Show death of on aa old prospector helena mont april 8 an old prospector joseph armstrong fell dead today of heart disease the deceased came to montana in the days day of the first gold excitement nad was at one um time wealthy co ml it washington april 6 the governs govern ment forestry commission had a cheari ing before secretary of the interiors interior 4 I 1 I 1 bliss today at which they went over the whole forestry question and explained their reasons for advocating the reservation of timber land ladeby made by president Clev elands proclamation on on the of february the full personnel of the commission was present as follows prof C S 1 sargent of harvard university chairman gen ft L abbott united states engineer corps prof IV 11 brewer oi of yale university alex agassiz gifford and arnold hague commissioner hermann of the general land office and director walcott of the geo i logical survey also were there senator wilson of washington and senator shoup of idaho represented the western opposition to the reservations the meeting was behind closed doors chairman sargent reviewed the investigation ti of the commission last summer ine ile he was emphatic in declaring that there was no need of modification of the proclamation the commission was divided however as to the advisability of making any changes and several of the members conceded that some changes or exceptions might and should be made |