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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-01
Condition of
Mr.. Pollock.

There Is no improvement In the
condition Of Mortimer Pollock, OF
Wheeling, who lies seriouly Iii at
his home on Chapllne street, above
Fourteenth. Members of the fam.
lily have not despaired of his life,
bat the attending physicians give
out little hope. The advanced age
Of the patient, who Is an octogen.
arlan, almost precludes the posi-
blllty of his recovery. He suffers
intensely from disease which has
afflicted him for several years
Wheeling Telegraph.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-01
Alarming Conditions

Pittsburg rivermen are inclined
to be a little alarmed over the tre-
mendious amount of snow falling
every day In the valley OF the
Monongahela Is known to be Ice
bound In the northern sections, and
did not come out with the last food
Knowing that there Is great guam
tity of food sufferers yet to hear
from In the Monongahela, Pitts
burg rivermen are somewhat
alarmed as to the outcome "Dory"
Poe, the Cincinnati packet lines
weather prophet, renews his pre-
dictiou that there will be another
food between the 4th and 9TH Of
February. A good thaw and rain
would make the predictions good,
and Plttsburg and the valley would
again be In the throes of food.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-01
NO COUNTY ROAD

no difference W at we ask tor he
will oppose 1t with all the power
hat is In him. There IS no more
doubt about this thai there Is that
the ice In the river Is floating down
south. No voter In Slstersville
should cast single ballot for him
for anything.
Engineers Benton & Steele are
working as rapidly as the weather
will permit on the survey tor the
electric railroad to be built this
spring to Friendly and then on
down. The council, we hope, will
be ready tonight to give the COM
pany a franchise. They only ask
for 1t until the frsi day of January
next and such a short time will do
the city no harm. 1t Is too short
a time for speculation, The com
pany has men at work preparing to
put men to work grading on the
road. Everything points to the
building of the road and what 1t
means to our city no mere man can
estimate. We hope the council
will act promptly tonight. Give
the company a good lioeral fran
chlse so they can begin work right
here In Sistersville as they want to
do.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-01

At present the banks and shores
are covered with several feet of Ice
but 1t Is certain that as soon as the
Ice Is gone many an acre OF the
fertile farm lands along the valley
will slide out into the river and be
speedily carried sway by the Cur
rent. It will take years to grow
another line of protecting timber
along the river banks and by that
tune the acreage of many a farm
will be perceptibly decreased.
An Old Adass
"When the food recedes leaving
Its Ice on the banks of the river 1t
will come up again and get It,"
The above expression Is one
familiar to every man, woman and
child living In the valley of the
Ohio river, and many say that
there Is no case on record where
the saying has failed to hold true.
Rivermen everywhere along the
river swear by that sign and many
others who have faith In 1t
say that 1t Is not mere
superstition, but that 1t Is support
ed by scientific facts. There are
some people, however, who put no
credit on 1t and say that 1t Is bat a
superstitious notion.
When the recent food receded It
left more Ice and snow on the river
banks than any food In this city's
history, so, according to that theory,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-01
CIDE Id PROPOSED

want 1t running from this city
months before 1t will be finally
completed. We can get 1t. 1t
won't ipjure the streets any more
to be torn up one time than an
other. Cars will be running to
Friendly months aud months be-
fore the road can be finished down
to St. Marys. 1t will run months to
Bens Run before 1t can be Iun to
St. Marys and we want this
trade here. We can get 1t.
Let every business man turn out
tonight and use his influence
to get this clause eliminated.
We have the power here now to
run cars any time. The track can
be laid quickly and cars put to run
ming. That Is what we want here
not cars running to St. MarVs
months before they do heie. Our
city council want to do right, wants
to get the road, but we think 1t
will be great calamity to our
city If work does not begin here.
The Company wants to start here
then for heavens sake don't stop
company from making this Its
headquarters by forcing 1t to 20
elsewhere. Such an act Is certainly
suicide. Cut 1t out quick. Insist
that work shall begin here and In
sist good and hard. See your
councilman, you who are intereste d
In che city and tell him to make the
fight of his life for this clause to be
stricken out.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-01

