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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-02
TURF PLUNGER DIES.

ASHEVILLE, N. c., Feb. l.-Geo.
Smith. known as "Pittsburg Phil". a
turf plunger, died today OF tubercu-
losis.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-02
LILLIAN RUssELL's DAUGHTER
IN DIVORCE COURT

CHICAGO, H., Feb. dorothy
Russell -Einstein. the aughter OF Lll-
lian Russell, the actress. Med a suit
for divorce today
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-02

engagements with the japanese dur
enormous, There have been forty.two
thousand Russians killed and wound
ed and seven thousand japanese Can.
nonaiinG continues today before Muk-
den, but the fierce weather is inter
fering with important action.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-02

LONDON. Feb. dispatches from
both Japanese and Russian sources
show Kuropatkin resumed his attempt
To advance, correspondent with
Oku's army forecasts the greatest bat.
tie of the war. Preliminary fighting is
going on now in the vicinity OF the
Shahke river. Sandepas. the fortified
position from which the Japanese
ousted the Russians Is again the piv-
otal point of the Russians movement.
1t is reported that buildings there
were ignited by artillery fire from a
fierce bombardment of the whole Jap
anese lines started by Russians.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-02
WAR NEWS

LONDON, Feb. 1.--Tokio reports
that the Russian casualties in tie many
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-02

WARSAW. Feb. 1.-The city is
quiet today but the feeling is very
tense. The number of dead in this
weeks riots total over three hundred.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-02

ST. PETERSBURG, Fep. The
appointment OF P. Dournovo as minis
ter OF interior, succeeding Prince Mir
sky, is announced
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-04
WASTING TIME AND MONEY.

Thursdays session of the House was
a striking example of now c. lesisla-
ture can put In the time and do moth
ing;
1t took just two hours and fifteen
minutes to settle one question, that
was not really a question at all. that
Is to say, there was never any signif-
cant division of opinion upon it. Three
fourths Of the time was spent in "ris-
ing to points Of order" Speaking to
questions Of personal privilege" and
trying to make explanations that did
not explain
The ball opened when eight of the
nine members of the railroads COM
mittee presented a report that the bill
or thompson, of Willard, be not pass
ed. This bill seeks to put the burden
OF proof upon the defendant company
in all cases where stock is killed by
trains. Thompson, the other member
of the committee, offered a favorable
minority report and moved it's substi-
tuition. He only succeeded in making
angry the Speaker and the other men,
bers Of the committee by insinuating
that the influence of railroad lobbyists
had been too potent.
Ihen the fireworks began, although
nothing worth remembering was said
by anybody It was AIS when the
majority report was adopted without
dissent Thompson not voting. Then
the House adjourned. The salaries of
the members and employees for this
session in which nothing was accom-
plished, foot up about $3.50.
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In spite of very hard fight being
made in committee against the bill to
make private banks subject to inspec
ton by the state bank examiner, the
measure will probably be reported fav
orably and will have majority OF the
house behind it. The disclosures In
the Schettler case are responsible fol
the strong support that many of the
representatives are giving to the bill
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-04

easy OF access, unsurpassed In seen
cry, with plenty of water, timber,
hunting and fishing. The grazing priv
ileges of Strawberry valley are
stated upon competent authority to
be worth at least $4,000 per year. Rep
resentative Austin believes that 1t can
be made a source of revenue, not ex-
pense to the state.
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Much adverse comment is heard
bill to prevent the payment
or other state official who trav-
els on pass. Just what the
ethical ideals of the majority are is
not clear from their expressions, which
embody the views that the salaries of
the legislators are at best only a
trifiing remuneration for the time ex-
pended, that the passes are not so
licited but only accepted as on offered
courtesy; that they do not feel under
any obligations to the railroad compan-
les for free ride; that so long as the
state law provides for the payment of
mileage they are entitled to it regard
less of how they secured their trans
portation. And much more along the
same lines.
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Senator Hollingsworth says that
the spirit and intent of the mileage
law is merely to provide travelling ex-
penses, and that If legislator travels
without expense he is by no logical
reasoning justified in making a charge
against the state. No one believes
that the bill has a ghost of a show to
pass.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-04
T r II T H.

