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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01
American Navy.

In 1905, under the present and or
dered schedule Of Increment to oui.
navy, the United States will have a
feet OF 90 battleships, - armored
cruisers, &c protected cruisers and I
monitors 1t will be observed that
this takes no account of the second
and third class and unprotected
cruisers, torpedo boats and torpedo
boat destroyers, the Golfers, supply
ships. hospital ships, repair and train
ing ships, Of which there is to be no
lack, since the money has alreatl5,
been appropriated to add materially
to our already large fleet of subsi-
diary vessels
The United States navy to-day has
2G5 vessels that if war was declared
could be put into service. This in
cludes Is battleships, 2 armored
cruisers, Is protected cruisers, -
large gunboats, 1G torpedo boat de-
stroyers, 80 steel torpedo boats, s
torpedo boats, 7 monitors,
IT light cruisers, so gun boats of light
draft and one ram for harbor defense.
We are particularly weak in armored
the New York and Brook
Ign being the only ones now in com
in measure next year, when 5 Of the
10 now under construction will go
into service. Our fleet in 1906 viii
II battleships, armorr.d
cruisers and 21 protected cruisers, and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01
He. IL 81 one Bandit"

The lone band it who is becoming
numerous IN various localities, is to
he rated as Y a vessel of wrath ar.
pointed unto 3destrnctton.'' He Is out
sof the spirit of the age. He is an a1i-5
achronisrn There is no place for him
in the game. He ought to be exter-
minated. He can always be put to.
flight by display Of the right kind ii
OF courag e. He suffered a disgracefu!.
Erout only the other day at Emporia,
where prosaics grocery clerk pct
him out of business with pound
{weightfrom the scales. The name Of
the grocery clerk ought to be embia-5
zoned high on the tables Of fame. It
should be a joyful and welcome task
for Kansas to prove that a man in
that State can win glory outside Of
politics. The lone bandit is scurvy
iknave without an atom of chvalry
10 redeem his shabby calling. He will
take anything from a cold pie to a
paste brooch. Society ought to haze
done with him at the cost, preferably
of blood .'The solitary horseman,
10 was always seen disappearing in
the sunset over the crest of the kill.
has not been seen in. many a year.
For a while his devotees awaited his:
reappearance with trembling hope.
and then finally gave him UP as lost
to the world of fiction and romance
forever. Society will seek to reconcile.
itself 10 his. extinguishment, but it
will never; never. consent to accept or
sharbor& as his substitute the 'lone
ndit.'-Kansas City Star.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01

Sband and eel mt post lock
the bril-
These are e;frcassia rss 81
and they wear fezes asst kan
braid ed gray trousers and Jackets of
blue The ciyil liam crowd has been
cleared out; III onI ~ he little knot OF.
!wllite covered women remain cor
Is picuous among the co1ored uniforms 81
ofsthe troops. 3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01
President Always a Boxer.

There is nothing particularly ODD
in the fact that the President is going
to again adopt the gloves as a means
of exercise. He has been a boxer
for twenty years, and when he was
police commissioner in New York he
was frequently seen as spectator
at public contests. Later, when he
became governor, he had Professor
Donovan up at Albany for months at
a time. Among amateurs he has al
ways been regarded as a pretty good
in-fghter, but one who would stand d
poor chance with ransy boxer who
could keep away from him. TrainsG,
Mr.. Roosevelt should weigh about.
1GS pounds, which would enable him
to fight in the midd1e-weight division;
but it is not likely that he will I'M
dergo the strenuous work necessary
to take off thirtyfour ponds
Chris. Hawthorne, in Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01

Why not let the Marion Claim
Agency collect that claim for you? J
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01

Paint pride IS ours in 5ustlhable
measure, because we carry Heath &
Millegan's best prepared paint and
satisfaction is guaranteed by its use.
j. L. Halls Hardware Store.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01

it goes without saying that no navy
in the world can show better examples
Of offensive and defensive art and
artifce than the ships bearing the flag
of the United States-C1eveland Lead
er
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01

we want to feed Marion county
with Marion -four. Help it along x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01

Why not let the Marion Claim
Agency collect that claim for you? <
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01
MEAT MARKET,

MEAT MARKET,
G. N. Welsh, Pro prietor.
Fresh and Cured Meats OF all kinds.
Eighth street, South Side. Bell
Phone, 243-2.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-01