We understand the City Council
will grant a franchise tonight to
the Parkersburg & Ohio Valley
Electric Railway company, bat If
we are informed corr ectly, there Is
one proviso In the franchise that
every citizen In this city should
oppose vigorously, and that Is the
provision which requires the rail-
road company to begin work on
the road down the river and work
up instead of beginning In Sisters
Vile and working down. If there
Is any one point We do want to iu.
sist upon 1t Is that work shall be-
gin right here. We want this city
to be headquarters for all the men
If we are not to have the work done
here, some other town will. get ali
the benefits and we the
road only. We all know what
the building of the railroad did
for US last spring, summer
and fall. We have received bene
fits from 1t ever since 1t was, started
The business men at the other end
OF that road have not been bene'
fitted any compared to the bene-
fits we received. The road Is not
even running to Martlnsville yet.
We don't want the road started
somewhere else but right here. We
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-01
A Sad Telegram

Mrs. Frank W. Armstrong re-
ceived a telegram this morning an
nouncing the death Of her brother,
Harry Hogue. who died Of typhoid
fever, near Los Angeles. California,
where he has been working In the
oil fields Ia that part of the coun:
try for the past eight years. He
was a married man and leaves a
wife and two small children. be.
sides q mother and other near rela.
tiveS.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-01

1t will rise again this spring to carry
of what 1t left when Vt went down
to Its present stage, Or course
everyone hopes that such a calamity
will not come to pass, and 1t remains
to be seen whether the theory will
hold true this year 1t Is a fact that
there Is yet vast aCcumulattons OF
Ice and snow along the rivers and
at headwaters which, should they
relt suddenly and with a rain,
would produce another high water,
but there Is no scientific reason
why the frozen element should not
melt slowly and 60 off Without
causing the people of the Ohio val
ley the inconvenience Of another
high water.
Strange to say tine Ohio river Is
still running full of Ice, great heavy
cakes, which hall from the Monon'
gahela river and which makes navi
CATION dangerous at present, es
peclally If that movement be In The
face of the opposition put up by
the Ice.
All the boats which harbored In
the mouth of the Little Kanawha
with the beginning of the trouble
are still there and probably will be
there for some time to come-at
least, until the Monongahela ice
has gotten ont of the way.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-01

Pair and colder tonight except
snow In mountain districts; cold
wave In eastern portion; Tuesday
fair with rising temperature In
western portion.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-01

Sunday was warm and pleasant
but the change In the weather soon
returned to good old winter time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
NO BIRDS FOR THE BABES.
Tenth Grade.

f'Oh, dear!'' said Alice herself one day as she
looked out of the window. 'The leaves falling off
the trees the birds have gone and winter will be
here I just dread winter because it is cold am
going south with the birds and stay all wnter.O The
breakfast bell rang and she went down to breakfast.
After breakfast she went to the window again. She
felt very bad it getting cold ct know what
will do, said She tI 60 south with the BIRDS" She
asked her mother if she could out and play and her
mother said she could She put her hood, cloak and
mittens and went out. "Guess III 60 to May
Browns and get her to go with me' She met May on
the way ~ have something fine to tell you,' said
Alice. What is te' said May. 'Let's go south where
the birds are' 'A right said May. They started
their journey at and walked two miles before din
ner ''Let' 8 sit down and rest'' said May. "Al
right said Alice They sat down fell asleep.
Their parents had been looking for them but could
not find them When the girls awoke they started on
their journey again This time they went the field
AS they going thru the fields the farmer them
and asked them where they going 'tSouth said
May. ''I take you SOUTH, said the farmer. The girls
went with him and when he had harnessed the he
took them home They said they would try to walk
south again. -Sibbie Olson,
Sixth Grade. Elbow Lake, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
COLLECTING TARANTULAS
The Big Spiders Are Worth Two and Half Gents Apiece
to Their CaptOrS.