"The members of this house ana
the Speaker is under a cloud from the
actions of professional lobbyists. -
Thompson, of Millard.
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"Mr. Speaker, | now desire to
speak," said Joseph of Salt Lake, after
rising ten times in six minutes. He
looked puzzled at the laugh that fol-
lowed.
"The owners of dead stock are not
even permitted to take their hides of"
Richards of Davis.
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eff we wish to throw any additional
safeguards around the stock interests,
let's fence them. Wilson of Wasatch.
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This law is pernicious in the ex-
IRENE and I do not believe it contains
the elements of justice. '-Stookey, of
Salt Lake.
WAS there any disposition on the
gentleman to suggest a substitute?"-
Roberts of Cache.
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When in one of his constantly re-
curing periods of excitement, Repre-
sentatives Joseph walked from side to
side Of the house, gesticulating siren
uously at various members, visitor
said: Does Harry think this is a ses-
sion of the mining exchange?"
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people try to cheer me up by tell
ing me I'm foolish. Thompson of
Willard.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-04
SWIFT Mr.. MEYERS.

1t is refreshing to the overburdened
taxpayer to read reports of activity
on the part of men who are employed
by the municipality to do certain work
To learn that here and there are those
who get hump on themselves in the
performance Of their duty To discover
that certain individuals have the well
fare of the body polite at heart to an
extent that they will exert themselves
in doing what their positions call for
with haste, dispatch and fidelity.
Take this man ]. ]. Meyers, for in
stance. He is the food inspector of the
health department. He is a looloopa-
looza. He is a winged Pegasus, a
forty-horse power auto, streak of
lightning. According to the report of
the clerk of the board-and figures
will not lie, although liars may figure
j. j. Meyers made eight thousand,
six hundred and eighty-one (S6S1) In
spections during the year 1904. Said
inspections were divided in manner and
form as follows, to-wit: Grocery
stores, 2041; hotels, 1872; commission
houses, 1909; bakeries, 1884; meat
] markets, 1856; diaries, 2S1; restaur-
ants. 1884; slaughter houses, IA; fish
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-04
MORE CROOKEDNESS.

The committee of the legislature
which has been investigating the af-
fairs of Itah Worlds Fair commission
has, it is reporte'. an excellent author
ity, discovered other irregularities than
those mentioned in the article on the
first page of this issue of Truth. 1t is
charged that great many of the valu-
able exhibits were sold by order of the
commission after the exposition
closed, but the money realized has
never been accounted for, and in many
cases there is no mention of it on the
books of the commission. Represent
alive Harry S. Joseph and other mem
bers of the legislature are insisting on
a full and complete investigation and
report, and it is said when the report
of the committee is made it will con-
tain strange and startling things.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-04

markets, COS; hog ranches, g. brew
cries, IS; cracker factories, 3; cream
cries, 9, and ice ponds, 6.
We Lave all noticed j. j. Meyers
travelling around the city. We have
remarked his rapid pace; his swift mo-
lions and have marveled at the gait
he took. We have stood paralyzed
with admiration as he swept around a
corner or took a catty cornered track
across street intersection. We have
been profoundly impressed with his
agility as he lodged in front of hacks,
drays and motor cars and took chances
on being run over with street cars in
order to save every second of valuable
time. 1t is all right however; Meyers
was earning his money.
To show just what Meyers has been
doing, let us cite few figures. There
are 365 days in year, of which So are
Sundays. That leaves 313 working
days. There are "a hours in each
working day, or 1872 hours in all. Mr.
Meyers works eight hours per day, or
one-third Of the 1872 hours, which
means that he is on duty 1854 hours
per year. Mr.. Meyers eats lunch, he
cannot deny it, as he has been seen
eating lunch on more than one occa-
sion. Allowing him a short interval
of time for lunch and limited time
in the office; because Mr.. Meyers has
some office work to do and does it, the
total time consumed in lunch and Of
flee is 626 hours per year. That leaves
Mr.. Meyers only 1878 hours for his IN.
spections.
Mr.. Meyers made 1851 inspections
in the 1878 hours he was engaged dur
ing the year 1904. That is four per
hour all the time. An inspection every
fifteen minutes. During, that time he
condemned 34,441 pounds of food, or
IL I'll pounds of food every hour.
When it is figured that grocery stores
are scattered over a wide area; that
hotels are some blocks apart; that
restaurants extend from Jim Hegney's
to Seventh East and from North Tenn
pie to Tenth South; that the 281 dairy
inspections means as many miles of
travel multiplied by three, or 843 miles.
it will be noted that Meyers was GO
ing some. Why, OLeary in his palm
lest days couldn't keep up with this
man, and as for these six-day bicycle
riders, they are back numbers. Mey-
ers is the swiftest chap afoot or horse.
back. When one thinks of his inspect
ing Nippers meat market in fifteen
minutes, scooting across the street on
Third South and looking into Julius's.
the Germans, and examining the ice
box, hiking up on Market Row and
looking into the cooling room of the
Home Produce company and making
long run for Dickenson's in the east
part OF town, it will be seen that Mey-
ers was going some to do all that work
in an hour. Long life to this swift Of
fetal; the balance of the officials and
employees ought to emulate him with
admiration. He is the greatest man
ever engaged by the city since the
days of Land and Water Commissioner
Heath, who increased the water sup
ply of the corporation ten thousand
gallons day every time he looked at
spring.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-04
STRONGER AND WISER -phn ~.
PARTY. no

