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Forest Fires
Every year seems to bring tip forclb
ly the need for more extensive systems
of protection against lire in the nation
al forests of the far west nnd north
west. The disasters of tills season
point to the fact that more safegattrds
must bo thrown about the wooded areas
of the country if a repetition of Hie re
cent fires is to be avoided.
For it is a fact that n year's fires
burn away more of the precious wood
lands than would bo taken to supply
the timber needs of the country for
quite a few years. Added to this, and
even more urgcut as a reason for ac
tion, is the enormous loss of life and
property iuvolved in a fire like that of
this year.
'In some cases in the national forests,
according to Chief Forester Henry C.
Graves, a single ranger has the respon
sibility ot looking after more than
i oo.ooq acres during the dry season.
In the forests of Germany one 6tiard is
kept for every 1700 acres in one case
cyen as few as 750 acres.
The national forests of the United
States now include almost 200,000,000
acres of land, and to look after these a
force of 3000 men is employed. This
is recognized to be totally inadequate
for the heavy 'demands, and each dry
spell bringB its quota of disastrous fires
to bear out this fact more strongly-
In the measures that have already
been taken to protect the forests from
fire, the telephone has played a very
important patt. This part is described
in a recent Washington dispatch to a
number of daily newspapers under the
beadimr "Thousands of Dollars Saved
the Government by Telephone" in the
following words:
In protecting forest reserves of the
United .Stales from fiae the telephone has
become an instrument of salvation, and
there are many cases on record in the
forestry bureau where this modern app
liance has saved innumerably lives and
many hundred thousand dollars worth of
timber.
Expcrieco has taught the officials in
charge of the forestry bureau that it is al
most out of the question to cope with for
est fires after they have been fully started.
When they get a good start and have favor
able conditions, such as a brisk breeze and
dry wether, the (lames sweep through the
forest and over the surrounding country
without meeting any great resistance
Therefore, the officials of the bureau have
determined that the only possible way to
control these fires Is to prevent them
that is, attack the fite at its inception
It is at this point where the telephone
gets in its. work aud has demonstrated it
self asan important factorandasa machine
of salvation. As a means of preventing
tires and to discover those that have not
gained any amount of headway, thousands
of men have been employed annually by
the government as rangers and patrolmen
They are assigned to districts which the"'
are called on to patrol, but the work of
this ljtrol system did not really become
effective until the telephoue was intro
duced. ,
As the condition presents itselfe to-day.
a forest ranger leaves his cabm in some
secluded valley to patrol the territory al
loted him. His trails are well kebt, his
telephone is In order, with call boxes ar
ranged every few miles along the path and
fire lanes, and at observation towers, tie
reaches a spot where a party of prospect
ors or others have been camping and have
.-left their camp fire without extinguishing
it. Since their departure and prior to the
appearance of the rauger the fire has ex
tended along the ground in the dry forest
carpet and assumed proportions too great
for him to handle alone, though his ef
forts may be sufficient to check the tlames
for a short period. The ranger can re
main and fight the fire alone and wait for
the arrival of other rangers who have
been attracted by the smok 1, or he can
ride to the nearest telephone box and send
out an emergency call.
Before the days of the telephone, the
ranger, after discovering the blaze, was
compelled to ride to the nearest settle
ment, which might have been one or two
days' ride, to abtain assistance. During
his absence the fire would get beyond
human control and he and the men at his
command were practically helpless.
The use of the telephone on the forest
reserves is not a suppositional or merely
contingent matter The officials of the
forestry bureau contend that Us trial has
been practical and it has proven by time
to be invaluable.
As rapidly as its appropriations
will allow, the government is extending
the use of the telephone further and
further into the forests. New tele
phone systems are now being built and
others are projected for construction in
the near future. The government offi
cials are going about this work with ex
treme care, utilizing existing telephone
lines wherever possible- The appar
atus ami other material for the govern
ment's telephone lines are being furn
ished by the Western Electric Com
pany, the largest manufacturer of tele
phones iu the world.
Gifford I'lncbot, the ex-chief forest
er, sums up bis opinion iu these few
words: Vlf a forest is equipped with roads,
trails, telephone lines, aud a reason
able number of men for patrol there is
no more likelihood that great fires will
be able to get started than there is that
great conflagrations like the Chicago
fire will get started in a city with a
modern fire department."
