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1t READS.
The Payette national forest has an
area of s63.150 acres. They contain
over 5,O0o.oo0.ooo feet of merchantahle
timber. The value of this timber iS
conservatively estimated at Sl0.0oo.ou0
1t will all be needed in the near future
to build up the rapidly growing COM
munities in these valleys.
The waters of these streams are used
to irrigate 100000 acres of agricul-
tural lands. and plans are completed to
add 100000 acres more. With an equa-
BILE flow of water, the streams are
capable of developing hundreds of thou
sands of horsepower annually.
There is much beautiful scenery
throughout the forest; many pleasant
camp grounds. and excellent fishing and
hunting. Camp grounds are reserved
in the most favored places for the use
of the camper. and several hundred
people make use of them each season
Scott valley, Big creek, and tho
South Fork of Salmon river can no
reached by wagon or auto from Long
valley. The streams abound in trout
Huckleberries are abundant in season
Salmon run in the South Fork in July
and August Grouse shooting is good
and deer and bear are quite PLENTIFUL
In the past % per cent of all receipts
from national forests has been given
to the counties in which they lie. to no
used for schools and roads. An addi-
tional 10 per cent is expended by the
Secretary of Agriculture upon roads
and trails constructed primarily for tho
benefit of settlers within the forests
The national forests are located in
the following states:
Arizona, Arkansas. California Colo
RADIO, Florida. Idaho, Kansas, Michigan.
Minnesota, Montana. Nebraska. Nevada,
New Mexico. North Dakota Okla homa,
Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Wash
ington. Wyoming. Alaska, Porto Rico,
Georgia, New Hampshire, North Caro-
lima. South Carolina, Tennessee. Nir-
ginia and West Virginia
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famous and timbered. set apart to in
sure d perpetual supply of timber for
home industries. to prevent destruction
of the forest cover which regulates the
flow of streams, and to protect forest
and range from MONOPOLY or abuse. to
the injury of local residents and the
public generally. The first forest was
created by President Harrison in 1891.
under the name of the Yellowstone
Park timberland reserve. Later forest
reservations were called forest re-
serves. until Congress. i'll 1905. changed
the official designation to national for
eStS.
The timber, water, pastures and other
resources are for the use of the peo-
pie; the minerals are open to eXploita :
ton just as are all unreserved public
lands. The streams and lakes are well
stocked with fish game is plentiful
and the summer climate is cool and IN
MIGRATING, making life on these re-
serves all that could be desired.
When a man decides that he wishes
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reason of stagnation in the army, stuck
at first lieutenant for fifteen and a half
years. He was not made captain I'M
til December g. 1891. But that was in
the days when first lieutenants were
SrandfatherS, and when many of them
had been field officers in the civil war.
Westward the new-made first lieu
tenant hurried. The railroad took him
to Bismarck. and there he caught a
steamboat which had brought back the
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General Does
by gFned Engmeeh business
High Efficiency antan-h
Scattered Organization
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Among the chief causes OF IRE as
railroads. lightning. campers. SLASH
burning. incendiarism and steam 81 ~
mills. The great fires of August. 1870
which swept northern Idaho an$ west-
ern Montana destroyed many millions
of dollars worth OF timber and eighiy-
States ss3a.o0o for fire fighting SIN. |
fires, which were famed into fury by
gales Of wind. started these great cons
fagrations.
The use of matches, FIRE and hurnInS
tobacco In the forest in careful faSn-
ion as at home is urged by the *
carelessness in this respect mems
tie loss of lives. home. stock and fcr-
age and vast amount of timber whirh
belongs equally to all citizens.
During the danger season the man
attention of supervisors and rangers Is
devoted to preventing fire. Extra men
are employed, the forests are systemat-
tcaIly patrolled and a careful loofouI
is maintained from high points Roads
and trails so built that every ps q
of the forest may be quickly reached
with pack animals. Tools and food for
fire fighters are stored at convenient
places.
The ranger stations and lookout
points are connected with the Offices
of the supervisors by telephone so
that men may be quickly assembled 10
fight dangerous fire which the pa
trolman cannot subdue alone.
The material contained in folder
issued by the United States department.
of Agriculture, forest service. telling
of the valuable features of the Payettc
national forest, Idaho, is similar to
that which might apply to any OF tho
national forests.
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BRINGING Fresh NEAT INTO
CAMP AT BILLY MEADOWS,
RANGER STATION, WALLOWA
NATIONAL FOREST OREGON.

