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The Glenwood post., 1915-05-15
Secretary Of Agriculture Des'
cities New Law and Gives
hfoluatioa on Same
THE SCALE OF cAAREs

There seems to be = great deal Of in
terest in the recent act of congress
granting permits for taking land on
lease 10 build summer homes. 4 citizen
of this place wrote to the department
for fuller Instructions than had appear
ed in the press dispatches, and received
the following circular letter:
The act of March 4, 1915, authorizes
the secretary of agriculture, upon such
terms as he may deem proper, to allow
the occupancy of national forest lands
for any period not exceeding 30 years
where the lands are to be used for
summer homes, hotels, stores or other
structures needed for recreation or
public convenience, but no person may
be allowed to use more than five acres.
The purpose of the act is to make the
national forests more available than
hitherto for recreation uses. Prior 20
its enactment national forest lands
could be occupied for the various pur-
poses mentioned in the new law but
only under permits which were revoc-
able at the diecreation Of the depart
ment.
Users Of national forest land have
expressed An unwillingness to make sub-
stantial improvements where they are
to occupy lands under a permit subject
to revocation 1t any time. Where,
however, i,expensive structures are con-
templated 10 difficulty has been exper-
fenced in neeting the wants Of users
by gra.ti.s such . permit. 1t is e1pee-
ted, thsssfsrs, that in the future, - in
the past, The needs Of persons whe d"
not szpset - occupy the land fer more
than . lev years will be net BY TIE
ordisasy special use permit. But where
prospective pernittsss contemplate the
ereetssa ef structures involving expea-
diturss vsl.ed At considerable amount,
SD tAsssesrs, szPset - seespy The
land fse sevssal yean they sAssA Be-
eivea IL rigAt - occupy fse dsa.its
periea s.asr H. ssw Nv Il tAsy -
desisg
TAsasns,se 4 laaa vAssA aay psssss
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The Glenwood post., 1915-05-15
THE oLENWoOD BAND

The Glenwood Springs band was re-
organized Wednesday evening at the
council chambers. Hugh Moore was
elected leader and J. p Rittmayer
secretary
The band as it is reorganized, with
all the members working enthusiastic
ally and harmoniously, this year pre-
sents to the public the best musical
organization that Glenwood has had
for a number of years.
As all organizations of this character
are necessarily At considerable expense
to keep up instruments, uniforms,
music and other accessories, and as tho
boys are entitled to some renmneration
for their time and service, they wiz
visit the business men Of Gleawoed
.szt Tuesday, Nay 10, and ask thsir
cooperation in this hpe. Thess VIII
be = concert first and thea yoa eeH
aifix your names 70 any amount ~
feel that you can afford 70 cheeffslly
give. At tie end Of easA DsatA p
eellsetos win cone - yoa aaA sssetvo
tie anoant subscribed.
We WeaA suggest that tie eieassoe
e 0ss.wosd give cheerfsliy wAat tAsy
eaa a1osl fer The ssppsst - ~ eaAa
~ amnAW = eeaesros wn b -
nA0sa fse saeA nsatA
Al uuaieians in 0lsnsse1 - cor
dllny invited - - ~ - -
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The Glenwood post., 1915-05-15

