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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-08-30
CANVASS FOR Y. M. C.
A. BUILDING FUND is
PROGRESSING NICELY
NEARLY $4,000 NOW SUB
SCRIbED and more PROMISED


THE Directors of the Fairmont Y.
NJ c. A. have authorized the canvass
for a subscription to a fund of $685.
10000 to be divided into $50 shares
sof $4,000 each.
The West virginian desires to help
this commendable undertaking in ev.
ilary way possible and will publish
daily the subscriptions secured from
now on till the amount is subscribed.
The canvass began on August I'd
and the following amounts have been
salready subscribed:
y. E. Sands ........... $1,000 90
"a. B. Fleming :. ....... 1000 90
8. L. Watson .......... 1000 90
j. A. Clark ............. 500 90
DR.. Jno. R. Cook ......... 500 90
A friend ............. 500 90
M. B. Bartlett ......... 500 90
8. d. Brady G Bro ......, 500 90
n. P. Gilmore ......... 500 90
&C. 3. Hutchinson /. ...... 400 90
r. I. Cunningham ...... 200 90
a. Howard Fleming 49,. 200 90
sJno. L. Wagner 1880. 200 90
Walton Miller ....... 10000
Lett B. Harr .......... 200 90
F. 2. Kelley .,......... 200 90
B. L. Butcher ...... 200 90
o. A. Clayton S. 200 90
"A. D. Simon ;. ..s........ 200 90
'Chas. E. Reed ......... 200 90
Or. J. W. Mcdonald .... 200 90
s. "A. Hull ................ 100 90
Frank Haas ..-...... 100 90
Willis Hawley <. 100 90
D. 1. Mayors ...:...... 100 90
Glenn F. Barns &. ....... 100 90
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22
! REMARKABLE sHoWiNo

Every isunset during the past Avs
years" says Secretary Wilson In mis-
annual report has registered an In
crease OF $3.40O.000 In the value OF
the farms Of this country.
Just stop a moment and think Of II,
every twenty-four houra the value Of
the farms of the United States In.
increased $4,000. 900. 1t Is almost in.
credible. but there the official figures
to prove It. The same report says:
The corn crop amounted to 2,7Ss. 00O.-
900 hushels, valued at 1000, 100000.
Never before was the production Of
wheat worth SO much In the markets
OF the world--S525 .000. 900. for the
$4,000. 900 bushels that ere reaped
from the American fields during tne
year. The hay CROP brought the sun
Of $CO6. 900. 000. Notwithstanding the
introduction Of bicycieo and ati,omo-
biles the horses OF the United States
were valued at $1,000. 0OO,kA0. There
are 17,570.O00 mich cows. valued at
&4S2. 000. 900. Swine number 47,a21r
900. valued at $2S3. 255, 900. and other
cattle reach the number q. 4a.6G9. 900.
valued at $6G3, ooO,O 900.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.

~ sEAA 1910 r. tfrFI ~ ~. - ia ~ FAttAAN
The Ration Range. after reproducing
q story told to The Optic BY a gen.
tleman who had been induced 10
come here with his family instead u
going elsewhere In the southwest
Though lstving received copies of
The Optic. says; Gisfh gGS
Thus does New yiexico's newspap,
ers help thu ~teffaofy and al. persons
wlth-rh6ney invested here should read
the above and resolve AT ONCE to
boost for the paper that boosts for
them. People imagine newspapers
subsist on .t~helrsowA hot air and are
|fonds of letting the other fellow ad'
veruss, extensively but the newspa'
pers are the thermometer that every
stranger reads cafsfhlly bafoseshs st
ties and II you appreciate what your
newspaper Il doing make yopr Apprer
c!atian aof the substantial sort and
alAoxexd ,plsnty.oi papers abroad that
Your bnpal ~thermometeg may reglster
the fet1r heat sot blylpess here I'm
towns, where people DIRE out Of work
and cannot ind good. investment The
~ q good ;petsuader and We
theih Tor tte tsSs q tiiis ait.le
eprtAchMe1t.. 't N
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22
GRATIFYING NEWS.