The States of New York, Massa
chusetts', New Hampshire, and Maine
have their own protection against for
est fires, iu all of which the telephone
plays an important part. This is not
the only case in which the telephone
figures as a safeguarding measure. It
is being used in underground mines
with marked success and is being de
pended upon by the fruit .growers of
tbeiwest, who, usttfjelephonmreparts to
aid them in their fight against untimely
frosts. - -
HOPE I
Albert Dally N on the Melt list this
week.
Arthur llubbell was In the canyon
Sntiirdny.
Mlf-s Virn Horn visited with borne
folks over Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Nellie Whitman from lluyard Is
visiting wlj.li her aunt, Mrs. Fred
Hums, for a few days.
Mrs. Tonic Friend and Mrs. Albert
Dally called at Hope on their way
homo from the homestead Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. F, A. llroivn drove down to the
Hope postotllee Monday afternoon.
Miss Nora Cognr and Albert Wright
were seen In the canyon Sunday.
Miss Sadie Horn visited the school in
Dlst. 33 Tuesday.
Frank Beeson is harvesting his pota
toes this week.
Bert Horn Is the proud owner of a
new rille, and oh mv, how the jack
rdbbltH will mi Met4.
Ralph Morehead and Marion Hewitt
were visiting ut Abe Smith's Suuday.
Urluudo Learned and his former
wife, who were divorced some years
ago, were married yesterday at Goring.
Mr. Learned has been an inmate of the
Old Soldiers' IJomc ut Grand Island for
11 number of years and wo understand
they will both go there to reside.
tloliu Pannenler Is very ill with the
typhoid fever.
Everett Horn is on the slek list this
week.
1'oter Thompson nnd mmis returned
Tnesduy from 11 visit with relatives ut
Lakeside.
STRASBURGER
We regret to report that Harry Mc
Millan lost a line horse. '1 he horse,
while tied to u wagon wheel, broke a
leg, Joseph Fischer, whom we claim us
our vetorlnury surgeon and who is al
ways ready to respond when his neigh
bors need him, was called, and, finding
that nothing could lie done to save its
life, Mr. McMillan hud the horse hu
manely shot.
Mr. and MrjrA C. Starr returned to
their home adjoining Strasburger last
week. We are sorry that his eyesight
Is not fully restored
Fred Hermit drove to Rushvllle
Thursday, attending to some business
No At
No Lime
"Alum In food must
Prof. Johnton,
Read the Babel Buy no
baking powder ssnlems the
Gream of Tartar guarantee
Ba given
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Baking Powder
A straight, honest, Cream o! Tartar
Baking Powder. Made from Grapes.
Makes better, more healthful ford,
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FOR
BOOKKEEPERS
The UeraUl 1ms a stock of
little adding machines thai
s a v e time, worry a n d
money. Ask to see one.
iney cost sz.&u
The're worth $25.00
Tl" New Adding Machine
Herald Publishing
Company
AH4ce, Nebraska.
and returning Friday. He bus a tlno
pair of driving horses
MKs Jennie Sando Is spending sev
eral weeks in Hush v 1 e
Rev. D It, McLaughlin of Alliance
preached In Stfiisburger school house
last Sabbath afternoon.
W. S Hardtson and McMillan broth
ers and others have driven to Ells
worth and Lakeside for eoal, but were
disappointed Coal ordered months
ago had not arrived.
The Strasburger brothers have been
busy making tanks, putting up new
windmills, with the determination of
having plenty of wuter for about 1,000
cattle.
Dr. Samuel Willard, a teacher of the
writer, the oldest physician In Chicago,
on the occasion of the celebration of
his ninety-second birthday, gave five
rules to which he attributed bis long
life. They are:
"Live sanely and moderately.
"Be temperate In your habits.
"Keep interested in your worlt.
"He alive to the things of the
ent.
'Keep sweet."
Mrs. Carrie Chapman who has
spending several weeks on her
pros-
been
farm
north of Strasburger returned to her
position as cashier iu the Ellsworth
hotel.
QUAKER VALLEY
The cold weather we've been look
ing for bus not put in its appearance
yet.
Roy Seott of Aekworth, Iowa, re
tumid home lust week after filing on a
claim In (junker Vulley.