Ihere seems to be no doubt that Mr.
Roosevelt means to have his MO.
about both tariff revision and -,
way rebates, and that the Republican
leaders in both houses of conoro..
deem it prudent, on the whole. to avoid
contest with the president As 20
CARDS the former project, it is nroh
able that revision bill will be framed
during the summer and submitted 70
the Fifty-ninth congress at an evtro
session to be convoked in the autumn
| 1t is true that in the interval betwoon
the expiration of the Fifty-eigbtb con
gress and the organization of the house
of representatives in the next congress
no house committee on WAYS ann
means will be in existence: but as all
| the members of the present committee
have been reelected, and are almost
certain to be reappointed to their old
places, they can meet unoffically with
the corresponding senate committee
| and arrive at conclusions that will bo
| officially ratified by the new commit.
tee on ways and means after the nexr
house is organized. In view of the OK.
IRENE reluctance with which many Re.
publican leaders have assented to anv
change in the Dingley tariff. it is
doubtful whether a bill that they
would be willing to accept would give
much satisfaction to the earnest advo.
Gates of revision. Besides, experience
has shown that there are more ways
| than one of killing an unwelcome
measure. Before a tariff-revision bill
unofficially agreed upon, could be re.
ported to the house by the next com.
mittee on ways and means. the rep
resentatives of interests affected by
the bill would demand hearing, and
the result might be similar to what
was witnessed under the Arthur ad-
ministration, when the honest attemD'
| of a commission to reform the tariff
was wrecked in committee, the law
ultimately enacted being so devised as
on the whole to raise rates rather
than lower them.
So long as men known to be stand
patters" can control if they like, the
steering committees in both houses,
we CduOlJ HclD lcSllllS SOulCNh nat 'N'
teal as to the substantial value of the
concessions likely to be made to the
revisionists. Let us hope for the best,
| however. 1t is certain that the de-
mand for revision is already wide
spread, and is gathering strength. 50
that unless the presidents warning is
needed, the Republican leaders may
furnish the Democracv With the one IS
sue on which all of it's factions could
unite, and make such serious inroads
on the ranks of its opponent as would
probably enable 1t to defeat any Re
publican nominee for the presidency
except Mr.. Roosevelt himself That
Theodore Roosevelt is stronger thah
his party the returns of NovemberS
election prove. 1t remains to be seen
whether he is not also wiser AS IN
dependent onlookers who, it is sald
are best judges Of a game, we nave
begun to gain the impression that nc
is both stronger and wiser. Not IN two
decades of interested or anxious GU
servation have we seen an American
politician grow so fast as does MI
ooseyelt.-Harper's Weekly.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-04
HEARD IN THE HOUSE.

Therefore, would move you to
amend you, Mr.. Speaker. "-McCrea of
Salt Lake.
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AS far as the committeeman from
that committee is commentators
eph of Salt Lake.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-04
Wood Seasoned by Electricity.

Wood is now seasoned by cleo
tricity. The sap is driven out by a
strong current, and its place is taken
by solution of boraX and resin.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-04
Protect Remaining QuaiIs.

