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

"Frecklcs" has been playing in the
New ENGLAND states and will 60 to
Boston for a run.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
Making Jails SeIf-Supporting.
From the Philsdelphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
At the annual meeting of the Penn
sylvania Bar Association a resolution
was adopted unanimously requesting the
next Legislature to authorize a COM
mission to prepare a plan for making
jails and charitable institutions self-sup-
porting TO the greatest possible extent.
This is an excellent move. 1t looks
TO contamination devoutly to be
wished. Nothing is more certain than
that our system of penology is medieval,
that our charitable institutions are not
conducted on proper basis. and that
1t Is quite possible to make changes
which will benefit inmates and relieve
the public OF much taxation. In this
State there are always some thousands
of men in the penitentiaries and county
jails living in absolute idleness. In the
penitentiaries only few are allowed
to work to provide clothing, &c. for the
inmates. The rest sit in idleness be-
coming more and more revengefu, and
so far from fitting themselves in any
way for good citizenship. are counting
the days until they may make further
assaults on the law. This is proved by
the fact that a great majority of the
inmates are serving at least a second
term.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18

soft and can be scratched with a file
except some of the scientific gems; they
are, in fact. glass. variously colored.
Old glass pastes that have seen much
wear are often scratched and dimmed,
and IL they do not show any trace of this
even at the angles. an examination with
a magnifier often shows little bubbles
and lines, which prove they have been
melted. These are quite different from
the flaws in real stones. which show the
crystalline characters of the gem.
Ways 10 Tell Fakes.
One way of distinguishing them is to
hold them to the lips tthey must not be
warmed by having been worm; the real
stones feel cold. while the paste feels
soft and warm. Doublets are more de-
ceitful than paste and harder to detect.
especially with colored stones. II pale
stone has a rich colored glass case 1t
not only makes a large stone out of a
small one. but improves the color i'm
mensely. This, however. may he easily
detected by applying a test for hardness
underneath.
An even more sophisticated form has
been invented which has a thin layer
of stone cemented to the base as well.
These triplets, as they are called. are
very likely to betray the unwary. Sus-
pected stones should be removed from
their settings and soaked in hot water or
chioroform, which dissolves the cement
and the whole thing falls to pieces.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
National Forests Attract
Many Thousands Yearly
See America First" Is Motto Especially Applicable to
Uncle Sans Fairgrounds Colorado. and Cali
fOrnia Reservations Leads in Popularity.

The National Forests include all the
principal mountain regions between the
Great Plains and the Pacific, from the
Mexican to the Canadian line. They are
the natural Fairgrounds and summer re-
sorts of a large part Of the country.
Their scenic beauties and natural Won
ders not only attract tourists from the
East but also bring many from over
seas, while the big-game hunter finds in
them the principal hunting grounds
which the advance of settlement has
left in a state of natural wilderness.
Their streams are full of trout which are
an attraction to fishermen, while camp
ers and berry pickers by the thousand
journey every year into Uncle Sam's
great wood lots.
1t is estimated that well on toward
half a million people enter the National
Forests annually for recreation purposes
Principally owing to the attraction fur
nished by Pixies Peak. the Colorado
Forests take the lead in popularity, with
10000 visitors. California has over 100.
900, of whom half are credited to the
Angeles, covering the San Bernardino
Mountains. which rise so attractively
above the low-lying and densely peopled
Los Angeles plains. The Tahoe. Sierra,
and Sequoia National Forests are also
popular resorts for Californians. Ari-
zona. Oregon. Idaho. and Montana are
other States in which recreation use of
the forests is heavy
Popularity on increase.
The use of the National Forests as
recreation grounds is increasing steadily.
AS local resorts they will be frequented
more and more largely. while their no.
. talN vyiu also
numbers from a distance as the means
Of access and provisions for comfort
multiply. There is no better place for
application of the motto See America
First" than in the National Forests.
The administration and protection of
these forests is in the hands OF the
Forest Service of the Department Of
Agriculture. and is conducted not only
with a view TO the utilization of their
economic resources but also to make
them serve the public in every possible
way BY protecting them from fire the
government does much to make them
enjoyable by visitors. for without their
covering of trees the beauty and at
tractiveness of the mountains would be
lost. Great burns make unattractive and
depressing scenery. Further, they are
often the cause OF the drying up of
streams and Of erosion. which makes
muddy waters and fills mountain lakes
with sediment.
The Forest Service works in co-opera-
ton with State authorities TO protect
game and fish and TO restock streams and
lakes with trout. II also employs hunt
ers TO keep down the predatory animals,
such as wolves lynXes. and mountain
lions, which prey on the big game as
well as on the millions of sheep and
cattle that, feed on the National For
est range. In some regions II is working
in cooperation with State authorities
the Biological Survey Of the De-
partment of Agriculture to reintroduce
elk and other big game.
An important part of the work of the
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
Many Curious Letters from
all Sections Reach Find
er of Bottle-Ark Sug-
geSfed for Him.