An~ EE America first is COM
OOS mand which a good many
~ An, Americans nsan will " HAY have to obey
travelling at all, for the war has closed
Europe to tourists and barred most
OF the usual summer routes of travel
With this in mind, the United States
forest service. which i'll administer
ing the national forests has charge of
nearly all the picturesque wilderness
and scenic wonders in the country, has
been making preparations all winter
to accommodate a much greater horde
Of visitors than the million or million
and half who have been visiting the
forests in ordinary years
Recreation is one of the most impor-
tant uses of the national forests. and 1t
was with this in view that Congress
included in the last agriculture appro-
priation bill revision permitting the
Secretary of Agriculture to lease for
est land in blocks of not more than
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n Efficiency experts One hears
III the phrase often in these mod
days. Such experts are
q spoken Of popularly as devel-
opment of the times They are set
down as something quite new VINO
have come into existence as result of
the evolution of the science or art of
organizing.
Still poor. abused old ncle sam. VIII"
Is freelS accused of never doing any
thing in an up-to-date fashion, kne"
all about efficiency experts and the
need for them more than a century
ago. When he came TO organize his
regular army he made fun provision
for them, and they have been a work
ever since.
Only, Uncle Sam never applied that
name He did not realize the advan-
tage OF inventing a new phrase for an
old thing He called his army eff
cheney experts inspectors general and
they are still so called.
An efficiency expert is nosy person
who prizes around among the roots of
an organization 10 lind what is wrong
with il. aud then points out a cure. so
does inspector general
An efficiency expert has first to know
all about the organization he is dealing
wirh-irs technology. its business as
poet and its human problems also.
That is Just what an inspector general
has know.
The inspector generals department
l. an iustrUmentality placed at the dis
po:'aI Of the Secretary of War to assist
him in military administration, Is the
way in which this body of efficiency
experts has been defined. That tells
ONLY part.
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prlins around all the time 10 llhd out
II anything Is wrong Win 'he hi"
chlnery OF the orSahiZa'toh-
Ihere are TWO xmas OF Inspections
stated ana special All miiitarS 'o''-
mands. Sa:rls"ned posts ana camps,
armories. arschals' hepots' general hoS
pltals. general recruiting stations, 'hf
proving ground at SANDY Hooh, inc ma :
tlonal soldiers homes. 1hf mili'afE
prisons. the military departments ana
business mcthOds or the military acau
envy, and tn" several service schools
must be inspected ahhuallE.
*x
.r,,o ,.,,;,,I ,.,.,or;o. .re i,on.,,cJ
="
biehhialiE- Inc steamships l''hh 'hS up
the army transport service must be in
.n.cred b.fore and after each VOYAGE
''u' SP"''''' GU
be made whenever deemed advisable.
To do all this there is Il force of sew
.,,,.., officers ,,,alsine mn the insnec-
,,o,,,, A, ,,e Nod
''i az . ~ '"'
OF them Is Bfls. ten. Ernest a. Gar
lington, who has been Inspector gen
er;l of the army since 1905. COL John
remaining hfteeh are majors ana i,eu
n"l, o'oa'sia 49,, NJ, 80
rho seventeen are serving at the sew
era1 Headquarters of the divisions and
departments of the army. only 4 lie"
are hela IN "aShins'oh-
,rao,,io, az ,oilitar,, aa;cisnc, xnerts
That is natural. since. in one aspect
ii is the army's secret service. Reports
OF inspecting olhceIs go 10 'he IN
So '.,.ass,tIa r,,ar ~
the secretary of war, They are the
most confidential of all documents
One does not hear these officers ris-
ing up to proclaim their own WORTH
ness or their accomplishments bring
Ing the army up TO it's present condi-
ton of efficiency. To be sure, there il
no way by which those accomplish
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is a model for less punctilious soldiers
to copy. That is what an inspector
general should be-a model.