Quails are becoming so scarce that
both France and Germany have alb.
solutely prohibited their killing.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-04
The World and the Crackers.

This world doesn't suit everybody,
but that's not because, the world isn't
all right.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-04
Churches in Australia

Australia has 210 churches to every
100000 people, England has ia and
Russia about fifty-five.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-10-18
A WELCOME DECISION.

The recent decision of Judge Pen
dleton holding the Atlanta Cab and
Baggage Company an illegal mOnop-
oily will be hailed with pleasure by
everyone who has undergone the disa-
greeable experiences which the privi-
leges allowed to that concern have
brought about.
The traveller who has not known the
'lay of the land" at the new terminal
station has suffered great incOnven-
fence in the matter of the prompt trans
fer and delivery of his baggage on ac-
count of the highwayman-like attitude
of this company. Independent con-
Germs positively had no rights that
were respected, and one was practical
~ compelled to patrOnize the Atlanta
Cab and Baggage Company. For in
stance, if an independent concern
took baggage to the station the owner
of the baggage was compelled 70 leave
the station and go around in a side
alley in order to obtain his checks.
There are other just grievances in this
connection that need redressing.
1t is to be hoped that Judge Pendle-
TONS decision will stand to the COM
plete destruction of this trust.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-10-18
Leesburg, Ga.
STOCKINGS OF HUMAN HAIR.

From the New York Press.
They were black stockings, thick,
stiff. lustrOus, and the price mark on
them was SIS.
From China" said the dealer.
"FrOm northern China. Every fami-
ly has a few pairs of human hair
stockings there. They are worn over
the cotton stockings they are too
prickly to be worn next the skin-and
properly treated, they last lifetime.
''The Chinese exporter who sold
me these stockings said that when a
child's hair is shaved in northern
China the hair is preserved in spe-
cial hair box of lacquer. AS soon as
the box is full enough the hair is
taken from it and pair of stockings
is woven. Such stockings have a
sentimental, almost a religious value,
and they are rarely parted with. 1t
would be safe to bet that there are not
six other pairs of hair stockings on
sale in America
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-10-18
"sTRONG AND CLEAN.

From The Toccoa Record.
Hon. r. B. Russell, plain Dick"
Russell, is squarely in the race for
governor While he is yet a young
man, but few men in Georgia history
have more successful political ca
reer.
While very young he represented
Clark county in the general assem-
bly,. Later he was elected solicitor
general of the northern circuit, a
position he held until he resigned to
become Judge of the same circuit. The
latter position he now holds.
1t is understood that Judge Russell
will resign his position as judge at an
early date, and then give his entire
time to his candidacy for governor.
"Dick" Russell is the most indefat-
igable political worker in Georgia.
He will cover more ground, see more
people, sleep less, be stronger and
more active than all the other candi-
dates combined.
He is a strong, clean successful
politician.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-10-18
THE LOAFER.
[ can never like the fellow
Who is allus up in town

[ can never like the fellow
Who is allus up in town
Cuttin' boxes for a Twin,
Just a sorter hangin' arOun'
Chasing golden dreams that nestle
At the ending of the bow
That he'd never find for loatin'
Cuttin' benches at the store.
Down at home his wife is sewing
For the things he has to eat;
If she paid her sewing money
He would hate to take the meat,
And he'd try to raise a nickle,
Pay a econ to go, and then
MOralize: ga bein' pOrter'S
Meath the rank of gentlemen. "
In his garden in tangle
Grassy rows and yellow greens,
Morning glories kill the cabbage,
Coffee weeds devour the beans.
While the first at early morning,
To the whitfield benches stuck,
He is telling of the fortunes
Waiting folks a raisin' truck.
He's the greatest cotton farmer
If you listen to his tale,
But a twenty acre clearing
Is his limit for bale;
Raisin' corn he beats the nation,
And he knows the way it grows,
But the only corn he gathers
Are the cOrns upon his toes.
[ can never like the fellow
Who is allus up in town
Cuttin' boxes for a livin',
Just sorter hangin' rOun'.
He is allus making fortunes,
Half a dozen ev'ry day,
But the dollar that he borrOws
He can never think to pay.
G. H. BEAZLEY.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-10-18
A REMARKABLE FUNERAL.