II win be good news IT the people
pie Of Albuquerque, as well as for the
rest OF the territory, that definite
plans have been completed for the
building OF the albuquerque Eastern
and the Hagan coal branch. Albu'
will be greatly the gamer and are
sourceful section OF the country will
be opened up.
1t Is gratifying. also, to know that
the reports so industriously circulat'
ed by many people for political or
petty personal reasons that Delegate
Andrews and his associates had In
volved their New Mexico railroad
property In ruin by means of their
relations with the Enterprise Ma.
tionaI bank, yer u%nfounded.
There a be no question as to
the reliability OF the associated press
dispatches which bring the news OF
the arrangements TO complete the
Santa, Fe Central system.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22
CONCERNING FREIGHT RATES.

: Giving the interstate commerce
commission power to fix absolute
rates would reduce the railways con.
troll over their rate schedules much
more than giving 1t power merely to
inx rates. II the commission fixed a
rate absolutely and the courts sus-
tanned II the road thereafter could
neither raise nor lower the rate. But
trafic conditions are necessarily
fluctuating.. The rate which Ia de.
sirable under the conditions Of today
may be too high or too low under the
conditions Of tomorrow. II changed
conditions made the rate too low the
railroad would lose;. II they made Il
too high both shipper and railroad
might lose, the former by being
charged too much, the latter by be-
ing unable to meet competition.
Rate schedules should be highly fiex.
ible for the good Of everybody.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22
GOOD WORDS.

The December numorr Of tho New
Mexico Journal OF Education Games to
us FIJI OF educational good things.
Editorially the magazine Is strong
and able and the many articles are
hoscn with a peculiar ffaess for the
-ccds Of the tcHchcrs and tire read
.srs M the publication.
Thh educational oppression from
she heart Of the southwest should an.
swer for all time tbs many fooiish Ia.
terfogation points WIN which the
he r~nno'~ntcs Ncir cp.nion OF
New Mexico intelligence. Rsron
Range. 4,sNN Ast 49, 81
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22
secret Of Octave iThanet,

Miss Alice. French chose her neu
name of Octave Thanet In curious
fashion. Octave was the name OF
one Of her school mates and was Sc.
looted hecause Il 'sives no hint as to
whether the person who bears 1t Is
\ man or a woman. sThanet was
aropted from a passing railroad car
that Miss French CHANGED to see and
rs pronounced with the accent on the
second syllable. Born and educated In
New England. the writer has lived
rcst Of hcr mature lue In the west
am IN the south. which has made
her familiar with widely varying
phases Of American civilization. Her
frst magazine story was written and
accepted In 1878. u
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22
PUBLIC seRvicg.

That a newspaper owes certain
fealty to the public, Is unquestioned,
and this applies az well to a class pub
lication az 10 the regular daily press,
The newspaper business IL not one
long. glad holiday at Its best. Even
editors must eat, and sometimes when
bread and butter move between ones
better nature and his present silua'
ton. there IN an eclipse.
Granting all Of those things. the
newspaper Is In duty bound to pro-
tect public interests, ever AT the sac
rifle OF business. II II IL a matter
Of accepting questionable business, or
~ going out Of the neic. It IL infinite
.ly better to accept the latter and not
contaminate the public atmosphere
with. anything foul or unfair.
The difference between the evil
things a corporation might do and
the EVIL things a newspaper might do.
IL To be found In the fact that the
wrongs Of the corporation do not AZ
feet SO many as the wrongs Of a news
paper would. And, II the newspaper
Ia really looking after pubic Inter
ests It will not only spread It's own
good doctrines. nut II Will also tell
oil theywvesgs OF the corporation ig
other words. the newspaper should
not only refrain from telling lies.
but n shcul1 persist IN telling the
truth. --
'"fhm may give rise to little things
that hurt business. but the injury
Is only temporary. 1t AZ much better
to keep tho public informed Of NIL
thihss. good and bad.,'than Il n to at
tempt to keep graft under cover. L.
norance may be bliss. bAt It has no
place In comparison to knowledge
Denver Mining Record. 4,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22
ron SALE

/ An odd established business doins 4
good BUSINESS Best location and
s0od reason for selling. Positively all
good, clean, ,saleabie soods-no dead
stoSks wnr sell at actual cost, Stock
will inventory about $500 to $4,000.
M osslsIleHrilssnce necessary. Last year
yAelR}pts tssSs2,s7,. Will stand the
closest inRdsligation4 Will sell or
'iel1e purchaser business property
reasontbfe. n interested inquire +
this office, $3.50 -As
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