Note depending from the collar OF the
uniform and falling upon the breast
q little bronze medal. 1t is the con-
sressiona! medal of honor, the most GOV
eied medal which Uncle sam cohfcrs
Gen. Darlington won it i'll action with
hostile Sioux Indians at Wounded
Knee December %, 1890
Frederic Remington painted the scene
of the winning of this medal Many
writer's have described it, Late in 1890 the
Sioux at the Wounded Knee Indian agency,
S D.. frenzied by ghost dancing, went
on the warpath The 9TH Cavalry;
then at Fort Riley. Kan. was hurried
to the scene. The Indians were round
ed up in their camp. at point eight
cen miles from the agency, and sur
rendered.
on a bitter cold midwinter day the
troops started in to tiisa rm the hostl1es,
men and women. Led by their officers.
the troopers were taken into the camp
and told off to search the tents and
tepees for arms About them stood sui
len Indians, seemingly resigned
Suddenly there famed from tepee
a rife. In an instant from every tepee
there came other shots. The soldiers be
gan to fall. The surprise was complete.
Lieut.. Darlington rallied his men. drew
his revolver and began directing re-
turn fire. The force of his example and
his cool commands to his men steadied
them.
But presently a .45-caliber ball tore
through his right arm. smashing fore
arm, elbow and lower part of the up
per arm. Bleeding, he fell, but still he
retained consciousness and continued
to direct the men about him.
The Indians drew off into ravine
and continued the fight The troops
went after them. dislodged them and
finally overcame them. But it was a
desperate battle while it lasted To
Lieut.. Darlington was awarded the
medal of honor for" SO runs the rec
ord, distinguished gallantry in action
against hostile Sioux Indians on
Wounded Knee creek. S. D., December
20, 1890, where he was severely wound
ed, while serving as first lieutenant,
9TH Cavalry" To help him remember
ii all, he has a permanent stiffness of
the arm.
This, however, was not the nrst time
that Garlington's name had been on the
nations tongue; nor was 1t to be the
last.
native of South Carolina. though
appointed from Georgia. he was grad
uated at twenty-three from the mill
tary Academy June Is, 1876. and at
once assigned as second lieutenant in
the famous 18th Cavalry, then COM
manded by the dashing Custer Just
ten days later. while young Darlington
was preparing to go west to join the
command. Custer and two squadrons of
the 18th were wiped out by the Indians
at the battle of the Little Big Horn.
Those were the days Of what is known
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wounded from Gen. Terry's forces on
the return trip of this steamboat. Lieut..
Darlington JourneNed up the missouri
to the Yellowstone. and then up the
Yellowstone to Terrys landing. Where
the shattered remnant of the 18th was
cncamned Here he joined the famous
fighting 18th on whose rolls he was 10
he borne as an officer for nearly twenty
years.
There followed years of lntermlttent
Indian warfare, hard WORK. IN Il wiz
country com batting treacherouS. saw
age foe And when there came PERIOD
of peace the restless soul OF the young
officer craved greater ACTIVITY " heh.
in 1888 the need arose for the dispatch-
ing of an expedition to the relief of the
Greely arctic expedition, then lost
somewhere on the shores of Lady
Franklin bay. young darlington voiun,
teered for the duty. and was assigned
to command the party. the second to be
dispatched
Rit he was fated not to find Greedy
and the few survivors of the expedition
That was left to he accomplished by
Schley the following year. in command
of a more formidable expedition
Darlington led his party north in
the steamer Proteus on dash to Lady
Franklin bay. But long before he
could obtain word of Greedy the moving
ice caught his little steamer and crush
ed her to atoms. BY strenuous efforts
Darlington saved his men and a part Of
the provisions. These provisions he
landed and cached at a depot he erected
three miles from Cape Sabine. hoping
that eventually they would fall into
Creely'S hands, they did. Then the
Darlington party itself were fit sub
iects for rescue. cruising vessel took
them off and home.
After this Darlington went back to
his regiment, still doing duty on from
tier posts. Between periods of fighting
he found time to serve on board which
revived the cavalry drill regulations.
to write the colorful history of the 18th
Cavalry, and to write several text
books on military subjects.
This is the sort Of thing that marked
Darlington for selection for duty in the
inspector generals department: the dis
play of high professional attainments
and efficiency on the purely military
side of army organization; of adapta-
bility and initiative: of studiousness.
So after his long career in the 7th
Cavalry, the last three years of which
ma jor and inspector general.
In the department he has served at
the headquarters of practically every
territorial department in this country
and the Philippines prior to coming
back to Washington as head of the
corps.