Ladies, now is your chance to get
hats cheap at the Bon Ton. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-17

was $23,238,616, as against $21,578.-
s73 In 1902 and $l6,23s,842 ten years
ago. i ~ ,a
Spokane's bank clearings for 1903
were $112,272,299--a gain of over 81
per cent over the 1902 total of $685.
471,202, and Of $50 per cent over the
1894 total of $15.571,o6o. This in
crease has been achieved in the face
of a decrease in the clearing totals of
the United States, making Spokane's
showing proportionately more signifi-
cant. .5.ss ~
=, There are only forty-one cities in
the. United States which exceed the
$110,000,000 year bank y clearings
mark, and Spokane is higher in rank
on the list in proportion of clearings
than any other one Of the number with
the single exception of Savannah, Ca,
rapidly rising to be the greatest cot
ton-shipping port in the country.
Spokanes cash in bank has in.
creased to the point where this city
takes care Of all of it's own CONNER.
cial paper, all Of it's wheat loans and
large part of the farm and proper.
ty loans with it's own funds. With
over $1,000,000 still loaned on wheat
the banks had considerably more thar
100000 in deposits at the end OF
the year. The maximum figure TO,
the year was $10,4s3,446 in. September
Receipts from Wheat.
ct, Sixty-five cent wheat made 1903
big year for the inland empire farmer
Some wheat, several hundred thou
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-17

tuting one of the heaviest years in
construction activity in the city's his
tory.
The present year holds promise Of
eclipsing the remarkable record Of the
last twelve-month. Several large
building projects are to be begun, In
Guiding the new postoffice, the Car
negie library terminal facilities for
the Graves and Occur d'Alene roads,
a water power plant for the Bowl
and Pitcher rapids, the Masonic Tenn
pie (now under construction), and
several big warehouses and apartment
buildings, for which plans are being
prepared.
More than $1,O0O,0O0 was spent by
the city of Spokane during 1908 in
public Improvements.
Over half Of the funds spent in
building was for the erection Of dwell
fngs, the remainder being divided
among store buildings, manufactories,
mills, warehouses, churches, school
houses. hospitals, club buildings, coll
lege buildings, improvements at Fort
wright and minor public buildings
An Important Industry.
About $4,000 brick, or 2,400 oar
Eloads, were shipped from the manu-
6aetories around Spokane during 1904.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-17

Mountain, the Victoria, Vancouver and
Eastern, and Washington & Great
Northern (Republic <line). IT. also
has the Kootenai Valley line (direct
trains from Spokane via Boomers Fer
ry up the Kootenai river) the Fort
Sherman branch of the Northern Pa
cific to Lake Occur d'Alene, the Wash
ington Central and Palouse and Lew
iston branches of the Northern Pacific
running respectively to the east, west
and south and the newly constructed
Occur d'Alene-Spokane railway, and
the 0. r. & N. Co.'s line connecting
Spokane with the famous silver-lead
mines Of the Occur d'Alenes, Idaho.
Both the Northern. Pacific and Great
Northern have car shops here en-
ploying hundreds Of men. No other
city on the Pacific slope has the num-
Der of roads.
The Bellinghan Bay and British
Columbia railway is to extend it's line
from the coast to Spokane. Ex-Sena-
tor George Turner and d. G.. Corbin
builders Of the Spokane Falls &
| 4NOitASIH IOduS have NSyS GUILE
pleted for line which will give the
c. P. r. entrance to this city. Presi-
dent J. J. Hill has announced that the
only new work the Great Northern
contemplates for the coming year is i1
the Spokane territory.
The Iron Industry.
Next to wood working and flour
milling, the iron industry is Spokane.
chief manufacturing enterprise
From small beginnings fifteen year:
ago, this industry has developed t.
the point where $50 skilled workmer
are employed and a pay roll of nearly
$25O,000 year Is distributed.
| Development Of the iron properties
in Stevens county, Washington, under
the direction of the Great Northern
railway interests, progressed to thu
point. that a showing was made O.
thirty-two feet Of the highest grade
Of hematite ever mined in the United
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-17
ITS MANIFEST DESTINY.

Eastern Washington, with its wonderful 70
sources is destined to become one Of the prin-
cipal states Of the union. It has all the quail.
abundance Of rich farming lands, beautiful
prairies and undulating lands, that government
statistics show have produced the largest wheat
yield of any state in the union, being an aver
age of 263a bushels acre; the mining resources.
GOAL fields and timber lands, all contribute to-
ward the wealth Of the state
With all the natural advantages which ma
ture has 50 literally bestowed upon this
tion and the society of the better class Of set
tiers from almost every part of the United
States, where can one select = more suitable
place to locate and make permanent home, or
make an investment in property that will yield
better profit? -
There is a ready home market for everything
that is raised, and diversified farming, which
try, is, during the past few years, rapidly gain
ing favor.
Wheat, oats, rye and barley are the principal
grain crops raised here and all do WELL Fruits
Of all kinds are raised in abundance, apples,
peaches, plums, pears, aprioots, prunes cherries,
berries, blackberries, raspberries, dewberries.
currants and gooseberries produce immensely
and yield to the grower handsome profit.
| Stock raising is just in its infancy. With the
short. mild winters here, stock of all kinds can
be raised at profit for in many localities they
| maintain themselves the bunch grass with
out any feed all winter and come out sleek
| and fat in the spring.
Horses, cattle. sheep and hogs all do WELL
There mas never been case Of hog cholera known
in eastern Washington, which is attributed to
feeding soft feed and having good, pure water
A farmer can realize 81 bushel Tor his
wheat by feeding It to hogs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-17