South Wales my life on this planet has
been anything but a peaceful one There
was a time wncn ! used to look forward
TO the coming Of the postman. with an
optimistic and expectant air, but nov, {,
alas.
Il am a changed man. and his once
cherry rat-tat sounds in my ears like the
knelI of approaching doom. For. truth
TO tell. / have been inundated with
The Washington Herlads containing the
report of the finding of the bottle. sent
by all classes OF people.
One gentleman, Mr.. David Davies, of
Cincinnati. tenor and vocal teacher,
who wrote to me, is a native o. Talsarn.
which Is very near to Aberystwyth. and
before leaving for the United States he
studied. curiously enough. at the Cniver-
sity College of Wales. which is situate at
Aberystwyth. The Welshmen have a deep
love Of their country in their hearts, and
the very mention Of the name of a Welsh
town or hamlet conjures up visions of the
romantic scenery of his native land. 1t
is not improbable that Mr.. Davies was ac-
tuated by the same impulse
Another gentleman from whom / re-
ceived a communication lives at Takoma
Park. Washington. D. e. He has evil
IDENTIFY grave fears for my future destina-
ton. for he incloses two religious PAM
phlets entitled The Bible True: An In
answerable Argument" and The Man
on the Top Of the Ark
The latter pamphlet is the only one
which seems to me to have any connec-
ton whatever with the bottly. incident
Whether the suggestion intended to be
conveyed by the tract is that I should
build an ark and skim across the her
ring pond. as ! believe YOU Yankees
term the Atlantic. | don't know, but IL
50. | must say the thought must have
been the product Of colossal intellect
Gets Curious Mi<sircs.
81 have received other curious missives
too numerous to enumerate, but have not
yet received a reply from Miss Hagan.
TO her youthful ideals. Fancy expecting
TO hear from duke or n baron and then
to receive the long expected reply from a
young reporter. What irony, Still titles
cont count for much in England now.
since the abolishment of the House of
Lords and the app, aranCe of Mr.. Lloyd
George, the brightest star in our demo-
cratic armament.
However. political ground is always
dangerous to tread upon and l will
switch of.
Should Miss Hagan still have de
signs upon our British aristocracy, l
shall be pleased to send her a consign-
ment of real live lords on appreciation.
Thanking the numerous unknown
friends for their kindness in forwarding
the reports of the incident, / am
Yours faithfully.
..r. -... OSCAR \ DAVIES"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
Orozco, the Soldier,
8 On the Battlefield
Leader of the Mexican Rebels IS One of Family
Similar to RoosepeH-Likes Danger, viii
Fight Hard, Loves the Spotlight
and Never Is Beaten.

