
bile association has prohibited the ex-
hibiting OF any horn in the accessory de-
partments OF as a part OF an autOmobile
unless the reed Of the horn has been re-
moved.
! Another provision made for the comfort
Of the visiting public to the show Is The
prohibiting OF all smoking In the building
with the automobiles. in spite OF the fact
I that all gasolines and other OILS are taken
out Of the cars before they are placed on
| the floor.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-20
blow TO Water Monopoly.

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Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-20
WEATHER FORECAST

For Nehraska SNOW
For Iowa snow
For weather report see
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

to keep them down by increased hunufs
permits IS a most injudiclOus step toward
the deterioration of the stock. The one
solution is the killing by government scouts
under skilled direction of the weakest ana
smallest of the herds. Both male and
female must so.
"It seems an awful thing to think or
killing the female of any wild creature.
II may be necessary, but | would hate TO
have to be the man to do 1t. Mind you'
this would not be hunting, il would he a
butchery-or an execution. TO speak more
exactly-of certain doomed members of the
herds which seem most likely not to sur
vive q hard winter. They could be killed
at a time when some income could be
derived from their hides. flesh and tusks
and this fund could be used II feed the re-
mainder OF the herd through the winter
some such measure should be taken
soon. II IL is not there will be standing
reproach facing the friends OF conserva-
ton People will point out that 'coEser-
vation' leads to the suffering and death
of thousands OF innocent creatures, all
quite useless. The settlers, who are now
friends Of the elk. will grow tired OF hav-
ing their haystacks robbed. Every friend
Of conservation ought to take an interest
in this situation. II IS time that Congress
or the park authorities or some other
recognized authority set out TO perfect
practical, sound solution OF this prob
lem"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

trail before the winter is over. There IS
cruel custom connected with that migra-
tion. The elk have TO follow the canyon
Of which | spoke in order to get through
the mountains. 1t is only few Nards IN
breadth The hunters have taken 10 lying
IN wait for them at the mouth OF the pass
and there they shoot them down at few
races' range as fast as they come through.
TIE thing is so cowardly that the Montana
LEGISLATURE has taken it up, and Is now
considering bill to create strip or free
ground five miles wide adjoining the park
at that point. so that the hunters cannot
attack the herds until they have had
chance to scatter and make their escape.
But most Of the elk range on the other
side Of the divide. and they go south IN
winter INTO Wyoming and Idaho. The
whole number of the Yellowstone elk has
been estimated at anywhere from twenty
thousand to fifty thousand. ! think, per-
soually. that thirty thousand is safe guess.
At any rate twenty thousand Of them come
down every year from the higher ranges to
winter in Jackson's Hole and other valleys
of the ncighborhood. Understand thouSh,
a 'neighborhood' is big thing out there,
like everything else. Jackson's Hole itself
IS mountain valley. perhaps forty miles
long and in places ten miles broad. Inc
grass there used to be splendid, for there
was nothing there TO eat il except the elk
u.ben tbcv came down i'm winter
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

during the last fifteen years Its prod.,.,
mas more than doubled. Its mais r,.
for window panes, but there ar.
quantities used for mirrors, signs. au,.N
biles table tops. etc.
One Of the serious problems In IN. NJ.
facture and handling of plate glass 4, ~
or transportation. The carrying q, ,.vs
finished plates constitutes a difficult -"
lem. Glass is brittle. and plates th,, .s
several hundred dollars each canno,
oil dnary merchandise. and, furtheru.'s
the ordinary freight or fat cars u..1
railroads are not suited 10 the tran,,..
large plates Of such glass. The yay ~,
glass Is handled from the time II IA ,.sa
from the works until 1t is placed 4
building several hundred or severa, u,
sand miles distant Is interesting.
Three lights arc packed in a w.,
case, and the packing consists OF A..
pressed very close. The cases are a. :
on specially built railroad cars built nv -
glass works and are called gondola a..
The general dimensions OF these car,
those OF coal cars, but the gondolas H."
their bottoms sunk to a depth, between .
trucks, which is almost on level with !,
track. The reason for this lowering a, !,
car floors is to prevent the cases from :,
tending too high and being In the va, !.
bridges or tunnels along the line u tr,,.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

one elk. Thus the settlers i'm the Hole get
the pick Of the herds for meat. Then, "A
nonresident may also obtain a license TO
shoot one elk by paying fee of $50.
"Leek suggests amending the law so that
non-residents may get their elk for 50 ana
may kill a second one for So more. The
income from these fees is 10 be turned over
to the state game warden, 10 be used in
preserving the game of the state, and.
suppose. in part TO be used to buy hay for
the herds.
Now, there is a fundamental objection
TO such a law and 10 any law which con-
templates letting hunters loose on protect
ed animals Only males are allowed TO be
killed under any law. Only the finest males
will be selected by the hunters. The'result
is that the best sres are killed and breed
ing Is left to tie inferior or younger males.
Where that is the case herd deterlorates
rapidly The females sre as prolific as
before: the five thousand calves Will be
brought forth just as they have been, but
they Will be descended from undersized or
weak spirited fathers, and they Will per-
petuate these failings in their offspring
1T IS a matter Of fact that the Yellow
stone herds have actually deteriorated from
precisely that cause. Any increase in the
number shot by hunters will simply hasten
the process 1t has been said that a SINH
lar process has decreased the average stat
ure Of Frenchmen. Napoleon swept away
the tall men in France TO make cannon
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