Of free travel upon the seas would do
so at his peril if his journey should
take him within the zone Of waters
within which the Imperial German
navy was using submarines against the
commerce Of Great Britain and France,
notwithstanding the respectful but very
earnest protest of his government. the
goverpment Of the United States. 1
- ~ refer - tAis for tie purpose Of
ea01as- ~. asesssies4-sf ehA- A--IopsRial
German government at this time to the
surprising irregularity of = cOmmun;-
cation from the Imperial German en-
bassy at Washington addressed to the
people Of the United States through
the newspapers, but only for the puT
pose of pointing out that no warning
that an unlawful and inhumane acr
would be committed can possibly be
accepted as an excuse or palliation for
that act or as an abatement of the re
sponsibility for its commission.
"Long acquainted IS this govern.
ment has been with the chnrcter Of the
Imperial German government and with
the high principles Of equity by which
they have in the past been actuated
and guided, the government of the
United States cannot believe that the
commanders Of the vessels which com
mitted these acts Of lawaessness did so
except under q Misrepresentation of tie
orders issued by the German naval au
thorities. 1t takes it for granted that,
at least within the practical possibili
ties Of every such case, the commanders
even Of submarines were expected to
do nothing that would involve the lives
Of non -combatants or the safety of neu-
tral ships even at the cost Of failing OF
their object of capture or destruction.
1t confidently expects, therefore, tina;
the Imperial German government will
disavow the acts of which the govern
ment of the United States complains,
that they will make reparation 30 far
Is reparation is possible for injuries
which are without measure, and thas
they will take immediate steps to pre-
vent the recurrence Of anything SO OBJ
viousiy subversive of the principles of
warfare for which the Imperial German n
government has in the past 20 wisely
and 20 firmly eontended.
"The government and people of the
United States look to the Imperial Ger
man government for just and prompt
and enlightened action in this vital
natter with the greater confidence be.
cause the Uaited States and Germany
are bound together not olly by special
ties Of friendship bat also BY the ex-
pfieit stipslatio.s Of the treaty Of 1893
between tie United etates and the
Kinsdea Of R.ssia.
"Ezpressisas of regret aad offers Of
feparatka in case Of tAs destruction
Of .sstral ships s.ak By mistake, wa:,e
they aay satisfy intss,atioaal oblie.-
tisns II - lss sf HE rssslts, cannot
jesetfy - eEesss practice, H. natural
ead asesssa4y eject e which + t. sab
jset nsatral natisas anA Deutsal pessses
- NV aaA innoasuaah1a YinR.
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The Glenwood post., 1915-05-15

Il the United States and its citizens
and of safeguarding their free exercise
and enjoyment.
"BRYAN.D
The Glenwood post., 1915-05-15
. .ssssss e00sseo COOS .
Sentiment V)ortb (lJbile F:
- In Prose aud Ver$e =ss

. OUT WHERE I'M WEST BEGINS
Out where the smile dwels a little longer
Where friendships graspis trife stronger
That's where the West begins
Out where the shines little brighter
Where the that fall are a trifle winter
And the bond of home ties a bit brighter .
That's where the West begins
Out where the skies a little bluer,
Where friendship ties rfe truer
Where there's music in every sreamet flowing,
Where there of reaping less of sowing .
That's where the West begins
Out where the world is still in the making
Where fewer hearts with despair breaking,
Where there's of singing, less of signing Q
Where there's giving, less of buying
Where makes friends without half trying,
That's where the West begins
Arthur Chapman.
The Glenwood post., 1915-05-15

1ksFs Was rsesstiy Psb,isAeA in tAs
nswspapsss Of ths United ceatss, I ss.-
gfst = iafssn IL In4ssial 0es.a.
esvssnnsat,. . bssaal wssninG pr
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Evening star., 1915-11-16
Objections to Any Change in Half and.
Half Plan Are Presented to Joint
Committee by I. ". Noyes.

Theodore W. Noyes OF the citizens joint committee the
session yesterday OF the select committee of Congress
between the District
government occupying his allotted period with argument
covered ground of the citizens
should unamended amended should embody
principle equitable contribution by the United
Districts support. Mr. Moves said:
Evening star., 1915-11-16

John NJ. Miller. whose trial for the
murder of his wife, Mrs. Louisa E..
Miller, in Baltimore last April, wasS
removed to Centerville. Md, pleaded
guilty of manslaughter and was SEN
fenced to four and a half years In thes
penitentiary.
Evening star., 1915-11-16
Cart Before the Horse.

.oThose are my suggestions if we retain
the present system as being the half-and-
half plan plus the Morrill, plan. because
think that while the half-and-haif
arbitrary plan was adopted, we have Sc
cured now the fiexibility which comes
from putting the cart before the horse
Evening star., 1915-11-16
Needed to Cancel 3.e5 Bonds.

"Such a reserve is also needed to can
eel the remainder of the 3.65 bonds in
respect to which the government is un-
der a contractual obligation to main
tain the half-and-half pledge: second,
to be accumulated and later wisely
utilized to meet the emergency of IL
District shortage in some year, such
as occurred in seven years since 1900,
when interest-bearing loans from the
government had to be secured; or.
third, to meet the Districts share of
the cost of great permanent public inn
provements which will call for the i'm
mediate expenditure of more money
than can be spared from current rev.
enues. If just and reasonable use for
any such surpluses cannot be found
they can be prevented by re-wording
of the half-and-half law, which shall
exclude from the revenues upon which
the half-and-half plan shall operate all
items except the property taxes, and
which shall in effect place self-fmposed
obligation upon the nation to make a
minimum annual capital expenditure
from the national taxes equal to the
amount which it exacts in property
taxes from the local community
Evening star., 1915-11-16
Suggestions as Individual.

