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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-15
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open evenings.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-15
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-15

SAMUEL HOLMEs MAKES AND RE-
pairs steam boilers tanks. smoke stncks.
etc. Roar 1856 W. So, Temple. Phone 1872
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09
NOT so FUNNY.

Senator Charley T. Caldwell may
be humorist, but his resolution on
the appointment of six additional
attaches to discharge all the attaches
and pay them off is what the immor-
tai Shakespeare characterized as
"rhe truth IS oft time told in lest"
1t has long been an admitted fact
that the Republicans since they
came in power have increased the
number of attaches to the point
where they are actually in the way
Of one another. Such Offices have
been created solely for political
purposes only. This enormous in
crease in the pay roll is nctso funny
for the tax payers as Senator Cald.
well imagines. There Us an army
Of oiIce-hunters who infest Charles
ton every time the Legislature con.
yenes. They stand around until the
last nickel has taken i.s flight and
'he soup house s.are5 them 10 the
face. Then they make a passionate
ana pathetic appeal TO members
whose hcnchmcn they are at home
to provide an Office for them n
The Office is MOI forth oou,t,a 49,.
,t...,. a,
~ ''- .,D-'' '''"' '"e next
Time they oiier themselves as cam
dida.cs for Office Chat they viii de-
feat them. This fTsquenuv has the
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

The new Town Council has got
ten down to business in more sys-
tematic manner than ever before.
At the first meeting, Wednesday
night Of last week, held at the Coun-
eel Chambers, second floor of THE
ARGUS Building, the work of the
Council, for the coming year, was
assigned to the following standing
committees:
Streets and Alleys-Flynn, Mon
roe and Williams.
Electric Light Conley,
Brown and Williams.
Finance-Monroe, Flynn and
Conley.
Cemetery - Flynn, King and
Monroe.
Sani,ary-King, Flynn and Brown
Ordinance-Conley, Brown and
Flynn.
On motion twas ordered that the
Council hold regular sessions on the
first and third Friday evenings of
each month at 1890 O'clock.
The Ordinance Committee is at
work oyer-hauling and revising and
compiling the ordinances OF the
town so as to get them all together
and in shape for printing in a small
book so that every citizen can have
copy and know exactly what the
municipal regulations are. As it is
no one knows, not even the Mayor,
as so many changes have been made
and new ordinances passed, running
through the records Of the town
since it was incorporated and the
laws first adopted that it is hard to
tell just what they are. DR.. King
makes first class Recorder and
Col. McDaniels makes a good start
as Mayor.
AT the regular meeting of the new
Council held last Friday night Ben
J.. Brown was elected Town Ser
geant and Collector. He receives
3 per cent on all collections and
fees for all arrests and police work.
Ills bond was fixed at $500, which
was executed with w. G.. Brown and
!. p. Martin as surctics and the new
official was sworn in and took charge
of the duties of the office ON Mon
day morning.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09
KILLED THE GAS BILL.

Gas and Oil Bill No. r2o, which
Marshal Elhot's letter stirred up
such a commotion about, has been
'fndehnetly poslpond," which
means that it has been laid to rest
so far as this session Of the Legisla
ture is concerned. Now this is lust
what the Elliott letter promised Mr..
John Worthington, the General
Manager of the Standard Oil Com
pany for the State of West Virginia.
Is there any further proof needed
to convince the Republicans how
completely the Standard Oil Com
pany have their party under lock
and key7 Are they still willing to
follow the party blindly because
they believe they can Crust the
party ?"
During the campaign THE ARGUS
and the Democratic speakers adj
vised every voter, and especially the
Republican voters, to read the Acts
for themselves, to not believe what
the newspapers and stump speakers
told them about the new tax laws,
but to get a copy of the Acts and
study them carefully. Many of the
Republicans did and were convinced
that the new tax laws were laws
which were passed in the interest of
the corporations and railroads and
other moneyed interests.
When we read the new tax laws
we pronounced them infamous. To.
day we say they are more than in.
famous They are damnable. They
make the poor man carry the enor-
nous load Of taxation, while the
great Trusts and Corporations go
scot free. And to think that the
people will tolerate IT,.
Probably the poor people will In
their sober moments, free from the
excitemcnts Of political compaign,
reflect over the wrong which has
been done them.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09
nor CONSISTENT.