stole cattle and other needful things
from, the ranches OF Cientificos,r the sar-
castle term they coined to designate the
favorites of Diaz. whom. they said. were
scientific In the art of living of the
people"
So Orozco finally reached the Juarez
hills, And Ell Paso and Juarez became
very much excited. for of all peoples
none is so adept at setting af1oat terrify-
ing rumors as Mexicans. Breathe a word
into a poems ear and he whispers four
to his neighbor: and the neighbor Kisses
twenty to his neighbor: and the third
neighbor howls 100 ordinations!
For few days newspaper men-and
some other folks, including even daring
Texas sirls-visited orozco's camp, about
ten miles back in the hills. II wasn't
much of a camp. Orozco had no tents
only men and guns and goats and cook
ing utensils, and always horses. for Mex
leans know better than to try to walk
in the desert sands. Then the Orozco
army disappeared. No one could find it.
and newspaper men and magazine men
left town.
When. one day, fifty revolutionists
appeared on the Mexican side of the
Rio Grande from the Ell Paso smelter
the news was heliographel, telegraphed.
telephoned and Cuidad Juarez became
very much excited. Everybody in Ell
Paso began to race toward the smeiter.
Real Soldier in Real Fight.
Three companies OF federalists march
ed out of their barracks in Juarez
straight toward the revolutionists But
Orozco's men kept a-coming One hun
dred. two hundred swarms. One news
paper man described it: "Bedbugs out
of very buggy bed"
The Orozcoans came running down the
steep bare hills, every man by and for
himself, and a peculiar thing was that
many. many of them were laughing and
cracking jokes. There was no discipline.
They all ran-straight at the federal
troops.
Ten revolutionists seemed to be lead
ers. They appeared to purposely expose
themselves to the fire of the Diaz troops
When perhaps 200 yards separated them
from the Diaz rurales and regulars,
these ten dropped to one knee and be-
gan to fire-and everybody began TO fire.
and the Americans across the Rio
Grande. some of them girls standing up
in their saddles, yelling lusty "Vivas;;"
and after fifteen minutes, the federals
retired helter skelter.
OF those ten who led and who reck-
lessly exposed themselves. one was Oroz-
CO. but very few people knew II. He
looked like the rest; red shirt, yellow
breeches, somebrero.
All that afternoon and night he per-
sonally remained on guard, on top of a
peaked tall hill. where his angular form
was silhouetted against the clear blue
of the southwestern sky, and where he
could see averything-but. again, few
knew that this was OroZco.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18

Forest Service is the construction of
trails, bridges, and roads TO make access
easier into the remoter parts of the for
ests. Where the influx OF visitors is
heavy regular camping places are often
established. and signs are placed along
the way indicating the distance to the
next camping place or where water may
be found. Another provision for the
needs of summer visitors Is made through
the reservation of forage for their sad
die and pack horses. A system of visi-
tors registers is maintained on some
forests at the forest rangers head
quarters. so that those who care to re-
cord their movements can be readily
found in case a message from outside
is to be conveyed to them. When timber
sales are made the cutting areas are
SO located as to prevent unsightliness in
the neighborhood OF lake shores. travel
ed roads. and other places where protec-
ton Of scenery is especially desirable
The National Parks of the West are
generally in the same regions as the
National Forests. which often surround
them, but they are under the charge not
of the Forest Service. but OF the Depart
ment OF the Interior. There are also
various national monuments which have
been set aside by Presidential proclama-
ton to protect historic landmarks, his
toric and prehistoric structures. and 9TH
est some OF these are under the
jurisdiction of the Forest Service. some
of the Department of the Interior, and
some of the War Department.
Difference Is Explained.
The main distinction between a Nation
al Park and a National Forest is that.
while the latter is created primarily for
conservation of economic resources. the
recreation use. Legislation providing for
the more systematic care of National
Parks has been before Congress in the
form Of a bill to establish a Bureau of
National Parks in the Department of the
Interior. National Parks are given great
er legal safeguards than those which
apply on National Forests. and there is
strong feeling that full protection OF
the public in their use and enjoyment
calls for better organized system for
their administration.
There are many notable natural wond-
ers and scenic attractions in the Nation
al Forests which nigh: well be segregat-
ed into National Parks. care being taken
to discriminate between lands valuable
primarily for economic use and those on
which such use should be made subordi-
nate Where the need exists, however
for merely local recreation grounds the
For,s st Service provides for such needs
through reservation OF public camping
grounds and the issuing OF special use
permits for occupancy of land upon
which summer camps. cabins, cottages,
and boat houses may be erected. Similar
provision is made for hotels. Great care
has been taken TO see that adequate
recreation facilities are provided for the
public and TO prevent monopoly Of the
best places by a few persons. either TO
the shutting out Of the many or with the
possibility Of a toll being levied upon
them by the holders of an exclusive
privilege.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18