Nathan Pearson from Aekworth,
Iowa, is here looking over the country.
Mrs. Robblus Is enjoying 11 visit with
her brother-in-law who has come to
stay a while with her.
Mr. Sailor was in these parts recently
getting signers to a petition for a post
otllee.
Everyone here is done digging pota
toes; a very fair yield.
The men iu this neighborhood intend
to work 011 the school house this week,
beginning '1 uesday.
Murle and Albert Huworth raised a
half bushel of peanuts.
lames Jamison, Superintendent of
the Sunday School, was suffering with
neuralgia Sunday morning so thut he
could not attend Sunday school.
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POTATO BLACKLEG
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Disease Threatens Tuber Which
Appears Dally on Table,
GERMS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED.
Agricultural Department issues Warn
Ing to Growers to Be on Lookout for
It Spread Can Be Ciiccked by Se.
lection of Seed From Fields Free
From Disease.
Washington, Oct. 23. Every school
boy is tamillur with the eyes' of
tho homely white potato, which ap
pears on the average American's table
in some torm at almost every meal,
but many of the oldest nnU most ex
perienced farmers will look puzzled
when thoy read Uncle Saiu s latest
bulletin on the "Blackleg 01 tut Irish
Potato."
"Blackleg" is a bacterial po'.ato dis
ease on the stems of the potato, orig
inating In Europe, while In Geriuauy
it was called "black stem" or "black
shank." Blackleg has been accepted
as the English translation of ITie Ger
man name, even though It dues not tit
In with the anatomy or Uie vegetable
which Is such a great money-maker in
many sections of the United States.
Three and a half millions acres of
land are planted to Irish potatoes In
this country, with an average yield
of about 100 bushels to the acre, or a
total production of nearly 400,01)0,000
bushels, with the enormous value of
more than 5200.000,000. With such
tremendous farm interests at stake,
the new disease Is not to be consid
ered lightly, say the experts. Reports
to the office of the expeilinent station
In the agricultural department show
thnt It Is becoming widely distributed
throughout much or the potnto-grow-ing
areas of the United States. In
di'scilhlng tho disease, Professor W.
J. Morse of the office of experiment
stations says:
"Ulackleg probably was Introduced
into Cannda from England, and from
there Into the United States. It oc
curs, to some extent at least, over a
considerable area of the potato-growing
sections In eastern United States
and Canada'. A similar disease Is
also found In England, Germany,
France and other parts of Europe. It
his been reported from Charleston, S.
C; Norfolk, Portsmouth and several
points on the eastern shore of Vir
ginia; Heltsvllle, Mil,; Long Island, N.
Y.: Gurley, Colo., nnd Plalnesvllle. O.
"The attacked plants are usually
unthrifty, light green In color, or even
yellow, and undersized. The branches
and leaves have a tendency to grow
upward, forming a rather compact
top. The most characteristic symp
tom in the inky black discoloration of
the stem at or below the surface or
the ground. This dlscolorntlon often
extends two or three Inches above the
surface and tho Invaded tissues show
a soft, wet decay dm nig the active
progress of the disease.
"It seems that the blackleg Is large
ly disti United by means or germs In
the wounds, cracks and decayed areas
or the sr-ed tubers. The propagation
and spread of the disease can proba
b'y he controlled by tlie selection of
seed from fields free from the disease,
the rejection of all seed tubers which
have wounds, cracks or decayed spots,
and by treating the remainder with
corrosive sublimate or formaldehyde
solution, or with formaldehyde gas, as
is done for potato scab.
"Potato growers should be on their
guard against Its Introduction Into
new areas or Us further dissemination
In reelons already known to be In
fected." So. look out Mr. Farmer, or "black
leg" will have vour profits.
GREAT AIR ARMY IN FIELD
Officers of the Army and Navy As
signed to Cooperate.
New York, Oct. 25. America's air
army is ready for business. John
Barry Ryan, son of Thomas F. Ryan,
founder and commodore of the United
States aeronautical reserve, said In a
signed statement:
"We have 3,500 men, In every state
in the union, enlisted Iu the aeronaut
leal reserve to act as scouts In time
of war and for service In time of bat
tle. Officers of the at my and navy
have been assigned to cooperate In
the organization of an aeronautical re
servo corps.