"In nv individual and not my repre-
sentative capacity, l suggest that If the.
committee gets to Il point where 1t iST
decided to fix minimum municipal ma
tional contribution related in some way.
to District taxation and less than one,,
half of the total of estimated District
revenues, the reduction be made not DS ,
reducing the percentage of national
contribution to the total District reve-f
nues but by retaining the half-and1s
half ratio and reducing the items or
revenue to which the ratio applies. as
hv omission from the calculation of all
licenses including liquor licenses, OF;
even. if necessary. by the omission OF
all other items of revenue than thel
property taxes, including the personal
tax on the gross earnings of certain
corporations. .e
"A. The nation. as represented bHy
Congress, retaining and exercising sur
nreme and complete control of local
Government, including taxation, should
do full equity in meeting the obligation.
which this power imposes. =
..If the nation preserves its status OF
half stockholder tas it were) in the
corporation. it viii in
measure justify it's full and exclusive
control of the corporations financial
concerns. But whatever its status as
fractional stockholder, it should SO ex-
ercise it's full taxing ana Iegisiative
powers as to represent faithfully tho,
other and unrepresented fraction OF
the municipal stockholders II frac- ,
tion is to act for the whole it must
learn the views and wishes OF the other
fraction and give them due considerass
tion in connection with its own. q
.Ry the referendum it can ascertafn4
the legislative wishes of this unrepreyt
sented fraction; and by the recall it
can give the now impotent fraction att
least A negative voice in the selection
of municipal officials. like District
Commissioners. r
Evening star., 1915-11-16
$31, 200, 600 Cut OF.

The report says: In order to make
conservative estimate they cut off
S31, 100000 That means they cut off
S31 100000 from what was alleged to
be the government census valuation
of this same property. but which turns
out to have been reached by falling
entirely to deduct from the calcula-
tions more than two hundred millions
of personally. which figure in the total,
and were not deducted by Mr.. Browne
in guessing that the United States said
that the valuation OF this property was
$744,OOO. .000."
Evening star., 1915-11-16
Was vitality Misled.

'Mr. Crisp used these same figures
and the Prouty table by using the tax
Evening star., 1915-11-16

rate as modified by lies about the re-
ported relation of assessed and true
valuation to measure the tax burden.
he was vitally misled. in the same way
that other good men are misled.
Il will just quote a few words from
him to show that.
This is Representative Crisp. De-
cember 16. 1913. in speaking at length
on his bill to repeal the half -and-half
provision of the act of 1873. He says;
Take the realty value, $144,OoO.0oo.
the tangible personal property as now
returned at the low value Of 49,. 2.122,-
4o7. and add to this the value OF the
stocks. bonds, notes and mortgages, es-
timated at $5O.OOO.O00; the actual cash
within the District. $7S.2s9.2Os the
value of the capital and surplus OF the
banks within the District, amounting
to S29, ,321 .435. and you have a total
valuation of property within the Dis
trict Of Columbia amounting to over
1888 100000 upon which tax assess
mentS may be levied.
Evening star., 1915-11-16
$2e, e,ooo, 900 Away From Guess.

The total is only s26.o00,ooo away
from Mr.. Brownies guess, but this
total includes $271,000,00o of per-
sonalty. exempt or taxable, and MFR
Browne in his deductions from this
total makes no allowances wbatevor
for the personally valuation, with the
result that the government witness
whom he announces (and makes Mr.
S775, 100000 valuation of taxable real
ty). testifles to only $495. .0O0, 900, or less
by $3.50. 100000.
Representative Crisp. accepting in
good faith the Browne-George commit :
tee statement. backed by the alleged
government valuation, that there were
$744,000.000 of taxable realty values in
Washington in 1912. and that these
realty values. alone would enable the
Evening star., 1915-11-16

Single tax here means in practica,
result multiple taxes. The primary pur-
pose of the sing1etaxer is not attained
unless the tax on unimproyed land is
substituted for other property taxes
and becomes in fact the single tax.
Experience has shown that the ef-
feet OF singie-tax agitation in the Dis
trict is. first. to increase assessment
without lessenipg the. tax. burden ON
Evening star., 1915-11-16
Must Promote PEOPLES Good.