During the Spanish American war he
went to Cuba as inspector general of
the cavalry division. commanded by
Gen Wheeler, and was in all the Sc
we're fighting in which that division
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make II possible Tor almost any ona
TO avail himself OF the recreational OPP
portunities presented by tho national
forests. and to encourage their use
Aside from IT'S recreational sdvsn,
fages. national forest land can be used
for agricultural purposes. the conduct
ing of apiaries. place wherein 10
erect cabins. hotels and roadhouscs
itmekilns. residences. resorts. sawmiljs,
railroads. slaughter houses. stage st, .
lions. stores and tramways, aud for
hay cutting and pastures
For the protection of the forests ana
the forest residents. the Are danger
subject has been given the most es--
nest attention by the forest service
for II is an ever-present danger in tho
national forests.
The great size of the forests con-.
pared to the size OF the patrollin q
force. the difficulty Of reaching remots
areas across miles Of wilderness tho
dry air and light rainfall in parts ne
the west. the prevalence of lightnirs
in the mountains and the constant use
Of fire in the daily life of the peor'~
and in the industries all comhine 20
make the hazard exceptional
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CAMP Ar BILLY MEADows,
RANGER STATION, WALLOW
NATIONAL FOREST OREGON
New Lease Law,
Whereby Land Can Be
Rented for Not More
Than Thirty Years at a
Nominal Sum, IS Ex-
pected to Add Thou
sands of Summer Resi-
dents to Our National
Forests-A Chance for
Those Seeking Novel
Vacation Uncle Sam
Is Not Trying to Add to
His Revenues. but to
Popularize the Forests.
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ASuMnER HONE, SHASTA
NATIONAL FoREsT CALIFORNIA

Black Hills forest. South Dakota: Las
sen Peak. Lassen forest, California:
Oregon Caves, Siskiyou forest, Oregon
Tonic, Tonic forest. Arizona: Wheeler.
Cochetopa and Rio Grande forest, Colo
RADIO; Mount Olympus. Olympic forest,
Washington.
The new leasing law protects home
builders against eviction, something
which the special-use permits. issued
prior to the passing of the new law
did not do. About 1000 cottages have
been built by persons taking out spe-
cial-use permits and, in the past, they
nency of their homes.
If a prospector came along and found
gold. silver. copper or any other min
eral on their land he could file min
era1 land claim and take possession
and the man who had created his home
and grown attached to 1t and the loca-
ton would be obliged to move. Special
use permits were revOcable within a
year. Under the new provision settlers
will be insured against this sort of &C.
currence.
Some of the choicest land can be
rented for less than s25 year 1t
is not the object of the new law to
add to the governments revenue, but
to encourage the use of the forests
either for summer camping places for
pleasure seekers or for the more prac-
tical and permanent purpose of others
who wish to take their families there
and live a clean. wholesome, unre-
stricted life.
-
They can hunt, fish and swim, raise
vegetables, make use of the pasture
land for cattle and sheep grazing, and
all at a very reasonable figure. At
the same time the government does
not wish to make it possible for men
of wealth to monopoliZe the finest To-
cations by renting immense spaces of
land at low figures. 1t reserves the
right to divide these fine sections up
into quarter-acre lots. if need be, and
charge accordingly for them
From many of the inquiries which
now come pouring into the office of the
forest service it is evident that many
persons are laboring under the misap-
prehenSion that the new leasing law
is some kind of homestead law. They
have the idea that under it's provisions
they car acquire large forest home
steads. Professional homesteaders, es-
pecially in Colorado, are already ad-
vertising the fact that they will locate
desirable homesteads for certain sums
of money.
They do not realize that the first and
foremost object of the new law is to
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An officer Of the inspector generals
department must be a helpful critic.
lie must have the ability TO criticise
fntelligen,ly. and the fairness to COM
mend AZ We'll as to condemn. He must
be considerable OF man. That is why
selection for duty in the inspector gem
erals department is "A high honor. Also
to make enemies.
To begin with, an officer to be Sc
lected for duty as an inspector general
must be known as one possessing high
military attachments. He must be a
specialist in some one arm at least.
For example man who is a sharp on
modern field artillery is desirable for
selection. provided he possesses the
many other qualifications
Then ne must be a good business
man, with a knowledge of expert ac-
counting, for he has TO inspect the
army's business transactions. its dis
putes with contractors, the manner in
which its books are kept and the han
ding of army money.
He must possess judicial tempera-
ment for he is called on to Investigate
1uarrels in the army personnel, all
serious charges of misconduct and to
pass on the character and behavior of
individuals.