Senator Beveridge seems I o have
;s.aked Ills pcrsonal ) prestige upon
bringing Arizona and New Mexico
into the union as Il single state this
winter. But 10 that a, suitable req.
so1 for coarcing Arizona into union
with the n%eighboring territory? Let
there -. a referendum In connection
with this matter.r-Springheld Repub.
llCan. s4
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

Dr.. Sven Hedin IL on the way to
Persia. where he proposes 70 explore
thoroughly from a scientific point Of
view, the salt desterts Of Dasdtl-Kasi
and mshti:Lut, Ia the eastern part Of
the country He hopes afterwaid 70
Eproseed through Afghaptssan to india.
and there organize an expedition for
the exploration OF Thibet.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

DR.. Frederick Rowland Marvin han
one Of the rarest libraries In the coun.
try. 1t c6ntains only about 1000 vol.
umes, but many of them are iirst edk
tions and the manuscripts arc mem.
entocs' a GATED men and women no
longer living, .,sa
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

Apropos Of the Russian situation
and some OF the dispatches, 1t hasn't
been 10 many years beyond the mem,
Dry OF THE oldtSts mhab.tant since
George Washington was q the head
of an armed mob"
The Optic wiahesan the teachers
aad pupils who ere released todsY for
two weets' holiday. , happy Christ.
ma and NK Year, !,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

Witts II being weighed In the bsl.
nee. But n lhis end should 60 up
and kick tho beam: Win Il e'thc nan
that viii bs found wanting or that II
u beyond human power 10 control the
present sttpatlpsf N 4, II So q
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

Capt. Joseph e. Berhier. OF Canada,
has Just aanounced 1t a dinner Of ths
Arctic cluE. In New York city. that he
expects TO be on again for the North
pole next Asummer by the way OF Ber.
ing Straight and may DO gone half a
dozen years OF 10.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

The Christmas Joys win be brighter
II something n done fol. TIE poor and
unfortunate whom always EeS hase
with MS, Neither will Somy 'klndteis
and good cbser - the .}tra6Eern
strange aanf b a1p''s. Il
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

The richest woman In treat Britain
10 Lady Mary Hamilton, whose twenty.
frst birthday occurred the other day.
She lives a simple life on the isle OF
Arran, her ancestral estate. She Is
a-famous sportswoman and one Of the
feM women Of England to undertake
the duties OF master OF hounds.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

The isle Of Pines might better be
called the Isle Of Whinas. Z 1t Ger
tainly has forty whines for every
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

Russia long 40 slowed the wind. II
ever a.oolntry was resping the whirl.
wind the empire OF tho GEAR 10 doing
Il now sS.s ~ q
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

The new senator from Oregon paid
his fare when no wentNt0 washing.
ton. is worth : column instead Of
q sentence.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

Russian may not have . merry
ChristIhGs. ffnt there are sigma Of
promise she many have a happier New
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

New Mexico will have = merry
Christlnas' and . happy New Year In
! splts q the sfatchood uncertatAty.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

The rows from Runala scoHscs IN
black and red Bood and Death side
close Together. In harless Moscovy.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

The aGey appearances Of the sun TO-
day maSs the ,promse of~A ..3Aits
Christnat extremely doubtful.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22
PROFESSIONAL CARDS,

