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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
= RAfLRoAp TAX.

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One of the means by which the new
assessment law Will reduce county
taxes on farms ana houses is that it
saffords means by which railroads must
pay their fair share of-taxes 1t re
quires railroads-ee-make the following
return to the. State Board. sofE Public
Works: =.
/. The number of miles owned,
leased or operated within the State
2. The TRUE AND ACTUAL
VALUE per mile of such railroad, in
Guiding branches, side and second
tracks III each county.
3. All rolling stock, showing it's va
rious classes separately, and the TRUE
AND ACTUAL VALUE.
4. The TRUE AND ACTUAL
VALUE of depots. station houses sec
ton houses, freight houses, machine
and repair shops, tools, real estate,
etc, etc, in each county.
3. Personal property Of every kind,
including money credits and invest
ments in each county.
G. Itemized list of all other real
property, showing whether it is as
sessed for taxation.
Z. The capital actually employed, to-
tai amount of bonded Indebtedness and
other indebtedness, gross earnings.
market value of the shares.
s. Gross expenditures
The chief point in this is that all the
property is TO be assessed at it's true
and actual value and the capital stock
is to be assessed in such a way as TO
leave no loophoe for the Board OF
Public Works to make an erroneous
assessment The old law provides for
a fair" assessment. This fair as
sessment has resulted in an average
valuation of railroads of from 1000
to $4,000 a mile. In Ohio the average
assessment is Guadruple that amount.
One year the fair" valuation of the
Wheeling Traction Company was $137,-
900. The line is now assessed at S10,-
900 a mile, and it is assessed higher
than any other transportation system.
1t is bonded for $4,000 a mile. This
feature OF the new assessment law
means an added income to every coun-
ty in the State which has railways. In
the city of wheeling it is estimated
that $4,000 to 100000 annually will
be raised from this source alone. That
means the relief OF real estate from
that amount The expenses Of the
City will be no higher. Every species
of property will be assessed equally,
the tax levies of both city and county
will be correspondence reduced and
no one will be unjustly taxed. The
new assessment law simply makes GER
tain interests list all their property
Wheeling News.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
8RYAN'S POSITION.
Friends and countryrnen, let's trust

Friends and countrymen, let's trust
him
Though he's not a man to trust
Let's endeavor to elect him,
Though his cause is far from just !;
have put away ali rancor
AS i promised them 1 would,
am for the splendid ticket,
Though it isn't any good.
Let us grid ourselves for battle
But 1 hope we cannot win
Let us pray to be successful,
Though success would be a sin:
Let us give the peoples banner
: Unto him to nobly bear,
But it's dangerous to do it,
For he isn't on the square.
Let us wave our hats for Parker,
The poor tool OF foxy Dave;
Let us rest our hopes upon him,
Though hes Mammons cringing
slave!
Let us raise him up to power,
Help TO send him whUoping through,
But rem amber--hcTe warn YOU
You'll be sorry if you do
Nebraska Independent.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
/. MUD / Rush.
One Horrible Danger of the Diamond
Mines OF South Africa.

Mines OF south Africa.
Nothing causes such horror in the
diamond mines Of South Africa as
"rnud rush, Unlike q food. it gives
no warning to its victims. Without
sound the black slime wells I'D from
the floor of the mine. catching the min
ers in its mfry grasp. 1t would take
courage indeed to venture into this in
updation vet the New York Tribune
tells OF two young men who dared
such a rush and risked their lives to
save two Kafir bows workers in the
Kimberley mines.
Fortunately Kaffir had seen the
first bubble of the mud and had spread
a general alarm. After a hastv count
of those who had escaped If was dis
covered that two boys were missing.
No plan of rescue was possible for
several hours because the mud oozed
out Of the mouth of the mine like 1nu-
cilare out of q bottle.
At the first sign of its subsistence
gang set to work digging out tile lnEre,
and when an afternoon. night and a
morning Lad passed the surface OF the
mud Law about n foot below the roof of
the mine.
NO use" said an old miner. IF
they we're ca,1-ht they are deadu
Two youno, employecs of the mine.
Brown and Brand nv name. stood by.
."rhcre is one Mace where the roof is
extra high" said Brown. "Ic they
were there they MIGHT no aIIc to keen
their heads out of the rnire.',
..J'hcv.ra na,l f,s+ aro,,~b ,, sold the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