"The aeroplane will eventually
make war so full of horrors, by Its In
evitable Increasing power to destroy
fortifications, ships and towns, thnt
It will be one of the greatest means
of bringing about peace among na
tions "
Miss Elklns to Winter in Italy.
Genoa, Italy, Oct. 25. Nervi, a re
sort on the Italian coast seven miles
east of here, Is preparing to eutortnlu
the wife and daughter of Senator El
k'ns this winter. The proprietor of
the Grand hotel there says the suite
lately occupied by the queen of Swed
en has been refurnished for them and
that they have engaged also several
rooms on the second floor, and a part
of the garden and park, so that they
can secure complete privacy.
Dies With Doll in Armt.
San Francisco, Oct. 25. With her
arms still clasping the frame of a doll,
the charred body of ten-year-old Lil
lian Simons, one of the Inmates or
the. Catholic orphan asylum, burned
to the ground, was found; by workmen
ol'urlng nWky' tho dem-ls.' All the
other children were Ravod.
CONDENSED NEWS
Frost was reported at several
places In Louisiana.
The cholera, the lavages of which
had almost ceased In St. Petersburg,
has broken out afresh m tho munici
pal hospital.
Frank Dolan, former president of
district No. 5, United Mine Workers,
was killed while trying to board n
moving train at Pittsburg.
Fire desttoyed the pattern and saw
shops of the .Burlington route at Han
nihil, Mo. Three workmen were seri
ously Injured. The loss Is $100,000.
Carl Hallberg, well known educator
and professor of phnrmacy at the (Jul
verslty of Illinois School of Pharmacy,
In Chicago, died, at the age of fifty-four.
The president and Mrs. Taft gave a
dinner In honor of the mayor of Tokyo
and Mine. Osaki. and among the guests
were Mayor and Mrs. Gaynor of New
York.
A new American record for altitude
was made by .1. Armstrong Drexel at
the aviation meet at Belmont park,
Long Island. He ascended to a helghth
of 7,105 feet.
The secretary of the Interior has
withdrawn from entry 3,8-10 acres of
land In western Utah as necessary in
the construction of the Strawberry
valley reservoir.
Men and women gatheied In New
Orleans this week to attend the Amer
ican purity congress. One of the ques
tions to be considered will be that of
the white s!ave traffic.
The Philadelphia club of the Amer
ican league won the baseball cham
pionship of the world by defeating the
Chicago Nationals In the fifth game
of the series, winning four.
Ralph Wilson, right halfback of the
Wabash (Ind.) college Is dead, and two
St. Ivouisans are seriously injured, as
the result of reformed football in St.
Louis. All of the accidents occurred
In "mass plays."
The following officers were selected
by the National Alfalfa Millers' assorl
ntion at the last session of its con
vention In Kansas City: Bryan Hay
wood of Denver, president; C. W.
Wright of Kansas City, secretary-tieas
urcr.
Martin Robertson, who shot and
killed his sweetheart, Grace Eller, at
Montmorancy, Ind. and later shot
himself In the breast with the same
shotgun, died In the county Jail hos
pital. Jealousy was the cause of the
crime.
James Bunsmuir, formerly governor
of British Columbia, has entered ac
tion for $1,000,000 against William
MacKenzle, president of the Canadian
Northern inllway, for an accounting
since taking over the Dunsmuir mines
on Vancouver Island.
Attorneys for Frank B. Harrlnian,
Charles L. Ewing aud John M. Taylor,
defendants in the Illinois Central cai
repair cases, forced a change in the
plans of the prosecution when they
obtained from the supreme court a
writ of habeas corpus.
The National Employers' Liability
commission, provided for by congress,
held Its first meeting In Chicago. Sen
ator William Warner of Missouri was
elected temporary chairman. Launcc
lot Parker of Washington was ap
pointed secretary to the commission
Eighty-five per cent of the inhabl
tants of American Samoa nre suffer
ing from the hook worm disease, ac
cording to the annual report of Cap
tain F. Parker, governor of the Aniei-
Ican Islands of the Samoan group.
This means that about 5,700 natives
have the disease.
After a tour of Inspection cover'ng
approximately 14,000 miles, during
which every reclamation project was
Inspected, the board of army engi
neers, designated by the president to
report upon the practicability of com
pletlng projects, as well as to pro
pose extensions, has returned.
