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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07
WHERE THE FARMER COMES in


The law limits the aggregate
amount of taxes for county, district
school and municipal purposes to 1--WE,
seven and nine per cent. over 1904
for the years 1905. 1906 and 1907
respectively. Marion county saves
In round numbers about $4,000 this
year by reason OF the reduction in
the State levy. after deductlng the
extra expense placed back upon the
counties under the new laws. Next
year like saving would mean clear
gain to the county Of about $35 900, as
the expenses viii be no more than this
year, hence the clear saving will be
about $4,000 more than this year.
II win take about $4,000 or $4,000
to run the AFFAIRS Of Marion county
this year and practically the same
next year. Marion county last year
raised for State and county purposes,
all told. about 1921 900. $4,000 for the
State and s72 900 for county expenses.
Counting an Increase of six thousand
on the county expenses and decrease
Of $4,000 in the State tax, we shall
have to raise about $4,000 next year.
That shows decrease of little more
than one-fourth of the total amount Of
money to be raised. With these fig
ures in mind. let your thinking ma
chinery get in motion for a few min
utes and an idea will strike you
With only three-fourths as mach
money to raise next year as was rails.
ed last year. and with three times as
much property listed on the asses
sors' books. can It be possible for the
man whose property has doubled in
valuation to pay as much taxes as
he did last year? In other words, If
we had the same amount of money to
raise next year that we raised last
year. the man whose property was
trebled in value would Just break
even and the man whose property val.
uation was only doubled would get
the best of 1t. But since there is less
money by over one.fourth to raise,
the man whose property has been
raised TO four times the old valuation
Will not have much more, IL any, to
pay than he did last year. The Dem.
ocrats don't like mathematics of this
kind, but facts and figures are stub.
born things and must be reckoned
with. no matter how much they hurt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07
BLOWN TO CEILING
IN AUTOMOBILE.
Frank {. Bull, Wealthy Manufacturer
OF Racine, Wis, Escapes Death
In Strange Accident.

RACINE, Wis, Sept. Tin the Bull
Robinson $4,000 stables this morn.
ing an explosion wrecked an, $500
automobile. damaged the garage de-
partment $4,000 and nearly killed
Frank X. Bull, president of the ]. /.
Case Tbreshing Machine Company,
and one Of the wealthiest and best
known men in the Northwest.
Mr.. Bull had been out riding in an
automobile owned by James Cow
ling. Entering the garage, he ran the
machine upon the turn table for the
purpose of placing 1t in the stall. The
table IS worked by electricity. Mr..
Bull pulled string that turned on
the current. There was a terrific ex-
piosion. The turn table. automobile
and Mr.. Bull were blown UP against
the ceiling Of the barn, sixteen feet
high.
A hole was broken in the ceiling,
the side OF the barn wrecked, the
turn table, made Of cement, broken to
pieces, and the automobile twisted
into shapeless mass. The machine
fell right side up. Mr.. Bull has three
bad cuts on the face and is injured
about the body. but physicians state
not fatally. The explosion is said to
have been caused by grass from clean
ing fluids forming in the pit under
the turn table being ignited by an
electric spark.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS,


The Board of Education will receive
bids for the construction of the High
School building until IL o'clock noon,
Saturday, September 23d, 1906. Plans
and specifications for same can be
seen at the office of Chas. G. Badgley,
architect. Bids will be left with T.
w. Boydston, secretary, Board of Ed
ucation. on or before the above men
toned date.
The board reserves the right to re.
ject any or all bids.
By order of the board.
E. NJ. SHowALTER,
T. w. BoYDSToN, President.
Secretary.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

Here is minister who appreciates
the editor. AT recent editorial con-
vention he offered the following toast:
ITO save an editor from starvation,
take his paper1and pay for 1t prompt
ly. To save him from bankruptcy. ad-
vertise in his paper literally. To save
him from despair, send him every item
of news of which you can get hold.
To save him from profanity, write
your correspondence plainly on one
side of the sheet and send It in as
early as possible. To save him from
mistakes, bury him. Dead people are
the only ones who never make mis-
takes" Newspaper readers would do
well to remember that there are no
perfect people-editors or readers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

II equalization OF assessment values
was the only object OF the new tax
laws, It was not necessary to change
the tax system. That could have been
accomplished by a change in asses
sors. The old laws provided for just
and equal taxation, and II some prop
erty was taxed too high and other
property too low. 1t was due to favor
itism, indifference or Incompetence
on the part of the assessors.-wheel-
ing Register.
Here is where the Register unwit-
tingly approves the new laws again, as
they wisely provide for tax commits.
sioner. whose duty 1t is to see that the
laws are properly enforced-ln other
words, to see that property is not
taxed too high or too low, due to
favoritism. Indifference or fncompe.
tence on the part of the assessors"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

