The Forrest City times., 1912-02-23

Percy or Mississippi said that be was willing, for his service runs little more than year. to change the con- dltion of a farmer for that of a sailor. and so be was transferred to the com hittee on naval affairs. thus creating two agricultural vacancies which promptly were filled by the appoint ment of Obadiah Gardner and Hoke Smith.
 Army Bill In Peril.
 RepFescEtatiye Hay Of Virginia, cnalrman Of the house committee on military affairs. has introduced bill affecting the army which is not alto gether 10 the liking of off cers and en- listed men. and which. 1t Is said also. lS not altogether to the liking of the administration. Of course no one knows what change of mind may come 10 the army and to President Taft. but MT. Hay and his colleagues in the mousse Tn order to give the bill an ad- ailohal chance for passage and sigma tufe, nave attached 1t as rider" to 'he army appropriation bill.
 his means that If 1t passes, the president In signing the appropriation oiIl must sign the other bill also He cannot separate the two. and If he wishes to veto the Hay bill as vicious iegislation' he must also veto the measure which provides sustenance and pay for officers and enlisted men of the army.
 Warren Leland's Big Offer.
 When President Hayes vetoed the army appropriation bill in order to get lid Of its rider" Warren Leland wrote personal letter to every army and navy officer tn the United States and 10 the members of the furlough and graduating classes at West Point and Annapolis. In the letter he said that Ills hotels, and all that was in them. We're at the command of the officers of the army and navy and that he was perfectly willing to wait till dooms. day Tor his pay, knowing that If at any period this side of that day con- gress should pass the army bill, the money recompense for board and lodg- ing furnished would be forthcoming MT. Leland lost nothing by this word oi welcome to officers of the service. who faced temporary conditions of pauperism.
 Mir. Merriam's New Position.
 Dr. c. Hart Merriam. who un- til recently was the chief of the governments biological survey, which is bureau of the department of agriculture, is now the head of what is known as the Hartman Geological Foundation with headquarters in this city. pr. Merriam is perhaps the high est authority in America on subjects pertaining to the life of mammals and birds, and he is one Of the chief au. thorities on American Indian history. tradition and folk lore.
 Few people knew that Edward H. Hartman. one of the richest men in the United States, and one whose time seemingly was almost wholly given over 10 the extension of railroad lines and the securing of railroad holdings. had any other heart interest than that of business.
 DiSCOVcrln9 HIS Other Side.
 If one may be forgiven for speaking personally, the story of how I found out that MT. Hartman cared for other things than his family, and stocks and bonds. may not be uainteresting Not long before MT. Harrimans death. newspaper business called me to Augusta, Ga. My companion on the trip knew Edward H Hartman Der. sonally Just as the train was leaving Washington. Mir Harrman's private car was attached to it. for the railroad man was going on a visit to his broth CT in the south,
 My companion was invited 10 dine with MT. Hartman in his private car. and l was included in the invitation out of politeness. never had seen Mir Hartman before. sat in the first seat at his left at the dinner ta- ble. The O her guests were three men of huge business affairs, one of them the head of the greatest railroad or gani2ation in the United States and the others proportionately great in the world of business. Nothing but bust. ness was talked at the dinner table. the extension of this line and that line and stocks and bonds and other things floited around until I felt ut terly shut out because of these things did not know much, and cared less. Finally, in order to let my host know was alive. l turned to him and said: T have all the journals of the Harri man Alaskan expedition thus far is. sued. and, what is more. have read them.
 His interes: in Natural History.
 Mir. Harriman's eye lighted He turned to me with a sort of surprised enthusiasm. and he said in voice that was almost an exclamation: T seldom find anyone outside of the circles of the strict scientists who have more than a sort of a hay recollection that once on time there was such a thing as a Hartman Alaskan expedition"
 So far as this man of huge and per.