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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10

A systematic effort is being put
forth by the St. Louis world s fair
management to bring the attend
ance up to more satisfactory pro-
portions. Cent-a-mile rates are
being put in by the railroads and
still further reductions are in con-
temptation if these do not sue
coed. The success or failure of
this great exposition will have
much to do with similar enter
prises hereafter.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10

Fulton Phillips, in the McDon-
aid Outlook, points out the advan-
tages the young men OF today
have as compared with what was
the lot of the youths when MIR.
Phillips was much younger than
he is now. In those earlier days
the young man had either to maui
rails at a dollar a hundred, teach
school at $25 to $50 a month, 60
West and endure the hardships
among the mines, or "wOrk with
the old man for victuals and
clothes until % years of age, and
then be given a wife, a crow-bait
team, a cow, two pigs and $4,000
farm with a $1,000 mortgage OF
it." These conditions, says Phil
lips, caused thousands of young
men to eagerly rush to arms anc
the battlefield when the Civil wal
was inaugurated. Today there
are many young men who have
bank accounts reaching into fou
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10

The last word would seem to
have been said against Bishop Pot
ter and his Endorsement of the sa-
loon when a saloonkeeper rebukes
him. Hugh Dolan, president of
the Liquor Dealers association OF
New York, has this good advice
to offer in the matter: Priests,
bishops and ministers ought to
stay away from saloons. Let 'em
preach against saloons all they
want. When they 60 into them
they lead lots of weak ones with
them" And in this are the law
and the prophets summed up.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10

Everything was in readiness
this morning for notifying Judge
Parker of his nomination for the
Presidency, and at the same time
there are thousands of pens ready
to dip into the ink to commend or
criticize the candidates answer
to the notification.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10

Theo VanCamp, a well-known
educator, is performing the duties
of secretary at the Teachers in
stitute now in session in this city.
Mr.. VanCamp is furnishing the
Oil Review readers with a very
interesting and creditable account
of the meeting.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10
Democratic Committee Meeting.

There will be a meeting of the
Democratic Executive committee
at Democratic headquarters in
Sistersville on Saturday, August
u. By order
l.. BELFORD, Chairman.
&c. ARCHER, Sec. S,1O-3t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10
WEST VIRGINIA PROPHET.

Senator Scott of West Virginia,
expresses great confidence in the
Republicans carrying this State
for President, with it's seven cleo
toral votes, but goes about it In a
queer way. Basing his calcula-
tons on the Republican majority
for Mckinley of $1,000, he con-
cedes that 5000 of the gold Demo-
Gratis will likely go back to their
party, and that Mr.. Davis will be
5000 stronger than his party. He
thus cuts in two nearly one-half
of the Republican majority, and
wants to know where the other
$4,000 are to come from.
Senator Scott makes a good
commencement in that line when
he halves his expected majority in
the State. The Democratic voters
will make good the deficit, and the
late Sttae convention made mani
fest that they are full of the spirit
and courage to do so. They have
the advantage on State issues, and
at this election State issues are
likely OF have a greater influence
in West Virginia than questions OF
National politics. The attempt OF
the Republicans to revive sec
tional questions, especially as re-
CARDS reconstruction policies and
the bloody shirt of war politics,
cannot but have a great effect on
the vote of Southern people, es-
pecially with the money and cur
rency questions out of the way.
Harper's Weekly points out the
repellant effect of the negro plank
in the Republican platform, which
lays the groundwork for a Sec
tional campaign, and especially its
effect on the thousands Of North
ern business men who live in the
doubtful States, and have COM
mercial relations with the South,
in connection with her railroads,
mines and factories, and who, for
business reasons, do not want a
reagitation of the race question,
and will do almost anything to de-
feat the man who has forced that
question into the foreground. 1t
is probable enough that the
votes of these two classes of men
-Southerners residing in the
North and Northerners linked by
business ties to the South-will
more than counterbalance the en-
gro vote in doubtful States. !"
This is a power evident to every
close observer, and does not enter
into Senator SCOTS calculations,
who is more concerned about his
own reelection to the United
States Senate than even the Pres
idential result.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10