The Big Spiders Are Worth Two Half Gents Apiece
to Their Captors
One Of the oldest ways Of making money is that
employed by the tarantula collectors in California The
collectors usually boys who receive 2 cents apiece
for the big spiders The harvest lasts from June Oco
Der, for during these months that the tarantua
from his subterranean home and parades in the
sage brush and dry grass. ...-~
The collectors outfit consists of large water
bucket pair Of pincers and quantity of tin with
Each tarantua is put separate can for when
placed together in captivity the creatures fight each other
numerically.
The collector searches for the entrance to taran-
lula home He knows the place by the white slken
that outlines the rim Of the hole and gives smooth ee
CANT finish to the walls for inch two below the
surface. Tarantulas VIGOROUSLY lazy and seldom
dredge out their domestic establishments
When the collector finds promising looking hole he
pours quantity of cold water into it. The tarantuas
have intense aversion for water and they emerg,
from the holes all brstng and ready for BATTLE only to
be promptly caught with the pincers and put
cans Afterward they choroformed and made ready
for the curio dealers. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
PLEASURE RESORTS OF CROWS.

Birds are beginning to fly south. The blackbirds
gather in large focks and to Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio These favote states for the birds winter in
traveller may look out Of the window and ocks
and ocks of Down there the farmers let the
stand out the stalk and husk in the winter that
the birds get plenty to eat Sometimes when birds
flying they shot and crippled that they must stay
where they fall I remember seeing blackbrd that had
place. We had large stack Of he had plenty to
eat He to the house and chirped every morning
and became very tame. English sparrows, hawks and
doves do not south Robins stay very late they eat
the berries off the cedar tree then they say goodby and
60, too Ducks and geese stay late possible and
have known them to stay all winter.
Cecil Trplett,
Eighth Grade Howard Lake, MIMI
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
A LOOK THAT CONQUERED.

When little robin just about ready to fly I
left my nest where born the old apple tree
to see the WIDE wide world few months that was
out felt that winter coming and / leave
my northern home for the far SOUTH fingered around
while and at last my friends leaving and
I thought I would start.
I went along with few other birds, but one day
separated by great wind storm and I had to
go by myself. On my way met my enemy, the He
seemed eager to fight, but he look Of anger my
eyes and flew away. nearly at my journeys end
when overlook my friends with whom out. We
few along and reached the far south We stopped for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
ANYTHING BUT BEAUTIFUL.

Once in nest an old cottonwood tree three little
birds Matched They very ugly bits of life for
they had feathers at ALL just down and not much
OF that 1t only little while before the birds in the
nest old enough to learn to fly This very exc
ing for the very much afraid of the great
learned, however and day father said they
south. cit is getting chilly because it is quite late
he said. So that settled it, s. @.---.
They set out morning early while they feel
fresh Father went s for he had been there before
and knew the way. They few away up in the air, mile
anyway. They the farmers getting up with the
and going to work in the fields They went small
town and the smoke slowly curling out Of the Chin
neys and settling in hollow. It and STILL
still they could hear the Growing yards
they flew At last, after many weeks of flying in
the air at night and staying in dense trees in the day
tme they to most wonderful land and father said
they must stay There many bugs and good things
to eat and flowers to look at They stayed long time,
all winter, until spring and it time to go north.
Earl Strever,
Seventh Grade. = Luverne, MINI.
THE SILENCE OF THE SOUTH.
''Tweet, tWeet tweet'' came from the oak tree.
''Tweet tweet, tweet,' from the elm. It
robin in the oak tree and her mate in the elm Soon
joined the other and then they flew away. stayed
the porch where had been and whole flock
OF birds fyng-where? South And those not f'my
robns,' as called them, at the head? Yes
OF it, They would fly south and should not them
any that winter. But shall tell you something
that perhaps you did not know beforeg My uncle who
that the birds sang in the winter but stayed in
the nests most of the time. felt sorry for the children
IN the south because they hear the pretty notes
which have heard the robin sing Don't you feel sorry
for them? -Genevieve Young,
Seventh Grade. Henderson, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
A VERY TERRIBLE EATER.