giving Spokane the largest mill in
the inland northwest, having cost
$140,000, with it's modern equipment.
In all 1900 barrels of flour were
milled during the year, amounting to
100 carloads It took 100000
bushels of wheat to make the flour.
Cereal foods are in the list Of
spokane's products, over $4,000 bar
rels having been produced, or about
$50 carloads, in 1908. These in
clude oats, wheat and barley.
The wheat ground in Spokane is OBJ
| tanned from the Parlouse and the Big
Bend countries over the Northern Pa
ciflc and Great Northern railways.
Nearly 100000 was realized dur
ing 1908 from dairy and poultry
products in the inland empire. I'm
mense strides have been made yearly
in these allied industries.
| Live Stock.
Over $20,000,000 was realized dur
ing 1903 by the sale Of live stock,
hides and wool in the northwest.
| IIdCL1Cdl1y no i've STOCK was shipped
east during 1908. the prices the other
side of the Rock mountains being
lower than those prevailing in the
northwest. The Pacific coast and
Alaska, together with home consump.
ton, formed the market which con.
sumed all Of the stock that was
Slaughtered.
About $4,000 carloads of cattle
5000 carloads of sheep and $500 car.
loads Of hogs were shipped from the
Inland Empire, it is estimated by
stockmen. Many thousands Of car.
loads Of swine were imported from the
east, chiefly from Nebraska, Iowa an6
Minnesota.
The wool clip is estimated to have
amounted to nearly 3o,O00,oO0 pounds
so per cent larger than any other yeal
in the history Of the northwest.
/ Improvements in breeds have beer
carried on during 1903 as usual, OK
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-17

for hay fever, and Of great benefit to
people suffering from catarrhal or pull
monary troubles or asthma.
Average temperature at Spokane for
each month Of the year: January, %;
February, 80; March, 40; April, 48;
May, So; June, 81; July, 60; August,
So; September, So; October, 48; Mo-
vember, 81; December. 80.
The prevailing winds at Spokane
are from the southwest and have a
marked influence in tempering the
cold Of winter Or heat of summer.
This place has remarkable freedom
from extremely violent winds, or even
high winds, due in a great measure
to the topography of the surrounding
country. The violent and destructive
tornado is not known here, save by
name.
Thunderstorms are rare, and sell
dom, If ever, of violent kind expert
enced In other parts of the United
States.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-17
Spokane, the Imperial City
Of 1.-The Great Inland Empire.' =

States. The force Of about twenty five
men was kept at work during the sea-
son until this vein was discovered,
after which the railway interests pro-
ceeded to acquire additional claims
in the Iron Hill vicinity. Roads were
built and machinery will be put in
place for deeper working. Develop
ment of this deposit means the erec-
ton of foundries and mills in or near
Spokane for the manufacture of iron
and steel for northwestern and ORR
entail use.
Tributary Mineral Wealth.
The total mineral output of mining
camps tributary to Spokane is s21,-
100000 year. The Occur d'Alenes
have seen the most momentous devel-
opments during the past year that the
district has known. -.
The production reached for 1908
100000 tons of pig lead-an increase
| of 2S per cent over the output over
the year before A new process in
vented by DR.. Hendryx of Spokane
will make possible the profitable
treatment Of the low grade gold ore!
of the Republic camp, in Ferry coun
ty, Washington. This camp has i'm
mense bodies of ore, and will in
crease the gold output for the state
of Washington many fold.
One of the principal, achievement
for the year for Spokane was the sue
cessful transmission of electric powe
from the Spokane falls to the Coeu
d'Alene silver lead mines 100 mile
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-17
Years Record of q
Marvellous Country.
Land Which Offers Unrvaled Opportunities for the
Fon1eseeker and Investor.

In all, nearly 3,100 carloads of brick,
terra Gotta, sewer tile and kindred
products were shipped from Spokane
claypits, one firm alone having shipped
1900 carloads. The years sales ag-
gregated over $550,000.
The immense deposits Of fine clay
in the vicinity of Spokane have been
developed into one Of the most i'm
portant of Spokane's manufacturing
Industries.
Over 100000 was spent in Spokane
and vicinity during 1908 in electric
railway construction and equipment.
Flour Making.
The year 1908 was an important
year in the development of the flour
milling industry. The rebuilding OF
the Centennial mill on a large and
modern scale after it's destruction by
fire in 1902 was completed last fall
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-17

state. Including home consump tion,
the value Of the fruit crop of the state.
of Washington alone-is estimated by
horticultural Commissioners Van Ho1-
derbeke, at s5,6O0,0O0, and : nearly
three-fourths of this value was grown
that part of the state east Of the
Cascade range. The total value of the
fruit and vegetable crop of the entire
inland empire is estimated to be near.
ly s9,000,00O. The only reasonably
accurate figures which have. been OBJ,
tanned as to the output, however, are
for fruit and vegetables shipped by
railroad. These figures, compiled by.
several commission men and checked
by. Commissioner Van Holderbeke,
show approximately the following .aa
shipments during 1903: 2.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-17
SPokANE,S GROWTH.