Our pugnacious and reform con
temporary, the Leader, prints an
editorial from an exchange relative
10 the Senatorial dead lock in the
states Of Delaware and Missouri, and
approves the action of the Delaware
Republicans for refusing TO elect
Addicks. but disapproves the action
Of the Missouri Republicans because
they do not elect Niedringhaus to
the United States Senate. We take
1t that the editorial met the heart,
appreciation Of editor Shaw, who,
with all his faults, is a genuine re.
former End has rendered valuable
service in trying to reform the Re.
publican party both in the county
and State. However, we do moi
think that Leader Shaw is consistent
when he approves Of the election OF
Niedringhaus. That John Edward
O'Suliivan Addicks is a notoriou.
corrupt politician is a well known
fact. He has been trying by cor
rupt means for years to have him.
self elected 10 the United States
Senate. But so far he has failed.
He has found that his millions and
corrupt methods have not been able
to reach the goal to which he as
pires. They have succeeded in
electing enough honest men to the
Legislature each term to prevent the
election of Addicks.
But how about Niedringhaus. Is
he free from the stain of corrupt
politics Has 1t not been alleged
that it was the enormous campaign
Doodle which he collected from the
Brewers Of the State of Missouri
that it made it possible to carry the
State for the Republicans and elect
a majority of the members of the
Legislature ? We have never seen
this allegation denied. This being
true how can Leader Shaw, who is
a reformer and for purity in politics,
sanction the election OF NIedring-
haus2 We fear the Leader was not
acquainted with the political corrup-
ton in old Missouri when it printed
the editorial we refer to and gave it
its approval.
The Leader must be a little more
careful in its selection Of editorials
if it would sustain its reputation as
reformer in politics.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09
A TUCKER COUNTY GENIUS
How lie Fools His Hens Into LAYING
Two Eggs Per Day.

His Honor Jeff Lipscomb, late
mayor Of Parsons, has gone into the
hen business since retiring from of.
fe and is following IN the foot steps
of the late X. j. Hayes, who started
a hennery when he retired from the
Presidential Office of Samuel !. Til
den. Eggs are very scarce and
high and jeff has been experiment.
ing on ways and means to increase
the supply and has finally hit on a
plan that doubles the crop. He
has good warm hen-house with
blinds to the windows and at noon
every day he pulls the blinds down
tight so that it is dark in he hem
house and the chickens go to roost,
thinking it is night. In abou; an
hour he opens the blinds and the
chickens think it is daylight and the
old hens all hustle around and lay
anotheJ egg. The result is he gets
two eggs per day from each hen in
stead of one.
Jeff worked another good scheme
on his COWS to save feed. He has
some red-brush land out of town a
short distance and as his feed is
getting scarce, he bought 4 pair of
large green goggles for each COW
and fastened them on over their eyes
and turned the COWS out in the red
brush range and they are just clean
ing up everything in reach. The
green glasses make it all look so
green and tempting that the old
COWS wade right into it. The other
night Jeff brought his cows and put
them in the stable and forgot to
take the goggles off. Next morning
he found that they had chewed up a
sheepskin, saddle blanket, two
brides and set Of buggy harness.
All OF the COWS got the heaves so
bad from eating so much dry feed,
that Jeff had to let them eat up his
ramps that he had growing in a hot
bed back of the stable, and this
made the milk so strong that the
baby refused to drink it.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Judge r. w. Daily rendered an
important decision at Martinsbure
in the Circuit Court last Saturday
in case involving the question Of
taxing stock of National banks.
Two National Banks of that city
refused to pay taxes upon their
capital invested in United States
b onds to secure circulation. The
court decided that such stock was
exempt from taxes. This is the
first case of this character to be de.
cided in this State and it will be oil
far reaching effect as nearly every
National bank in the State will sci
up this defense and avoid taxation
upon its stock.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09
THE N &K r. r.
News and Notes on the Coming OF the
New Rail Road.

