NOVEMBER 23, ,903 "W (1-an nu-usa--ainwo THE' CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN 1rn>.s'r or Ani." ‘ PAGE THR ~§ l I ip f ""iii' ll on _'r-.roi -ii tit ltlii: I tiii oi. th,.,,,..,,, ,.... .. ........,., _ts it-it HM ,_ . ,.5-iiiiyii_tiiiii, but great as ia this l],_....¢ iinnei- what might be termed normal tcondiiiiiiis. it appears almost insignificant thy uiiinniiisoii with the _record-breaking lynsti- iii' thi- |ii-wiciit period, when the ;_agg,.,.._.-_,W inte will probably amount to lstrt-i.il tinii--4 the usual $50,000,000. For in coii~'iil.-i.il\li- inti-r\'al this autumn, wlien lthe t`i»i'ii-l tiiw-.~' have been at their height, 'the llani.. wi-ie doing dninzige to the iy,m<.nni, .»i` :%'l_tiiil),000 it ila_\'. The yiiiiii-ipal i'au.~:c of this i-piili-niic of tfoi-est lin., inn- lii~i-ii found. of i-nurse, in ltlie tliniitli wliii-li has been gcni-ral through 'viii thi- i-i.uiiti_\': hut there have heen éotlivi' ;iil\'i-i.»,-e conditions \\'liieIi have con- and sparsely populated areas, hut. have invaded many popiiloiis_distrieto, laying waste towns of consiileriihle size and ilriv- ing great numheri-i of people from their hi-nies. An a ri-sult of the siillering and exposure thus entailril, there will proli- ohly he inn(-Ii in\'alidii=in and many death. that, not hi-ini.; iinnii'-iliati-ly attrihiitahlt to the forest fires, will not he includi--_ in the statistics that will constitute thi chronicle of this ycar`s tire record. Anotlier uiiiusual fi-attire of the fort-.~t fires of 1908 is found in thc wide raini- of territory visited hy the flames. In thi Maine woods and in the Adirontlacks ot Northern New York; throiigliout the Hiatt \mi,,m.t to the menacing situation ln- 'of Pennsylvania; in Micliigaii, Ml.|ncsot¢ §d(.¢.1_ its an expert on~forcsti-y recently _.pointed ont, it has sccincil as though levciw' ,iiii.igin;il»l4: iinfavimtlxle \contlilion lliatbi-on pw-.~i-iit this year to help along ltlic deadly auil destriictivc work. Dead- ily-hci-.iu~e in addition to the ln.-.- of lforiipeity, tlieii- lion hecn an appnllim: loss moi life in coinicctioii with this yi-ar'n lifirei. _ z` liven in :in oi'ilin.'ir_v _vi-ai' it i< i-.-tiniati-il ‘that not less than 6.-7 li\'i-,- aii- in<-liiili-il iii 1-the toll rxaiti-il hy fort-st lim: -luring thi- and Wisconsin and other territf-ry ad_i:i cent to the (treat Lakes the foi st fir., have bei-n raging simiiltaner-‘Sly an.- cven on the Pacific Coast the in-‘nace h:i~ been pi'eseiit., thicatciiing annnig othe. things the ilc-.~itriii-tion of one of the fini-.1 gi'Z'p//é.7'?.@ ' Tlieficbent forest fires have had then teristlcs ul tl-0 Gres and all tic-iii~l~ tt-at inint-~i iilnch has been made b l _ , - - - ~ gi . ' ‘. _ '- " . .' ' ` 1.' ‘. ', »' ` . 