Perhaps time will yet come
when our streets and avenues will
be horseless, but it cannot yet be
claimed that it is in sight. 1t will
certainly not come as long as mo-
tor ears command present prices
prices which manifest a tendency
to increase rather than to de-
crease. Even when the cost of a
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10

good machine is low-if such a
period shall ever arrive doubt
less we will continue to see Dob
bin and the family chaise the APP
proved method of many for get
ting the air.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10

Overcoats in August clearly
demonstrates that Sistersville still
holds it's reputation for genuine
summer resort weather.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10
T.. o, r. M. Social.

On Thursday evening the Maca'
bees will serve homemade cake
ice cream and lemonade in the
rooms Occupied by Miss Henning s
millinery store on Wells street
A cordial invitation is extended
to the public. 9,9-3t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10

Dollar wheat for the farmer
may mean dollar -four for the la
borer.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-10

J. R. Marcum of Huntington
was registered last evening at the
Hotel Wells.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-03-02
@. 7. COMPANY
DECLARES TOPPER
CENT DIVIDEND

At the annual meeting Of the
directors Of the Oregon Trading cop-
pany held In the Offices Of the COM
pany here this afternoon, . dividend
Of ten per cent was declared for the
year 1908. The old officers were re-
elected aud the names 1t Emil Mel
zer, general manager Of the North
Pole, and Albert Geiser, Of the
Geiser Hendryx company, we're added
to the directorate.
The official roster stands rs fol-
lows:
Bella Ksdish, proprietor of the
Baker City Ssmpling Works, presi-
dent: Frank Bsillie manager Of the
Columbia. vice president and secre-
tary: John T. Dounelly, cashier
First National Bank of Baker City,
treasurer.
The above officers, with the sddi-
tion OF Messrs. MelZer and Geiser
constitute the directorate. A. II.
McEwen. who has had the general
ent of the company for some
time. was retained In this capacity.
The affairs of the company were
found to he In excellent shape, with
bright prospects for an increasing
business during the coming year.
All the officers named were In
attendance at the meeting. Messrs.
and Kadish came up from
Baker City this morning. After the
they left with Manager
Baillie to spend Sunday at the Co
lumbia. NJ. Melzer went to Baker
City OH this afternoons train.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-03-02

ing on human weaknesses. dazzling
human cupidity.
The fskir knows ell this aud more
that It is easier to get gold out Of
eastern pockets than western mines,
aud for this reason confines himself
to the former kind of minipg. The
last time Letsou Ballet was In Baker
City, the writer heard bin soy to q
gentleman who hsd tried to sell stock
10 . valuable. developed mine By
telling the unvsrnished truth which
wss good enough to satisfy any In.
vestor who understood the business
and failed: "Yes. I watched your
honest methods, your efforts to catch
the intelligent Investors. and knew
that you we're waiting your good
money. Now. you had figured II out
that there were enough sensible peo.
pie who wouldn't bite at the ordi-
nary, exaggerated mining stock sd-
vertiseuent, yet wanted to buy into
some conservative proposition. They
we're the people you were after. You
learned that there are not cough of
that class to open up lime stone
quarry, and paid dearly for the In.
formation. | could have told you
that two, three, four years ago, and
wouldn't have charged you cent for
It, In order to raise any consider
able amount Of money by selling
stock In small blocks, you have got
to fake 'em."
Believing this to be true, there Is
no great mystery In the fact that the
of operators who promise
everything, perform little or nothing.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-03-02