Its roller before the open mouth of the an
healing oven. The signal given. the pot Is
inclined quickly and the beautiful opal
liquid, brilliant, transparent and unctuous.
falls and spreads over the table like ductile
wax"
When second signal is given tho roller
passes over the redhot glass. after which
workman skins off the apparent defects
with bold and skilful hand. This process
over, q force OF about twenty workmen
provided with suitable tools quickly pushes
the glass into the oven, where 1t is an
nealed by slow cooling The process OF
taking the glass out of the oven does not
present such q dramatic scene as the cast
ing. Yet II Is interesting to see twelve
workmen, with no other tools than leather
straps. lift and carry the large. thin and
fragile glass upon It's edge, walking In
step. like drilled soldiers. from the oven to
the racks. where the grinding and smooth
ing processes take place The glass is
rough and Opaque before 1t is ground and
smoothed, by which II becomes a perfect
plane. with a satin-like finish.
The grinding is done by the use Of sue
cessive grades Of sand, beginning with the
coarsest and ending with the finest. The
smoothing is completed with emery care
fully graded. The polishing process Is the
most delicate In the manufacture of glass
which must be made transparent and clear
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

Governor Dix will review the sth Regi-
ment in it's armory on Wednesday night, in
celebration of Washington's Birthday and
q reception will follow. For more than one
hundred years the sth has celebrated this
event annually, and It's distinctive title IS
the washington Grays."
Brigadicr General David Z. Austen, chief
of coast artillery, who viii command the
brigade composed of the Sth, 9Th and 18th
regiments in review at the armory of
the 18th Regiment in Brooklyn, on Wednes-
day night, March 90. has received word
from Mayor Gaynor that he will review the
brigade on the night mentioned.
Company r, Of the 9TH Regiment, VIII
hold an election for captain on Tuesday
night. vice Stotesbury resigned The only
candidate will be Lieutenant William 5.
Covel who is son of the late Captain
Covell, of the 7th Regiment. Second Lieu
tenant George T. Hill. I'm turn will he
elected first lieutenant, First Sergeant Sam
uel j. Mack will be advanced TO second
lieutenant, Sergeant Harry l.. Dederer viii
go up 10 first sergeant, and Corporal Gou-
verneur Kcmble will 90 up to sergeant.
Governor Dix has accepted a review of
Squadron 4 for Saturday evening. March
o. at the armory.
The 18th Regiment shows a net loss OF
some nfty-four officers and men in this
years muster, when compared with last
year. At the annual muster on Tuesday
the regiment paraded go officers and men
or! Of GO on the roll. Except as TO num-
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
News Notes from Westchester County

non. has completed his annual report
cases investigated by him during the yea
1910. The report outside OF deaths nO-'
natural causes, shows that the srsa""
number of cases from any one cause .''
twenty persons killed on the railroao ~
total number of cases investigated " "'-
during the year was 2l5.
An "old country fair" will be hela -
next week, under the auspices or Wiz
A. Dunphy Council. 40 knights OF oo.D
Lus. in its clubhouse. in White fisi'A
James J. Shaw is chairman OF the cav,
tive committee, which has charge Oh 'n'
rangements.
The Republican City Committee OF wv,
Vernon has arranged TO hold hs .,.u
dinner at the Prospect Asseipoy
Mount Vernon. on the evening OF feV,U-
o. The committee in charge OF the u.rs. ..s
comprises George W. Levine, T. " "a
kins. James D. DE Camp. William !.
Or. r. II. Brown. Thomas II. Hoose
w. O'Brien. r. A. Greenfield, Geon'
Taylor. jr. and A. W. Reynolds
The DunWoodie Golf club mas eieO
following officers: D. W. Viewer pess
Willard A. Mitchell. first vice-ifes,
William u. Gaillard, second vice-pres,',., "a,
Francis H. Sisson. secretary
l.. Bridgman. treasurer, and Rooe''
ger. financial secretary. The mousse .,.
mittec comprises William r. Mooh -. 80
nan; Frank l.. Aiken and DaNid II.
as auditing committee, Henry j. o.,
bach. chairman: John {. scooie ana '''
w. Weston.
The White Plains Lodge OF blNs VIZ" N
beefsteak supper At the ciuono' ~,
Tuesday evening. The committee ~ n.,..
is made up OF Fred Braender' frahS ,,a
sen, Francis J. Rosch, Thomas r
John Warren. r. /. Hopkins, JOSH"
Smith and John Rosch.
DR. and Mrs. A NJ. Haighs u ,n
Broadway. White Plains, VIII en'e''a ',,ah
members OF the Monday Night "n'''
William T. Bailey, former p'su"',, ,,.so,
Pleasan,ville Station and the old.s. ss
In Westchester County. is eonhheu y
home with broken hip. MI D''S
eighty-three years old
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
ELK FED BY SETTLERS.

