Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-12

mention Is apparently made OF
Teddy's indefensiblc action Of firing
the cokored regular soldiers for the
Brownsville incident.
Uncle Tama Tim Wilson has dccld'
ed to establish an experiment sta
ton on the Manti National forest
near Ephraim, Utah, for the study OF
grazing and water protection prob,
lens. The station will be In work
ing order before winter, and already
tho gathering of observations on the
! relations OF erosion and run.off to
the forest cover have begun.
The Manti National, forest was
chosen because II offers exceptional
ly good opportunities for studying
! and investigating problems Of prac.
| teal value In connection with reg.
ulated grazing, Ephraim and other
towns in Its nelghborhood have suf'
fered severely from Hoods following
violent transforms In the mountains,
and Il has already been proved that
the overgrazed condition Of areas on
which the natural vesetative cover
has been seriously altered Is respon-
sibel for the formation Of torrents
and the rapid %dischargc of debris.
laden tioodwaters. a a
In a recent destructive storm the
water ran clear from a part of the
watershed which was within the Ma
tional Forest, and in good condition
as a result of well.resulated grazing,
while from other areas it swept down
sand and boulders. One OF the oh.
jects of the study will be to learn
how the maximum of grazing use
of natural forest land can be oh.
tanned without injury to forest re.
production and stream flow. Go
The national forests provide range
during a part, or all OF the years.
\ considerable part of the stock pro.
dlced in the western states. Ap,
proximately. N and one.half million
head of cattle and horses, and seven
and one-half million head of sheep
and goats occupy the forest lands
each year. These figures do not in.
clude nearly three hundred thousand
calves, and over four million lambs
and kids for which permits are not
required. These are" stunning fig.
uresAbut they're official. Va
The experts Of the agricultural de-
yartment believe that when the
ranges which were denuded by many
years OF improper use are restored
10 a normal condition Of prOductiv.
ity 1T will be possible to provide
iced for a much larger number of
stock without injury to forest growths
o. watersheds. and both the stock
grower and the consumer Of meat
products will thus be" benefited.
Consequently! every effort is being
made to- determine practical means
VI regenerating depleted ranges. All
Of the studies which are about to be
initiated have this point in view.
National guardsmen the country
over will be more than interested in
the information that instruction Of
any and all officers of the militia
in aviation at the army camps will.
stop because an officer OF the Ohio
National guard. after being trained
at the expense of Uncle Sam, has
become a professional civilian flyer
n exhibitions, etc, and now eX
)lOits his army training for none,
purposes. ~ "''.''r. 'N
Instruction in aviation was offer
ed to officers Of the National guards
If the different states for the 1ur
pose of establishing the science IL
The militia; but This purpose no long
or can be served, say war depart
nent officials. Army officers are
orbidden to fly for money or par
ticipate in exhibitions for money
gain; and when army instruction was
offered the militia officers, it wa.
presumed they would observe SINH
lar rules as those governing thei!
brother army officers.
The possibility of a militiamar
making use OF training at the gov
srnment's aviation camps for his owl
profit was. o.. course, foreseen, ant
some officers predicted that'it woul(
make the plan inexpedient. ~
The case of the Ohio militia OF
deer, 1t is asserted, proves that II
is inexpedient to train state nationa
guard officers at army 'aviatiOl
camps. 1t is; claimed that this OF
fcer--Col. Winder is his name-wht
was at the government camps a
Augusta and College park, engaged;
himself soon after his return t.
Ohio with his diplomas, to fly for q
manufacturer of 'aeroplanes. Since
then, it Is said, he has advertised
shat he would fly in exhibitions, ant,
that he had been trained at August
and College park.
The comptroller of the treasur.,
Jules that, owing to the failure D,
congress to pass an appropriation
for newspapers for the u. S.. treas
ury department, the secretary Of the
treasury and all of his s%ubordinatc
officials viii have to pay out Of thel
own pockets for all newspapers anti
financial periodicals that they ma.
wish to read. That will knock GU
some of the progressive week.-Mrs.
and monthlies. ,
According to returns fled witt
the q. S. bureau Of navigation, TIL
%shipyards OF this country during tn.
current fiscal year: will be more bus
ily employed than for the past tel
years. On July 1, 1912, the %shi2yard
reported that 100 steel vessels, az
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