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Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-06
clude some Of our prominent and In

clude some Of our prominent and In
tluentlal citizens, among whom recall
at present. Hon. Thos. Flint. Jr.. State
Senator; N. c. Briggs. Attorney at
Law; VIM. Palmtag. President of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank; C. L.
Hartman. leading hotel keeper; G. w.
Spencer. merchant. and many others.
Hoping this will give you the desired
Information. | am,
Yours respectfully,
Jas. G. PIRATsKY,
County Clerk and Recorder.
San Benito Co. Cal.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-06

Remember you can find the latest
magazins and the best books recently
at this office.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-06
Photographs.

Mrs. C. H, Elliott will do, all kinds
If oh5to work until abJut April /.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-06

On the lst OF March the company
begun boring, having all the necessary
machinery tools. etc.. now on hand.
one rig is on the ground and the other
awaiting transport. which will begin in
a few days. Their superintendent is a
man who has been successful in boring
for gas, water and oil. He knows this
country thoroughly and has all the con-
fidence of making a strike at less than
1000 feet. The representative and one
of the promoters is C. H. Elliott. we'll
known to all residents OF Wadsworth.
He will furnish information regarding
this region and everything pertaining to
this company.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION.
Nearly everybody in Washoe County
knows Hon. T. G. Herman, and it is
granted that he is very careful and
most conservative. Before investing
any money and being desirous of in
vesting in oil after just returning from
visit to Pennsylvania and that Sec
ton, he made many inquiries about
California oil companies and came to
the conclusion he could not do better
than place his coin with the Dos Palos
Oil and Development Company. The
following letter is fair sample of his
finding:
OFFICE OF
COUNTY CLERK
SAN BENITo COUNTY.
HoLLlsTER. CAL. Feb, l3. 1900.
Mr.. T. G. HERMAN.
Wadsworth. New.
DEAR SlR:-Yours of the 10th inst.
to hand and in reply to the same will
say:
The Dos Palos OH and Develop
ment Company has under its control
several thousand acres of land in Fres-
no. Merced and San Benito counties.
The quality of the land for oil pur-
poses cannot state of my own person
al knowledge but from reports which !
have read Of oil experts who profess to
be thoroughly familiar with oil lands. |
am lead to believe that the region in
which the lands of the Dos Palos
Company are located promises, in the
near future. to equal any Of the oil
fields Of California. In this vicinity
are several wells owned by the Union
Oil Co., and the work of developing
many other wells is being rushed with
all possible speed.
AS to the officers Of the Dos Palos
Company will say that the President.
M. Christian. end the Secretary, J. E.
Place, are the leading merchants of
Dos Palos, reliable and responsible
firm whose standing in the community
is All. The Vice-President. Jas< A.
Kearaey, has been a resident Of the
county for a quarter of century and
an ex-Sheriff of the county. George
Berg, S. H. Langford and E. Spar
ling are residents of the section in
which the conpanys land are situat
ed where they have resided for
many years past Mr.. Berg spent
several years in the oil regions in
Pennsylvania and is the discoyerer Of
the oil In this section. Mr.. Langford
is surveyor. Justice Of the Peace and
Notary Public and which positions ne
has continuously held for the past fift-
cen years. MIR. Sparling is an ex-
and during his lncumbency
in office held the important position OF
Chairman OF the Board. J. Lanzen-
berg Is the leading merchan, OF Tres
Pinos where he transacts general
business. B. Marks Is a
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-06
PERSONAL INSPECTION.

PERSONAL INSPECTION. -
A. w. Macpherson. postmaster; A.
Trewick. engineer S. P. Co.. and C.
w. Wickersham, jeweler. all Of Wads-
worth, personally went to the holdings
Of the Dos Palos Oil and Development
Co. and gave the land and adjoining
territory careful inspection. then look
ed into the titles. examined the person
mel of the officers, and were so we'll
satisfied with everything that they in
vested. They will be pleased to answer
all inquiries, give the sunshine and the
shadow from their standpoints, and
they do not sell stock or get any COM
mission.
HE is REMARKABLY CANDID.
Mr.. Elliott is remarkably candid
about the proposition and has nothing
to conceal for or against investment.
He gives Straightforward statement
and is Of course pleased to sell stock
to those who desire to buy after he ex-.
plains all matters in relation to the
company.
MORE TO SAY.
The DISPATCH will have more to say
about the Dos Palos Oil and Develop
ment Co. next issue and many general
tiles about the development Of oil
lands and investment therein.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-03-06

mn Our Bar Is equipped with high grnde
RHk Liquors. WInes aud Brandies l'he
UHtI celebrated Anineuser-lBush beer Sc,
per glass: the famoas Bndwelser AT
2Sc. per bottle, especially adapted for
iaLaiiy use snd the highest grade of Cigars
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
A Pioneer Trades Unioni.t.

