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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15
WILL MAKE a NIAGARA.
Great Engineering Feat to Be Carried
Out in Southern Colorado.

Great Engineering Feat to Be Carried
Out in Southern Colorado.
Out in Colorado nature has given the
people no Niagaras to harness 50 as to
get electricity for power and lighting
purposes, but little thing like that does
not feaze the energetic westerners. They
are going to build some artificial Mag
aras. The first is now in course of con-
struction.
AS an engineering feat it has decidedly
novel features. Two or three rivers are
to be lifted bodily, SO to speak, from their
beds and transferred to canals, which
will feed an immense reservoir. From
this reservoir the water will be carried
through another canal and dropped
through great pipes over the edge Of a
precipice 1000 feet high. The power
house in which the electricity will be
generated will be situated at the foot Of
the precipice. Ultimately it will have a
capacity of about 10000 horse power.
The site is "a miles from Silverton,
in southern Colorado The initial cost of
the undertaking will approximate ST.
O00, 900, while the ultimate plan will in
volve an expenditure of about $1,000
600. When the project is completed it
Is expected to revolutionize things in
southern Colorado. With an abundant
supply Of cheap power many enterprises
can be carried through successfully
which hitherto have been blocked by the
high cost of power when obtained from
steam. From the power house at the
foot of the precipice electricity will be
carried on wires strung on poles for
miles throughout the surrounding coun-
try. If the results come up to expecta-
tons a second artificial Niagara and
power house will be established a few
miles to the south.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15
Has n Level Head.

THAT architect is making a big hit
with his new scheme for suburban res
idence"
What's the game?"
ITO every man who gives him a con-,
tract for the building of a suburban
residence he guarantees a constantsup-
ply of servant girls for ten years.
time" -Philadelphia Press.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15
Midnight Serenade,

Say" remarked the Newport citizen,
''Fve discovered a new method of firing
china"
Put me next" said the CovingtOn
man.
Use dishes to break up eat concerts"
replied the undiscovered genius
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15

The National Association of Post
masters of First-Class Offices, in conven-
ton in Niagara Falls, n. Y, elected w.
e. Hall of Peoria, ILL.,, president and
Thomas G. Lawler Of Rockford, ILL.,,
treasurer, and resolved to hold the next
convention in Dayton Ohio
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15

Thomas n. McCauley of Chicago, for
mer president of the International Mer-
camille Agency, secured an attachment
In the New York Supreme Court for S54.-
200 against the agency, which sum, he
says, represents the balance of nearly
100000 lent by him to the concern.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15

fifteen minutes, there would still doubtless been an
appalling loss of life, due other than that
strange dehumanizng effect which the sudden appearance
of an impending calamity exercises the human mind
1t is difficult to estimate how large part the casualties
were due to the stampede and crush which away por
tons Of the railing ana deck thus precpatng large
bers into the water without the chance to
obtain life preservers 1t is safe say that
dred who might otherwise have lived persisted direct
result of the panic.
Had every person on board remained in the full pos
session of his the loss of life would have
less For the loss thus nobody can be held &C
countable. Nor against the repetition of such can
the most stringent precauon Of the future prevail Wher
ever people congregte in large numbers they will place
themselves liable to panic.
Given crowd, especially of and children a
sudden desperate fear especially fire panic and panic
inevitable.-Chicago Tribune
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15

After a man has boarded a number
of years, he begins to think a vege-
table garden a more beautiful sight
than q flower garden
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15

A child soon learns that its mother
has a positive genius for sarcasm
when she talks about the kin on it's
fathers side,
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15

The
location of
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15
Pan.CS.

a ANIC, inspired by ungovernable fright is an
lever present element in a great disaster like
\ that Of the General Socum. It is impossible
to eliminate this source Of calamity. Especial
y ly where large numbers of women and chill
dren are involved is panic witnessed in it's most
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15

great skill and great Japan has done in
this war. It is to be hoped that people are
carefully following the operations of the Japanese
take TO heart the lessons that being offered them
IL the CrImean War we bundered if possible than
w bundered the other day in South Africa but
fused to take to heart the lessons of bnders huggne
ourselves in the hope that somehow other should
muddle through. France equally unprepared in 1870
Unfortunately for her, she had formidable army
to deal with than had either Crimea or in South
Africa, and she suffered accordingly. Now Russia
mttng the plumbers we have committed often, and
Russia IS suffering In her turn 1t is possible that the
people of this country will refuse heart these
lessons and will in the bad old way until they
INTO conflict some day with enemy who will be
dealt with easily the Russians in the Crmea the
Beers in the Transvaa? If do not learn from the
takes of the Russians and the splendid efficiency the
Japanese we shall some day suffer disasterThn
StatiSt.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15
The Quiet Man.