The Democrats in sending on: their
misrepresentation Of the work of the
Legislature at its late extra session
pretend that nothing was accomplished
in the way of tax reform and promise
that If returned to power they viii
give the people the genuine article.
The people. in our opinion, will recall
the fact that the Democracy was in
power for over twenty years and did
nothing, and as the Republicans have
attempted to do something and we
believe have accomplished some good.
the latter will. without a doubt. be
continued in power TO further improve
our tax system.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
PATHETIC AND APATHETIC.

Summing up three-quarter-col-
umn editorial on the result in Maine,
the New York Herald, rabid Parker
organ, makes a fatal admission. 1t
shows that the political outlook will
have to undergo radical change" if
General Apathy is forced to resign
from Democratic control. The loss OF
an "a" from the word "apathetic"
would be nearer the true situation,
for the decentralization of the Parker
ties over the recent Republican vic
tories is indeed pathetic. We give be-
low what the Herald says:
when Judge Parker's forthcoming
letter of acceptance, which is soon to
be given out. is placed before the Ma
tional electorate and his campaign is
fully inaugurated the political out
look may undergo a radical change
and the fight for constitutional gov
eminent will not be apathetic.
But the people will have to decide"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

The man who swaggers and the Wo-
man who strides can never hope to be
considered in good form" \ law, I'M
written. but understood. is that the
properly tutOrcd man or woman walks
with 4 quiet r..garl for the conven-
fence of passcrsby. does not take up
the sidewalk uEduly, does not swing
arms wildly or in any way become con-
SpicuOuS on I public thOroughfare. In
stead of being unwri;ten. however, it
We're we'll if this law should be posted
as an ordinance and be strictly cnforc-
ed by law. The spectacle presented by
uncouth and awkward pc1cStrianism is
not inspiring. to he sure, and we wish
lessons in walking" We're IS cheap
and easily secured as lessons in piano
playing, in clGCution and in the vari-
Gus accomplishments. y gcntlcWOnlan
should be known by her walk by
her cnunciation and her modcSty of
demcanor. and u man. us distinguished
from Il tough by his graceful. erect
walk.-BoSton Traveller.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

This is d week Of more than passing
interest. The public schools opened
on Monday, the NJ. e. South confer
ence adjourned Monday evening. and
we had the appointments on Tuesday:
on Wednesday the Normal began its
fall term; to-day and tomorrow the
soldiers are with us; tomorrow the
farmers of four counties will assemble
at Traction Park, and Saturday many
OF the boys will go to Parkersburg to-
the big Republican rally. Surely these
are strenuous days.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
A FEW QUESTIONS.

Would the Democrats undo what
has been done by repeating the tax
bills if the State should go Democratic
in November?
Would they make any attempt at
eQualizinS the tax paying?
Have they any plans whatever in
case they should come into power?
Do not the people have a right to
know whatsthey propose to do, before
power is placed in their hands?
VIII some Democrat be kind enough
to answer these questions clearly and
fairly?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
ADrS1 Fool Dav.

The custom of sending one on a boot
less errand or otherwise April fool
ing him on the first day of April is
very ancient. Yet it cannot truthfully
be said that any one is equal to the
task of tracing it to its origin. Some
antiQuarianS profess to believe it a
survival of the traveSty of sending the
Saviour hither and thither, first from
-Annas to Caiaphas and then to PLATE
and Hcrod. This opinion is strength
ened by the fact that during the mid
die ages that very scene in ChristS
life was made the subject of one of the
Easter miracle plays enacted on the
chief streets of London and other Eng
lish cities of the first class. Even
though the above opinion has received
the sanction of Brande. Moore and
Hone. it is not at all unlikely that it
is really q relic of some old heather
festival, such as the Hull festival of
the Hindoos or the Roman feast of
FOOLS" The custom. whatever its orr
gin, of playing tricks and pranks of all
kinds on the first day of April is
universal throughout Europe and is
also practiced in many other countries
and under various names. 1t is Il Curl
Gus fact that the Hindoo Hull festival,
where April fool tricks of all sorts are
played. is held on the night OF the 31st
Of March. and the orgies are not dis
continued until sunrise on the morning
of April l.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