Significant of the sOuth'S love and
respect for the old regime of faithful
darkies was the bearing of the body
OF Amos Rucker, an aged ante-bellum
negro. to its last resting place in At
lanta by an honorary escort OF con-
federate veterans composed OF some
OF the most prominent men of the state.
The pallbearers numbered some OF
Georgia's most distinguished citizens,
among them former Governor Allen
d. Gambler, and General Clement A.
Evans, a distinguished confederate
leader, said the burial rites. The aged
negro was shrouded in a uniform OF
gray, and the casket draped with the
folds of a confederate battlefag.
Rucker was a confederate soldier,
and a loyal member of the United
Confederate Veterans. He was faith
ful and upright and held the friend
ship of white citizens generally.
The southern people will never lose
their love for the old-time darkies,
whose 10y alty and fidelity are worthy
of lasting commemoratiOn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-10-18
MIR HEARST.

Mr.. William r. Hearst, who has
been nominated as the municipal own
ershlp candidate for mayor of New
York, must have, when he accepted
this trust, realized with nearly every
one else that he would enter the field
with defeat almost surely staring him
in the face. That he did accept the
nomination is a tribute to his sinceri-
ty, earnestness and bravery He
certainly did not seek this lead
ership of the public ownership forces,
but when he was called upon to cham
pion as a mayoralty nominee the
principles for which he has always
contended he bravely did what he be-
lieved to be his duty.
Mr.. Hearst's ability, honesty and
fighting force are becoming to be adj
mitted by great many of the people
and newspaper organs who have until
recently shown a decided disposition
to ridicule and malign him. A nOta-
BILE example is the Washington Post
That paper, while never as bitter and
virile in its attacks upon the New
Yorker as many other leading organs,
has been nevertheless open in its de-
probation of Mr.. Hearsts abilities.
Now The Post saws:
The candidacy of Hon. William
r. Hearst for the mayOralty of
New York city marks the sincerity
and earnestness of that gentleman
in the most emphatic manner. The
Post does not agree with the
sentiments of Mr.. Hearst on many
points, but no one who knows him
will question his zeal, earnestne9s
and ability in the advocacy of his
views, and if elected no one need
doubt that with equal zeal, earn
estness and ability he will strive
to faithfully fulfill his pledges to
the voters of New York city. His
opponents will find him ga foe
man worthy of their STEEL" and
even if defeated he will retain the
confidence and respect of those
who know him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-10-18
FOR MAYOR.

| am a candidate for reelection as
Mayor, subject to the primary to be
held on November Is. am deeply
of the confidence here
tofore reposed in me by the voters
of the city, and if again elected I
promise them my best efforts. Re-
spectfully, J. r. MERCER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-10-18
ADVERTISING.

II hasn't been a great while ago
when full-page, or even a hali-page,
newspaper advertisement caused
small sensation. Many business men
advertised not at all, while Others
used a few inches-a standing card
with the conviction that that was the
greatest amout of space needed.
Today there is hardly concern OF
anv Importance that does not indulge
in a liberal supply OF printer ink.
Advertising has become to be a legltl-
mate expense item-as much so as
rent. The most successful merchants
and business men have achieved that
success in a large measure through
the medium of advertising.
This is true of Dawson. The lead
ing merchants of the town have found
it very profitable to use the columns
of THE DAWSON NEWS. This issue
of the paper is striking testimonial
to the truth of this statement. Tens
of dollars come in for each dollar
thus put out.
Do you advertise in THE DAWSON
NEWS? If not, try it while, and see
what it will do for you.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-10-18
70 WHAT THE CREDIT Is DUE.

From the Albany Herald.
After all, whatever measure Of sue
cess crowns the efforts of the South
ern Cotton Growers Association to
guarantee the payment to southern
farmers of a just price for their 1905
staple will be more largely due to the
fact that during the last few years a
revolution of methods has made their
farms self sustaining than to any
thing else. AS President Harvey Jor-
dan tersely expresses it, ''Our smoke
houses and corn cribs are now filling
with an abundance. We are ready
for the fight" The farmer is only in
dependent when he is able to raise all
that his family and his stock require.
but when ne has this fight won the
world is his