F1z&N1H VEN this unQuestiOned domesicy may be
e ESQ comprehensive virtue To support some
~ Zone besides himself in decency and not
all that should strive do though it is
E NsaS nnuch He should feel the obligation bring
EftAAD gayey into the lives Of those whom loves.
1t is possible for by sheer earning
to provide their families with opportunities tray
ell and amusement and adventure But earning power
Of the majority is limited in these matters; all the
is necessary then for the bring variety and
cheerful activity and veliness into his house. The fact
that the routine Of the day dull does not excuse
him for being glum and silent at his evening And
too much of the quetness in the world is habit
of stless and broodng selfshness would be wanton
to make these exposures and offer remedy Here is
suggestion for the quiet Learn to make nose"-
Atlantic Monthly.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15
The Man with the Diploma.


EGAASI ence of the girl the possession Of note
or gift bouquet The world looks in
ving a field of endeavOr Proportions somewhat
distorted and the feels larger toward the
OF humanity than perhaps he has before will
again.
Later will disillusonment readjusted Of
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-09-15
The Lessons of Russia's Experience.

g.@ HE Japanese have appropriated European sci
ET~ ence, European methods, and European organ
zation, and they have shown a skill and in
tellgence in the appropriation which is mar
gHNMIH vel to all careful observers 1t to be doubted
kHseSES whether any European nation have con-
Quoted its naval and military operations with
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18
GIRLS $4,000 SUIT.
Now3To BEzTRIED.5
Case of Nellie Brewer Against & \.
Laroche Comes Up In Richmond #ss
County Tod ay. sss

NEW YORK, Oct Befors Judge
]. T. Marean, in the Supreme curt
of tie county Of Richmond ats
George, to-day, the case Of NeITfes
Brewer, twelve years SoI d daughter
of Peter Brewer, of Grant G tty, against
Frederick A. Laroche holder IS the
long distance automobi1e cha,aI ion.iS
ship. Of Manhattan, Will be tried he
action is for $4,000 2damag
On August 25, 1908, 1T Is al1egea5 inSg
the complaint, while the chill Az was
walking with her sister ii the South:
field Boulevard, near her hons;
roche came along in his automobile
at a speed of sixty miles an hour and
struck the child, inlicting permanent
injuries. When. she s picked up5
it was found that she was SUFFERING
from fractures of the skull and right
hip, and for many months heShcYereds
between life and death. sSS3S
Since her recovery3the chill DIS mind
has been a blank and her light 1eg#ds
shorter than the left ma king her
cripple for life.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18
THE GOLD AND
THE TARIFF
MOST ADMIRABLE PREsENTA.
il ON OF. THE MOST lMPcR-
5SS5s T,ANT& ISSUES OF THIS
laSS22 5$CAMPAiGN.

EFronn the Philadelphia North amer
lean; October 81
At the present moment we have in
circulation in this country of money
.sof all kinds about 5000 million dollars.
The paper and silver currency rests
upon and btains its value and effect,
s5iyeness from the store of gold that we
FPossess. The gold in the National
Treasury and in circulation in Sentem-
der, 1904, was Sal million dollars.
Thus here. was about one dollar of
gold forsaFery three dollars of general
currency. But the gold has another
burde to- carry and TO impert value
bank credi The precise figures
3representing this bank credit are not
available. n but Beyond question they
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18
NOTICE

II you see nice oking
couple driving around with a
good stylish horse. elegant harness,
hobby run-a-bout, carriage or trap,
with nice clean robes, and everything
to match, you can wager ten to one it
was hired from the Jackson Livery
Barn, as we put out only that kind.
FRED S. JACKSON, Manager. Open
day and night. <
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

given by the juices OF luscious fruits,
ripe and fresh, makes Jina Martin'z
soda 50 popular. The fact that AL
these syrups are absolutely pure aps
peals to everyone's good sense who
values health. The water used Is pure
also, and there is no Summer bever-
age SO wholesome and delicious Try
glass of soda with his delicious ice
cream at the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

We carry complete line of wood,
iron, and Cincinnati bucket pumps.
J. L. Halls Hardware Store. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18
JOSEPH scHusTER.

