The Interstate Commerce Commission has been asked by Secretary Cortelyou for a list of such railroad stocks and bonds as could be used by currency associations under the Aldrich law as security for circulation.
Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot, recently addressing the International Typographical Union Convention, warned his hearers that the future of the United States depends upon the conservation of its resources.
Thirty-nine young graduates of nine American Forest Schools have lately received appointments as forest assistants in the forest service and have been assigned to positions for the present field season.
"What we want to do," says the Secretary of the Inland Waterways Commission, "is to get back to nature in dealing with water First to prevent floods, and second to compel the water to run clear and pure.
Starting from City Hall steps, New York, at ten o'clock, July 15, an athlete, carrying a silver tube containing a message from Mayor McClellan to Mayor Busse of Chicago, darted up Broadway on the first relay of a thousand-mile journey to Chicago.
For penalties due the State of Texas for violation of the anti-trust laws the State has seized the property and garnisheed funds of the Security Oil Company, the National Oil Company, the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, and the Navarro Refining Company.
The Massachusetts Legislature has passed a till in which provision is made for the establishment of industrial schools in cities and towns through local boards of trustees.
