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Show I nt:s cf lnrrtlny. ip nn Informal way, v. I in th- ills'incuished vial;f,r. There v I! 'be no iwirln; f, notion t en f'i Secretary Wile n's honor, but it U thoutht he will meet xi;i tome of 111." Ie:i!lii.r business luen of the cKy tJuilne; t! is cvrniiip. Secrerrrx .'auu-:-; Wilson x;i: bovn In Arvhiri-, Scotl u i. Ao-ruMt 10. l'i':'.. :'.. r-iriM- 'i the i-n i s-at-n In IS.-! wiih .c , Cor.nertl.Mit. From t'eere Uie family , nt in ! ',va x . ' j jrvy d I'V He v. 'i - iti'ic itr j i:; ti:e coninion setii ol'3 of Hill M'ue. Ir.ter taking :i oolk-:ine csuirsr- in Cornell crillee Mr. VilP'''i rei-.-ed the pi ate of Iowa In a public cripactv fur a number of year? anr tv3? relerird to forve In the e?h!fiet of Prcddent Me-Kinley, Me-Kinley, as pei'rei.iry of :ivrrirn!tnre, March .r,th. J8?T. which position ho har. held glnce that lime. He is known throughout the country as' an honest officer.' n friend of the farmer and all the people. "What we want lo know In the Forest Service is bow to plant free1; by the wholesale, arid make them grow. Find me a mun who can solve that problem for n and I will see that he pets the biggest salary In the department de-partment of agriculture." So said Secretary .Tames Wilson, of the department of afjrrcultiire. last, evening iu summing up the accomplishments accom-plishments nnd alms of the Forest Service. Mr. Wilson is much perturbed over the heavy loss of timrxer which Is be-Ing be-Ing rwept away hy the great forest fires that have been raging lu the Northwest for the past few weeks. "We have had four, times as many men at work flghtlnsr flies In the Northwest this year than ever before," be-fore," he added, "and I he loss already la double that cf last year The reason, rea-son, cf course, is the extreme dryness of everything in plant life. This Is the dryest year wc have had for a long time and the woods burn like tinder. I can see no remedy for these great fires as long as railroad companies com-panies are permitted to use engines which throw out constant showers of sparks while passing through the wooded districts 'The r nil road companies are also apprehensive of the danger and we are now trying to get together on tho subject with a view of reducing the possibilities of forest Arcs by enforc Ing tho use of spark arresters on all locomotives In the tlrcner belt. With some of the railroad companies there is an agreement relative to fighting fires which are started by locomotive sparks and nearly all The roads In the Northwest employ men whose duty It Is to keep the prass and brush cleared from the right-of-way to minimize the dancer "The Forest Service has accomplished accom-plished wonderful results during the past few years In' patrolling the government gov-ernment forests for fire. Each annual an-nual report shows a rapidly Increasing number of fires discovered and extinguished extin-guished by men in the employ of the department." Mr. Wilson tourhnU on the abuse or tho limber and sfonA act, the desert land act and the commutation clause of the homestead law. each of which he declared were loopholes by which vast areas of valuable government land has been and Is being ahsorbed Into private ownership by speculators I and other who wish to monopolize the public domain for their personal gain rather than allow the land lo be J settled on by an agricultnral popula- j tlon. i The timber and stone acl has ceased ceas-ed to be the source of danger that it once was. owlnrj to the forest conservation con-servation policy which is being pursued pur-sued hv lhf nnvrrnmonl SEC. WILSON ENJOYS LIFE "Yes, my father Is 75 years of age but hi health is splendid. I would venture a wnger of a $20 piece that if you w-io to run a fifty-yard foot race with him, you would bo defeated." defeat-ed." said Jasper Wilson, son of Secretary Sec-retary of Agriculture James Wilson, this morninp. to a Standard scribe, and the scrlbo is no mean 6prlnter, either. "In his earlier days he did a great deal of work, more l ban we who are young now do His outdoor life and simplicity In living had everything ev-erything to do with his hardiness. "Wo are making a tour of the forest for-est districts for the purpose of becoming be-coming acquainted with the practical workings of the department in Jts different dif-ferent phases. Father has always felt that lie could best handle the affairs of the agricultural department hy coming in actual contact with the men who are doing the work in the field, and learning in detail of tho things that are needed nnd of the things that ought to be eliminated. All the forest districts we have visited, like the one In Ogden, we find to be in first-class condition. So far, the secretary sec-retary has bad no fault to find, and it is not ovpected that we will find anything out of the way In any of the districts. "The districts in the southern part of the country will not be visited this summer, it being altogether too warm for travel In that section of country. We will leave Ogden tomorrow to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 for Denver, Colorado, where we will spend a day or two with the foresters of that district, dis-trict, and from thero wc will visit other oth-er sections of the country before returning re-turning home. Whatever recommendations recommen-dations regarding the operation of the forest service of the department are to be made, will not be determined on until after the secretary returns to Washington nnd has had lime tu look over bis notes. "Our trip has been nleasnnt, and both father and myself have enjoyed enjoy-ed It ta the fullest extent We are happy. Indeed, to meet the good people peo-ple of the west and get some of their ideas regarding the forest and the farm." During the entire forenoon today Secretary Wilson was in conference with Distilct FVrck. er A. E Sherman, and Assistant F. i ester W. T. Cox of the silviculture department, the purpose pur-pose of the conference being to acquaint ac-quaint the secretary with the general gener-al plnns of operation In this- dls'rlct and to rehearse routine business of tho patl few months. Secretary Wilson was in Ojrden last August, at which time he familiarized Minsc-lf with th'-1 many details of the district work, so that the matters ti be considered at this meeting are such things ns havo become new since that time. Another meeting Is being beld this afternoon and It U anticipated thnt the secretary will meet the foresters strain tomorrow, before his departure for the can. , president Hey wood cf the Weber club has Invited the secretary and his sou to use the dub rooms as they see fit and he advised them that the club Is at tl'p command of th secretary, secre-tary, tho club members bem deslr- |