Contracts for Cement Sidewalka
Cellar Floors, Yards Retaining ygaIlps
and Steps. Stable floors and Cellnrs.
made water tight, specially
Residences Spence street. near 1Ea:z
pie avenue. f. & M. Phone. 62a. P.
o. Box, 476. Fairmont u.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18
MOVES
TO STOP FRAUD.
Applicants For Civil Service Jobs
Must Send Photos to Pre-
vent Crookedness.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. Is
The Civil Service Commission has
stopped a lot of crookedness by issu-
ing an order that every applicant
for a government position must at
tach his or her photograph to the ex-
animation papers. The photograph
must not be more than three years
old and it must be accompanied by an
official certification that it is a good
likeness. The photograph and sam
pies of the applicants handwriting
will be sent for comparison to the
chief of the division to which he is
assigned.
The order followed the discovery
that many applicants for civil service
positions were employing dummies"
to take the examina tons for them, the
dummies" being paid either a fixed
sum or a percentage Of the app1i-
cant's salary each month after APP
pointm ent. The fact that many APP
pointees were unable to hold the
positions assigned to them, although
recorded as standing high in the ex-
animation, aroused suspicion and in.
vestigation revealed the dummy
scheme.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

Your want is not important-to
anyone but yourself-until it has been
put into type
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18
FORTUNES FAVoRSs

are Of your own mailing hose Jsho,s Tho
try to win them by reckless specnIation
are most often unsuccessful I.sgitls
mate methods Of acquiring wealth
founded on the most solid Of ananeials
principles aresoTereds by the
CITIZENS DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

! have some good sbargainaSo ON TAtr.S
mont avenue Ca1lsand SEQ H.8
H Lanham.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

No fake, but the truth. Mems
Suits and Banister Shoes, less than
the manufacturer can now make them
for, now on sale at c. f. Randall C
Co. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

Some person will get the brass bed
Coal City House Fur shingS Companyx
Some person viii get the Vi1ton ss.ss5
Coal City House Furnishing3 Gonpany.x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

1t is easy to get guessess BY asking:
a friend to subscribe for the Vest Vim
ginian six months. 81 ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

4 The regular reading of the adyertis-
ing in this paper saves enough money
every year to pay. for fifty trips to the:
theatre. &s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

Visit our department of granite, tin.
galvanized, aluminium and qqeensware
and kitchen utensils on second floor
in Jacobs-Hutc Crimson block, and you
will find these lines complete and
prices low. J. L. Halls Hardware
Store. Z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

We are agents for Oliver Chilled
and Syracuse plows. ]. L. Halls
Hardware Store. Z
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18
General License Act.

The general license law (chapter
three of the Acts) covers thirty pages.
1t raises the retail liquor license from
$4,000 to $4,000. The tax on distiI.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

Quick ctionss prompt settle.
.ments Marion Claim Agency.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

All OF the latest te1eg1aphic and
local news win be found ii the Vest
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

SOUTH SIDE PHARMACY
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

8s: Dorothy Dodd always pIeases every
woman. C.5B. sHig hland
Z Reliable Fu re atS Z, airnnon Fls.s
sniture Co
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

Try your 1uckiit doesn' cost any
thing, Coal City House furnishing.
Company. 3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

Some person will get the 4 00-pfeces
Haviland dinner set.$$C oa1SC House
Furnishing Company. a4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

Some person will get the chair. Coal
City House Furnishing Company
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

hereafter be assessed at it's actual
value. After 1909 the real estate shall
be assessed annually by the county
poll or capitation tax. Heis supposed
to do this at the time he obtains the
list from the taxpayer. He has the
same right to distrain for this tax that
the sheriff has. In case the assessor
does not collect it and the sheriff
should Subsequently collect it, the as
SCISSOR must pay commission to the
sheriff for so doing. 1t is estimated
that the State will derive from this
fund alone from forty to sixty thou
sand dollars in excess of what it has
heretofore collected. Railroad, car
line, telephone, telegraph and pipe line
com panies will be assessed at their
actual value by the Board of Public
Works, to which they must make their
return hereafter. (Only railroads have
reported hitherto.) Banks are required
to return for taxation their capital
stock. surplus and undivided profits,
after deducting real estate and such
other exemptions as may be author-
lied by law; or they may elect. to
have the shares of stock assessed to.
the owner thereof, in which event the
.!sh ares shall5be assessed at tF1eir8mar-
ket{va Iue, and the bank must pay the.
taxes and recover the am cunt paid
conti r1ued on Third Page.)
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
JAPAN's LITERARY LIklNGs.
Subjects Of the Mikado Show Decided
Preference to the Writings Of
Carlyle.

The most widely known English
writer in Japan is Carlyle. Next to
him comes Maoaulay, says the Dundee
Advertiser. Emerson is admired by
some Of the English students, and we
see the influences of his writings
among many Japanese journalists to-
day" Mill and Herbert Spencer have
had tremendous influence upon the
thought of modern Japan" In poetry,
Tennyson, LongfellOw-his "Evangel-
inc" is heard from the lips of any
little girl in a. girls seminary in ia
pan" Wordsworth, Byron and Mil
ton; and In Action. Irving, Thackeray
and Dickens are best known. "Othel-
To-" Macbeth and 1.-THE Merchant Of
Venice" have been translated by Prof.
Yuzo Tsubouchi Tolstoi has many
worshippers. and no one who is not
acquainted with German is regarded
as a scholar. Rousseau's "Contrat So-
cial'' was the book which first taught
the Japanese the idea Of civil right and
liberty" A translation of it has
been circulated in every Japanese
home" The writer's of French fiction
and drama, on the other hand, do not
seem to find many friends in Japan"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
RUSSIANS A MOTLEY RACE.
Population Of Land of Gear Includes
o Dozen Peoples ALI Differ
ing in Language.

