Show I Ii J I Pallor on It A Ih For Fur of or Washington Jan 2 Tn a n paper or on orthe orth the th sociological the Irrl atlon problem read by Ouy luy OU E B Mitchell be hI before before fore the Association for Cor the tho Advance Advancement ment bent of Science ho tie expressed the time opinion Ion that the reclamation of ot the lands of ot America through government construction of or irrigation works vorIs would furnish h for lor years to In come cne nn an effective outlet for Cor or the tho industrious pop POll illation of our great cities The Iho Irrigation lion tion of oC the acres of oC plaint plain and valleys he said will tend to make makl small farms and homes a 0 general rule throughout the entire country countr President 0 O FernO of oC the agricultural agricultural tural department discussing the tim lx lr her r supply outlook In the tie States SlateR paid Mil that n a calculation of oC tho thi plesent stand eland of ot virgin timber In time the United States ready to supply the demand for foi lumber lumier showed the tho Improbability It If not nol Impossibility of oC the tho United Stale Blate meeting the In demand for foi lumber another thirty years under Present methods of utilization Kven Iven It the entire forest area of the thc acres was supposedly still fully stocked ed with tho the average stand pet er In the acre ns as reported by M the census holdings of oC lumbermen nn absurd proposition the stock stank on hand would be bt exhausted within that period lerlo Kven under good forestry practice the prea ent In n l plo demand demond tie Its It said aldi could be supplied only for n a limited time In Tn a n paper laP r on the economic value of ot the thc remaining public lands J 1 D I u said that not another acre of oC public lands should be bl sold for Cor cash or Its equivalent rind cul cultivation should houM bo ho required before b fore It could he be obtained this residence and II cultivation should be at tenet least five fio and nOlI years so as n to Insure n a permanent not a n speculative Interest In the till hold holding lag ing He lie sounded a note of or warning against the tree free disposal of the public lands Sousa Opens In iii h London tonlon Jan 2 A large arge audience which however did not nil flit the Queens Queen bali welcomed wel the reappearance of Sou Hou Sousa a and his hili hand band In London tonight ht Many Con Evans were present A curious In Incident Incident was Willi noted at nt the beginning of ot the When Sousa punctual to the minute stepped upon tipon the plat pint platform form torm and waved hU his baton the band broke out omit with God aoI Save the Kin and the whole audience stood up but when without stopping the thc tousle merged d Into The Tue Star Spangled flan Dan tier ner the majority of those thore Iho e present put eat down Tho throughout the th evening tv went with Its Usual vita vim Im and the band was ap Lip applauded j jIll To Ill Io Pails Jan 2 A has hns been belll made to present n a piece of oC sculpture to President In III recognition of his service to 10 the cause caURe of oC International arbitration TIme The Idea Iden to make moke this gift Girt to the lie American president Is nn no outgrowth of the Venezuelan affair and his attitude on that question The flie funds wilt will probably be bo raised by b private vale vate subscription among European ad BI advocates of ot peace It Is In proposed that the lie work 1 b executed by a II prominent French sculptor II or the committee may Invite designs ns from tram the time sculptors ot of nit alt nations to The Hague peace court |