am robin and in few days intend to start south
and my wife winter usually in Florida. We emgrate
because cannot stand the cold of these northern states
When young bird did attempt to stay in War
all winter, but nearly froze death. Ever since
then voice has been affected and cannot sing well
as used to- If robins could stand the cold what
should eatg robin eats than most birds. He
eats all the time and has regular meal times It has
been that robins eat great deal for their
size than does So when winter the wife and
just 60 travelling We have cozy nest in the south
and always enjoy journeys from home to another
Bert Magladry,
Tenth Grade. Warren, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
VIA THE GOOSE LINE.

ttOh, wish that could go to the sunny south dur
ing this cold winter said as flock Of geese
circling overhead and finally fly southwark out
doors farm, and tho I loved the farm dearly
would gladly have given few months Of farm life for
trip southwark. -.
s'Would you really like to gog'' said voice near
me.
eyes said slowly still thinking Of the geese.
f'Al right - and before knew it had a pair of
white wings and was flying swiftly south You may be
real frightened for had not expected to make
such trip. overlook the geese and continued my
journey with them. When we reached the south we
alghted settled down real bird life We (at least
y spent very pleasant winter. When back
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
A VISIT TO SWAMP LANDS.

It cold, bleak day in October. was a member
of flock of about twenty-five blackbirds who going
to the southern states where it We started
from Fargo, N D., and went thru little of South Da-
kota. Then went down into Iowa. We until
reached the Mississippi river and it took about
three minutes to go it. We went down in Illinois
to the swamp lands known fThe Cat Tails in early
days We stayed there four days and visited Of
friends Then more Joined and we had flock of
about fifty blackbrds Twenty Of them young
We followed the Mississippi down far Jackson
Miss
There stopped for week or two because it began
to get little My friends and found pleas
ant place to build nests and made nests for
ourselves until we ready to go farther We went
on down into New Orleans La. There stayed all
winter. It took about five weeks to go down south.
found that had delightful trip to New Orleans,
and it not long before had to think of going up
north again. = Mary Hoag,
Sixth Grade, Fargo, N. D.
Longfellow School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22

Bobby sent by his father errand to eld-
ery relative who placed great stress upon Upon
his return his father questioned him his reception
9 faint to write any letters to him, pa.
He can see to read them. He is Blind
tBlind!''
Yes He asked twice where my hat was. and
had it on my head all the tmel
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
Shots Easily Dodged,

During the Spanish-American it estimated
that only per cent of the shots fred by American gum
hit the enemys ships In the recent quarterly
get practice of the North Atlantic squadron 81 per
cent Of the shots hit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
JUNIOR MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA SATURDAY

rest in the large willow where stopped last year
and where afterward made my home left my nest
day to my surroundings and gone few days. and
when returned my coy nest gone built another
home orange tree and lived happily until the time
came to go north again. Olive McCulom,
Sixth Grade, Everett Wash.
Jackson School
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
BoREAs' MEAN TRICK,

shall never forget one fall when the clear weather
fingered until not only but think the BIRDS too,
were deceived and thought winter not coming
One day it suddenly turned cold and commenced to
heavy The wind blew terribly and the snow
chung to the trees until the branches and wgs
their The poor birds did not know what do.
B1ackbrds and robins who had gone
were huddled in every protected corner chrpng family
and looking stupid and bewdered it pitful to
them. The storm passed and when the next
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
NOT so VERY FOOLISH.

happy pair Of canaries went south. They
playing in pasture when they some
thistledown flying. Then Of them said to
the other, "There is thistledown flying
around, there must be thistle seeds here some
place. So they went to find them. Soon they
saw box standing post. They said,
s'Let's go and see what that box is standing
there for.' When they looked into the box
they saw some seeds in it, so one of them went
in and before the other could get in the box
was closed. The little canary very sorry
it had lost it's mate. Not very long after that
little boy up When he saw the canary
he had caught he was very glad He took it out
of the box and held it in his hand, but the little
canary was not very foolish. It gave little
kick and flew away. All the little boy could do
was to stare after it and its mate, who had al
ready joined it. Emma Coleman,
Route No. 1, Smith s Mill, MINI.
Fifth Grade, District 135, Blue Earth Co.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
several times but we'll again and reached
country after long journey the happiest
owl around. there. Richard Bette,
Sixth Grade. Perham, MINI.
THEN THE FEATHERS FLEW.