Do not forget that the taxes of a
farmer in FairmoRt district, whose
property under the old assessment
was valued at $1,000 and doubled I'M
der the reassessment, were s21.O0 in
1904, $500 in 1905 and wifi be only
$10.OS in 1906. according to an esti-
mate based on the report of the land
commissioner of Marion county.
Those figures knock out column after
column of Democratic sophistry at
one fell swoop.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

the contract for the construction
of the new home Of the Topeka AS
sociati,n for $47,900 has been let;
this does not include plumbing, heat.
ing andflighting. The work will not
commence until s65,oco is subscribed
A total of $4,000 is now pledged. 1t
is understood that the difference vii.
shortly be given in one lump by a
weil-kncwn Topeka citizen.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

Harper's Weekly. taking notice OF
the charge that newspapers devote too
much space to murders, baseball, ETC.,
says: But it is in dealing with other
forms THAN murder1 of crime that
the labors of the press are more val.
liable. Newspapers make reforms pos
sible and when the reforms come help
greatly to make them more success
full. Our newspapers might be much
better, but their unlovely crying Of
crime, disagreeabfe as 1t is, is an ex-
ceedingly important duty. There is
hope for any kind of rascality as long
as 1t can be kept out Of the newspa-
pers." This is proper view to take
Of the press. Many rascals fear it
far more than they do the courts.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07
Hard Times and Democracy.

We gather from the Glenville Stran.
ger that Gifmer county is in the
throes of hard times akin to those
born of the cleyeland.Co xey period of
Democratic depression. It's pity for
Gilmer to be thus singled out for pun
ishment. Is this news from Gilmer
responsible for the fellows calling
Roosevelt Democrat?-weston indie
pendent.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07
Caught By FAN Of State.

Angelo Grehpo, a miner in the No
nongah mines, was brought to the
Miners Hospital to-day suffering
from badly crushed shoulder and
arm, caused by a fall Of slate
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

! make the prediction with absolute
condolences that in the next Lesisla-
ture there will not be voice raised
FOR repeal Of the tax bills, and by that
time there will be left few public
men who will have the hardihood to
admit that they ever opposed them
Governor VIM. N. O. Dawson.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

With available property for general
taxation in West Virginia increased
more than threshold by the new sys-
TEN of assessment the men of moder-
ate means will feel the relief of the
burden most perceptibly, thinks the
Charleston Mail.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

Hes. the nincompoop of the Man.
nington Enterprise, seeks some free
advertising at the hands of the West
Virginian, but Hes has got about all
from 1t that he will ever get.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

House carpenter and coptractor.
Always ready and responsible. caIi
F. and N. phone s25. r. r. y. No. g.
Z Zach cleavenser.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

Judging from their silence 1t looks
like the Insurgents" had about gasp.
ed their last breath. But IT is pity
that this performance was so long de-
ferred.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07
Excursions to Wheeling.

Very low rates to Wheeling State
Fair September IL to Is. Tickets
good returning until the 16. On Sep
TENDER -, 10 and II special train
will leave Fairmont at 6:15 A. NJ.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

It is said that there were about 100
Of the ablest newspaper men in the
world in attendance at the peace con-
ference In Portsmouth.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

Racine, Wis, has just completed a
fuEd OF $4,000 for the complete re-
modelling OF its present building.
The j. j. Case Threshing Machine
Company gave the last $4,000. The
canvass is being continued with the
hope of raising $4,000 additional to
pay mortgage indebtedness of TWEEN.
ty years standing. Much of the sue.
cess of the canvass is due to the per-
sistent work of Judge E. B. Belden,
who has given much time and thought
to the work. Judge Beiden has been
president of the Association for two
years.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

It was four years ago yesterday
since President Mckinley was assas-,
sinated at Buffalo, N. Y.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

The nnual statistical report of the
Ohio Associations show that 100000
have been given during the last twelve
months for buildings and the removal
of detts in that State. This is about
doublo the amount given in any pre-
ceding year,
The coal companies operating In
the vicinity OF Jacksonville, o.. have
agreed to contribute fund amount.
ing to $4,000 toward a building at
Jacksonville on condition that 10000
be secured from the business men and
miners. This will be the first miners
Association building in the State and
will Sc; a high standard in the devel-
opment of mining Associations.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

Jackson, Mich, completed its can.
Yass for $4,000 on Saturday night
July 8, securing s52,o26. The saliva.
ton Of the canvass was its time Iimi-
tation. Had there been no time linn
it, the canvass would still have been
going on and would have dragged
through weary months. No urging
was necessary; directors and others
left their business and threw them.
selves INTO the canvass. To the sur.
prise }. all outsiders during the last
three days subscriptions came in
thick and fast.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07

Fresh salt-rising bread at Mickey.
er's every day. Both phones. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-07
SECRETARY HAWLEY
tcon.lnusd from FRS. Page,

citation Isaac j. Carpenter. gave So,
900. Building operations win be
started Immediately. Some $4,000
m.re Will be required.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
Last Hope Vanished.