qualities. -- Mining Reporter.
There Is not word In the above
but what Is true and honest. But
there are mining promoters who
secure their money through stock
sales. whose Intentions are entirely
legitimate, who have u good property
and are putting the money secured
from stock sales into intelligent de-
velopment, who declare that Il plain
statement Of facts In u prospectus
will not sell stock. They have
studied the investing public; from
experience have learned how to in
terest them In II proposition and
secure their money.
Their theory Is, based on u knowl.
edge of this phase of human nature,
that the man must be convinced that
this particular mine Is better than
any other on the market; that there
Is almost n certainty Of making enor.
nous profits. compared even with the
big money made In other mining ven.
lures. 4 gentleman living In Stump.
ter but not now Ia the mining bust
ness, once informed the writer that
while engaged IN selling stock for a
mining company before coming here.
he kept accurate account Of the liter.
ature which he sent out and the ad-
vertisements placed In papers In va
rious parts Of the country; with the
result that the more he promised aud
the mere iattering reports he sent
out, the larger were his sales.
This class Of advertising, of this
variety of bait, rs II were, catches
the average of humanity who know
nothing about mining. aud that
means more than ninety In every 100
who invest. Of course, the proper.
safe way to invest money In mining
company L. to ascertain II the man.
agement II honest, intelligent aud
experienced, aud II the property jus.
titles development. In that case,
little money would ever be lost IN
the business, but to induce prospec-
tive investors to do so would involve
M educational campaign, to success.
fully carry out would require united
effort Of operators aud the mining
press, so complete an organization
that most men hesitate to attempt Il;
prefsrring the easier method Of play
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-03-02
We'll Known Property Will Probably Resume
Operations on Extensive Scale
Before Long.

Judge !. p. Bresn, of Omaha, sec.
retary aud treasurer of the Psyche
company, accompanied by his broth.
or, II. j. Breen, Of Fort Dodge,
Iowa. and George II. Woodbouse,
proprietor Of Hotel Orleans, ut Esler.
vile, Iowa. we're on the train this
morning going out 10 the mine.
Judge Brsen Is just back from
Omaha, and gives u as his opinion
that the Psyche litigation, now pend
ing, will reach an early adjudica.
tion, bringing about resumption of
operations on M extensive scale.
Work has been continued under the
receivorship aud II small force Is now
engaged ut the property.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-03-02
Mineral SmeIter Soon Blow IN.

John Gerbich Is u visitor In the
city this week from his Iron Noun
tain properties at Mineral. lie re.
ports matters running smoothly In
aud around that famous old camp
and the outlook generally Is exceed
ingly first. class. The new furnace,
which Is being installed by the Ladd
Metals Company, is about In place
and will probably be blown In about
March 81. This new furnace Ia of
the inclined reverberatory type of
100 tons capacity. With the addi
tion of tais new furnace, the com
pany can easily handle 100 tons per
day. The company Is increasing its
forces and will prosecute operations
very extensively. The company IL
also contracting for ore to be de-
livered from q number of near. by
properties, and the outlook for a
very busy season In Seven Devils aud
surrounding camps Ia indeed flatter-
ing. Weiser Signal.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-03-02
Is it Necessary to Promise
lmpOSSibi|itieS in Order
to Sell Mining
Shares?

The issuance of prospectuses to
aid IN the sale of mining stock is
like many other things. In the tact
that II IL legitimate aud proper II
conscicnt ionsly aud intelligently
done. The sale of stock for the pur.
pose II securing money to develop
mineral ground IL all right II rightly
done; aud the sending out of adver.
tising literature IL legitimate means
Of promoting the sale of stock u no
false pretenses are made. One man
will make representations that appeal
To the judgment of those who know
something of mining; anot"er's rep.
resentntions will appeal to the cupid
ity Of those who know nothing of
Mining. The former will investigate
before buyi ~ aud shoulder their own
share Ut tn" responsibility; the latter
usually MAKE no Investigation. Tut
denounce The mining industry for
their loss of money, Misrepresents.
tious ARE neither to be excused nor
,condemned, but the advisability of
looking into the merits Of u proposi
tion before investing IN II applies to
mining Investments with the same
force M to other lines. No one In
this day should allow himself to be
hoodwinked by extrsvsasut language
which IL sometimes used 10 conceal 4
sainus quantity. PLAN, simple, clear
phrsseoioRy IL usually adequate to
point out the merits Of y mining
property II II possesses any such
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-03-02

1t Is the first visit of the other two
members of the party to the district.
When they slighted from the train
this morning, during the wait at the
station, they remarked about like
this:
"Sumpter seems to be quite busy
pluce, judged from the people coming
and going at tie station. There Is
lots moie aciiN'y ut the station here
thnn we saw ~ Baker City, while
coming thrUuL l., according TO the size
Of the towns, we should say that
Sumpter Is by !ar the liveliest. O."
The party of Psyche people will
spend several days at the property,
and will stop at Sumpter on their
return.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-03-02
BIDS CALLED FOR.