1e72-Nine persons found living
at Spokane Falls by j. N. Glover,
who arrived here from Salem, Ore,
and later bought the toWnsite Of
what he believed would be the me-
tropoIIs of the Inland Northwest.
The site Is the quarter section en-
bracing the falls and what Is now
the entire down town district.
1asO-Feder census showed $50
residents.
1aa3-Northern Pacific railroad
reached the olty, and population
was established at 1000.
1ss5-NearIy 5000; estimate In the
fret city directory.
18e7-Directory estimate, 1000.
13s3-Directory estimate, $4,000.
1s89-First careful directory GEN.
sus showed $3.50 names, or 17,340
population on a basis Of 2H persons
to one name.
1Seo-FederaI census, taken three
months after enumeration Of 1889
directory, showed 1929 Inhabitants.
School enrolment, 1884.
fs92-DIrectory had 1889 names,
or 1884 Inhabitants on Eye basis;
school enrolment, 400.
1se5-DIrectory showed only 1888
names, or 26,3a4 people, the panic
having caused an exodus to the sur.
rounding mining country, which was
developed as consequence. School
enrolment, 4,412.
1ae6-Directory showed 11,76o
names, or 2s,40o people; school en-
rollment, 1914.
1699-DIrectory showed f4,4o4
names, or 5000 people.
1eoo-FederaI census, very oare-
lessIy- executed Job, showed 36,e49
population.
1eo1-Dlrectory showed 2o,o1o
names, or 50,o25 population.
1e02-Directory showed 20,84e
names, or 52,120 population.
19o3-Directory, Issued In jan
uary, showed 22,e51 names, or &c.
625 population.
19o4-Dlrectory, Issued in Febru-
airy, showed 26,do7 names, or e5,267
population.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-17

sand bushels, was sold for rs cents a
busheTs at the warehouse. and a. large
part of the crop was absorbed by the
buyers at prices between SIS cents and
20 cents, The average price obtained,
however; was IS cents, and every cent
of the: S. went into the hands Of the
grower to pay for blowing, seeding,
harvesting and. hauling, and to. leave
him a handsome bank account.
J + Estimates vary as to the size of the
crop which was sold at this pretty
figure. Uncle Sans experts have
figured the crop at $4,000, 900 bushels,
the figures including what was kept
for seed and home consumption, as
we'll as what was hauled to the sta
tons for shipment Figures from the
various districts as to the quantity
shipped foot up over 100000 BUSH
els. s.,<
Forty Bushels to the Acre.
What makes wheat raising so ex-
ceedingly profitable in this region is
the large average yield an acre, as
compared with the east. and the low
cost of raising and handling the grain.
In the moist soil of this region the
crops frequently average higher than
forty bushels for an entire district, al
tho this average was not reached in
1903. Conservative wheat raisers
have figured that it costs only is cents
a bushel to raise grain, If the business
Is conducted in business-like way.
This low cost always leaves broad
margin Of profit to apply on the value
of the land used. 49,.
Not, only did the fall of 1903 bring
| JOY to the inland empire farmers in
the form of high prices for their grain
| and fruit, but it brought bright prom
| ises of a fine year in 1904. The
weather so far has been ideal for a
heavy yield next summer. The rain
was distributed just right in. Septem-
| Der and October to make blowing
easy. The soil was not caked by. dry
weather or soaked by too much wet.
Then came the snow, settling on the
fine stand of fall sown grain and grad
| SAo11y oOohAll6 AAASO lAC Cd1 Ill DIS i
| melted.,A few frosts during the winter
to- tighten up the soil and an early
spring, permitting early sowing OF
spring wheat, will make the, year a
record breaker for the: northwest.
Marble Deposits.
A plant for, saving and polishing
marble was constructed in Spokane
during 1908 at a cost Of $4,000 by
the Crystal Marble works. This makes
thessecond erected. in the inland EN-.
j pire to handle the products Of what
have been pronounced the finest mar
BILE quarries in the world. The first j.
that of the United States Marble com
pany,z.at Valley, WASH. The Great
4 Western Marble company is contem.
plating the erection of plant In this
city during 1904.
Washington's famous marble de.
posts are located in Stevens county
north OF Spokane. and include every
color, shade, texture and variety thai
is valued for construction or orna