Show RICHARDS DEFENDS PINCHOT idahoan prevents censure of forestry service by mining congress goldfield nov the american mining congress in the closing hours ol of its convention here on friday refused to adopt the report of its forestry committee which asked for an aa emphatic condemnation of the practices ot of the forestry service ot of the united states state government the censure by inference ot of chief forester gifford thus was forestalled the defeat or of the movement nt which threatened to cause the adoption of the com committee commett mitt report was accomplished only by tho the perso personal nul exertions of judge J H richards of idaho retiring president ot of the congress to whom the highest honor that cun can be conferred by that body was extended friday cheri he was elected a permanent pet Manent honorary director |