When leading physicians said that
W. NJ. Smithart, of Pekin, Ia, had
incurable consumption, his last hope
vanished; but DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds kept him out of his grave.
lie says; ''ThIs' great specific com
pieteiy cured me, and saved my life.
Since then, l have used it for over
III years, and consider it marvellous
throat and lung cure. j." Strictly
scientific cure for Coughs, Sore Throat
or Colds; sure preventive of Pneu-
monla. Guaranteed, SOC and 81. 90
bottles all druggists. Trial bottle
free.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
The EnrIishyvomaa

The American or the French woman
never allows herself to be daunted by
the fact that she has not been en-
dowed by nature with good looks or a
good figure. She dresses as carefully
carries herself as grandly, as her beau
tiful sisters and indeed assumes rather
more of an air than they, with the
happy result that America and France
seem to have no i'll dressed and nc
really plain or ungraceful daughters.
We Englishwomen are too modest and
fancy we are altogether hopeless I'M
less we have good material on which
to work.-London World.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Let the boastful man have his own
way. He won't listen to you anyway.
The only way to tell a love story, aft
er all, is in kindness and good cooking.
1t is too late to congratulate some
people after they have been married as
long as week.
A great many people have con
sciences that would require an alarm
clock to wake up.
Artificial roses never appear to SO
poor an advantage as when they bloom
on a girls cheeks.
Come to think of it, if you hate any
one don't you hate his laugh more than
anything else about him?
A pessimist is one who sees the time
ahead when he will break with a friend
and therefore tells the friend nothing
An optimist sees only eternal friend
ship and tells the friend all.-Atchison
Globe.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22

there is trouble with the wire there .
huison went back to the office of the
president and grayely announced that
u train should be sent to Pouehkeep.
sic with materials for the work they
would md break in the line just two
miles ON the other side Of Poughkeep
sic and could repair it that afternoon.
Iney begged him to tell how he had
round 1t out, and he replied:
10y knowing more about telegraph.
ing than all of you put together. as DIR
Green has said"
Ihey located the break, repaired it
ana Or. Green took up Edison's inven-
uons, and that was Edison's great start
in life.-Youths Companion.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Props, To
ledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known
f. j. Cheney for the last 10 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and finan-
cially able to carry out any obliga-
tions made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
Waldlng, Kinnan & Marvin. Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the BLOOD
and mucous surfaces of the system
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by al
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
A Night Attack.

Last night the little daughter of
Mrs. Brown, as she sweetly and peace
fully slept in her little bed near the
window, was attacked by an death
dealing demon known as Group
Whooping Cough, and but for the
timely use of Kennedy's Laxative
Honey and Tar, which she always
keeps handy, the lie of the little one
might not have been saved. Ken
nedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is diff
ferent from all of the old time cough
syrups and is best for children be-
cause it acts on the bowels, is harm
less, safe and certain. Contains nc
opiates. Sold by all druggists.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
oN's TRIUMPH.
In the Great Inventors
Start In Life.

Start In Lie.
DR.. Norvin Green, for many years
president of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, once said that Dul
for the dullness of himself and his as
sistants Thomas A. Edison might new
Ner have obtained the confidence ana
support of the great corporation. Ed
ison had been trying for months to In
duce the officials to take up some OF
his inventions until they began to re-
gard him as a bore.
He went to the main Office one day
and was greeted by DR.. Norvin Green
and the other officials with sneerlng
smiles. DR.. Green said: 'Mr. Edison
we are unable to get into communica-
ton with Albany, and a large amount
of important business is In peru.
suppose that since you know more
about telegraphy than all OF the resi-
of us combined you can locate the uii'
ficulty."
Whether Edison noticed the sneerine
tone or not. he quietly answered, =
can locate IL inside Of two or uifee
hours, sir"
Or. Green and the others laughed out
right, one OF them saying, Edison you
have now fnlly demonstrated mat you
are crank"
Edison never smiled or addressed u
word 10 the speaker, bur looked ~ ~
Green aud said, m ! loeate TINS ann
Guilty in two or three hours, WIZ 3vp
take up ny inventions ana Flle p''"'
honest consideration
"Yes, ! VIII" said Dr. Green ana
will no "a " you succeed ~ iNp ae's,
a was n yery simple ullnF eNg ~
Edison was fhe 0nly ono VINO nap ' N,
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The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
Fir.t Life In.ur.nce policy.

