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an enrolled member of the govern
ment's forest fire lookouts-
Miss Daggett spends her days in her
lookout tower, 6,444 feet above tne
level Of the sea and sometimes above
the clouds With her field glasses she
sweeps the horizon for miles ana iniies
around for the soaring smoke "res.n
which bespesks the taie OF lu'uLe
discerns the sinister gray column rlsihs
she consults the map lying beside hef'
A miniature of the extensive range sur
rounding her. =.
tached to this map she locates the ex-
act spot whence the smoke is arising
and Immediately telephones the ihtei-
lieeuce down to the headquarters or
The chief forest ranger below, and
force is Immediately sent out to fght
the fire In the past the forest hres
caused an annual property loss OF
s25.O00,000 and took each year cor
responding toll of human lives.
The daily telephone reports which she
makes TO headquarters keep Miss Dag
gett in touch with humanity, and once
a week she has a woman visitor Her
sisters self-appointed task Is the
bringing up of weekly supplies 10 the
isolated station on the heights. She,
too, is woman of the field and forest,
and enjoys the three-hour ride up the
mountain trail leading the pack horse
laden with the necessaries of life for
the lonely watcher.
The Daggett sisters come naturally
by their love of the open. knowledge
of its dangers and command of It's
difficulties, for they are the children
of pioneer parents. The father, John
Daggett late lieutenant governor of
California. crossed over the isthmus in
1882 and their mother was brought
west from Kentucky small child
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at about the same time. Clustered
near the foot OF klamath Peak are the
houses at klamath mine. where the
Daggett children were born, so that
the mountain on which the lookout
takes up her yearly task has been a
lifelong and familiar friend.
Early in life Miss Daggett learned TO
know the danger of forest fires, which
year after year consumed millions OF
dollars worth of property and took
many lives. and from childhood she was
taught 10 do her part in lesseening the
constant menace to the forest regions
OF the west.
To few people did the Inauguration
of the protective service by the United
States government for the national
forests bring greater joy than to this
western girl, and her ambition from
the first was to take some active Of
fetal part in tire nations fight for the
protection of the forests. She was un-
fitted BY her sex and its limitations to
undertake the work of a forest ranger.
but when the lookout stations We're In
stituted she saw her opportunity, and
she won her post
Many Of the men of the service pro-
phesied early defeat of her purpose
when she found herself the sole oc-
cupant of a lonely mountain. but she
done and season after season sees her
better satisfied with it. She declares it
a never-ending pleasure to search the
vast acres of her territory for new
beauties at every changing hour. from
one sunrise to the next.
The birds and the smaller animals of
her mountain home have learned that
she is their friend. and come to her
cabin for food ana shelter She de-
clined the preferred company OF cat.
a pair of owls proving more satisfac-
tory as mouse catcheIs and less de-
structive to small life. The deer come
of an evening TO her doory ard. and
bears, big and little, make free with the
n.iglbothood of her spring. mile
away down the slope, while porcupines
find their way into her domain at any
hour of the day or night. None of
these she fears. and against none did
she arm, herself until she found the
track of a big panther out on the
trail.
Since then 1t has been her habit to
buckle on gun when going on her
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Both Wrong.