THEN THE FEATHERS FLEW.
Rap! Rap! knocked the robin at the door of the
woodpecker's house.
t'It is time to go south, - said the robin.
''No it ism t." replied the woodpeeker.
EBut it is turning very cold, - remarked the robin
cit is of use to argue with me- said the wood
pecker. IF say I m not going I'm not going
So the robin went her way and said good-by to the
place where she had successfully raised broods
of young birds. She had not flown far before she
joined by bluebrd and two robins of which had
broken leg while making her escape from large hawk
When they had been the wing few days Of the
robins shot and all the others had feathers knocked
off. One night they started by sharp cry from
the buebird, and upon looking out they great
horned owl hastily killing the buebird The next day
they arrived in orchard and ate much they
could and then few off happily. -.
One day afterward they great hawk
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
MADAM OAKS BALL.

The leaves, attired in grand ball dresses waited
for the party October winds had romsed them. Some
in crimson, in pure gold and some in golden
brown. They whispered among Themselves telling each
other of certain Mr.. Robin Redbreast certain Mr.
Bobolink would be going south to spend the
winter and whom they hoped might take fancy to them
and take them along Just then large flock of birds
in and the hostess Madam Oak seated them, bid
ding them have good time while she went to attend to
the dinner Soon there continual stream Of
versation and Mr.. King Bird fairly with
the charms of Miss F1osse Oak Flosse well Flosse to
tell the TRUTH quite pleased with the stories that
Harry told of his deeds and thought he must be
very brave indeed.
Just Flossie coquettng with young King, Old
Man Whrwnd in sneezing and asked in his loud,
gruff voice what they up to-. 1t frightened the
leaves much that they futtered to the ground and
birds flew away and started for their winter homes
in the south. Pearl Hedlebaugh,
Ninth Grade. Foxhome MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22

could tell everything about the south My trip home
just as pleasant but glad to get back to the farm
And if go to the south again, prefer to go
the train. Ruth Dinner,
Sixth Grade. Argyle Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
OCTOBER %, 1904

came there little birds except the brave little
snowbrds in it. They had all gone south.
Eighth Grade Mary Rideout,
Lincoln School Crookston, MINI.
A BELATED TRAVELLER.
1t was fall day and my sister and went for ride
in the country The birds starting south We could
see the focks as they passed over heads We
large flock out of grove Of trees right hand
of the birds seemed be weaker than the others and
was being left behind Suddenly it fell to the ground We
home and my sister put it in box and it for
about week Then day hoped of the box and
out OF the door, We watched it fly to tree and heard it
sng then it start for the south We hoped it would
come back in the spring Arthur Rosenow
Eighth Grade. Mapleton, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22
TRAVELLERS TALES.

TRAVELLERS TALES.
Explorer (making hurried note)-This country is
so damp everywhere that the birds built
piles. - <.'" $751;. Pick Me Up.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22

swooP1ng down upon them, but a kingbird who
had her nest below, thought he was coming to
destroy it, and charged the monster. The
hawk, frightened and bewildered, flew this
way and that, but the kingbird held On until
they had gone many miles. Then she rose
above the hawk and uttering challenging
shrek, she charged and the feathers flew all
about After three days travelling they
reached their destination. If he does not get
killed, I think the woodpecker will 60 south
with the robin and not freeze his toes next
winter. Frank Dimmitt,
B Seventh Grade, Red Wing, MINI. =
Central School.