"It was all so pitiful that at last the set
tiers couldn't stand it. They fed the elk
from their haystacks,. trusting to the gen
erosity of the state to square it with them
later The state did come to the rescue
and as soon a possible provided for regu-
lar rations of hay, barely enough TO keep
the poor beasts alive.
Now the same situation has arisen again
Last week received "A telegram from ;. y.
Leek, a guide and photographer, who lives
i'm Jackson's Hole. saying that the elk were
STRIVING and must be fed. ! have tried TO
stir up Washington about IT, Those are
our elk-yours and mine. and Mayor Gay
nors. and the boys that sells the Mayor
bis newspapers They belong TO the Amer
lean people, and it is our duty to look out
for them.
Il wired TO Senator Dixon. Of Montana.
asking him to put through an appropria-
tion of $500 for the purpose. The Senator
thinks somebody else ought 10 attend TO IT,
The chairman of the Game Committee Is at
home SICK however / mean to stick 10
them until this il Strengthened out see
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

that some OF tho Washington dispatches
suggest that some one out In Jackson 8
Hole is starting these reports so as to be
able to sell his hay 10 the government at a
good price. | would think that far from
Impossible IL l did not know Leek. He is
sincere and responsible man. and ! know
he would not have telegraphed 10 me II
the herds had not been in real and imme-
date danger of starvation.
"But the big problem is not what 10 do
10 help these poor creatures through this
winter. Here. l said, we have question
that is new In conservation. We must re-
strict the growth that has come from re-
strcting hunting. 1t is time for all friends
OF conservation to get down to business
and work out permanent plan for regu-
lating overgrown herds.
Under the present laws of Wyoming
about one thousand elk are killed in and
around the winter pastures OF Jackson
Hole every year. Every resident OF the
state is entitled to a license at nominal
fee-sl. think-under which he may shoot
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
A SLAUGHTER OF BISON.

"In one winter a herd Of three hundred
bison, the last that we're left wild except
for small herd in the Aths basca region
OF Canada was cut down 10 twenty ami
mails The victims were shot down within
the boundaries OF the park. a man named
Howell was caught red handed-literally
red handed: he was skinning bison COW
and tire bodies Of seven others. all females
were lying around him in he snow. They
took him TO jail. and when they had kept
him there six weeks they let him 80 be
cause the courts held they had no juris-
oiction That man had done the American
people wrong that perhaps can never
be repaired. and all IL cost him was a
winchester rifle and Kit worth $40 or SO
He still lives out in that country and
makes his living q sort OF scout and
guide And the remnant OF twenty bison
has not increased. The wolves get the
calves almost as soon a. they are born.
II seems impossible 20 protect them.
"'rhat is the sort OF thing we have had
IN fight against year after year II we
had not had some success OF late and
finally made the park real refuge TOT
wild life IL would have been Gltogether as
beartening. SO il is goo1 news IN one
vay 10 learn that the elk have prospered
til they can overrun the settlers In the
valleys around the park.
Through the summer the elk i've IN the
Yellowstone in comfort rEey cannot De
hunted; there is excellent pasture and the
breeding conditions are good. But the park
,ies at a very high level. It's bottoms are
p mile and half above the sea, anu WIZ
ter there is severe with the hrst heaVS
SHOWS the elk move down from me noun
tsins into the lower valleys ana gradu-
.nv the herds converge in ;he larger basins.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

Part gather on one side of the Great Di-
vide and part on the other.
$50 long as they can paw away the sno"
from the dead grass they DO not move n
foot of snow gives an elk little trouble
He brushes II off with his fore feet down
TO within three or four inches of the ground
II the grass stands as high as that he crops
It off and goes to work paving for another
mouthful. Hc has TO work for what ne
gets. certainly, but he does not starve so
long as there is some grass at that depth.
But by the end Of January even the bot
toms of the park are under two or three
feet Of snow. and much Of the best grazing
has been gone over at any rate. Then the
elk move on TO their regular winter past
ures Those that are north Of the Great
Divide go out through pass in the very
corner Of the park. which leads into pref
tv wild part of Montana. They travel IN
herds of perhaps two thousand They walk
In single file. Strangely enough. 1t is not
a male but an old COW elk which goes ahead
TO break the trail.
"some nine thousand head follow this