sOPTIMlsTs and pcssirnists. after
W all. are good deal alike" said
Jacob II. Schiff, the New York flnan-
cier. in discussion Of realism.
Realism. truth. is the one thing We
should aim at. AS for optimists and
pessimlsts. all you can say of them
is that the one enjoys things he can't
like, and the other likes things he
can't enjoy"
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meat is purchase BILE for about 10 cents,
making it one of the lowest priced fish
cry products on the market. 1t must
not be inferred from this, however.
that 1t Is low w-grade commodity, for
it is rich, wholesome and generally ex-
cellent; and the variety of ways in
which it may be served will make it an
important addition to the countrys s
diet 1t has been used as a fresh food
on the shores of the Mediterranean
from times immemorial, and the OFF,
clals of the bureau of fisheries have
been testing and having others pass
upon il for years.
households, and the government has
recently issued booklet of recipes.
contributed by Mrs. William c. Red
field. wife of the Secretary of Com
merce. and number of noted cooks
which details no less than seventeen
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ty-five pounds each and yielding. when
butchered. steaks containing flesh
building material equal, pound for
pound, to sirloin steak.
The value of these fish is not recog-
nized. and they are at present entirely
waste product. Were they properly
appreciated they would be a source of
profit to the fisherman, even at a mini
mum price. for they are taken quite
without effort and are abundant all
States and the adjacent ocean bottoms.
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To the consumer they would constitute
a cheap and very wholesome food.
I'm Europe the goosehsh is highly
valued. and the annual consumption
amounts to million of pounds. England
consuming about 100000 pounds
year, while Scotland uses at least half
that quantity. This fish is also held in
the highest esteem in Germany. where.
Notwithstanding the fact that il is COM
monty known by the repelient name of
sea DEVIL il meets with a very ready
sale. The catch of the German North
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ways in which this little-known sea
food may be appetizingly prepared,
thus at once and the same time pre-
venting waste of our natural resources
and reducing the expense incident to
food.
government is endeavoring to popular
ize is the goosefish. Every year the
fishermen of the Atlantic coast throw
away about 100000 pounds Of fish
which have a higher nutritive value
than New England's famous cod. On
trawl lines and in nets. along with
cod. haddock and other popular fishes.
monkhsh or anglers. as they are also
known, weighing on the average twen-
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7HERE are comparatively fe'