The cards Of all the leading law,
lyers. physicians and real estate men
OF Ration are found In ale columns OF
the Range. II you are a stranger
seeking reliable men. write to or call
on the men who advertise In the
Range We recommend mem puhlict
~ and privately In all cases where
inquiries come to this Office,
So says the Ration Range. The
| Range Is In luck The doctors OF Las
vegas do no have their cards In The
| Optic. Only a few Of the lawyers do,
although the real estate men are good
advertisers and secure gooa returns.
Not long ago the editor Of the, Sill
yer City Enterprise wrote that he
lad imagined that Las Vegas was
we'll supplied with doctors ind law
yers. but after examining The. Optic,
he was unable to ind the card OF any
doctor, and cards OF only three law
yers. The editor wished to furnish
a family that was coming To Las We.
gas with the name of some reputable
physician and. being unable to find
a care bg wps compelled ,'tes write
to know II We had any doctors 10
Las Vegas.
The OpticeAas sexersss timsso after
sending papert on, ssAyest to Skstern'
ers. sayotten lettarS back ywhishs gave
expression to so some such sentiment
as this: We can't md any doctors
cards In your paper. We were think
ing o. coming out there for the winter
or for the year, or to tive and we
want to know something about the
doctors. esq ~ ~ - +. al
frequently also people come to the
office and say they have hunted IA
the paper but can learn nothing about
the doctors. and they ask direction to
the Office Of some reliable physician.
The Optic makes the merely nomi-
nal Charge of q dollar a month for
professional cards. It isn't .to, be sup
posed that the physicians Of the city
are ,actuated BY a percepsry impulse
in declining to publish their cards. II
is rather a false standard Of profess
! sional etiquette that has been set up
n this part Of the country-a stahd.
ard that has been condemned by the
American Medical society, and
which has been eschewed by a large
number Of the broadcast minded and
best physicians OF the land. Y
There Is no question: as to the dis.
taste on the part OF the public for
the advertising doctor. The insertion
in q newspaper Of q doctors buiisss
card with his Office hours and Office
! home address, Is a mere matter Of con-
| venisnce to the public and not an ad.
~verttsement. MA .rs.
J We cheerfully confess that we are
| getting tired OF directing newcomers
to the Office Of DR.. f., whose name
had been sent to US asa good phystcia
before we left New York." Of writing
Letters to supply = deficiency resulting
! from, thesxant Of public spirit or from
,al false professional ideas Of detailing
INFORMATION to people who 'cOrne here
! which should be supplied through q
simple andodicement card In the
newspapers,
|, Tn9 Optic is every day sending out
40 q .--..1~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

! ,TnA Optic is every, day. sending out
dozens of free copies to people
throughout ythe nation. The city is
judged from a professional stand
point, by the newspapers az
1t Is Judged from a business stand
point, The optic can very well get
along without the few dollars extra
that would come In II every doctor
and every lawyer had his card In
the newspaper. But the city can't af-
foid to have hundreds OF copies OF
It's daily paper going to every part OK
the nation bare Of any sort OF an.
nouncement by its professional men.
Be It & question Of ethics or what not
that stand in the way. It rejects on
the city. and forces upon others .,lc
burden of gratutious work that pro
fcss!onal men should do for themselves
By affording the public q chance to
know whero they are without going
to a Newspaper ofice'or getting out q
search warrsnt to find them.
Much OF what has been said Of doc.
tors applies 10 attorneys. except that
no false ideas Of propriety stand In
their way. The Optic has within the
last months answered TOUR letters
from lawyers in the middle states,
who say In very similar manner, y
notice by your raper only three law.
yers' cards, There ought to- be a
good opening out there for me. VIII
you kindly advise us regarding the
natter To similar inquiries from
doctors and real estate men, the same
answer mas beep returned as 70 these
lawyers, eve, hsvc pyefesslorni AMI
real, estate men enough; We need
carpenters and masons and men OF
money sssekinG iHxeyt3nNS-s@UEmed
home builders and people seeking eli
srnt,c bshsAt" ia yA& SJy
We. beIleye sincerely that u point
Of View on the matters discussed
above n correct. md that tue e0ndi.
t'ons ne ~ at present. OWNS 10 =
!. s.rrrchension by the professional
men Of the city.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-22

The 'eesains year promises t6' be
the brtghtsst &sad Maet prosperous
Las ve6&s svet had.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26
West Florida Railroad Building.

The Buoy is advised that A. J. Gay
has a large force of men in the woods
making cross ties for the new rail
road; that Contractor Miller is expect
ed any day with force of men and
teams sufficiently large to build the
road to Alvesta by the LIST of July
The following. in the last number of
the Manufacturers Record, from Co
lumbus. Ga, practically rei1erates
what has already been published in
these columns: President w. NJ.
Gordon of the Birmingham, Columbus
& ST. Andrews Bay railway is report
ed as saying that, % miles have been
graded from Chipley, Fla, towards St.
Andrews Bay, and that about five miles
of rails are on hand and track-laying is
expected to begin soon, as well as
work on the Alabama part of the line
There will be 100 miles in Alabama.
20 miles in Georgia and Go miles in
Flofida. st Andrews Buoy. 49,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26
THE STATE SUPREME COURT