5' »---~'} tiu- entire country, comes- just at a time P tot-(ii-itv/einpliasized hy reason of the iactliniglit lead N -»\ better iiiidirstaiiding or _\______ ___ ______ ______S_____ _____l(___t_____i__g “_” (___ “.h(," the gm,el.n,n,mt hh its Own ,§yi_|_,_,m that cluring the tiii-ei: oi- four years priorlthis ilcstruetive cleiiient and the best illvnu thu ,.._lih.m\ds to m__)“_, __ ,,.._ _ -;,_.u]]y lwrfocmd’ and tiwn. is W, 'ii thi-, pri-seiit oiii- the annual-loss from inifaiiri to eireuinvi-nt. it. _,,m__,__ “ml the fedcml _,__m.,.,.,|,,“.,,t _,_:;,',_etlt|ni|l»( that this will he mm] as 4; |,|f,di,| "‘l‘\‘-l. firiis has lie-.en uniisually _siiiall,, At the saute time thi: nationzil iiiitliori- UK, I-,,,,,_¢L im, mUm,_.,._ \\';l},g,, UH. lm,-tlili:it will he eopii,-il hy state and ifoiinty _l_:;i;ik..- to l`._iviii'ahlo climatic conditions ties haw- iletaileiI_;ii| expert on l‘oi'i-~ti_-_\'. 1-(_“. \._.__‘.|_._. l]__.1.,. haw |,‘.(.n |,H.I,;,,.¢.,| ,H-_ aiitlioritieis, t-orpor2itions~i and pi~ii‘;it¢ in. mi-.'<-it-i', thi.; si-asuii's_ unparalleled relutiyl Mr. Piiiil G. l{i-dingion, to iniiki- an in- ti__l,___. M- “_[,._.L.u,€"L my ,l ,__U,,,_,,,_.,_li\,L, (|i\-j{p|a],»_ who uw owners of ,_.xt(,n,,i\»u luis; given thi- i-ount_i’_v an iin.pleasal\.6 Qy- \'estiy,'ilioii of the whole hroail --nliji-et ol' “.m,k-____ _____‘__mm__m_m h__L“,____" HH, gm, fimbM.1,\m]S_ .,(. .- enaoii as to wiai inn' ha an furifrl. tiriei anil to devise w:i_\‘.~ :.iiil iiieans _ ` ` _ __ _ _ _ ~ I' . _ . _ I l i-iiiiiii-nt -iii( tiose raili-oads *\\'liii.#i- liiii-.~‘ tlnilei- the forest patrol svstein main- "..7$.».i“'lf. .l"`§...'i`..»»~'""i'.T.‘.' °...'i°'fil'.§""..t¢.i°`°l§E lT.'...“"i.§"l’1Z§lfill`°'l.”f ill..`iIfll".fl"f.Itlff..'SIL 11-- of ft- ‘W fm-.<1 by ww iwmeti t~~.-...m....t “___” hetwr _`_y___tL___;_»v; tahnng _md __n__ ____ _-________ -_l_y _-__el§g__\_______'n_____L ___`____l_________ ani! tliisislii-lii~\'i-tl tolicliiittlicheziiiniiilq on its own laiiil ii raiiger or Kuard trav» . . t t - _ - .~.iiiall tires that may lu- .~t.ii't ul ‘iw lmrtms mwl w_m`Or"_ml` _ "Wt nf “"hml' he hm" "I""'l4" M "9 1;" ' ' wauteil is orgfinizeil clfort iiii thi- part ot`| _“1Ll\*'\lt-tli_i- iiii~‘_i-llisli aiil fit i'Ui'|i<\l'_a the governinciit, the stat(-»~', i-iii-piiiatioii.~i. “V” lil" _l "ll~5"I "_l"l‘_`-" l'i"“"'"m"’“ _“Ill and iiiiliviiliials. Tliere .slionlil ht- ails-13°'-9, Ul"l1|ll_\\`UTk 1" 115 lfl'll_-*€\1ll=_i1:~’=\\ll'4f ipi ‘~ tire Iaiws in c\'i-ry slati- \\'l|i~i'e ar_iv f3l`9§L_l1l`f‘ _lll‘£l“;_"\` “WI_‘l|:_c‘I;I_\lTiU:§ ~.- 4-, " I -- N, -_ .1.o \‘r 'ivwia irsii ii' " i"‘.' fnit.