George A. R. McNeir the first presi-
dent of the Columbia Typographical
union, Washington, d. c., has been a
member of the union forty-four years.
He was born at Annapolis, Md, in
1887. He began his career as a printer
and located in Washington in 1856. He
has been an employe Of the govern
ment printing Office for long period
Of time, filling every position from
compositor to foreman, and is now
employed in the specification division.
ne was president Of the union In 1857,
and delegate to the national conven-
lions of 1868 and 1870. Mr.. McNeir is
justly proud of his connection with the
establishment of the Washington
typographical organization, and has
always evinced the keenest interest in
it's welfare. His manner is that of the
polished gentleman, and he has the
reputation Of having been one OF the
best presiding officers Columbian
has ever had.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
Their Work Brings Nothing.

AS rule workmen strike because
they believe their wages are too small.
Now the 10000 diamond polishers in
the Netherlands are fighting their en-
ployers because they earn under their
present rates of payment nothing-ab-
solutely nothing. Some diamond pol
ishers, after having worked diligently
for week or ten days, find that not
only have they not earned anything
for themselves, but have actually to
pay something out of their own pock-
cts to square accounts instead of get
ting something put into them. Those
who own diamonds in the rough and
require them polished are, speaking
generally, persons who carry on their
business at an office, but who have no
factory or polishing establishment.
The buildings in which the stones are
polished are concerns exploited as pri-
vate undertakings, distinct from either
workgiver or worker. A polisher gets
parcel of diamonds to polish from a
merchant jeweler, and certain price
work is completed The man who I'M
dertakes the work has to hire bench
and wheel in one Of the polishing es
adjustments, and, of course, he him
self has to pay the hire out of the gross
amount which he is to receive. The
rate of pay, which was arranged by
mutual agreement in 1894, is supposed
to include these expenses to which the
worker is put but many of the
charges are more than doubled since
that date, while the gross pay remains
the same. Also, the polisher requires
the help of some one to prepare the
wheel and keep it in order from time
to time, and the aid of yet another in
dividual, called "versteller," to set
the stones in the holders in which they
are held down on the wheel during the
grinding or polishing process. AL.
these helps" cost money, but it must
come out OF the gross pay. Further
more, certain quantity of inferior
stones has to be bought by him for
reducing to powder with which the
polishing is done. Hence this dead
lock. Unfortunately these diamond
workers have been in enforced idleness
for year, owing to the sources of
supply of the rough stones being shut
off through the war in the Transvaal,
and they are as a body ill-prepared to
go through a strike.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
IN THE CRIPPLE SCHOOL.
cause no two are of the same age or

cause no two are of the same age or
have the same degree of development.
The principal Of the school, who is
deeply interested in these children,
hopes to train those who are strong
enough to do some kind of work that
can be carried on at home, and not
only will make them self-supporting,
but add to their contentment Of mind.
Sewing, bent iron work, wood carving
and similar occupations could be
taken up advantageously by many.
There are other children in the
building, kindergarten pupils who are
taken care of for the day while their
parents are at work. The cOnsidera-
ton and kindness that they show to
the less fortunate children are beauti-
full. The principal says that the COM
ing of the cripples has had an excel
lent effect upon the whole school. 1t
is much easier to keep them quiet and
to train them to be gentle when they
have the cripples to think of, and they
are eager to help them and to make
things pleasant for them.
II comfortable conveyance could
be provided to take the children to
and from school it would be boon to
them and great help to the work.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
PIGEON BOOST

Proposed for Roof of the Chicago Board
OF Trade Building.
singular proposition has been
made to the board of trade officials by
/. o. Paulouse for the utilization Of
the upper floor of the building In
which the great commercial exchange
holds forth, says the Chicago Chron-
icle. Above the trading hall is a
space so feet square which is prac-
tically wasted. The ceiling of the
trading room is OF glass. 1t was in
tended to make the interior more
bright than the illumination furnished
from the side windows, but in oper-
alton the light proved to be too in
tense and the glass ceiling or roof Is
covered with sawdust. Above this Is
the regular glass roof Of the building.
The space between the two is pro-
tected by iron grating not unlike that
surrounding poultry yard. Paulouse
has asked the officials of the board to
name a rental for the space which he
wants to utilize as pigeon coop. He
says that the downtown district at
one time supported thousands of the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

