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SATURDAY, SKI'TEMHKR 7. 1012.
PINCHOT'S VAGARIES.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
I rims oil' the nature laker in the
following article:
"The Pinch<4l theories, upon
which I he whole structure of t li<>
federal conservation movement
has been built up, and on I In;
strength of whiVli the government
of the United States has spent
many millions more, have become
the subject of steady attack by
scientific men in various parts nf
the country. The whole structure
<>f the forestry service of the
country is built upon the theory
that Hie deforest at ion of lands
results in decreasing the annual
rainfall and increasing I he de
struction done by Hoods. Yet
scientific men -'best qualified M
pass upon Ibis question deny thai
• • iI her result if all of the deforest
ed lands were again in timber,
other, of course, than the mere
ly commercial matter of the val
ue "of timber.
"A recent elaborate bulletin of(
(he University of Wisconsin con-!
Sisls of an article by Prof. Daniel j
Webster Meade, of the unievrsily,
professor of hydraulic and sani-|
tarv engineering, on 'The Flow:
of Streams and the Factors that
Modify It, with Special Reference
to Wisconsin Conditions.'
"There are 101 pages in this]
bulletin, with elaborate tables
showing rainfall and stream,
measurements taken in Wiscon-j
sin for I he past 50 years, during,
which time the greater port ion I
of the merchantable limber of Iho'
slate has been removed. As a
result of his elaborate investiga
tions and study. Prof. Meade ar
rives at conclusions identical with
nmsr Kivf'n ny «.«»n. t ;nn h-ndon in]
;i11 article by him in Iho Engineer-j
inpr Mnpnziiw*. liiaf destructive,
floods aro lessoned rather Mian
enhanced by doforoslnlinn. an ar
liolo which Prof. Month* quotes
wilh unqualified approval.
"Ainonp oilier conclusions
roach or] hy fho professor aro
liioso: 'Thai in ponoral Iho de
forestation or cutting of timber,
in Wisconsin has had no mater-'
ial effect, either favorable or ad
verse. on Iho high wafer, moan!
walor or low walor flow of tho(
si roams, or on fho regularity r» f (
such flow: fhaf so far as all ovi
rlonco examined is concerned.!
Ihoro i« nothing fo show lhal I ho (
planl ing of forosfs in Wisconsin
would in any way arid fo or fake)
away Iho quantity or ropnlarify,
of si roam flrw or decrease Iho
P< oil hoiprhls.
GOOD JOBS ARE WAITING.
Tlio world is full of pood places
for pood mon. Wo aro vory surej
Dial il is Iruo. In I In* pasl week;
mon liavo spokon of positions that.
I hey have upon and wo have boon
unable fo supposl fho man for Iho
.job'. Wo know mon who want
placos. but wo didn't know Iho
men who could fill those places.
We have heard men say, "I can
do ev rylhinp that thai man is do_
inp," and it wax true, but unless
Ihoy could do more, there was no
reason for the employer to
chanpe. There is a thought In
this for the man who wants to
hold the place he as; there is a
thought for fho man who wanta
a bettor place. Obviously if Ihoro
are 1.000 men who could do your
work, and are ready to do il at
the sarno salary, you are not so
sure as you would like to be of
holding your Job. You wanf fo do
a lifflo more than if lakes fo keep
the place.
If you wanf a better position
I ban you have, learn enough about
it to be at least a lfttle better than
the average man who will apply
when the place is vacant. There
is a good deal of chance in filling
places. Everyone knows that.
That makes it only the more sure
that flvflry bit of added prepara
tion i3 going to count. Don't wait
for the job that is bigger thar
yours, but you know you couk
All, to come along begging youi
services, but if you can, get big
ger- than the job you are Ailing
Make yourself a little bigger than
the job you want, and the chancc
will llnd you if you keep in it*
way. When you are ready to fill
a job a little belter than the av
erage applicant, the job is go
ing to come your way.
POLICE, AT HOME AND ABROAD.
! Tin* serious light in which tin1
jNinv York police force lias boon
placed by the disclousres in the
Rosenthal murder case naturally
calls up comparison between
[{American peace officers and those
of foreign countries. William Al
lien Pinkertnii. head of the de
fective agency that hears his
.name, in a recent interview pub
lished in l.ondon. defended the
J»ew York department, saying that
,,vhile there were occasional eases
of graft, the efficiency and the
'honesty of Commissioner Wal
do's rank and file were as high
'as any police force in the world.
He attributed many police
Jsh- rlcomings in America to a
"hostile attitude on the part of the
'public. In London, lie said, the
public looks upon the policeman's
'position in life with more respect,
jvith the result that, the officers
I are more on their dignity aiu'
Jlionor and there is more inee;i
live'for them to live up to a high
| code. 'American officers .work
faster, in his opinion, lint less
'carefully and less earnestly than
those of England.