The first life insurance policy Of
which the details are on record resulted
in a lawsuit William Gybbons insur-
ed himself on June 10, 1888, for f3S3
against dying in twelve months. He
did die on May is of the next year, and
the disguised underwriters 1.-THE COM
pany of those days. contested payment
on the plea that he had lived twelve
months of twenty-eight days EACH
Worlds Work
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
Forget About Yonr Stomach.

If your digestion is bad the vital
organs of your body are not fed and
nourished as they should be. They
grow weak and invite disease. Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat.
cures Indigestion and all stomach
troubles. You forget you have a
stomach from the very day you begin
taking it. This is because it gets a
recuperates and gradually grows
so strong and healthy that it troub-
les you no more. Sold by all drug
gists. 8
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
A Tried and True Friend.

One Minute Cough Cure contains
not an atom of any harmful drug,
and it has been curing Coughs, Colds
Group and Whooping Cough so long
that it has proven itself to be tried
and true friend to the many who use
it,. Sold by all druggists. s
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22

Strength In Number..

Fuddy-The Widow links has four
manageable daughters, and every one
Of them is engaged What do you
Think Of that?
Duddy-That a woman who has to be
mother-in-law to four men can't be very
objectionable to any one of them. Her
duties will be too diffuse, don't you
know, to be rigidly discharged Dos
ton Transcript.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22

N he found many thorns in his
But be found one rose-one rose
h and fragrant that he wished
her II, He found a lady-a lady
ijrnla, who loved him and be-
IN him. The marquis was liv-
ibn. He found himself in peril,
\ trusted her. And at last-he
III she had betrayed him."
my friend" cried Lafayette
kIy, these long months seeing
ID have never told you / knew
kyg asked wherefore you hid
Y from all. Was l not a friend,
hr
nH Armand continued, "God for
Us unbeliefl Then was when he
peat lovely light had come to
b face and smiled from her color
s-a light more lovely than the
over SHOWS.
Hhuef she faltered, looking al
sort Of unbelieving wonder
tve! And will he live again?"
sHwer he knelt down at her feet
n bis lips to her hand. She felt
upon it
they looked up they were alone
nom From the yard came the
q bride chains and the hustle
1ntng. Lafayette met them Oh
eshold.
f'e search all the place for a.
you call it?-sidesaddle," h,
AN there ees one at las
nsamselle, you shall ride t.
w me- We shall all be JUS like
lu'en tonight All, l have for
Y uO not know that only two
r ago. CORVALLIS has surren
The Americansm
THE END.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22

reel tired, no appetite, cannot
sieep' work or eatf That's spring
tlredness and will disappear at once if
you take HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
lea this month. IS cents, Tea or
Tablets. Churchill Drug Company. s
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
Frightful Suffering ReIieved

Suffering frightfully from the vir-
ulent poisons of undigested food, @.
G. Grayson, of Lula, Miss, took
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, with the
result, I" he writes, "that l was cured.
"All stomach and bowel disorders
give way to their tonic, laxative pro-
perties. 25c at all drug stores, guar
anteed. s
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
Whilst Infatuation

Ioriginal.l
globe trotter.
~ wnen | was tramping in
'au met a young fellow who
could direct him to Inter
replied that was going there
'e would join me l would
! us way. He did so, and we
" Dgether. His features were
sHAe mat had they not ex-
good deal of character !
! s''s considered him very eff
a. "' was a student, but when I
!. a' what university he stud
b.r. the question, pretending
II, '"s heard it. The distance to
IT,, va" . I'VE miles, and before
~ ~e place he had without
u us part gained a singular
I,s,.. me- l am a believer fin
ltt,1.' u soul power. and I have
n ' y the young mans effect
linz !. peeD emotions that were
absorbing his whole exist
sa.'' interlaken we went to
sss a~'l', ! did not see him
~' my stay there.
10 i "a. !. visited Paris several
ON !. 'll' day Of bis entry /
lumla~' zee the imperial cayal.
dsls IRON y the Rue IiiyolI into
slou !. ss'u''rde, q agure came
n e ~ .l me- and as h passed !
ssaaoo ''1ng man ! had met
l'..Ios b. shall meyer forget
M ,a n, h'' face J could MOI
NiNi NNura..l.. 49,
a,,, 1 nv, but tbo meoling
Nm, WI '.' 'pol Whom M aali
li.o,...l NJ duHng iho l ,l',
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The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
Determination.

"Our Willie shows great determine
tion," said the boys mother.
"Yes?" queried the proud papa.
eyes. He spent the whole day max
ing soap bubbles and trying to pin one
to the Philadelphia Ledger.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
The Horse Dealer.

"What is the secret of your success?
asked the young man.
"In buying" said the old horse deal
er, 81 look sharp, and in selling look
Just as ignorant as l can."-Chicago
News
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Qiunine Tab
lets All druggists refund the money
II 1t fails TO cure. E. w. Grove S
signature in each box. 25c. s