water, vet have qualities that make
them much more interesting in a col
lection.
Mr.. Percival gives a word of warning
concerning imitation stones. and advises
intending buyers not to imagine that
they are likely to get many bargains.
They are much more likely to be taken
in IL they buy them on their own re-
sponsibility unless they have sufficient
experience to make them more or less
expert. This is especially so in the case
of travellers in the East, who are often
Offered by willy Orientals stones that
they imagine must be cheap because
they are obtainable locally. These often
turn out to be simply colored glass. In
Ceylon this fraud is often practiced
Sometimes a native has been known to
work UP quite an elaborate plot to make
things seem probable.
Was Elaborate Plan.
The story is told of a young tea planter
going up country for the first time, who
went to the rescue of an old man who
was being badly treated by stalwart
young fellow. Having sent the aggressor
away. he released the poor, trembling
victim. who hunibly thanked him, calling
down all sorts of blessings on his head,
and brought out pearl from his bosom
of which he said the other man had been
trying to rob him.
He was. so he said. afraid to keep 1t.
and though 1t was worth $500 he would
rather take ten from '.the protector of
the poor" than go in fear Of his life
The young Englishman did not want the
pearl, but as he thought he could sell il
at a profit he gave the man what he
sked, thinking it was a great bargain
OF course. IL proved to be merely an
the whole scene having been
got UP for his benefit.
OF artificial stones. practically all are
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18

However. he says. there are a lot OF
lords running around loose in England
since they lost their jobs In the upper
house OF Parliament looking for steady
employment. and he is willing to send
her a boatload or so to take her pick
from.
Mr.. Davies then goes on to use five
pages of perfectly good English sta
tionery describing his troubles since the
story of his reply to the letter in the
bottle was published in The Washington
Herald, some weeks ago
He has received copies of the paper
from all points of the compas IS, he says.
In addition to suggestions as to what a
Young man In his circumstances should
do. Persons anxious over his eternal
welfare, he declares. have sent him
pamphlets. believing. no doubt he should
have recourse to the consolation of re-
ligion.
Suggested nm Ark.
One man in Takoma Park, d. c.. he
writes. sent him a copy of . religious
pamphlet and another referring to the
man on top of the ark This lat
ter Mr.. Davies takes as a suggestion
that he should build himself an ark.
and float across, what he believes
Yankees call the herring pond" land
ing no doubt. on one of the peaks OF
the Alleghenies. He refers to the gen.
tleman who gave vent to this suggestion
as the one who no doubt possessed a
massive intellect
But we'll let Mr.. Davies talk for him.
self This is what he says:
Since the publication of the report in
The Washington Herald concerning my
discovery of a bottle containing a mes
sage from Miss Oracle Hagan, Maryland
Avenue. Washington, at Aberystwyth.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18

When the real fighting Of the revolu-
ton against Diaz began, there came a
crisis near Ciudad Chihuahua. A small
band of revoltosos were being whipped
by a larger body of federals. The 100
revolucionarios had been driven from
their adobe block-house by 200 federal
lists: the men of Madero were about to
make a break for the hills.
Then Orozco, common soldier, sprang
forward yelling ''vengar" at the top OF
his voice, dashed at the men of Diaz.
and the poems followed him-and a gen.
eral was made.
Now the poems of the State of Chi
huahua, and other States, too, heard Of
this and many of them knew Pascual
Orozco. So. and all Of the brothers and
Orozco, jr., as well as Pascual
Orozco, and all of the brothers and
with precious gold and copper from the
mines in the Businesses to the railroads
miles and miles away. and this was in
deed a dangerous occupation. Yaquis
did not attack him. for Yaquis respect
bravery-and. anyhow, the Yaquis have
never committed one-hundredth part of
the crimes attributed to them. Orozco
had learned to telegraph and had worked
at several little adobe depots on the
desert in Chihuahua. He and his father
had run a small general store in the
city of Chihuahua. To such a man the
poems naturally fiocked.
Mexican Roosevelts.
It isn't fair to accuse Orozco of play
ing to the grand stand. Of desiring to be
IN the spotlight. Were this true he would
not long have remained leader of the
revolutionists. For every Mexican revo-
lutionit, whether vaquero. adventurer,
patriot of education. peon or politician
of small caliber, is a snowy fighter.
and noisy and daring in the broad glare
of daylight-and certainly not at all
averse to having everybody know of
his brave deeds. Every Mexican is a T.
r. so far as the desire for publicity goes.
Orozco had. perhaps, 400 men when he
started northward. They carried all
sorts and conditions of arms. Some had
n rifles: some had as: some had mere
target guns Of % caliber, and many
revolutionist Joined Orozco who had
nothing but two big black Colts As re-
volvers, or only one stuck in his belt or
inside his shirt.
American Recruits.
Then daring and adventure loving
Americans began to flock to the vicinity
of El Paso and Douglas and other bor-
der towns, aching to get into the fight.
after the manner of Americans. bless
their hardy souls They had heard about
orozco; he could look one straight in
the eye and tell him to- go to -; they
knew a deal ABOUT Diaz'
So Orozco and his 400 came northward-
They destroyed railroad bridges. They
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
Capital Girl May Have Boatload
of Noblemen, Declares Young Briton
Who Found Note She Cast in the Sea
The Trail of the Bottle. "