~_t.a .iie locutid. _llitii li_\\~_ oi._il§___ _ i_ <_<________ ___0r__q____lR_____¢__ ___ _______ proviilt-_for _thc-_ a|;po-,iitiiit-1:1 i_~t |iri»_ii.i » ~_ii_i<» _T ~1.\~i;~ _ _Q __ lil U »- - nent-', \v|io sioiitl iavii aiit iiiiity ani tin-," \-\' F01! S \\'\U>'@ l`|El\ S 0 ‘“`<'l.\` “U1 p_i-wer to t-iil`iii'ci-_ such u_,ii _iall _ii:.tin _tliiwiiitzli i`i_\iYTl.>i_sI1oiilcl_lie z‘__i=q\_i;i_1l_tlbt_nlil |~-~. Unit iiillaniiiialili-_ inatcrial, f~houlil equip vide for ii penalty to Iii- iii|_i--_.<1-il iip.;._ :ht-ir i-iigint-.~; witli adi-qiia_te spark ar- any nian who rciiiseii to give l.i~ .»t-rin -~ i ~t_i-is and ulionlil adopt oil for liit-l in in time ot' need." l`ori-at wt-i'iiiii'~»i».- iii l`iii-i-.~t tr.ilini‘\i who, travelling on “spin-dei‘:»‘," oi-ations owing timlidr lands been etirrifil -\ action hy thc spcetucle of thc past 'tu' ive-wks. hut the United States govern- -'ent lui:-i iiiiiii-,-,'ii;':ttt-rl a i-iiiiiitry-wiilc inipaign that. it is helicvcd will point ii -ty to prevent iuo.n_\' forest fir:-is and to I-iitrol those that, despite precautions, .iii a start. .\s a first step the national government um hail one of the most ellieient eni- -lnyeixe of its forest serviisi-, ,\Ir. ltaymiinil i`\'_ l‘i-‘lin '-_ t* '1'--‘li~-~ /iw-~~ thi- l-ii|'ii|‘fl_ iii- ' i.'!|t-iv.: -nt _ - _ _;; g 'i-...nil s-...ii-tits: 'hat will Iii- of value in iiriring i-oiigrr-s-l ~:i\||al action on the suliji-i-i. hilt also ' ltini notes ii to th I ' l I ti tl -~ lli.nin-.ili-r that every daily l\¢“"-‘l‘flll("' magiiviiii- .intl pictorial l1l‘l`ll’llii‘|' i-iiiiipi‘l.iti>i‘.- iii the "ll-ll»~i|-1 'i-lil, tc' :~ ri-iniirlialili: sti'1~` “O llllh ~-~ iniii-li iiiotli-st_v that tiiiise who heal- liiiii ii-late thi- many liairlireadlli es- Clltes In li.i~' hail on thi- trnvli and _rti-i}_i_liili-~~- iniiiwt- whili- “cIiii.-iiiig ii pic- l"l'\' iiiniii-I at the nerve he is »o ol- M" *`§‘il"'| Hi- le ttis|ilii_v. 5° -ll!" tool; i=:i_\s, while hundreds ari- "“"'S' -\ lui-id-.~liiitt\~i' t-aint-ra, vcry few of 'IM' `» l l»i‘_\iii|iI the t-iisy slag(-ii f thi- “»`\|-ll iliii iii-ii'~.i|i<-i- stunt ~tlie photo- l"'1=ll-. --I atlili-ti-5, aiitiiniohili-ii, the har- I""`l ll*-‘1‘-‘. linli jiiinping, and iiiany other §;_‘I‘P‘l`.\' .in-l eiiiiipiirativcly >_\' tai-klo the fast-mo\'iaiZ ___ i-i~ -_ir ilu- falling .~=tceplccl|i\ser_ they lim .I'"`l‘l"-'1 thi- liiirdi-.st propositions m_"l=‘_“‘ liliiitograpliyg and that so few _"_)"'»" to n|;u=ti-r it is attested by the *"' li i V. . , , ' ’ ._ m__________ iii \\lio .iio following it sui lhln dm"-“*‘-llill his work Mr Cook has h;‘__"’ “wr "Jim, how and why I have bm ___“l’°fv-“ful in riitlier hard to say; “__ ‘~ E11-utest requirements I find ne- °______.V are the, cool, steady nerve and ,§M_`v___"-""~ Une must become absolutely _"* in .,lii~ every surrounding, re- ess of how liorribin it 'all may be. I it ii.....it~.