RNHERE are comparatively few
cases of womar's intrepidity
equal to that of Miss Halle VI.
Daggett. who in her choice of
work has chosen a post which makes
II necessary for her to live alone for
most OF the time on the summit of one
of the highest peaks of western
mountain range. with a full half-day's
journey between herself and her near
est neighbor. The surrounding region
il the haunt OF the wildcat. the bear
and the coyote. and her only com
psnions her dog and-let it not be for
gotten-her gun.
Miss Daggett is an employe of the
United States forest service. and her
duty is that OF a forest fire lookout.
Her station is one of the most remote.
being upon one OF the highest peak
OF the klamath national forest. in
Siskiyou county. Cal. She is the only
woman who holds the position of fire
lookout in the service, and she does il
from a love of the wild and its life
and an intense desire to help in dimin-
ishing the danger and damage wrought
BY the fires OF the great western for
ests. which she has learned 10 watch
for and fear from childhood
The government was for long loatt
TO give d woman position which
would subject her 10 the exposure. dan
ger and loneliness involved in fire find-
ing, but for months Miss Dagget'
pressed her cause and brought all in
fuence TO bear Finally she was grant
ed seasons trial. Such was her sat
isfaction with her post, and so vel
did she fulfill il, that next June she
will enter upon her fifth season al
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higb seas between. They travel in
great schools, making sudden forays on
the coast, remaining for Tune anu
then as suddenly disappear hen
they arrive on fishing ground they
take possession and are likely either TO
eat or drive away every other hsh ho'
too big to be swallowed.
The grayfish is a trim, clean, cllp-
per-built fish. swift in the water. as ~
required by it's piratiCal habits. lts
skin appears to be Scaleless, but wheh
touched is found to be as rough as en-
cry cloth. owing to the cioSe-set sna,
little particles which incrust II. Inc
hide is sometimes used for polishing
fine metal ivory and wooden articles.
and as a more important POSSIBILITY
gives promise of producing iea'ptt
suitable for the production or snai'
novelties. The liver IS Ndluaole ioF i.S
oil. used in dressing leather and is sald
to have medicinal qualities not IN
ferior to those obtained from the COD:
The eggs are as large as the yoiks OF
hens eggs and market has also beeh
found for them in the leather trade
"AIl of these uses are important IN
themselves. but particularly because
the utilization of these by-products
makes it possible to can the fish at an
low price. Grayfish is ex-
celIent eaten fresh, and a market for
II In that state has been developed by
the bureau of fisheries in New York
city. in connection with the tilefsh IN
d,1stry: but it is as a preserved product
that il will find its largest use IL can
he prepared in a large number OF ways
sailed and dried. like cod; smoked or
canned in variety of styles. The
smoked fish is excelled by few, II any,
products of a similar nature. and IT Is
proba BILE that II Will be avaiiapie 10
The consumer during the coming sum
mer.
"At present the fish is obtainable
canned plain. like salmon, and a can
containing fourteen ounces OF soma
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inmates in an analysis of cotemporary
painting in Russia ana an outIooh
upon its future. Throughout u trace
the effect of western motives upon the
original Slavonic orientalism OF tn.
Russian. A remarkable portrait or
Nicholas IL. by Syerov, serves as
frontispiece and as an introduction I"
the finely illustrative feature OF the
book.
VENETIAN PAINTING IN AMERICA.
BY Bernard Berensou. New York
Frederic Fairchild sherman.
novel and interesting plan Hes
at the back of this book. THE object
of the writer is to discuss the fifteenth
century of Venetian art. its genera
spirit its method, it's artists and Its
effect upon succeeding centuries OF art
In order to do this he has gathered up.
SO to speak. the examples Of Venetian
art of that period that may be found
here and there in the various art col
lections of America. These he makes
the text Of his exposition. reproducins
them in this study for the purpose OF
giving definite and concrete iliustra-
tions of his theories and statements
concerning the subject. With the book
in hand one is in little gallery of
his own. looking into a special period
OF Italian art under mastery guidance
Giovanni Bellini proves to be the 70
cusing point of this period. so IL -
around this artist that these American
examples of Venetian art circle Tor
Identification and comparison. for an
evaluaton OF the contemporaries of
Bellini. and for sketch of his pupils
and followers. This method gives =
first-hand effect to the work. makes
ii objective. gives point to the dis
cussions and force to the writer's con
illusions The study, wholly outsid.
OF its subject matter. is "A revelation
of the fact that America is graduaily
taking over many Of the art treasures
of Europe.
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sea trawlers does not nearly supply
the local demand and, in times OF
peace. large quantities are imported
from Great Britain.
Some idea of the high rank held by
the goosefish among the food fishes of
Germany may be gained from the fact
ket at Cuxhaven. on October >. 1912.
! saw fresh trawi-caught mackerel or
medium size bring PA cents a pound
large haddock 6H cents and goose
fish 8 cents,
According to analyses made for the
bureau of fisheries by the bureau OF
chemistry, based on samples of goose
fish obtained in Boston, the nutritive
value of this food is very high. One
pound of fresh goosef1sh, with the head,
viscera and skin removed, contains pro-
ten about equal in quantity to that in
one pound of sirloin steak as pur
chased but the price of the fsh would
be only fraction of that of the meat
Yet we waste 100000 pounds of this
fish-valued at about 100000 in Ger
many-every year,
The sea mussel. one of the best and
most abundant of seafoods, furnishes
another excellent example of the waste
of natural resources in America through
failure to utilize 1t. In Europe. the sea
mussel is one of the most highly re-
carded shellfishes Great Britain and
Ireland consume about 35,0oo.0oo pounds
a wear. while little Holland eats over
SIS. 600. 600 pounds of the delicacies every
wear In France about 100000. ooC
pounds are produced annually and
cooked in ways to delight the epicure
Yet in the United States practically
none is used except as bait or fertilizer
tiliZer.
Sea mussels, which should not be
COMPOUNDED with the fresh-water mus
sci. are closely related to clans and
oysters AS a nutritious and whole
some food they are equal to either ot
these sheilfish and many persons gard
them as superior in flavor. They rare
ly fail to please the taste OF the loNel
of seafoods and the experiment of hav
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ing them presented on the menus of
some OF the prominent hotels ana res
taurants In Boston has met with Inn
mediate success: they have become
recognized features At hotels. whose
chefs, a few weeks before. were tgno-
rant of the fact that they could he
readily obtained In the United Stater
Since they are abundant and easily
taken. sea mussels are cheap ana can
be placed on the market at lower
cost than either CLANS or oysters, while.
as the shells are thinner. bushel OF
mussels contains considerably more
foodstun than an equal quantity OF
oysters. peck OF mussels In the shell
supplying all the meat required for
meal for ten persons.
These mussels are also among she
most easily digested OF foods. as has
been demonstrated not only by scien
tific experiment, but by the experience
OF consumers. Persons of weak diges-
tion have found that they can eat
mussels with impuntty when meats
cause distress. Being palstable. nutri-
tious, diEestible. wholesome and cheap.
mussels are food for the rich and the
poor. the well and the sick-in add
tion to the fact that they are in season
the year around.
This sea food may be served In 'he
same ways as oysters and clans. and
in other forms distinctly its own. As
in the case of the goosefsh ana the
grayfish. the government has prepared
set OF recipes for the cooking OF
musseis. by means of which We hope 20
accomplish much toward popuiarizing
this now wasted food product
Incidentally. speaking OF shellnsh.
few people realize that. in the oyster
they possess q food which practically
has not increased in cost during the
last quarter of a century. a period oi
time in which eggs. poultry and red
meats have gone mp from Is to 30 per
that the quality Of the oyster has much
improved during this time.
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INSIDE THE GERMAN EMPIRES In
the Third Year Of the War. BY
Herbert Bayard Swope. Illustrated
from photographs. New York: The
Century Company.
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the world is this food so much appre-
ciated as in the United States But.
even here. there is considerable room
for Improvement and. with q view 10
increasing the demand for this shell
fish and at the same time providing
another means by which the cost OF tn.
average menu may be much dimin-
ished. the bureau Of fisheries has In
cluded the oyster In Its populsrizatl"h
campaign and has. with the aid OF
number of noted chefs. complied se'
Of a hundred recipes for the prepara
tion Of this bivalve. of which probably
not more than one-duarter are famiiif
to the average oyster eater
Salmon. canned. ~ another seafoou
concerning the low cost OF which the
government desires to impress certain
facts upon the mind Of the housekeeper'
One pound OF the best canneh salmon
costs about 10 cents. The same ausntitF
of hone. muscle. blood and brain build
ing material and body fuel in eggs
would now cost A. cents: IN sirloin
steak 30 cents: In mutton. j. cents
and in chicken. - cents.
The best grades OF canned salmon
are richer than meats in bodybuilding
materials. and contain about the san
amount of fats. Pink salmon. which -
a cheaper grade. Is better than meats
for making flesh and bone, but mas less
fat r.ithef digest ne a. the he
sirIoin steak. and in addition there rs
no waste-nothing has to be thrown
away except the can.
''To reduce the cost OF living. eat
more fsh, especially of the cheaper
grades. and less meat. Meats spo,
quickly in the home. Canned fish VIII
keen indefinitely, IL unopened" con-
cluded Dr. smith. summing up IN rev
sentences the entire gist of the gov
ernments campaign tor lowering the
cost of foodstufs hy the sinpie ekpe
dient of cutting out at least some OF
the meat and substituting nsn therefor.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-08