workmen decided 1t would enable the
contractors for whom they were work.
ing to pay them higher wages. They
were getting SO day, so they struck
for $3.25. They got it; then they
struck again, with the result that
they are now receiving 81 day. The
adhesive clay is mixed with plaster
of paris and helps to form the ma
terial called staff" used in modelling
the stucco work and statuary of the
exhibition buildings. Formerly this
clay was brought to Buffalo from the
vicinity of New York at considerable
expense to the contractor, who can
have the Buffalo clay for the cost of
digging. The plasterers who are do
ing the stucco work decided that the
contractor should not reap the sole
benefit of the discovery, hence the
strike, but they are now said to have
come to the conclusion that they have
reached the highest limit attainable
and no more strikes are expected.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

their teens had to begin with the rudi-
ments of education when they were
brought into the school, and conned
the alphabet and numerals as laborl-
Dusly as an ordinary child or nve or
six would. But in most cases 1t was
found that intelligence was not lack
ing-it was only dormant and dull
from absence of exercise.
The moral nature of some Of the
crippled children seemed to be per-
verted as strangely as their bodies.
Most of them think that every one
hates them. They are keenly fearful
of the ridicule to which they have
been subjected always, and resent the
opprobrium cast upon them by their
misfortune. One little chap, dwarfed
to half the size he should have been,
did not want to go to school. He long
ed only to hide away from human
sight and the unkindness of the world.
In his small body there was room
for much bitterness Of feeling and
great indignation against the fate that
had imposed such suffering upon him.
He was as truly cynic as the man
embittered by years Of hard expert
ence, disappointment and injustice.
He would protest against his life's de-
cree and rail against his circum-
stances with pathetic ferocity. He
wanted to be big, like other boys, and
he always was being told that he was
a runt, a, dwarf and all the hateful
names that described his undersize.
He felt that if he went into school
he simply would have more of such
epithets hurled at him.
But he was coaxed out of his she'll,
and, to his surprise, he met with moth
ing but kindness. No one mentioned
his size, except once or twice when
teacher remarked that he was grow
ing or said what q nice big boy he
was getting to be. These were the
pleasantest words he had ever heard
and his hard little heart softened I'M
der them Now he is one of the hap
piest children in the school, and the
greatest hardship he could imagine
would be the deprivation of his school
privileges.
Not mental pabulum alone is pro-
vided for the cripples. They have to
be washed and decently clad before
they are fit to appear in the school
room. This attention alone increases
their self-respect, for they are more
sensitive than normal children. There
is a trained nurse in the school to
wash and treat the AFFLICTED portions
Of their bodies and to adjust the ban
dages and braces properly.
Nourishing and appetizing lunches
are served, and frequent changes In
occupation rsat the body and keep On
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
Unions in New Zealand.

Trade and labor are organized
throughout New Zealand and as such
are recognized and legalized by the
state in the act of 1894. Trade and
industrial unions are required to COM
ply with all the business safeguards
which should surround the corporate
bodies which they form, and then they
are registered by the state and placed
in position to act and be heard in
industrial disputes. Penalties are at
tached to all breaches of the provisions
controlling the unions, and in some
cases to enforce the award of the
court they are heavy, the maximum
being $500 for each union, and failing
the recovery of this there falls max
imum liability of e10 to each member
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
socIalistlc Colony in Georgia.

After the failure of the Ruskin
community in Tennessee a few years
ago people in general supposed that
was probably the last of the expert
ment. 1t did not prove so, however.
The majority of the colonists left Ten
nessee and settled in Ruskin, Ca, six
miles from Waycross and near the
Florida line and the gulf of Mexico.
Here they now have little village,
bleak enough in it's general appear
ance, about 800 acres of land, of which
only about fifty are cleared, park
of ten acres and newspaper, the
Coming Nation. which supports Debs
for president, and has a national
circulation, having for time been
edited by Edward Bellamy. OF the
ESQ members of the colony, 1870 are
minors. On joining the colony the
applicant is required to pay $500 down
and in return he receives house, lot
and other benefits and weekly main
tenance is allowed him. The colony
has shop for wood working and
broommaking and also little factory
for making leather belts and suspend
ers. Nearly all nationalities are rep
resented in this socialistic gathering
and the people are far more intelligent
than the ordinary citizens of small
towns in their region.-Chicago Rec
ord
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
Now Ground for Divorce.

Hartford Comm special Chicago
Chronicle: The new woman received
a severe blow in the Superior Court
here. A man was granted divorce
from his wife because she spent mora
time at the lodge than she did at home.
Seymour B. Barton of 149 Broad street
is the man. He says that at night
time his wife was in the habit of 60
ing out to lodge meetings and staying
out till midnight. He objected to her
staying out late nights, and told her
she would have to choose between the
lodge and him. She replied that she
preferred the lodge. Judge Prentice
gave a decree for divorce.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
Tho Two Glasses.