Sumpter, Ore, Feb. "a, 1904.
Sealed proposals will be received
by the recorder of the city of Stump.
ter until 8 O'Clock p. m. April !,
1904, for the furnishing of all ma.
terial for and the construction of
sewerage system In the city of Sump-
ter. Oregon, In accordance with the
plans aud specifications on file In the
recorders Office. The total estimated
cost of the system Is placed by the
city engineer at $4,000.
A certified check for the amount
of 9 per cent of the bid, made pay
able to the city treasurer. must ac.
company all bids "a evidence of the
good faith of the bidder.
The council reserves the right to
reject any aud all bids.
S. S. START, City Recorder.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-03-02

Room and board at Sumpter Ho el
for Sl0 per week and up.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-03-02

4 lady cook wants position at
mine or mining boarding house.
Enquire OF address Capital hotel.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
q. Maleolm,s PartisIItv for Zoos,

"Ofh this day, the day of our wed.
ding,I shall eat nothing but eggs, for
it wal through an egg that won my
wife, 'AAsaid George Malcolm, OF Cleve,
land, ~ he ordered q dinner which
consistsA OF eggs in every style and
description known to the chef of q
Chicago Aotsl.
II have said that it was because Of
an egg that / first found the woman
who has become my wife" he cor
tinued, with a glance at Mrs. NAL
colin, "and / will tell You how it oc-
cured. Just one year ago I arrived
in Chicago and registered at the VEL
hngton hotel while making . pleasure
trip in the Lake region. The first
thing that | ordered was an egg. and
on receiving 1t / found in dainty pen
ciled lines on the shell, Rose Edmond,
Aberdeen, O. / wrote to her the fol-
lowing night, and today she is my
wife," he added. THAT is why ] am
so partial to eggs. Can anybody
blame me?"
Mrs. Malcolm admitted that she had
written her name upon the egg, but
said she little thought at the time
il would win her a husband. 1T was
while packing eggs to be sent to Chi
cage she said, that | thought 1t
would be fun to write my lame on one
OF them and see il l would ever hear
from where 1t was sent."-MilWaukee
Wisconsin.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
Where 1t Pays to BE Thin.

There is a small town in Sweden
which will very probably soon be de-
serted by those Of its residents who
are unusually stout. The a Is be-
cause the local authorities recently is
sued an ordinance to the effect that
they intend to impose q graduated
tax on the residents according to their
weight and to spend the money thus
collected in making public improve
ments.
Persons who weigh 100 pounds or
less will not be taxed; those VINO
weigh from 100 to 200 pounds will
each be taxed LIS. a year; those who
weigh from 200 to $50 poands will
each be taxed 81, Az. . ye 4, and q
tax bill for a larger amoul which
will In strict proportion to TIL weight,
will be sent annually to every one who
weighs more than $50 pounds.-The
Golden Penny.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
Fire Signals.

Nv u meeting Of Hope Hook and
Ladder Co. No. 1, held on July 0,
1901, the town wac divided into Fire
Districts and 9 Code of Signals was
adopted In order 10 facilitate the loca-
zion Of Arss in tbs future. The town
was divided ss follows:
District No. l-Aii that portion Of
sswn bounded north by Bellevue
street. west by Union street. south
and east by corporation line.
District No. 2-All that portion Of
town bounded by Bellevue street On
che south, Union street on the west,
and corporation line on the north and
east.
DISTRICT No. 3-Theportion Of town
lying west of Union street, and south
Of Bellevue street, with the corpora
zion line o. the south and west boun.
dairy.
District No. A-The portion Of town
bounded ON the south by Bellevue.
east by Union, north and west by cor
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
to indicate the district In which the
Are il located, followed by . rapid
alarm, same to be repeated until gen.
ssal alarm is given.
To illustrate, should IN alarm DO
sounded for District No. 0. first three
taps, ONE, two. three. followed BY rap
al alarm. and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
journalism in Russia.