In his message to the Iag---4-.-,
Governor Jennings recommends -..
creation Of q temporary commf<--.-
adjudicate and dispose of certain r1..-
to be allotted TO it by the JUSTICES 20
speedily clear the docket ana -f. 90.
adjustment of another division of -..
supreme court By c0u~-frv-f....r
amendment. Acting upon the z1.---
nOr'S suggestion, the commission Was
established and later the number Y.
justices was increased from three .I
five; the remedy has proved so ed-rrr-
al that instead Of DC requiring from
three to five years to obtain a dcci-
there is q reasonable prospect Of -fa
entire docket being cleared by the O..
of the present term. which gx-eud=
the second Tuesday i'm June
At the beginning OF the Jaag-t
term. 1905, there were nine old ga.
on the docket, ninery-rwO new ca-.f
were brought To- the January term
making a total of one hundred and er.
cases. thirteen of which have aIrea 3D.
been disposed of.
This condition is cause OF CORE
graduation to the people of the srs.'
as well as the Justices. 10 the poop p
because the crying need of de.aEe.
Justice has been Tpmeiied. and -u'
justices because OF the ardIGIs aLt
faithful services rendered by them
individually and collectively in -.6ar-
ing the docket Of the great vDiUui
Of accumulated cases.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWENTY
YEARS 1T is "UP" WITH ITS
WORK AND PEOPLE ARE EN-
sJoYING THEIR CONSTITUTION
AL RIGHTS.

A Tallahassee special in the Tampa
Tribune says: For the first time in
twenty years the people OF Florida
are enjoying the right guaranteed
them by the Constitution, that RICH.
and justice shall be administered with
out delay"
In his inaugural address in 1901
Governor Jennings, in the following
statement, called attention to the con-
gested condition of the docket of the
court: The platform adopted by the
democratic party, assembled in state
convention, declares the present con-
dition of the supreme court docket to
be intolerable, the long delays in get
ting decisions amounting to practical
denial of justice. The supreme court
was established by the Constitution
of 1915; no change was made in the
Constitution Of 1868. nor in the COnsti-
tuition Of 1885. The supreme court as
first constituted is the supreme court
of to-day. From 1916 10 1SS1-fOrty
six years-+the court issued twenty-siX
volumes of reports, at which time
1S91l the court was six and One-halt
years behind with its work. During
the past nine years the court has Is
sued sixteen volumes of reports. con
tanning more matter than the former
.twenty-six volumes. and vet the court
is FIVE years behind with its work.
That the people of Florida are EMIT
led TO the enforcement Of this declara.
ton of the rights OF one can deny.
that this condition of the courts
docket has been correctly stated W"
must admit: that the sixteen volume
issued by this court during the past
nine years testify TO the energetic et-
forts of the learned Justices, and
should convince any reasonable men
that it is impossible for these judges
70 perform the duties deyolving upon
this court under the existing circum-
stances and our complex system OF
practice"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-26
A Thousand Dollars a Day.

After assuring relatives of William
Vail Brokaw, the aged New York mil.
liOnaire, who was stricken with pneu-
monia at Miami, Fla. that he was Oh
the road to rapid recovery, DR.. Francis
Delafield, of New York, who passed
ten days by the bedside of the suffer
er at 81 600 day, has returned to his
home, as have also the members OF
Mr.. Brokaws family, who FASTENED
south wnen they received new Of his
illness.
The first knowledge of Mr.. Brokaw' S
condition, says the New York Ameri-
can, was received by his son. w.
Gould Brokaw, who was at Ormond
Beach at the automobile races.
He FASTENED to his fathers side and
advised his sisters in New York to
hasten south on a special train and
bring Dr. Delafield with them. When
the physician was asked to go he hest
tated, and when was told to name fee
it is said that he mentioned 81 900 a
day, which was Immediately agreed
to.
The party, consisting of the two
daughters of Mr.. BrOkaw and the pny-
stefan, reached Miami in record time
and, although Mr.. Brokaw. who is II
years of age. was in a very dangerous
condition, the prompt and effective
treatment of Dr. Delafield caused ina
provement in two days, and at the
end of week he was pronounced out
Of danger.
Dr. Delafield declined to discuss his
fee. saying it was a private natter
Jacksonville Metropolis.