Tho Two Glasses.
The two kinds of people on earth that
Are the people who lift, and the peo-
pie who lean.
Wherever you go you will find the
worlds masses
Are always divided in just these two
classes.
And, oddly enough, you will find. too,
Tween.
There is only one litter to twenty who
lean.
In which class are you? Are you cas-
ing the load
Of overtaxed filters who toll down the
road?
Or are you leaner, who lets others
bear
Your portion of labor and worry and
care?
Selected.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
A UNIQUE SCHOOL.

The jolting stage Is none too easy for
we'll folk, and for little ones suffering
from diseases Of hip, spine and other
sensitive parts Of the body 1t often en-
tails extreme pain. Five hundred dol
lars would buy a rubber-tired vehicle
built purposely for ease and comfort
of transportation, and would aid
greatly in the work being done to lift
these crippled children from state
Of degradation to a condition Of en-
lightened mentality as well as of i'm
proved bodily health.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

"The Bright Side of Humanity" a
new book by DR.. Edward Leigh Pell, is
said to be the first serious attempt that
has ever been made to present the
characteristic noble traits of all races.
In the preparation Of his book DR.. Pell
examined one thousand works of travel
and although all of them set forth
with considerable detail the vices and
disagreeable traits of the people which
they profess to describe, only two hun
dred dwelt at any length on their vir-
tues. To supply the compensatory
high lights in these dark pictures was
a happy thought and must have been a
pleasant task.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

Little has been said. and probably
as little thought, of the beneficent
work done by the railroads in aiding
and promoting the measures set on
foot for the relief of stricken Calves
ton. Thousands of refugees from that
city received free transportation to any
part of the country, and immense
quantities Of supplies were rushed for
ward without charge. This ready re-
spouse to the cry of human needs char
acterized all the great railway systems
of the country, the express, telegraph,
and telephone companies. The cash
value of the services thus rendered is
as impossible to estimate as the
amount of human suffering and misery
they helped to alleviate.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

One Of the most peculiar suits at law
ever brought before any court is soon
to be tried in Van Buren, county, Mich
igan, between two neighbors and old
friends. One Of the men, H. d. Burrell
Of South Haven, keeps about sixty
colonies of bees. The other is peach
grower. A few months ago the latter
complained of the formers bees de-
stroying the early Crawford peaches
claiming that the bees came into his
orchard in large numbers. bit holes in
the fruit and rendered 1t unmarketable
for which he demanded $780, Prof. j.
M. Rankin Of the agricultural college
and the entomologist Of the Agricul-
tural department at Washington will
be called as expert witnesses by the
defence in a suit for damages.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
In some grottoes in Algeria French

In some grottoes in Algeria French
explorers have recently discovered
stone implements mingled with the re-
mains of extinct animals belonging to
Quaternary times. Further explora-
lions indicate that during the age
when grottoes were inhabited the coast
of Algeria had confguration different
from that Of today. Among the ami
mails associated with the ancient hui
man inhabitants of Algeria were the
rhinoceros, the hippopotamus, and
various species of ruminants.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23
Lucky Find Causes Strike.

An interesting story comes from
Buffalo to the effect that the ornamen-
tai plasterers at work on the build
ings for the Pan-American exposition
there are receiving 81 day, the high
est wages ever paid to men in this
trade in Buffalo. and that this is tho
result OF the discovery upon the ex-
position grounds Of a bed Of adhesive
clay. When the news Of this discov-
cry got around some time ago the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

feathered tribe that made their home
in the belfry and tower of the board
Of trade. After the sinking of the
foundations the tower was removed
and the pigeons that sought homes
elsewhere were trapped by janitors Of
the other buildings. He has figured
out the commercial value of the space
in the building now going to waste and
wants to restore something of the old
time picturesqueness to the down.
town district and at the same time de-
rive a profit from the birds.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

The step taken by the Illinois Coal
Operators Association and its estab-
lishment of a commission, to which
shall be referred all questions AFFECT
ing the employer in his relations to
his employees, it would seem, is the
most practical and humane plan so far
presented of preventing friction, or the
superlative of friction-labor strikes.
Herman Justi, Commissioner Illinois
Coal Operators Association.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

A number of Tiffany & Co.'s highly
paid copperplate printers and engrav-
ers who were on strike applied recent
ly at the Union Square store of the
firm for reinstatement, saying that
they were sorry that they had struck
They were told that the matter would
be taken under considerations; that the
firm would not discharge any of the
new men taken on who had proved
competent. The agitators who caused
the strike will not be taken back.
Some of the strikers made as high as
500 week, and none of them received
less than $50.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-23

A collection of political curiosities
would properly include President
Pierce's cabinet, the only one in the
history of the country which remained
unchanged during the four years Of an
administration. Itsis remarkable that
the cabinet of Lord Salisbury, which
consisted of nineteen members, had not
suffered single change in the five
years since the summer of 1895, when
the present government took office.