Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-01-09

cessity which enters quite as much
into the daily life OF the individual as
do the products OF the field and or
chard. II the Importance OF the pro-
lection of our forest resources from
insect depredations is generally REQ
ognized. large part can be prevented
or avoided.
Right now in the national forests
the bureau OF entomology and the for
est service are cooperating to stop In
sect ravages by discovering their be-
ginnings and stamping them out A
few isolated trees attacked by insects
may form the nucleus Of mountain
side devastation quite as serious -
that from a forest fire. The oppors
tunity for combating insects, howev'
er:. is in one respect better than that
in the case OF a fire, which runs rapid
ly. because it takes several years for
an insect devastation to spread I'M
til It becomes of such proportions as
that which overspread the yellow pine
forests in the Black Hills in 1905.
Watchful care on the part Of forest OF
ficers, lumbermen and private indivld'
uals will make it possible to catch
these infestations before they get
good start. By cutting and burning
the trees, or stripping off the bark, the
insects can be killed. AS in all sucn
cases, an ounce of prevention Is worth
a pound of cure"
"Who make up the membership OF
the organization" was asked OF MI.
Graves.
1T is open to anyone interested IN
the subject" Mr. Graves replied. III
seems to me that the relation OF for
est insects to forest protection touches
almost every one. OF course We ex-
pect that new members shall be rec
commended by the present member
ship, which is made up largely OF per-
sons who have studied the forest In
sect problem at first hand. In order
however, that the objects of the So
ciety shall be kept foremost, 1t is re-
quired that at least four of the sew
en- officers must be chosen from among
professional forest chronological
An echo of the disaster that nearly
wiped Galveston, Tex, of the map,
nearly Is years
Pieces of ago. reached the
Burnt Money treasury depart pans
day in a request for the redemption
of fragments of SO and S. bill,
representing all that remain OF the
81, 900 consumed by the flames.
The letter accompanying these
charred fragments stated that they
were found by q! small brother OF the
correspondent the day of the fire. The
letter does not say that the money was
originally the property of the CORE
spondent or of the correspondents
family, and the question Of proprietor
ship will be involved if the charred
fragments are redeemable.
The fragments have undoubtedly
been kept as souvenirs OF the great
fire. They are each mounted on plain
cards, on which are written the state
ment that they were found in the fire
of April g.. 1899, the same day, and
that they are all that remains of 81 900
SO lost in the flames.
There are no serial numbers for
purposes of identifying the bills, nor
is there three-fifths of either of them
left. Both are just a small portion
of corners of the original bills. Frag-
ments Of three.flfths size could have
been redeemed under the law at half
their value. Evidence is required
with smaller fragments.
Fragments of less than three-fifths
can be redeemed at their face value
when accompanied by affidavits Of the
owner or other person having knowl-
edge of the facts that the missing por-
tons have been destroyed. The Sec
rotary of the treasury has discretion
in such matters to protect the gov
eminent against fraud. Fragments
not redeemed are returned.
Are you McAdoo?" asked mill
tant appearing woman of Byron New
But MCAd00 the secretary Of
| Was Too Busy the treasury.
| mo, but I'm
Mr.. McAdoo's secretary. What can l
do for you?"
Nothing. l want to see Mr., Nc
Adoo"
"Mr. McAdoo is busy. Won't you
tell me what you wish?'
Yes, I'll tell you-but I want to see
McAdoo l want a job as a guide"
Il am sorry, but | am afraid you
cannot see Mr.. McAdoo. Besides no
woman guides are employed in the
treasury"
well, it's time they were," retorted
the woman, II am a suffragette and
we suffragettes are gaining ground ev-
cry day. We demand recognition. I
| want to see McAdoo."
But she didn't Mr.. Newton said he
would call the police. The suffragette,
who said she was from Oklahoma, ex-
tended the slit in her skirt as she
rushed from the place.
| Says Esquimaux Are Irish.
Rev. C. F. O'Leary, pastor Of the
Catholic church of Notre Dame at st.
Louis, who recently returned from a