The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 30, 1915, Page 5

News Snapshots 'Of the Week' Federal Forest Con- trol Brings Large Sums Into Vari- T - ousState Funds ' Washington, Sept. 19.—More than $2,481,000 was received from the sale of timber and from grazing privileges . on the national forest reserves last year. ~Of this sum 5860000 .will bz _ returned to the states in which the % forests are located, for improvements. 3 ; Twernty-five per cent of the gross re- ceipts are turned over to the states for eounty sehool and road _purposes and an additional 10 per cent is.made available for expenditure by the sec- retary of agriculture in the building | of reads and trails for the benefit “of local cemmmtm Noththstandmg the large amount received last. year, it- was asserted here today by officials that if Con- ; would approve ‘the scheme flg % by Secretary Lane of the in-| terior -department for. the utilization and development of the -public do- 5 main, the receipts would be greatly S " increased in the future. 'The division o of receipts under the Lane plan; it is -claimed, would materially aid in “the dmlopment of ‘the West . *-Montana Gets Big Share. - "Of ‘the fands’ from last year’s re- - teipts Montana -gets the larger sharve, having contributed the largest amount of receipts for the scale of _timber, grazing and. other uses of the Torests, or move than $318600. Of this ameunt Montana is to receive “$79,589.78 for county school and rcad TR : purposes, while the forest service will g B - ~expend : §31,835.91 ' for improvements 1 3 of . special bhenefit to local communi- BEe | - . ties and not included in tle regular f ; administrative and pmtechve im- 4 Sl proxaemenht. : Idaho comes second with a 25 per e ~cent ‘gllowance of $75,651.15 and a 10 = .. per ~eent- fund of m,zeo:&s. Cali- . Xornia is third; : a' ‘25 per - ‘cent " allowanee of $27,044.74. The - other national forests Btstes follow: in the order of the size of theu- re- spectlve shares: " Arizoma Wil Qef m,m.n. Arlzona, $59,807.80 under the 25. per cent provision and $23,023.i6 under he 10 per cent; Colorado, $39,218.60 - and '$23,087.44; Oregon, $49,675.83 and © $19,470.38; Wyoming, ' $43,086.86 ‘and - $17,234.75; Washington, $37,445.56 and 14,978.23;: New “Mexico, $31,786.46 ‘New Mexico, $31,786 46 ¥ S A PHOTOS &Y. . PRESS Z BARON READING=] Following the expesure of the plan of Dr. Dnmba, Austrian ambassador to the United States, to eflapfa mdadodes by foreign lahor, we asked his government to recall him. The recall of Captain.ven Papen: of .the- German- embassy was also expected, when it was announced he had gone on a vacation to Yellowstone park. 'S two rd, including Hudson Maxim and Peter Cooper Hewitt.: ~ s Cglnnt vo;lts Bernstorff gave the state department assurances, backed byv-h&'memment, that the abic. case would. be settled to onr satisfac finanecial expel 'conternd. with J. P!erpont Horgan and other bankers about $1 ecretary Daniels:gave out twenty- +Zeppelins rxided:the $32.73; Porto Rico, $9.25 and $3.70. The states of Arizona and New Mexico receive additional shares for their school funds' on - account of school lands included within the na- tional forests, yielding them $28,- 966.46 and $9,311.87, respectively. Of the national forest purchase areas in the East a total of $3,- 997.60 was collected in Georgia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Tennes: see, Virginia, West Virginia, these states thereby sharing $994.40 under the 25 per cent and $397.76 under. the 10 per cent provision. GOMSTOCK IS DEAD. Summit, N J.—Anthony Comstock, famous vice crusader, is dead. He had been ill for a motnh and realiz- ed he was failing. Late Tuesday he called a stenog- rapher and dietated: to her final in- structions about the work of the Soclaty for the Suppnssmn of. Vice, ‘of which he was secretary. Within a few hours he died. Com- stock organized his society in 1873, From that time until his death he was a relentless wo= of what he con- sidered obscene in:print or speech. For many years he has been an in- spector in the posteffice denartment, worhngonaverymllsdarymor- der to-carry on his crusade against objectionable pictures. He hds caus- ed thousands of -arrests and convie- tions, and. was known ‘all over the United: States. He was- 73 years old. Death was due to pneumoma LET UNCLE SAM DO iT. National. defense, says: . President Wilson, should be provided for lnrge- Iy by economies elsewhere. That ‘sounds like good, ‘hard’ sense. Permit. ma ' to suggest thet Unele Sam' build his. own ships, armor and guns and manufacture all other parts needa. : ably into - -detail as to -the. policies A\nwuu ‘GETS CASH; SPEANS.” Boston Mass., Sept. 20.