The contractors who are working
on the big cut out on the Morgan
town pike about four miles from
Kingwood have been working this
week to Try to move a big 50 ton
steam shovel from the terminus Of
the M. & X. railroad at Guseman,
about mile the other side of Reeds
vile, to the big cut, a distance of
about five miles. They rigged up
heavy log sled and got the big
machine on it and with a team of
% horses and mules, have been
trying TO haul it, but the pronderous
engine mashes track and trucks and
cuts through the snow and ice and
is so hard to guide or control that
so far they have only gotten about
half mile with it. The main trou-
BILE is to get the teams all TO pull
together, as they are picked up
around they country and not used
TO working like that. The greatest
danger will be getting down hill, and
place like the Kanes Creek Hill
will be a serious matter, as the
heavy load will be hard TO manage
and liable to go over the bank at a
turn or run over the horses, as even
roughlocking the runners with lock
chains, would not be safe, for if
such ponderous piece of machin-
cry would get started once, there
would be no stopping it with any
ordinary appliance. There are
several big cuts and fills and trestle-
work on the line of the road and
the engineer estimates that two mill
lion feet of heavy timber will be
needed in the next few months for
trestles. The new depot at Reeds
vile is nearly ready for use. Fort
ney q Zinn are the contractors. 1t
Is located just south of town on the
road TO Browns Mill and just below
the school house and the residence
Of ed. G. Gross. Oliver II. Dill is
the agent at Reedsvllle and ]. NJ.
Crane expects to be the agent at
kingwood and be transferred here
from Morgantown. Although New
ton Manown and others here have
applied for the position.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09
FAVOR LOBBYING.

a bill which was introduced i'm
the West Virginia Legislature max.
ing it punishable by fine and impris.
cnment for lobbying, wss referred
20 the Judiciary Committee, and
that committee reported on the bin
adversely. in other words, the
Judiciary Commute reported The
bill back 20 The House with re-
commentator that they do not pass
the bin. The committee arc not in
favor IF passing a law which will
punish mon for lobbying, otherwise
known as buying up members of The
Legislature TO pass laws In The in-
tcrcst OF The money power, by nav.
ing them pay @ fine and sent TO JAIN
Now, candid.y what do our Re-
publican farmers and iabouugmen
think of their party2 The party
that they told us during the cam
paign could be trusted to do the
right thing The honest rank and
Ole Of thc Republican party suffer
as much as their neiChbors Of die.
fcrcnt political faith by such vicious
legislation 10 would appear To- the
sane and unprciudiccd that 10 is
about time that the poor and mod
crate In circumstanccs would begin
TO get their eyes open They are
Che Republicans who keep the party
in power Were 10 not for their
votes these corrupt politicians could
not be kept in power How long
shall they continue o. vote for them2
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Even since the first Of The year,
we have been deyotng all our spare
time posting mp old accounts and
making out bills and sending out
statements We do not like 90 dun
orr patrons, but some Of them have
o. be duuned and some Of them
even need suing and an application
of the law We are going TO ivy
collecting these old accounts for
thirty days longer and then try an
other plan ON ON The first issue
of THs ARGUS in March we viii be-
gin The publication Of 'Dead
Beat LIST and give the name and
address and amount due us of these
parties who have failed to settle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09
END OLE BITrER E1Gu1

"Iwo physicians had long and stub.
born fight with an abcess on my right lung
writes J. +. Hughes Of Dupont Ga. "a1d
gave me up Everybody thought my time
Kings New Discovery for CONSUMPTION
The benefit received was striking and /
was on my feet in few days. Now I've
entirely regained my health" IL conauers
oil Coughs, Colds and Throat and Lung
troubles. Guaranteed Price Soc and
Srco Trial bottles free
Sold bY j. a. Lenhart, OF Kingwood +:
Cooke supply Co., Of Howesvllc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09
the Party.