The Russian population is, perhaps,
the most mixed of all nations. and is
made UP In large measure of conquered
peoples who still remember their over
throw with bitterness Probably net
far from one-third of the whole-from
10000. 900 to 5o.o0osooo-are true Mus
covitas. st.
Around the central Muscovitss are
grouped Lapps, Firms, Germans, Lithu-
anians, RutheniaIs, Roumanians,
Greeks, Georgians and TartarG. with
Jews and Gypsies scattered through the
south and west, These are all Ia Euro
pean Russia, and this is nothing to the
medley in Asiatic Russia, where there
Is an almost endless variety of races.
Each of the races mentioned steaks q
different tongue, and there are as least
six different religions among them,
without counting sectaries, such as the
Dukhohors. Bitter political haired of
Russia burns fiercely among the Firms,
Poles and Armenians, while symptoms
of active revolt are reported among
Georgians and Turcomans along the
Asiatic frontier.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

that publication that 1t has been held
open, containing a speech by Mr. Nc"
Cleary of Minnesota of about 100000
words and forty pages in length. This
is fair sample of republican nerve
out Of which has grown the gigantic
graft that is daily going on in all the
departments. The republicans have
come to look upon the public service as
their very own property to be used as
they may see fit and 1T is up to the
people of the country to give them jar
in this campaign such as they never
will forget
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
HEARD IN PASSING

Z
You may break, you may shatter the
beef trust if you will, but the scent of
high prices will cling to it still.-Hart-
ford Post.
Good old DR. Dowie has formally and
enthusiastically Endorsed the candidacy
Of President Roosevelt. The president
will have to decide whether this is a
boost or kick.-New Haven Union
Sooner or later the Haytian nuisance
must be abated by some vigorous and
effective police work that will leave it's
mark on the conduct of these people
for long time to come, Why not
abate it now I'M Milwaukee Sentinel.
Crop reports continue to improve.
The cotton showing is the best for July
since 1898 and winter wheat is already
pretty well harvested, with spring late
but promising well.-Hartford Cour-
ant.
Editors all over the country have
been urged to find out from personal
inquiry why boys leave the farm and
move to town. They get up at in the
morning and work in the hot sun till
dusk, for one thing.-New Haven
Union
ern politics. The press of the country
now gives half dozen columns of con-
vention news for one column that is
devoted to the doings of the Russians
and aps.-Morning Telegram and
Union.
The hot wave is having disastrous
effect on the mentalities of many peo-
pie in the state. At least the large
number of violent deaths in Connecti-
cut the past few days is laid to the
heat. Keep cool, everybody. -Norwich
Record
Physicians are presenting arguments
to show that we should conflne our
selves to a vegetable diet in summer.
Many persons are paying more atten-
ton to the arguments to that effect
presented by the beef trust.-Washing-
ton Post.
The saddest thing about the refusal
of the National Educational association
to appropriate $4,000 for spelling re-
form" was the discovery that none Of
the educators could remember the
dozen words the educators had decided
six years ago should be reformed, It
looks as If fonetic forms were still in
the shadoWy distance.-Boston Record.
But more than anything else, the
conversion of the Fourth of July into a
sane holiday is likely to result from
the growing conviction that to make q
nuisance of ones self or permit ones
children to do SO is essentially vulgar
and stamps the offender as one who
does not know the gentle usages of
good society. This will kill the popu-
lar character Of the accustomed cele-
bration of the day, and thereafter the
demand, for the suppression by the
police of persistent offenders against
the inherent right of the citizen to
peace and quiet will make short work
of what remains of the Fourth of July
of our cruder and less complex civiliza.
tion-New York Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

Speaking of the republican platform.
one writer says that the negro plank
is the only honest plank In the plat.
form, and 1t is Infamous. McKinleyss
noble utterances above southern graves,
his openly recognized policy of white
rule for southern states was thought
by patriotic men to signal the death of
sectionalism, Roosevelt's negro policy
Joined to Lodges force bill will revive
it. The Crumpacker resolution, dis
carded by republicans of house and
senate alike, has been forced by the
president upon his party. 1t will prove
the worst mistake among many. Every
patriotic citizen, anxious for his coun-
try's future, wishing to see preserved
the purity of the Anglo Saxon race and
American institutions, is willing that
the southern states shall adopt any
legal expedient that will save that fair
land from the control of an ignorant
and debased suffrage.