house banks and trust companies for
the week shows that they hold sl63,-
57S,960 reserve in excess of legal re-
quirements. This is an increase of
s49,771,S10 over last week. The state
rnent follows:
Actua Condition
Loans, discounts, etc, $3,662 ,206. 900:
increase, $40, $4,000
Reserve in own vaults CD. S502.31I. :
600; increase, S2S,3SS, 600
Reserve in federal reserve banks.
s25O,94S,00O; increase. s37, 100000.
Reserve in other repositories. $50
$4,000; increase. s1.333,OO0
Net demand deposits, S3,755. 0O2. 900:
increase. $96.993,000
Net time deposits, s196, 701 ,000; in
crease, S14,750,00O.
Circulation, s2S,0g0G00; decrease.
SCI. 600
CD, of which $3.50. 1855, 900 is specie.
Aggregate reserve, $812.540. 600.
Excess reserve. s163,57S, 800; in
crease, s49,771,S1O.
companies in Greater New York NOT
included in the, clearing house state
ment:
Loans, discounts, etc, $7S9,755. 800:
increase, s12, 400.
Specie, $685. 100; increase. $685.. 900
Legal tenders, $10,926, 500; increase
s20.147.7O0.
Banks cash in vault, $15,797, 800
trust companies cash in vault, 500,
524 900.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-08
FEDERAL RESERVE RESOURCES

WASHINGTON, April An in
crease of approximately $66, 500, 900 in
federal reserve bank resources, due
chiefly to the $50,000,O 600 issue of short
term govbernment notes taken by the
banks. is shown in the boards state
/ ment for the last week The state
ment shows condition of the reserve
banks April SO as follows:
Resources:
Gold reserve $685., 102 900.
Legal tender notes. silver, etc, $19,-
10000
Total reserve $5S4,2l2. 900 "A,
Five per cen+ redemption fund
against F. r. bank 100000
Bills discounted members $17.92S, 900.
Acceptances bought $50, 900.
United States bonds $36,629.000.
One year treasury notes S23.042, 600.
u. S, certificates of Indebtedness
$50 600, 900.
Municipal warrants $15.207,0O0.
Total earning assets $225,54l 900.
F. r. notes net SIG, 235, 900.
Due from other +. r. banks net So,
412, 600.
Uncollected items $146 422, 900.
All other resources $4,000, 900.
Total resources 1891, 13l 900.
Liabilities:
Capital paid in S56,1O0,OO0.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-08
WEEKLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT

NEW YORK, April 7-Declaratior
of state of war with Germany finds
the country in an unprecedented state
II financial. commercial and industrial
preparedness, although with some con
fusion in the market for securities
Weekend reactions in prices were at
tributed to combination of circum-
stances. includine uncertainty of wa
taxation and adverse crop prospects.
The government report indicating de-
crease in winter wheat is likely to pear
vitality upon the war situation in its
direct relation to fOodstuffs. Need of
a national financial policy is being
brought to the attention of Washington
authorities. Wall street and its bank
ing associates are preparing for early
reouirements of not less than 100000
100000.
One of the unfavorable features of
the week was the steady selling of high
class railroad stocks The many net
decreases in February earnings of i'm
portant transportation lines were at
tributable mainly to higher costs of OPP
erations under the eight hour law
Arizona republican., 1917-04-08

Hogs lizard grain fed) 100 to $50
pounds, S10.50@ HOO; $50 to lis pounds
s11.00G11.50; IFS To 225 pounds. s1l.50
m12.00: 250 to 500 pounds. $4,000
1880; $50 pounds up. $6.75@9.00.
Poultry-Broilers, 32c; fryers, zoe:
roasters 12c; old ucks, 1Sc; light
hens, 21c pullets, q re; turkeys. zoe
Uzsc; yuong ducks. 23c; young geese.
1Sc.
Butter-Receipts 5000 pounds; ex-
tras, 31c; firsts 35c.
Eggs-Receipts, 423 cases: fresh ex-
tras, 3012c; case count, soc; pullets,
29c.
All sales of eggs and quotations in
clude cases, flats and filters, valued at
IS cents, which will make difference
of about / cent a dozen more in prices.
Sonora Wheat-S2.S5 bid.
Alfalfa Hay-s16.00M1S.50 per ton to
producers f. o. b. Los Angeles.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-08
Government deposits s4s.4s1 600.

Government deposits s46,461 600
Due to members reserve account
S75S, 900.
Collection items $105. 600.
F. r. notes net SHAPES, 600.
All other liabilities 100000.
Total liabilities 1891, 131, 900.
Cold reserve against net deposit and
note liabilities 10 per cent.
Cash reserve against net deposit and
note liabilities 75.4 per cent.
Cash reserve against net deposits IL
abilities after setting aside 40 per cent
gold reserve against net liabilities on
federal reserve notes in circulation 76.1
per cent.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-08

NEW YORK. STOCK EXCHANGE
Furnished by R. Allyn Lewis.
private leased wire to all ex-
changes
Arizona republican., 1917-04-08
At Chicago

CHICAGO, April T. Hog receipts
10000; strong; mostly sc above yester-
days average; bulk S15.70m15.95; light
$15.05 M15.95; heavy $15.25G 1900; pigs
$1125M1475.
Cattle receipts 500; steady; native
eef cattle $935@1315; stockers and
feeders $I.25M10.00 COWS and heifers
$5.65@11.00; calves $9.25GI13.75.
Sheep receipts 1000: steady: wethers
}1050G1300; lambs $1L75m15.50.
Arizona republican., 1917-04-08

tremely unfavorable condition of crops
reported by the government Total
sales amounted to 665, 600.
The bank statement was noteworthy
chiefly for the impressive totals re-
ported in the actual loan and reserve
accounts Loans increased by almost
$4,000, 600, reserves in own and re-
serve vaults by more than s66, 600, 600,
and net deposits almost $4,000, 000.
Excess reserves expanded by about
$50 600, 900, just about offsetting the
contraction of the previous fortnight
Bonds were irregular, foreign war
issues reacting after early strength,
while domestic rails were lower on the
trend of stocks. Total sales, par value,
$2,S50,0O0
United States and Panama bonds
were u point to l point lower on call
during the week.