~.l i.. - iafi\\ii=\\l1-~- lin- ianitl .~liu!t<-r. iii' ilu- liini- /fr., ,'~ A: ,.¢ t.. iny uork, iiiiil iiii uuitlt-r ivluit i.- i-inning 011', \‘.'hethcr it is a Sillillrliiiii, ii selling race or a steeplechase horse and jockey lnnihliiig eud over i-nd, I keep my wits about iiii-, never allowing inyitclf to he- cuine the least excited: for the instant uni- gives in lii i-xcitoiiieut and nr-r\'oiis- ni-sa he niiglit just in-i well throw the cuiiii-ra away, as far as getting gooil re- sults goes." ' In taking his many strc-pli-i-liaise arri- dent uietiires-and he 'has more than a Iiiindri-il--Mr. Cook ri-inained ns cool as thi: traditional eiieiiinhi-i'. aiiil with Ina i-iiiui-ra ivorltiiig to pi-rl`ci-tioii, Imi-ki-il hy Iiis ipiiek eye. he ileclarei-i it was 1-ao_\'_. and fails to sec just why eve-i'yoiic pro- iioiiiieca his work so miirvcllniia. 'l‘o` thi- quiek i-_vo more than iiiiythiiig else lic attrihiiti-ii thin aiici-ess, for iii the ability in seo thi- pnrtieiilar picture nl i-acli ac- cident and iii being alile to snap the i-:iini-rn at that particiilnr instant lic thc i-iecri-ts of aiu-cess. '1`lii-se ai-ciilenta occur iinil are over with in such ii reninrliably short time tlmt there is not the fraction of a sec- ond to lose in the taking of tlir-v- ./-t une inult get the focus and likewise lic very cart-fill. t0 get them on the plate, for this indeed in most essential. Gilt- ting the focus is probably the mont dif- tioiilt task, for one never known just when md where A horn il going to tall; Ed'1§_i>_qi_i_t_ mush; from |o£etima___§e ll wlt§lii_aiali_ts_oi- ten ft-et ~ f \ ` 1 ¢,7a12a’a./J-vpoaf 'far-207 f/B _/véli az' Glfieveawr and again 50 fi-el. ol' the i'iiiii¢-ra, _\i-t xiii fociis iiiiiut lie uhnip, and when on takes into cii!i=iilc“.-.tion al the thin: iiei.-ci-iaai_\ to ili. it--.\ iid niaking a .~i: c-cssflil iiiiii'-'v l'.- n|n~t think t`:i~'t .-i work rtill i.-- -i. lui- .iiiiuin inii<-hiii iniml. he \\': ‘ race iii qiiestioii was ii liurdle i-nit there was no \ih\cu.ioi' ine to .~tau.l alongside- thi- ins-lilo rail anil '- througli the opening in thi- fciiie, horse fell within eight li-et nf ni.- t'tit~ .Instant he liiiidetl into the p`a had 'a snap. for hi- was oii aiiil att' . iii the twilikli- ot' an i-ye-. \\"hen thi- |waii di-vi-loped, horse and rider eonn tilled, thc-re lining not uiore than ai - . ttr of an inch to sparc al. thi- l mid pi-nl1alil_\' not ii llulf at thi- I. ttlu- phitc. The focus might. hiiri- -l. tliit. ht-ttt'i', hilt I was too oi-cn; getting: the hon-e on thc plate to il.