Show African Tribes Worship Their Dead Ancestors Even the Negroes of the heart of I Africa seldom are as black as coal Many are chocolate brown Others have reddish brown or yel yel- yellowish yelI yellowish yellowish I lowish brown skins Most of the Negro natives of Africa have black blackhair blackhair hair but a few cases of red hair have been known and the hair of the aged often turns white At birth birtha a Negro baby may have dark blue blueeyes blueeyes eyes but the color soon changes to dark brown I There are cases of very tall na na- natives natives na- na natives tives but the height is com commonly I medium and some tribes have men of very small stature The Akka I tribe which leads a wandering life west of Lake Victoria is composed of dwarfs Their average height is only 4 feet 10 inches The religions of the native tribes differ a great gret deal Some call their chief god Kuru others others and so on In one tribe the god of war is known as s I Ymell Where there is a chief god there are lesser gods or half In some places said the half- half gods g ds are men who have gained rul rul- ruling ruling ruling ing places in the spirit world Statements have been made that the gods of African natives are idols but that is only partly pa true Some of the wooden figures which have been taken from Africa and placed in museums are charms not idols Government Gave Away Million Acres of Land W. W v. v C. C vice president of the United States Chamber of ol Commerce and executive vice pres pres- president president president ident of the Southern California Edi Edi- Edison Edison Edison son company recently reviewed the prodigal land policy of the gov gov- government government government in the early days in which acres were given away in many instances with a lack of wisdom and certainly a lack of eco ceo economic economic nomie and social planning The great bulk of the land how how- however however ever was honestly disposed of ol including acres under the homestead timber culture desert lands and reclamation acts acres in railroad wagon road and canal grants in ed ed- educational educational ed- ed educational grants and acres in all other grants First organized effort to secure adequate recognition of forests to the national welfare was made by bythe bythe bythe the American Forestry association which was formed January 12 1876 said Since then it has been the lead lead- leading leading ing force in an intelligent and consistent con con- consistent consistent fight for constructive forest policies The associations association's efforts resulted in forests being set aside as public reservations |