During last year IS newspapers we're
suspended in Russia for periods
amounting in all to 81 years and 10
days, Is papers were forbidden 10 ac-
cept advertisements, and 25s editors
we're officially threatened with ban
ishnent to Siberia IL they did not
mend their ways. The censorship
e pursues the unfortunate editor
after 1t elects him. One eminent con.
ductor Of a scientific journal who vas
dismissed 1T the instance of the cen.
sor is practically condemned to starvs
or enigrate. All the papers and pub
fishers In Russia are forbidden to pc.
cspt copy from him.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
TRAVEL sY klTE-DRAwN BOAT.
How Two Ensiishmen, In a Third AZ.
tempt, Thus Crossed the Channel.

How Two Ensiishmen, In a Third AZ.
tempt, Thus Crossed the Channel.
How s. F. Cody. the E~nglishman
who has been trying to cross the
channel from Dover to Calais in a col
lapsible boat drawn by kites, succeed
o. on the third attempt is told in de-
|! tail in the English newspapers. There
is no indication in these accounts that
any n sees In the feat anything
more than an interesting freak expert
ment, and nobody has the hardihood
to suggest that kites will eve super
sede sails in, navigation at sea.
Cody made three attempts before he
succeeded. His boat was q 12-foot
collapsible craft weighing, when lad
en-, about four tons. It had canvas
decks to keep out the spray from the
| choppy seas which run in the English
channel.
At a distance the boat looked like a
small submarine. AT first It had
bamboo masts. but these were subse~
quently discarded as useless and in
the way.
The kites were 16Sooters, OF silk.
constructed on the box principle. with
wing shaped extensions. The first at
tempt was made in a light wind with
three Of these kites. two with exceed
ugly light framework. The boat had
q combination steering gear which
controlled both the kites and the boat
at the same time.
With the sailor kite flyer went q
newspaper correspondent. They wore
oiiskins and life belts and to sustain
them during the journey Of % miles
Or so. carried a large supply of choco-
late and bottled ale. OF this the
newspaper correspondent wrote:
Chocolate, it may be added, is Of
great value when the human tempera-
ture is reduced by long exposure to
wet and cold"
There were q mera snapped at
the craft when she started from Dow
err in tow Of the three kites. The voy-
ayers were at Q three hours. When
they were not so far as to be invisible
from land, the wind failed, the kites
dropped and in hauling them in the
travellers would have been swamped
IL a friendly craft hadn't gone to the
rescue. They rowed back.
The second attempt failed from a
similar cause.-The lightness of the
wind. The kites would have fallen in
to the water as the boat was gather
ing way under them, had not a e an
Choir, a canvas bag which opens auto
matically in the water, been thrown
out.
The third attempt was made several
weeks later in a brisk breeze. One
kite towed the craft across the chan
mel in 10 hours. An interesting COM
mentary upon it was that Cody dis
covered before making it that his life,
was practically u%ninsurable except at
q ridiculous premium.
England has the kite flying a
Just now a little worse than mary
here had 1t a short time ag6,
Rhe r1odel airship, in the popular es-
Naation, is one which combines aero
pAhes, propeller and a balioon.-New
Yak Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-03-05
FOR SALE.

A house and lot in the town "a
Washington, La, in the square bound.
ed BY Carriere. Wilkins. Ewes and
Dnpre. Frame building made Of
ehoice cypress. ceiIed inside, weathor.
boarded outside, 20x3O feet. Will bs
cold cheap for cash, or part cash and
balance on time to suit. For particus
lars apply at the Courier office, Ope-
lousas. LIN. II