When The ARGUS endeayored to
impress upon the farmers and work
ingmen the necessity of getting TO.
gether and votinf for their own IN
teres,s instead of political parties,
during the campaign Of 1904, IT was
told by many that "they could not
vote against their party" They
had become so accustomed to voting
for "their party" that they consid.
cred it an objectionable sin to vote
against "their party" If these
same people, who could not vote
against "their party" have been
close observers of the newspapers
for the past month they have learn
ed lesson in what 'pheir party" is
doing down in the city OF Charles
ton. 1t is alive with lobbyists and
grafters. They scarcely make
pretense at concealing it, The party
feel secure in their long lease of
political life on account OF the faith
the Republican voters have in their
party. They tell those who have
control of the party and its machin-
ry that they are "willing to trust
the party" SO the merry war of
political corruption ard grating
goes on.
IT history teaches anything. it
teaches us that the French people
were "willing to trust the party"
The kept on trusting 1t until it
brought forth the Revolution. Then
they changed their mind about
Cruising the party" Had they
mistrusted the party before it had
grown 10 believe it was the people
it would have been better for them.
The blood which is been shed in
Russia today is traceable to the PEG.
pie who awe "trusted the party"
and could mot vote against the
party" But the Russian "party"
met the peoples demand for better
treatment with cold steel and the
rapid firing gun. The autocrats of
Russia, who are governed by the
same motive as the American poll.
ticians, told the poor people that
they could trust the Car He was
father to them all and they could
rely on his fatherly love for his
children. If they are not too
densely ignorant they know better
today.
So it is with the politicians.
They told those who had been afiil
iating with the Republican party for
years that all this talk about the new
tax laws being infamous was Demo
cratic misrepresentation and that
they could go to polls with a clear
concience and vote the straight
ticket and Crust the party" Many
of those who read the Acts were
convinced that new tax laws would
increase their taxes while virtually
exempting the corporations. They
were disposed to vote against their
party for innicting such laws. But
the Bosses came around and assured
them if the laws were not what they
should be that they could trust the
party to right them" Others they
promised that if the new tax laws
increased their taxes that they would
"pay their taxes for the next five
years" So they concluded party
so generous could be 'rrusted."
If they have not fully recovered
from their trust in the old party
there is nothing left for them to do
but siumber on until Gabriel blows
his horn
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Have you noticed THf Arsr.
lateiy' DO you ever stop TO think
abou, the amount Of first classread-
ing matter to be found every week
in i.s columns Just examine the
frs. page .hIs week and let Us know
Of any paper in the State that can
JeatiI we have always made a
specially Of original matter aud you
viii end more ofitinTHFAPcUs than
in any other paper in The state.
We don'tlikc 20 brsg too much on
our paper but we really think !,
deserves 30 and we are very willing
20 have BE- compared with any other
paper
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

The common people are simple
enough to believe that when they
send representatives to the Legisla-
ture that they will enact laws that
will benefit the whole people. But
the money power steps in and says,
Chou shalt not interfere in our
business whilst Thy hand is empty
and extended toward US
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