Mr.. Noyes said further:
Inc governing and the financing OF
the capital are inseparably coupled
and intertwined in the act Of 1878, AMI
no substitute for that act will be welI
balanced and entirely equitable unless
it takes into account and closely CON-,
meets the power to control with the OBJ,
legation to maintain in and develop, and
unless it protects and promotes the
rights and the welfare of the people Of
the city with the same jealous care thar
is shown in adorning and guarding ths,
interests of the material inanimate
capital. s.,
Evening star., 1915-11-16

and buckler-the organic act OF 1875
in order to diminish or destroy ma
tional participation in capital main-
tenance. They would by double taxa
tion compel the local community to
raise all of the revenue needed. They
would substitute for the definite pro-
portionate contribution of ne-half by
the nation an undetermined. indefinite
contribution, reduced to nothing or to
very little. and that little to be
given fluctuatingly, capriciously. spas
medically, from session to session, as
the spirit moves Congress They would
deny or minimize into molehill the
national obligation: they would magni-
fy into a mountain the local obliSa-
tion.
Evening star., 1915-11-16
Regarded as Essential.

"And these distinct findings will in
equity become absolutely essential if. hav-
ing refused to repeal the organic act on
these grounds, you repeal ii on some other
grounds. II you do not wish the repeal of
the organic act to mean your assent to
the reasons which were given for it's re-
peal in the last Congress. it will be only
fair to say SO in unmistakable terms, if
you decide to repeal it at all. I say this
because friends of Washington, who re-
pudiate as vigorously as we do the errors
and erroneous beliefs upon which hostile
repeal of the organic act would be based,
wish to repeal it through the adoption
of the indefinite contribution plan in order,
so far as their sincere intent goes, to
benefit and bless the capital
And now in respect to the indefinite
contribution plan. A condition, not
theory, confronts US. and / wish to re-
mind the committee of the circumstances
under which the issues were made up
which now come before it, including that
Of definite or indefinite contribution, so
that the committee may thoroughly un-
derstand why We are compelled to oppose
this proposition as dangerous, in spite of
the fact that it is now ably. plausibly
and eloquently supported by men who
would not for moment intentionally in
jure the community, and who are con-
cededly as much entitled as we are to
claim the title Of friends Of Washington.
Evening star., 1915-11-16


"Mr. Noyes replied: For two years
we have been simply paralyzed. The
first year the new Commissioners-if
I may call them so-sent in estimates
that satisfied the needs of the District
along certain lines of development,
useful and wholesome lines of de-
velopment, and there are some things
in material development that. they In.
dicated they could not estimate for,
and under this restriction, this 'ljmita
ton of 1909, they sent In estima tes
which 1 think they could defend
against anybody anywhere as being
sound and wholesome representation
of the needs of the District. Those
estimates were cut down I think about
$3.O0O,000. I say that the Commits
sioners' estimates. which they said did
not fully represent the needs of the
District. came very much closer to
representing the real needs of the
District than the $l1.0o0,0o0 that were
appropriated by Congress. Then, the
next year, the condition of national
finances and Of political exigencies
were such that the same policy was
applied to the District estimates that
Evening star., 1915-11-16
Discusses "Open Assaults"


For many months men prejudiced by
enormous beliefs, who think that the
nation Is under little or no obligation
to contribute toward capital mainte-
nance. have openly assaulted or insidi-
ously undermined the half-and half law
and it's basic principle of definite pro-
portionate contribution by the nation
toward the upbuilding of the nations
city. AS representatives they have de-
nounced the expenditure of a cent of
the money contributed in part by their
constituents to relieve the shameless
mendicants of the federal District They
have bitterly assailed Washingtonians
as begKars of national aims masuue-
rading as poor, while in fact the veal
thiest per- capita in taxable resources
Of all Americans. They have contended
that the full obligation Of municipal
maintenance and development of the
capital Is upon the local taxpaying
community, and that the latter is per-
fectly able, without cent of national
contribution. to bear this burden if
fairly taxed. They have demanded the
repeal of the half-and-half law as a
fraud upon the nation. They have
sought to increase District taxation SO
per cent by one measure, and 100 per
cent by others, and these legislative
propositions have with difficulty been
defeated in the last Congress-in some
cases only through non-concurrence by
the Senate.
They openly aavow that they would
tear away the capitals financial shield
Evening star., 1915-11-16
ORGANIC ACT OF DISTRICT SHOULD REMAIN
IN FORCE, OR, If AMENDED, SHOULD EMB0DY
THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUITABLE CONTRIBUTION

