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Show state control idea H Western Notion of (Jouserva- ion tieis Short SJirifl in St. H f ; 1 11 1 Congress. I! ANGORA GOATS ASSISTANTS I TO CAMKORNIAOKBSTKRS Reputed, Ureat Fortunes -Usual-. ! ly Dwindle to Ordinary Wcalfli-iii Telling. BY RALPH JOHNSON. By l.casei. Who to The Tribune. NKW VOHK, Oct. J. JticJ-o Frank IF. Short oC l'Vcsnn, one of tlio California Cali-fornia delegates to Mic recent .St. Paul conservation congress, says tho policy of state rights in conserving the national na-tional resources received scant consideration con-sideration at tlio congress. "The eastern slates, '' ' said .7 udn Short, "and California especially, (Ichiro (Ic-hiro that I lie national resources shall bo controlled by tlio states, and not by the national tfoveriiiiionl. The programme, pro-gramme, at tho congress was arranged, whether designedly I cannot sa.v, so that the majority of the speakers' were thoso who favored national control of h the natural resources, rather than stale tf control. Why, there, was consider- j able opposition io allowing me to I deliver my speech favoring tho 'west- & crn idea,' as tho policy of state con- .4 Mol of the national resources is called. I Jt. was only with difficulty that my n J'ricnds managed to ot a lien ring for La 111 G-M G-M "Part of the programme that coni- mended itself to everybody at the con-J con-J jiross was the work of Secretary of ,3 ;ricuIfuro James Wilson in lino of J development of the agricultural reft re-ft sources of the conntrv, and the address of Chief Forester Graves. M "Kpardiiif,' the 'western idea,' it Jfl may interest the public to know that 3 The United .Slates supremo court, has hold (hat the government merely holds the public lands in trust for the various states, io bo distributed to private ownership a.s soon as uos&'iblo. If this decision does not boar out the 'western idea,' what docs?" Angora as a Forcstor. "T'vc learned a now slang expression ex-pression since J ciuno cast," said Giles N. Aliller of Denver, the other night. "To get one's 'Angora' seems to be the new version of to 'get one's goat.' Well, if any one tried to get Ifnrlo Sam's Angora, out in California there would be trouble. I thought of that as soon as I heard the expression. The Angora goat is one of tho best, foresters in the world. There arc about 'MOO of them in the national forest reserve- of California, and they do ( more good in making trails th'rough ( the forest than any army of men. The ; Angora goat di tiers from his Harlem brother of the comic supplements in I that ho prefers a diet cr brush to tho I most succulent tin cans and bird cages on the bill of fare. Life without nice, I tough brush for food would not bo worth livinir to the Anfora. I "This little fad lias been utilized i by thoso in charge of tho forests. The fi goats have .been divided into two to herds, and each squadron is made- to jfj eat a road through tho woods. The H goats arc carefully watched by herders, e and they are forced to eat within the K liues already laid out. As a rcaulr., m they have eaten paths miles long ra through tho dense brush. What they do not devour is girdled by their sharp 3 teeth and dies very coon. ' The Angora 3 has certainly proven a boon for foresters." H Great Fortunes Exaggerated. I In the matter of great fortunes man is is us prone to exaggeration as tho E sparks to fly upward. This is demon- H strated by tho face that almost I daily announcement is made that the H estates of this and the next reputed g multi-millionaire are turning out to have decreased inordinately during re- cent years. Men supposed to have been worth $' 0,000,000 turn out to 3 have been worth, at their death. ne:irer S 1 0.000,000. while those enjoying the reputation of possessing $ 10,000,000 do H well if they actually leave a couple of ffi millions. While this phenomenon is H explained in part by the tendency of DM the niau in the street to multiply the H reputed possessions of tho very rich, ffl itt is not improbable that the high cost H of living and prodigal extravagance ffl of the men of millions may bo to Lfl blame for these detlatcd fortunes. A friend, who is somewhat intimate- 9 ly acquainted with the habits of mil 1 lionaircs, remarked tho other day: I "Even the very rich can find the cost of high living onerous. Ten years ago H extravagance had not become the tine 4 nrt it is today. Automobiles wore 1 then senre,clj' used at all, whereas to- f day tho average millionaire supports I a dazzling string of them. No longer B is a country house costing $1 00.000 g counted worthy of tho ultra fashion- able; there must bo not ono, but half I a dozen huge 'places' scattered over favorite resorts in this country and at least one1 mansion in England and an I other on the continent. And think of i how our hotels have risen from estab- 3 Iislunenta of only ordinary expensive- 3 ness to veritable palaces, with costs on H a royal scale. A fow of our wealthy citizens arc already showing an inter- M est in airships. Otto Kahn remarked, H on his return from Europe last year, M where he enjoyed a flight in the air, H that it would not bo long before air- n ships would become part of the ap a pondage of the ordinary millionaire, i I hen Transatlantic travel has not only I increased enormously in volume, but 1 now employs floating castles, embel- 1 hshed with every form of luxury. All I this means heavy expenditures by the jj very rich, and not everv fortune can 8 stand the pace with immunity. 8 Younger Rockefeller Not Money Mad. I John D. Kockefellcr, Jr.. paid a visit to 2GS Broadway the other day, for 1 the first time in several weeks. After finishing his labors on the. n-rsind '111 TV I H he went on a vacation, froih which he has just roturncd. It is still understood under-stood that the younger "Mr. Kockefellcr fully intends to devote the greater part of his life to the cause of ehurilv along the broad lines indicated by the Rockefeller Foundation. Kc lias not inherited, in auy marked degree, his lather's desire for moncv. ' Ono of the remarkable but little known women in Uow York is Miss Bella Greene, who has charge of J, P. Morgan's library in his sumptuous art gallery and library in East Thirty-bixth Thirty-bixth street. New York. She has supervision super-vision of the most valuable private collection of art objects and rare .books in the world. Sim catalogues every book, picture, statuary and bit of biiea brac that the financier buys. She wotks up data, giving the hislorv and the interesting Tacts about the "books and art objects, and she has books which show .just what the ' financier does with each work. If lie sends various)ictnres, statues, books or, bits or frieze work to the -Metropolitan, iUif,s Greene makes a record of these things. Mr. .Morgan is supposed to have a collection of C'axtou editions worth almost $1,000,000. |