And above all he must possess COM
mon sense and tact.
inspection in the army is broad
term. II covers an intimate examina-
ton of everything animate and mani
mate in the whole organization. AL
ways the army is being inspected. In
other words, the efficiency experts are
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-06-24
rfBHRS oQP1RNJtfT 0> Pr C0lIER , oON

Stunned for an instant. the Countess
stood there motionless. her face turned
towards the window. struggled ~
sit upright.
Where is the safest place for us
to stay" she asked. Her voice was
perfectly steady.
I'm the cellar. beg you to 90 at
once"
Bang! A shell blew up In = shower
of states and knocked . chimney into
a heap of bricks.
DO you insist on staying by that
loophole!" she asked. without CULVER
in her voice.
"Yes. l do." said l. will you 60
to the cellar!"
NO." she said. shortly.
saw her walk toward the rear Of
the room. hesitate, sink down by the
edge Of the bed and lay her face in
the pillow.
Shells rained fast on Morsbronn;
nearer and nearer beloved the guns:
the plaster ceiling above my head
cracked and fell in thin fakes. filling
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-06-24
POLISH JEW HELD IN HONOR
Recognition From All Glasses Of
the People.

An account of a jubilee celebration
in honor of a Jewish policeman of
Warsaw, Poland, is contained in the
American Hebrew. The celebration
was in honor CT fifty years service
by Doruch Yablonsky. an ex-guards-
man.
In 1863 he was appointed consta-
BILE in the Polish capital by the vice
roy, Grand Duke Constantine, who
took into consideration his brilliant
conduct in the Crimean war. for
which he was decorated with a medal.
Yablonsky, who is now the only Jew
on the Warsaw police force, per
formed the duties Of constable for
~ years, until eight years ago. when
he was transferred to the clerical de-
partmcnt.
He is now eighty-eight years old.
and holds several decorations. The
entire police force Joined In the jubi-
leo celebration, and Yablonsky was
the object Of hearty praise and con.
gratulations. He reosive1 10 ruhles
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-06-24
Importance Of Trjfles.

A proofreader. anent the impor
tance OF trifes, read from his note.
book these absurd sentences of a sin.
gle letter:
The conflict was dreadful and the
enemy was repulsed with great laugh.
ter"
when the presidents wife entered
the humble sitting-room Of the house
she was politely offered hair"
"A man was yesterday arrested on
the charge of having eaten a cabman
for demanding more than his fare"
IAN employ in the service of the
government was accused of having
stolen small OK from the mail The
stolen property was found In his vest
pocket"
The Russian soldier. Knackinoftos.
kewsky. was found dead with . lons
voFd sticking n his threat"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-06-24
Ancient Artlsans Ia Africa.


The question has often been asked:
Was there any earlier race In occupa-
tion of the area in Africa At present
held by the Bantus? In Man W. H.
Beech reports that in the Kikuyu oou1-
try some ancient pottery has been said
to- be the work of people called Gum
ba. who displaced the MiathoachiAna.
cannibal dwarfs.
These Miathoachiana are now b.
lieved to be earth-gnomes, skilled In
the art of iron working. Mr.. Beech,
with some amount Of plausibility. sug-
gests that they were possibly BUSH
men. pygmies. or both, and that thay
were . local indigenous race of the
stone age who used nint instruments
often found in the Kikuyu country.
The Gumba are said to have made
pottery aud to have taught the Kikuyu
the art Of smelling. They may have
been pre-Bantau Hamite invaders; but
of this there ID no evidence and the
legend may tend to show that the
FIRST discovery Of iron was made in
Africa.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-06-24

the enraged Rittmeister. ehaking his
fat up at the Frightening alarm signal.
An Uhlan laid . heavy hand on the
shoulder OF the listening Countess:
she tried to draw back. but he pushed
her brutally into the carriage. and she
stumbled and fell into the cushions
beside me.
Fever had already begun to turn my
head: the jolting Of the carriage
brought me to my senses at times. II
l could only have tainted. but could
not. and the agony grew 70 intense
that l bit my lip through to choke the
scream that strained my throat
Once-it was. think. very near day
break-I came out Of q dream In
which was swimming through oceans
Of water. drinking a. swam- The car
riage had stopped.
Are you suffering?" came Q low
voice. close to my ear.
Madame. could have Q little va
teri" ! muttsfed.
Very gently she laid mo back.
was entirely without power to move
below my waist, or to support my
body.
She nlled my cap with river water
and held 1t while l drank. After
had my fll she bathed my face. pass
ing her wet hands through my hair
and over my eyes. The carriage
moved on and tainted.