The latest reports from Charles.
ton Is that the promoters of the
Virginia bonds are greatly encour-
ed by the progress they are making.
There is no doubt but what they
can make encouraging progress if
they can keep a sufficient supply of
coin IN circulation. THE ARGUS
cautions the Journals correspond
ent, who is on the scene, to keep
his weather eye on the promoters
Of the Virginia Bonds.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Senator McDermott, of our
neighboring county of Monongalia,
seems to be one of the new mem
bers whom Charley Elliott thinks it
is his duty to initiate into the mys-
teries of legislation. In his letter
to Standard Oil Worthington Mar.
shall Elliott tells him that Senator
McDermott ''don't know how to do
things yet" If McDermott listens
to Elliott he may do things that will
retire him to private life.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09
PUTS AN END 10 II AL

grevious wall oftimes comes as a
result OF unbearable pain from over taxed
organs. Dizziness Backacke. Liver com
plant and Constipation But thanks to
DR.. King New Lille Pills they put an end
TO % alI They are gentle but thoroueh
Try them Guaranteed Only 7sc.
sold by ] a. Lenhart, Of Kingwood
Gockeeup ply Co. Of HoMesville
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Our Republican friends should be
convinced by this time that their par
ty is in the hands of the boodlers and
grafters. 1t is a common expires.
sion among them during the cam
paign that they were "willing to
trust the old party" So were the
Trusts willing to take their chances
to escape taxation at the hands of
the Republican party, A similar
case of the two lawyers plucking
the goose.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

1t is to be hoped that the Wheel.
ing Intelligencer and News and the
Morgantown Post are satisfied that
their fight against the Standard Oil
Company, because it was "opposed
to the new tax laws" has borne
good fruit. The latest indications
point that the Standard Oil Com
pany has lined up for the Republi.
can State administration. Our
contemporaries were just as posi-
tive that they were "agin" it during
the campaign.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Marshal Elliotts statement that
"they had the grafters wellIn hand"
is borne out by indefinite postpone
ment of The bill
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Are the Republican farmers and
work.ngmen still of the opinion
that the Standard Oil Company did
not know who 10 trus: when they
used their money and inhuenc to
elect the State ticket ? Do they
still believe that the Democrats mis-.
represented the new tax laws when
they told them that the great gas
and oil trusts we're exempt from
taxation under the new tax laws /?
If they do they are indeed blinded
with partisanship.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

All those who voted for the Re-
publican party that "does things"
will signify by grooming.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Monongalia county should be
ashamed of herself to send a repre-
sentative 10 Charleston who "don't
know how to do things yet"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Senator McDermott must not get
to confidential with Charley Elliott
if he does not want his secrets given
TO the public.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Tax Commissioner Dillon may
capture the saloonkeeper's job yet.
They have introduced another
whiskey bill in the Legislature.
The members are determined to
have little more fun with the
whiskey men. They are going to
make them save at the spigot while
they drink at the bung hole. The
one they are sampling now is known
as the Administration bill. When
we knew Bill Dawson he drank cider.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

They are "doing things" down at
Washington also. The edo things"
are in the saddle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

The question is, how much did
the grafters get out of the gas and
oil bill
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Is the Leader still laboring under
the impression that the Tunnelton
News is competitor of THE AR
CHS
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Harrison county should f e ]
proud of Representative Maxwell.
Marshal Elliott says they could not
"fx" Maxwell.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

What an opportunity there is for
honest men in the West Virginia
Legislation. Is there no FOLK
among them.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

Wonder If the Republican farm
ers have found out that the new tax
laws are what the Journal and Re-
publican spellbinders told them.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

And Charley Elliott says the
grafters are not plentiful
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

The Order Of Giafters must have
large membership.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09
GeneraI Feed Store -IIay a spsei.Ii,

UtheIhl Ieeu STORE Hay speciality
Prices reasonable. GENERALLY located near
the posioftice, on Gibson stree, in Tunnelton
w. Va, GEORGE f. WILLIAMS,
prOprietor
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-09

The ARGUS has stated repeated
ly that never in the history of the
State has legislation been so com
pletely at the mercy of corrupt
boodling as it has been for the past
eight years. TIL c developments
which have come to light within
the past few weeks should convince
the most partisan Republican that
The ARGUS has not misstated the
facts. The evidence is abundant
and accommodating.