District to dispense with the national
half contribution. did little guessing
himself as to personally values to be
added, and on this mistaken basis made
his speech and pushed hostile legisla-
ton against the District proposing the
absolute repeal of the half-and-half
plan. Logically, even inevitably. from
the Browne figures came the Crisp bill,
the Johnson-Prouty substitute for the
George bill, the Johnson amendment to
the appropriation bill and every like
assault upon the capital based upon the
mistaken thought that the District tax
payer is underassessed and undertaXed
and ought to be blistered.
There is nothing else this committee
can do which will be so just and so
beneficial to the capital as to correct,
vigorously. impressively and effectively
this dicebreeding error.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-03

lion this claim. II We find Il unbound.
ed il is our business TO help our chill
dren to see It's fallacy. War and not
peace Is the negation. Peace is the
duration OF the law. Law ideally rep.
resents the best form g human rela.
ton. the best way OF doing things.
Law as we know II Is our human at.
tempt 10 realize In statutes what Is
ideally best in human nature. To
frame statutes which are Just and fair,
which rest on the best impulses OF
mankind. the people must work to-
gether. Laws cannot be imposed upor
MS from above. We know no above
In our social adjustments save the
mind and conscience OF universal hu.
manity. In our democratic under.
standing there is no King and no
State that can do all this for us while
we are asleep or inert. We. the PEG.
pie constitute the State Il exists
for our mutual advantage, for. after
all, this is the peoples country.
above all Nations is humanity.
and true patriotism Is humanity's
service. This is planetary patriot
ism. the wholesome result OF the
widening OF our intellectual bound
aries. the enlargement of our souls.
Our country has been called the
one great international country. Let
us do our part to keep II so-not IN
blood, but In spirit"-Berkeley Ga.
zette.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-03
TRIP olzzARp." THE NEW PlzEN

North Carolina's drastic prohibition
laws are being threatened seriously
by the new "pizen" invented by sons
Of Hyde County. II Is a substitute for
corn liquor called meal beer" or rip
gizzard." and Is highly intoxicating.
II Is said TO have the far.famed
flicker" witch makes a Jack rabbit
spit In a bulldogs eye looking like a
dose Of soothing syrup. The recipe
calls for a peck Of meal. ten pounds
Of sugar and two or three pounds OF
dried apples. Five gallons Of water
are added. and the connection Is set
back Of the stove or I'm the sun 10 fer.
ment- In a few days Il has worked.
and then drawn OF ready for the con
sumer. Negroes are making great
quantities Of rip girEard- and one OF
them. regarded as an expert. offers
the following method: One gallon Of
meal TO two gallons OF water. Put on
the stove and boil As soon as the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-03
OUR GROWING NAVY.

The United States Is rapidly out
stripping the other world powers in
naval strength and we now hold sec
ond place. yielding only 10 GreaS Brit
ain. on this subject the Philadelphia
Record says:
Thanks to British and Russian nc
tlvity. the navy OF the United States
Is now near. II Il has not already
reached the second place among the
navies Of the world. surpassed only
by that Of Great Britain. Ours Is q
very powerful and efficient navy, too
Notwithstanding the efforts OF some
partisan dlstractors TO run II down
simply because the President OF the
United States happens TO be a Demo
crat. SO far as II goes Il Is all right
hut there is a very general agreement
that in these troublous times II Is not
large enough for a country OF 100000
600 people and vastly extended
coast line. II needs more vessels and
more men. There can be little doub,
that these will be provided by Con
gress. Under the Wilson administra'
ton the appropriations for the navy
have been more generous than ever
before. and more constructive legis'
lation has been passed to bring Il I'M
TO date. II Is navy Of which all
Americans may be proud"