We welcome the old soldiers among
us for their annual reunion. Each
year the army Of veterans grows less;
each year sees the fall of some of the
heroes of the struggle of the sixties.
Only those who have endured the
hardships of war realize what these
reunions mean in their deepest sig
nificance. The town this week belongs
to the boys who wore the blue and
right welcome they are to it, so far
as we are concerned.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
Belonged to Standiford's Company

Chief Morgan received telegram
this afternoon stating that Samuel l..
Long had died in a hospital in Co
shen, Ind. 1t stated that Long served
in Captain Standifords company in
the Spanish-American war, was mus
tered in at Fairmont and out at Green
Vile, S. c. He was Il member of Com
pany G., Second West Virginia Infant
ry. The body is being held by the
post of Spanish American war Veter-
ans in that city and information CON
corning him is desired.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

We consider il as a personal favor
for our readers to patrOniZe our adj
vertisers. If two men are engaged in
the same business and one adver-
uSes in the West Nirginian and the
other does not, if you are a friend of
ours deal with the man whose name
appears in our paper. Loyalty TO our
friends is what we stand for.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

Clerk r. B. Parrish, of the Circuit
and Intermediate Courts accompanied
his wife to her former home in Balti-
more to-day. He will return tonight
but Mrs. Parrish will visit there for
some time. Attorney A.: o. Stanley
is acting clerk to-day
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

d. l.. Cunningham, Il Warrington
district veteran, is here attending the
reunion of the Boys in Blue" and
called to see us this afternoon. Tie
is one OF the West Virginian'S OldCs;
patrons.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

The mind cannot comprehend what IS
meant by the four little words III the
expression the sea of space" If the
volume OF space included within our
solar Systcm-which is perhaps but a
single train of planets among hundreds
Of billions of Il similar kind-werc oc
ci!Ncd by one single globe 100000. COG
mIes in diameter it would be but as Il
feather in the marvellous spread of va
cancy" surrounding it. In fact, it has
been calculated that in the space occu-
pied by our solar system 2.1OO,00OOOO,
100000 globes Of the size of our earth
rould revolve, each at distance OF
100000 miles from the other, and the
whole business would be nothing, for
there is no wall to the treasure vault
OF heaven.-Exchnnge.
L - -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

1t is indeed amusing to see how diff
fdent the Democrats are and how
afraid to come out into-the open and
i take a stand on anything except
what the Republicans have "irrevo-
cably established -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
800 RUSSIANS
Now Sleep in the Cold, Cold Ground
at Lao Yang

TOXIC, Sept 15.-Ffeld Marshal
Cyama reports under tO-days date
that the Russian positions in the di-
rection Of Mulltlen are unchanged FIc
adds: We buried 3.1OO Russians at,
Lao Yang
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

5 If Uncle Henry Gassaway could re-
call thirty or forty years of his life,
he could retaliate on Mr.. Fairbanks
invasion of West Virginia by going to
Indiana
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

We handle a straight line of furni-
ture, window blinds, mirrors and pic
lures. Fairmont Furniture Co. Cp-
pOSite pOStoffice. I
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

We are agents for Oliver Chilled
and Syracuse plOwS. J. L. Halls
Hardware Store. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

~ The election is less than two months
Off and Professor Barnes is still work
ing in the telephone office.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

Has something indefnable that at
racts"-Dorothy Dodd Shoe for wom-
en-. G.. B. Highland X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

q 100000 TO WAGER.

q $4,000 TO WAGER. q
o. AS there has been more or o
less. talk in certain quarters
o. about the weakness Of some q
of the Republican candidates,
q a responsible party who has g
confidence in their ability to
q win, and faith in the cause O.
they represent, has placed
ID with the West Virginian the q
/ sum of 100000 and author
q lied it to make the following q
wagers:
q 100000 @
That Harry Shaw will be elect
g. ed Prosecuting Attorney and O.
the whole Republican county
d ticket with him. q
100000
@ That c. w. Swisher will be g
elected Secretary of State and
81 the whole Republican State @
ticket with him.
81 100000 e.
That Roosevelt will carry
q West Virginia and be elected O.
President.
~ 100000 a.
That he will win all three
e bets. @
Any person desiring to in
t. vest his money in the man g
ner indicated may take any
"a, enc or all of the bets. e.
A-@-A--@-A-@-@-@
We have organized for business,
the Marion Claim Agency.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
Marriage License.