- focussing." In selecting :i jump whom ln- :\ titll is liahla- to occur the ph."- iilog! not always pii:l¢_ihe annie i 51519 Fine rl: ¢.‘Z‘31/24 IQ .D,4;QJf_HUzt-if PJYDJV-Y f@'.¥Ul&E&’ C'/YJ!! C' DDQK, JY.1*’ belkin &§ '\i ‘t Za? i. l.i‘.f- liglitniug. tlicut- ae..-id-_-iits _'_ -ti'flii~ l\\‘i|-i' in thi- :~'.iiiu- place. Ili- ». this coiiilitiiiii iii tI:i- rai-.'. the fe .-intl the flisiiiiiiw, ;-.nl \»ii`-k.~i I|i- iii-iiii~iliii1:l_\'. Hiiiiieliiiii-~i ite il-its not on our- juir|`p and i-iii-i-is ;\:4`1nzin_v :-» ~ in it single i‘a<'c, wliieh in it-_»<-li` - :l»ing~r.t` n fi-at iinil ri-iiiiii-4.-it ',~iii..l ling. '\VIii-ii ii, plioto-rriigilicr-' tiptuiila -:ll --nord for an el;-l:l.l'1 ol' n`1nili- Iii- -t in the liest coiiditioii to I.'.I;\- pie- . and during this .~|ii-i‘iliii;r the phili- ha- 1-linligt-il. thi- .sliiitti-r wiiiiiiil and ~li~lr- drawn fur tlii- ni-xt <--<|.»isiii-i‘. 1 iill the-sn liniulii-up»', .\.li‘. ('n-ak i|i-- -» hi- laili-il only our-i-_ anil tlii-ii al 'li-i-iiiufz inei-t, in \\`a.~iIiiii;:lo|i, l.i.-l .\lter iipriiitiug ai-ro~=.- the ciitiri- in- -> tnkt- the horses as thi-_v iiwi- for l-~t jnnip, pliot.ogi~apliin‘ and linr.~'i-a -l tht- uhstiioli- at thi- saine nitiini-nt. l..»r,=i- L'on.i. l,i-,~.~i than :i ilei-aile ago the i-iiiuplaiiit \\'ii.-o gi-ni-i-til .iiiiotig plillliigraplii-rs' that no plate hail inode its app:-araiii-e that \\a.- i-oii.~ii‘tiit-ss ol' “the man hi-Iiinil thi- gnu." l’i-rliii;-vi the inrist. ilillicult of :ill fast inoring iilijcr-ts to pIuitr\griiph,'\"°oi’k tights art-tlii-ino'~t tr_\'ing. 'l'lii-ir wings anil l`i~i-t_ are in miiwliint iniition. and altliiiiigzli thu; aiitliiir ot' tln- ai-i-oiiipaiiyiiip; pieliiri-.~i had made hunilreds ot atteniptei tii gi:t_ giiwl pictiii‘i-s of tlioiie i-vciito. it was nol_ until last winter that Iii- was irnabli-d tot "stop" tht-ni. Ai-aiiicrn hiiilt _#pci-iall_\' for liiin can he sprcdeil up to A one- t\\'eiit_\'-liflh Iiiindrcth part ot' a .~ei~on¢I ilcn makes eaiiccially fi'ei]iieiit trips along Rivi-i-, so that t "*nnel will tircly new th' for Parisia spring and will connect Montmartre with the l’ort di- Versailles. wie other metro- politan lines aii- fort# to take to open liritlnes when they its to cross the Seine be an cn~ ns. There are to hi- two 'stinct tunnels-one for nortlihoiind and the other for southbound trains. Both tunnels will hi- under the river and lie .side hy side, hut. will have absoe liitcly no coiiiivetioii. While running par# ground is ithaiidoiie-tl. alle] tbl two tunnels are several hundred The arteries ol travel through thr- for- feet Tit. 'l`lic-_v are so arranged, how- est are also e.\'ti-in