—In the fif- tieth speech he has- made on the i { subject since he resigned as secretary’ of state, William - Jennings Tryan spoke to nearly 9,000 persons on the war and its causes, Sunday, at the Braves baseball park: . He colleeted: ‘his guarantee, reported to be about $1,000, before speqking. : job. ean do three or four ‘men’s work : ; it -1 Hshing the bank at Minneapolis.” know this. of any -defense eqmpment he really. ‘made to read ‘warehouse terminal re- «eeipts’ when it should hs \na.rehoule g One man staeking g'rizm ‘ean do one | man’s “work. “Two men at the same struction placed-on it by the: reserve bank: at -Minnespelis, - for - with the word- ‘or’ left out, it reads ‘ware- house terminal receipts or shipping documents cevering ‘approved and ‘readily -marketable, -non:perishable staples-properly-insured;’ 435 4 ware- house receipt. is.a shipping document covering approved..and :readily -mar- ketable, non-perisBaiile staples. “Purpose- of Law. “I ‘have. written. the .word ‘or’ in the regulations :where the members Federal Reserve Ex.-.‘ perimeut Seems to be a Sad 'Failure. “The faets are that the federal re- serve- bank in Minneapolis does not appear to be-trying to'do any busi- mess. It is .not making any money 2 and it may be possible that the re-[of the board .aay.thattt/.should be, serve board made a mistake in gstab=|80 that -yow will -see-there isno-ques- *| tion :about -the- right :to floan -money This is the statement made by John|on local war.ehouse:-meceipis.' To re- BurkE, United ‘States treasurer, mnd |qQuire terminal elevator-receipts; ‘Mr. former governor of ~North Dakota, | Harding of the federal board has just writing from Washington under date/|said, -would defeat- the.purpose’ of ofSept.lBtoJ F. Richards. editor flarvey .Journal, Harvey, N. D., in re-| the: reserve board. ply to a leter of inquiry from the “The_local, warghouse ‘ receipts for latter. cotton in the_ South are ‘being ac- "} cepted as security by the banks and ; ¢ bythermhahwtththeixfll _ Purther than that, Treasurer Burke knowledge;.consent . and - encaurage- adds the sting that the husiness of ment of the reserve Board in Washe the Northwest may ke turned over|: ; ; ‘No instructions: Ro-u'u.d. to the Chicago reserve btmk. He PRy *- No instroctions-relative to the ine “Under the law the reserve board sertion ‘of the ‘word or in the reg- had the power to create not less than ulations had ‘been- A by -the eight nor more than.twelve reserve Mimnéapokis - ha nk Satmy, banks. The loéation of these bankd said J. R b ek executive board. was left to the reserve board. .9ne bank ‘was located in',Minnnpdlis;for “We have been Jfom ihe mg- Northwest. ' If there no necessity for| B Rwh, “&nd The- wmr& ‘or dbes mf. it, the reserve board will be glad to appear . where * Mr. - Burke says- it It can be abolished and: snould .appear, . We ‘may reccive the the territory of the Northwest nade mstmctmns Q!e -refers - to-early next tributary to Chicago.” week: . Treasurer Burke also says ‘that the ) reserve bank can, if it wishes, Jean} M. Burices-ebargv that the Mine neapelis- reserve.-hank is'not Irying millioas to ‘the country banks on the fo do -business ‘is* pure ‘bunk;® even én .Bo Abolished. grain of the farmers stored in their. own granaries, and so permit themto hold their.crop for better prices, in- stead of bemg forced to sell at E‘he present low figure. Qutlines Board’s Policies. Mr. Burke's- letter goes. eonsider- “This- bank isiready now ‘and has been alY ‘along .to Jdean' money 1o’ member | banks. en loes!mrelumsempts ‘at ers at-a.reasonsbly low rate. If the of the federal reserve bank -board.- {'member. hanks think they. have suf- Part of the letter follows: ¢To your first question, ‘Must the grain be covered by terminal ware-. house .receipts? the -answer is mno. In the statement of regulations sent; out there was a mistake by the stsmgtapbu- in leaving out the-word ‘or' after ‘warehouse’ so that it is loan demands:we ‘can’t -force’ them tovborm fmmuthe reservergank.'? S&VE.‘YOUR’"MS El'he time. will: wmewhenyon wm ‘bers. of -the, EEADER. ‘There will he or terminal receipts. want to_go vever.them:with: ym neighbor.- Therefore :we cannot urES too strongly that you :SAVE ' your ““The Minneapolis reserve bank is the only bank. :which has placed the Narrow constructlon on the In.ngusge e law_and-the regilations made by - fllmuthewmzm." 3 {4 per-gemt; which should: énsilite: THE. coantry banks 10 leoan io: the- farm- ficient ‘Tunds: 10 - eave: for their owir WAlfl'tnhokwver the back mum- - ¢ ‘FACTS: in it that .you will want to - KEEP\for future reference, *Youw will - LEADERS. -File them away and keep ,' eachcopy“forwemyuotbaab!e ; ‘and the ederflrefiervebou&hassnat.. ) S SR - 3 R i S