Joseph Hendrickson, 81, and Luretha
Clayton, 81.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
All sorts school novelties,
Fresh oysters. Robb's Fish Markets

1ettc's. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
WANT COLUMN

| WANTED-To buy or rent good, sec
ond-hand Smith-Premier typewriter.
Office Fairmont West Virginian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

WANTED-A lady to do plain sew
ing Apply at 326 Monroe street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

FOR President,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
of New York.
For Vice President,
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS,
of Indiana.
For Governor,
\ WILLIAM NJ. o. DAWSON,
of Kanawha county.
For Secretary Of State,
CHARLES w. SWIsHER,
Of Marion county.
For Auditor,
"a 5sss ARNOLD c.. SCHERR,
- of Mineral county.
For Treasurer,
J. NEWTON OGDIN,
of peasants county.
- Y For Attorney General,
CLARK w. MAY,
Of Lincoln county.
II e or 8SuPerintendent OF Free Schools,
THOMAS HOMAS @. MILLER,
of Marion county
For Judges of Supreme Court,
FRANK COX,
/ OF Monongalia county
JOSEPH NJ. SANDERS,
IL OF Mercer county.
FsSe5ssssss s -----g
';iszszzsss.z 3. b. EDOVENER,
of Ohio county.
4 81 For State Senator,
JOSEPH H. McDERMOTT,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

The workingman's friend---W. L.;
Douglass Shoes. c. B. Highland. x:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

For Secretary of State,
CHARLES w. SWISHER,
Of Marion county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

of Kanawha county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
For Auditor,

ARNOLD c.. SCHERR,
of Mineral county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

For President,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
of New York.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

WILLIAM NJ. o. DAWSON,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

FOR RENT-Basement room, front
ing on Parks avenue, under Citizens
Dollar Savings Bank.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

WANTED-A girl to do general
Homework for small family-no wash
ing. Apply West Virginian office.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

WANTED-ROOMS AND BOARD.
BOARD and lodging wanted for 60
members of Boys Orchestra, at loca-
tons near Opera House for Septen1-
Der 25. State lowest terms and par
ticulars. Address HENRY PINCUS,
IA ST. James Building, New York
City
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15
For Vice President,
CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS,
For Governor

of Indiana.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-15

LOST-Between Fourth and Seventh
streets, on Fairmont avenue a childs
wide band sold ring. Finder will leave
same at this office and receive suita-
Bile reward.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-11-23
Notice of Forfeiture.

Prescott. Ariz. Nov 8, 1904. To Smiley s. Jones, His Heirs and Assigns You are hereby notified that the under signed has expended during the year 1903 the sum of one hundred ($10O) dollars in labor and improvements upon the Mckay mining claim, adjoining the Buster claim, situate in Pine Grove mining district, coun- ty of Yavapai and Territory of Arizona. the notice of location whereof is of record in the office of the county recorder in book 43 of mining records of Yavapai county, Ari- zoua, at page 621, in order to hold said claim under the provisions of section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto concerning annual labor on mining claims. it being the amount required to hold said claims for the period ending December S1, 1903.
 And if, within ninety (9O) days from the personal service of this notice or within ninety (90) days after the publication hereof you fail or refuse to contribute your pro- portion of said expenditures as co-owner, your interest in the said mining claim will become the property of the subscriber, your co-owner, wbo has made the required expen- allure by the terms of said section 1924.
 John Mckenzie.
 First publication Nov. 4-D.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-11-23
SUn1ONS No. 3S64.