DATE OF HANGING ADVANCED
Murderer of Belle Elmore Will Be
Executed in London Nov. 8.
Imdon, Oct. 25. Dr. Hawley Crip
pen, convicted of the murder of his
wife, Belle Elmore, the actress, will
he hanged on Nov. 8. The date orig
inally announced was Nov. in, but the
sheriff advanced the day one week.
"Wild" Woman Found In Woods.
Cairo, 111., Oct. 25.A "wild" wom
an was found hy Sheriff Nellls In the
woods helow Cairo. She was sui
rounded hy six dogs and refused to
go with the sheriff unless her dogs
were taken along. It is said she has
been roaming through the woods of
Ballard county for the last month.
Elklns Still Is Gaining.
Elklns, W. Va.. Oct. 25. Senator
Stephen!. Elklns, whoso illness here
has prompted many anxious inquiries
from f i lends in Washington, continued
to show improvement. He passed a
comfortahle night, and the sllRht fever
he had had for several days was prac
tically ahated.
Nineteen Lost In Wreck of Steamer.
St. Johns, N. P., Oct. 25. News of
the wreck of the steamer Regains,
hound from Belle Island to Sydney,
with the loss of nineteen men of the
crew, was received here. The wreck
occurred at Shoal nay, nine miles
from this port.
. Atdrlch Has Good Gain.
NuwYorkOorfS. Tho condltiot.
of Senator Nelson -XV-jvAIdrloh - of
Rhode Island, who was "struck by ti
street car, is greatly Improved.
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
The following proposed amendment
to the constitution of the State of Ne
braska, as hereinafter set forth in full,
Is submitted to the electors oi tho
State of Nebraska, to be voted upon at
the general election to be held Tues
day, November 8th, A. D. 1910:
A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend
Section one (1) of Article seven (7) of
the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska. lie It enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. (Amendment constitu
tion proposed ) That section one (1)
of article seven (7) of the constitution
of th? state of Nebraska, the senate
concurring, be so nmended as to read
as follows:
Section 1. (Who are electors.) Ev
ery male citizen of the United Stateo,
of the age of twenty-one 'ear3, who
shall have been a resident of this stato
six months next preceding the election
and of the county, precinct, or ward,
for the term provided by law shall bo
an elector: provided, that persons of
foreign birth who shall have declared
their Intention to become citizens con
formably to the laws of the United
States and are voting at the taking ef
fect of this amendment, may continue
to exercise the right of suffrage until
euch time as they may have resided In
the United States five year3, after
which they shall take out full citizen
ship papers to be entitled to vote at
any succeeding election.
Section 2. (Ballots.) That at the
general election nineteen hundred and
ten (1010) there shall be submitted to
the electors of the state for their ap
proval or rejection the foregoing pro
posed amendment to the constitution
relating to the right of suffrage At
such election, on the ballot of each
elector voting for or against said pro
posed amendment, shall he written or
printed the words: "For proposed
amendment to the constitution relating
to the right of suffrage," and "Against
aaliV proposed amendment to the .con
stitution relating to the right of suf
frage "
Section 3 (Adoption) If such
"amendment shall he approved by a
majority of nil electors voting at such
election, said amendment shall constl
tute section one (1) of article seven
(7) of the constitution of the State of
Nebraska
Approved April 1, 1909.
' 1,'Oeo. C. Junkln, Sccrotnry of Stato,
of tho state of Nebraska do hereby cer
tify that the foregoing proposed amend
ment to tho Constitution of the Stato
of Nebraska Is a true and correct copy
of tho original enrolled and engrossed
bill, ns passed by the thirty-first Besslon
of the legislature of the State of Ne
braska, as appears from said original
bill on file In this office, and that said
proposed amendment Is submitted to
tho qualified voters of the state of Ne
braska for their adoption or rejection
nt the general election to be held on
Tuesday, the 8th day of November, A.
D.. 1910.
In Testimony Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed tho e'reat
seal of the State of Nebraska. Dono
t Lincoln, this 29th day of July, In tho
year of our Lord, One Thousand Nino
Hundred and Ten, and of tho Indepen
dence of the United States the One
Hundrodiand Thirty-fifth; and of this
State tho. Forty-fourth. -'
' ' GEORGE C. JUNKIN,
(Seal.) Secretary or State.
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