The recent trial of the Camor
risls was filled with charges of
prafl ami jobbery againsl the Ilal_
jin police. The rise of this so
ciety. the "Black Hand," the
4'Mafia," and other of the various
Supposed criminal organizations,
ii< attributed quite generally to an
utter lack of confidcnco in the of
ficers of the law, the result be
ing that people look grievances
'into their own hands.
In Russia, according to Leonid
Menstchikoff, former chief of the
St. Petersburg Imperial police,
now in New York, graft in gener
al and nothing is thought of it.
Not only do gambling and disor
derly resorts pay tribute, but legi
timate business enterprises make
payments to insure watchfulness
about, their property. The graft,
however, is for the officer on
duty at that station, and is not
divided with a "higher-up." In
frpenking of this general extortion
the former Russian official, in ,1
jni'w iopk interview, saw:
"In the main, Ihe graft fields in
Russia are so wide and Ihe van
el ins of grafl so many lhal I he
grafl received from gambling, I he
social evil, and excise violation is
such a small proportion of the
total lhal. although Hip police
men are corrtipl and prafl taking
is general, (he body of I ho police
are nol. deprraded. Some of Ihe
bribes are a inaller of custom.
Regulations for building, si reel
cleaning, sanitary arrangement,
nd so forth are so far in advance
<f Russian daily life lhal bribes
ore paid as a mailer of conven
jt»nee to evade regulations which
are a hardship. The prdicemen
who lake Ihese bribes aecepl iIumii
as license fees.
"Some of Ihe bribes taken in
Russia are from religions sects
prohibited by law. These bribes
are large, because paid by ideal
ists, largely of Ihe professional
class, who have large incomes,
and In whom money is no oh
jeel. . Police official* who lake
bribes fop allowing Ihese seels
lo hold services unmolested feel
lhal I hey are gellinp 'holy gold.'
and lhal (hey are really doing
'something creditable by winking
at such violations."
EDITORIAL NOTES.
It begins to look a* if the per
sonal pronoun of Oyster TJay was
suffering of menial indigestion.
Il is a shame lo charge Ihe
third term candidate with using
spirituous liquors lo cxccms when
everyone can seo he is addicted
lo goals' milk.
If the Secretary of lb.? American
Mining Congress were to keep out
of the Washington lobby, attempt
ing to dominate Alaskan affairs,
Alaskans generally would feel
duly thankful for great favors
conferred.
Washington stale primaries
will lake place on the Iftlh of this
frionth.
The Reward Gateway is on sale
at Ihe Valdez Drug Co. If
| ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON K
TITION TO SELL LAND.
In the United Slates Commission
er's Court for the Territory o
Alaska, Valdez Precinct, In
Probate. •
In tlio matter of the guardian
shin of the estate of Nels Oscai
Sail, a mentally incompetent per
son,-Order to Show Cause on Pe
tition to sell Land.
The United States of America
to Nels Oscar Sail, Charles G. Sail
Lewis Sail, Albert Sail and Mari<
Watson, and to all persons in
terested in the above-named es
tate or in I he sale of lands be.
J mging to said estate:
The petition of Charles (1
Sail, as guardian of the estate ol
the above-named Nels Oscar Sail
a mentally incompetent person
'being duly tiled in litis court, r >p
jresenliug that il would be for tin
benefit of the estate of said in
jcompelen| person and of all per
j.sons interested therein that cer
tain lands ami mining property ol
said mentally incompetent, person
described therein be sold, and
praying llml license be granted
to the said Charles Sail, as
guardian, to sell the same;
Now, therefore, you ami eacli
of you are hereby cited, ordered
and required to show cause, ii
jany you have, before this court
at the United Stales Commission
er's court room in the court house
in the town of Valdez, in the ahovr
named precinct in the Territory
of Alaska, on the 71b day of Oc
tober, 1012, at 2 o'clock p. in.,
why the prayer of said petition
should not be granted.
Done in open eourt al Valdez,
Alaska, Ibis 2(51 h day of August,
1012.
THOMAS It. SIIF.PAIID.
[Judge of the United Slates Com
missioner's Court in ami for I b«
Valdez Precinct, Territory of
I Alaska.—In Probate.
iC.harles Coring and K. K. Ilitcbie.
I Altorneys for Petitioner.
| First pub. September 7. !'.'I2.
I.ast pub. (letol'rr r>. 1012.
I
()\ving to the protest made by
the Cordova Chamber of Com
merce against moving the depot
to the wharf, the officials" of the
Copper River road have decided
to allow matters to rest a3 they
are until such time as Cordovans
can find means of existing with
out depending on the traveling
public.
SHAMPOOING and MANICURING
Well Groomed Ladies and Gentle
men Appreciate My Services.
Private bath room for ladies.
Corns Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
SENORITA NIENDEZ
Phone 185 Wall St.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VaLDEZ. ALASKA
Reports on Mines
Patent Surveys
(Senegal. Mining Enoineerino
Phone No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mii\pral Surveyor
Blue Printing Hes. Phone. ITO
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Moot every Tuesday evening at R o'cloeU in
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Ketrular Communications tlrst Wednesday In
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wclcoroe.
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