In ihe District Court of the Fourth Judicial
 District, Territory of Arizona, County
 of Yavapai.
 Jessie Walch, plaintiff, versus Frank Walch, defendant. Summons No. 3S64. Action brought in the district court of the
 fourth judicial district, in and for the
 county of Yavapai, territory of Arizona. The Territory of Arizona sends greeting to Frank Walch:
 You are hereby summoned and required to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plaintiff in the district court of the fourth judicial district. in and for the county of Yavapai. in the territory of Arizona, and answer the complaint filed with the clerk of this court at Prescott, in said county Ga copy of which complaint ac- companies this summons). within twenty days, (exclusive of the day of service), after the service upon you Of this summons, if served in this county; in all other cases thirty days, after the service of this summons upon you (exclusive of the day of service).
 And you are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and answer the complaint as
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-11-23
No. 701. Application for Patent.
United States Land Office. Drnscotf AriZnna Sent 21 1Q0i

OulUeQ states Lana Nltlce. [
 Prescott, Arizona, Sept. 21. 1904.
 Notice is hereby given that Cumberland Mining Compal y, by [. D. Seaton its attor- ney-in fact, whose postofIice address is Pres colt. Arizona. has made application to the United States for a patent for 13,99l69 feet D of the Central Station. Cumberland. North Star. Jim Blaine, Mountain Shorty. Alilligan, No. 10, No. 9, Stanley and Blue Jay lodes, Sur. No. 1852, bearing. gold, silver and cop per, with surface ground 600ft each in width, unsuTveyed. situate approximately in Sec g.. tp II n, 1 W. G & s R Nj. in Turkey Creek mining district, Yavapai county, Arizona, which is more fully described as to metes and bounds by the official plat and field notes of survey thereon posted and now on file in this office. which field notes of survey describe the boundaries and extent of said claim on the surface, with magnetic varia- tion at 14 deg e, as follows, to-wit:
 Cumberland Loda-Beginning at cor No 1, identical with location, and with cor No 3 of Central Station lode of thls survey where a schist stone 3X12x17 ins is set F ins in ground and chiseled 10 1852 with mound of stones fit base by 21@ fit high alongside, Q s N II brs 9deg F min W 2027.6 fit. Thence n 40 deg , min e, 1502ft to cor No ?. Thence n 46 deg 30 min W 525 1t to cor No 3. Thence 42 deg 30 min W 1499 fit to cor No 1. Thence 46 deg 30 min e 597 it to cor No 1, the place of beginning.
 Central Station Lodc-Beginning at cor No 1, identical with cor of location, where a malap4i stone 3xl2x1S ins IS set F ins in the ground chissled I-C-S-1952, with mon of stones it base by 215 it alongside, whence U s Il NJ brs Is deg 52 min 1149.2 it. An oak tree ins in diam brs S6 deg 40 min e 29S it scribed B-T1-C-S 1852. 4 pine tree T. ilis in diam brs 30 deg 40 min 47 it scribed B-T-1-CS s 1852 Thence n 35 deg 5 min 643 it to cor No ?. Thence n 40 deg min 507 it to cor No 8. Thence Il 46 deg 30 min 597 1t to cor No 4. Thence 40 deg min " jOT it to cor No ,. Thence $ 35 deg 2l min " 642-59 ft.Jo cor No 6. Thence $ 4G deg 20 min COG fl to cor Nc 1, the place of beginning, the survey being identical with location.
 North Star LOde-Beginning at cor No l, identical with cor of location and with COT No 2 of Cumberland lode of this survey where there is a schist stone scribed l-N-S 1852 whence U s M VI brs 22 deg r min " 34O5.1 ft. Thence n 40 deg min I490 fl to cor No2. Thence n 46 deg 30 min " 60C 1t to cor No Q. Thence s g deg B min " 14g64 fl 10 cor No i. Thence s 46 deg 20 min e 525 it 10 cor No 1. the place of begin ming, the survey being identical with loca- ton.
 Jim Blaine Lodc-3eginuing at cor Nc 1. identical with cor of ioc ition and COTS l and 8 of the No. iU and Miliigan lodes of this survey and with cor No 8 of the Me Leoud lode survey lot No g. Pine Flat where a schist stone 2l5xl3x9 ins above ground is chiseled 1-J-B-1952 whence | 5 M N brs S 70 deg 4S min W 1359.4 it. A juniper tree 12 ins in diam brs 47 deg A min c l9.5 1t scribed M-P-F-No 9, and B T-l-J- B.