March 7-Miss Grace Haxap
drops bottle containing letter
overheard three days out from
Liverpool.
April 25-Bottle II picked up
OF the cOast Of Wales and given
To Oscar A. Davies, q newspaper
reporter Of Aberystwth.
April 30-Mr. Davies writes to
Miss HaRan.
May -Miss Hagan receives
letter. which tells Of hnding of
bottle. and states that he has
romantic disposition. Miss Ha-
gan neglects to answer letter.
August 16-Letter L. received
by The washington Herald from
Mr.. Davies, telling of his troubles
because of publication Of the
story, part Of which was an In
terS1ew with Miss HaEan, In
which she Expressed disappoint-
ment that the finder had not been
q lord or baron. He states that
he fs willing to send Miss Hagsn
q consignment of real, live lords
on approval.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
Miss Grace Hagan's Re-
fusaf to Ansper His Odd
Letter Brings Sarcasm
and Irony.

There is a Washington girl who can
have a consignment of regular, real
live lords sent TO her on approval any
time she feels like looking them over.
She is Miss Grace. Hagan, OF 1202
Maryland Avenue Northeast. one OF The
Washington Herald's Mediterranean
tourists.
Miss Hagan. while on the steamship
Devonian, three days out Of Liverpool,
on her return trip to this country.
dropped overheard a bottle containing
a letter asking the finder to write to her.
Two months later she received a lengthy
epistle from Oscar A. Davies, young
newspaper reporter. OF Aberystwyth,
Wales. who found the bottle lying on
the beach somewhere along that stern
and rockbound coast. Mr.. Davies stated
that he was of a romantic disposition.
and would be more than willing to enter
into a correspondence. He also sent q
post card of Aberystwyth.
Expected Real Romance.
Miss Hagan was greatly disappointed.
She intimated that she expected a duke
or something to find the bottle and to
have a real romance in high life. Just
what affected her estimation of news
Anyway, she neglected TO answer the mis-
sive.
Now comes Mr.. Davies 10 the front in
letter to The Washington Herald, Civ
ing his side of the case. He says that in
Vulnerable accounts of the case have been
received by him, so much SO that he feels
like shooting up every mailman that he
sees In the historic thoroughfares of
Aberystwyth.
He also intimates that he is much dis
appointed in Miss Hagan. and that If a
lord is all she wants he will send her a
consignment on approval, collect on de-
livery.
Lords and dukes and things don't
amount to such muchness In England
these days. he says. They have been
steadily depreciating in value ever since
the English people handed the House
of Lords swift kick. You can have
your pick cheap. In fact. II seems that
they must be holding a regular fire sale
of lords over in England.
Sarcastic and IrOnicaI.
Mr.. Davies grows sarcastic and ironi-
cal in turn. 1t must be pretty tough. he
admits. for a young lady to be looking
forward expectantly for letter written
on thick. linen stationery with a crest on
the envelope. and signed with some i'm
posing cognomen, ending up with
Twelfth Baron of Smithvile." or
Sixth Lord of Jonesburg.% or something,
and then to receive a letter written on
Office stationary from a newspaper re-
porter in some town that nobody ever
heard of or pronounced outside of Wales.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
Embracing Opportunity.

From Judge
Pray do not chide the suffragette.
Whose plot and plan
Is how she may each Office get
Away from man. H.r.' .
Mong men he should be named Ounce
Who owns him 10th
To face the task how he at once
May hold them both!